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It's going to be a long year. Woody knows he's done. A person could have a little bit of sympathy for him if he wasn't such an arrogant prick about everything. Someone digging a 6'7" under the radar lefty out of nowhere and tagging Cheaney's name next to it is pathetic.

I would like to see Reneau with a mysterious lower leg injury against Rutgers and start Tucker instead of Goode. Then see what that one big line-up looks like, either way it's a heartless, poor coached team that gets worse every game. Now we have the Woody January slump coming. 2-7 over the next nine.

Is Hatton our most effective big.....

Son of a *****, the only way they could get worse defensively with Ballo out is to start Goode.

Womens game is officiated to be more physical.

I'm thinking something in this neighborhood too. I watched a bit of Winthrop the other night. If the moment were ever to come that we changed our frontline starters I would sit and watch with an open mind. Until then I already know what I'm watching.

That's a Bruce Pearl kinda guard for us.

Our guards could be exceptional but they are all down hill get to the basket guards. High ball screen and roll guards. We still have a very high level of talent with a ton of versatility, it's just implemented as poorly as possible. I'm not sure there is a combination of players that could succeed consistently running this stuff. 1. You have to defend your position. We start every half with the idea that we'll out-offense 3-5 and I guess late in the shot clock clear out for a guard? We have no rhythm to our offense. Few if any hockey assists. I think 8 more wins with a 2-7 January. Hope line-ups (I hope they play to their potential all at the same time) is a poor practice at any level.

3 consecutive years we had one of those stretches. I think we'll hover around .500 in the conference and finish 8-12.

3 consecutive years we had one of those stretches. I think we'll hover around .500 in the conference and finish 8-12.

I think, due to schedule we may struggle to replicate this year's performance next season. I thought it would take 3 years to get to the playoffs, without knowing Coach Cigs approach to recruiting or the portal. I think we're going to get bigger, stronger, faster. That will make the difference.

Chattanooga 74 IU 70

We will have to have a strong face of the program, a high level tactician as an assistant and someone that can recruit the region. Al Huss checks alot of those boxes himself. I think Sherron Wkerson would make a dynamite #3 in the Walsh slot. I do look to see us have an official GM named in the off season.

I'm all in on the offensive end with McCollum. The defensive end,,,I thought I caught some Archie concepts. I could be wrong. I'm torn. I love watching that offense. Chris Beard or Ben McCollum????.

Im going with a write in vote for Armond. He seems to meditate alot and that could be part of a form of Kung fu

One of the names on the list doesn't celebrate Christmas but maybe a Hanukkah asterisk.

Don't ask Mgbako, no way he can do that math, unless you break it down into a story problem about tacos.

I walked into a Whataburger one night in Witchita Falls Texas when the WWE was in town. I talked to Dustin Rhodes and Abyss. Both nice guys.

Helluva write-up. I forwarded it to Scott Dolson.

Bosnian Rick?

I think IU in 3 years. Our next coach will attack the 2027 in-state class and that group is better than 2025.

It's almost impossible to look forward to this. Does anyone remember the Muppet Show and the 2 old men in the balcony? I'm turning into that. There's a ton of really good basketball on TV this year. We aren't any of it. I saw Syracuse for a bit and they have the same scenario there. Chris Beard/Ben McCollum, flip a coin.

Granted it was due to foul trouble, but our first half rotations were great. You could take that and dial back some poor shot selection and we'd out talent our way to 12-13 conference wins. But the second half he went to Goode Mgbako and then just kept piling on with terrible defensive combinations. Goode Mgbako is actually worse than playing Ballo and Reneau together. At least with B&R you can pit 3 guards around them and defend a bit. 10 and 10 is probably what we're looking at. This is the single biggest waste of talent I've seen in my 53 years of living. You could see what would work if emphasized and built around for about 15 minutes in the first half. Yet you do nothing to go back to it.

And this is my pick for post of the year!!!!!

Other than some of the shot selection from Carlyle and maybe 1 quick trigger from Tucker, I couldn't be happier. 16 minutes alternating bigs. Goode at the 4 and several minutes of 3 guard offense. We should start 4 seniors and a freshman the second half and alternate the bigs at every media timeout. Let Mgbako back up Goode and see if he wakes up and work Rice and Carlyle in for 10 minutes a piece. Woody found something with his rotations. Shots will fall if he stays with it.