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IUfan_Charlie

Umass Lowell - Indiana Postgame Thread

By IUfan_Charlie, in Indiana Men's Basketball

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IUsince1980    315

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He's just too raw right now. He absolutely can rebound and play the passing lanes, but everything else needs A LOT of work. He can be serviceable next year, but doesn't look to add much to this years squad.


Thats just it. If he can continue to rebuild and play some interior D then maybe thats all we need him to be. Hope he does progress some with his shot. Doesn't look awful but definitely not fluid.

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IUfan_Charlie    3,867

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7 minutes ago, VO5 said:

He's just too raw right now. He absolutely can rebound and play the passing lanes, but everything else needs A LOT of work. He can be serviceable next year, but doesn't look to add much to this years squad.

It would be 1 thing if were this raw as a Frosh, but he is a junior. He is athletic and can rebound but that is it, he looked worse than Blackmon defensively. Maybe Morgan and Jones should be getting more of his minutes. 

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BrettThrows    5

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Agree that Bryant needs more shots. But not at all worried that he didn't get them in this game. It was nice to see Davis get in some meaningful minutes. He has a really nice touch, great hands and good footwork. He'll be a much bigger asset once he's in fighting shape. Love greens defense, he plays hard and doesn't take plays off. 

 

As for McSwain, dudes an athlete. Big and strong. I'm not surprised he's off to a slow start, honestly. Hell come around. Don't expect him to score 20points a game, but I can see him coming in and being a good rebounder and defender, every once in a while having a big dunk. He's skated by on his athleticism thus far. Now that he has some coaching I think he'll be decent. Let's not give up on him just yet. 

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Bobman1    2,909

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Agree that Bryant needs more shots. But not at all worried that he didn't get them in this game. It was nice to see Davis get in some meaningful minutes. He has a really nice touch, great hands and good footwork. He'll be a much bigger asset once he's in fighting shape. Love greens defense, he plays hard and doesn't take plays off. 

 

As for McSwain, dudes an athlete. Big and strong. I'm not surprised he's off to a slow start, honestly. Hell come around. Don't expect him to score 20points a game, but I can see him coming in and being a good rebounder and defender, every once in a while having a big dunk. He's skated by on his athleticism thus far. Now that he has some coaching I think he'll be decent. Let's not give up on him just yet. 


Great first post! Agree that as long McSwain can D up and get the boards. He'll be a nice asset.


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HOOSIERCHADDY    14

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Good win, wish Bryant would extend his arms when he goes up, the way he goes up just seems very awkward to me.  McSwain picked IU for the very purpose of Tom Crean helping him, because he knows he isn't up to par.  He will be just fine, remember if CH was healthy he wouldn't be in as much. IU's defense is horrible at times, Blackmon needs to step it up big time.

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HoosierAloha    30,077

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Not excuses, IU should have played better. However, returning from Hawaii can take a bit of a toll on you. I thought we'd be a little sluggish and then have some bench "motivation." The team seemed to be going through the motions early.

Defense needs work
- switching a lot allows players to be lazy with too many straight line drives given up. Hedge and work back with weak side help
- everyone collapsing on a driver left wide open shooters, several possessions in a row
- they were a good layup making team
- no reason to give up 78 points to UML

Offense
- early it looked like players were going into a move and then thinking. Morgan jumping to pass with his back to other players. Another jump pass with no intended target. I would chalk this up to the Hawaii Hangover for now.
- we're good at 3s but sometimes it seems like we're warming up for a three point contest and not in game flow.
- I get our bigs have perimeter skills but they're not guards and shouldn't be out there with a small wing guarding them. Play big when you need to play big.
- 16 turnovers are still too many. We know it's a result of "playing with pace" but that needs addressed, again
- we need to be living at the line with the emphasis on freedom of movement. 14 FTA against UML is weak

Those are all things that can be corrected though. The team definitely showed they can compete with top teams out in Honolulu. Just clean up the little things now so they don't become big things later.

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