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[Hoosier Guy 8,333]

IU can win the B1G next season with Romeo

[HoosierAloha 30,102]

1 hour ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, and Purdue all lost their top players...that is great news for IU

 

Penn State lost their best player too no? 

[Hardwood83 5,000]

4 hours ago, Hoosier Guy said:

IU can win the B1G next season with Romeo

 

4 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

I'm telling you guys if Green can play like he did for that one stretch and we can get a big who can just play solid defense we will be right there in the big ten. 

I think these are reasonable- if not likely. As mentioned above, most teams in the B1G look to take a step back. Who will be better? Wisconsin, maybe Iowa.....and IU ,assuming Romeo signs, Team defense picks up where they left off last year, we get Solid PG play (Green & Rob) and Interior offense and defense from whoever.  

[MoyeNeeded 3,075]

Hearing that if Iowa can improve on defense they will be the sleeper.

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[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,466]

Michigan will be fine.. they have the best coach in the B1G

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8 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

I'm telling you guys if Green can play like he did for that one stretch and we can get a big who can just play solid defense we will be right there in the big ten. 

Better find some shooters as well

[Brass Cannon 25,380]

6 hours ago, btownqb said:

Better find some shooters as well

His names Romeo

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,466]

1 hour ago, Brass Cannon said:

His names Romeo

If you only have one, you might as well have zero against the good teams. 

[Brass Cannon 25,380]

11 minutes ago, btownqb said:

If you only have one, you might as well have zero against the good teams. 

By definition 1 and 0 are different  

If you have one dominant player truly dominant it helps the others around him. Romeo will get his shot against any single defender and with 2 there will be an open man

Besides what do you think Al, Devonte, Smith and Morgan will be working on this offseason. 

Not to mention Phinisee is no slouch. 

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42 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

By definition 1 and 0 are different  

If you have one dominant player truly dominant it helps the others around him. Romeo will get his shot against any single defender and with 2 there will be an open man

Besides what do you think Al, Devonte, Smith and Morgan will be working on this offseason. 

Not to mention Phinisee is no slouch. 

I believe we will struggle shooting again next year if we don't add a grad transfer wing.. hopefully Green can be better from distance.. that would solve a lot of this issue. 

[Brass Cannon 25,380]

6 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Again.. we will need others to step up big time in the shooting dept.

You seem to think constantly repeating your overly simplified viewpoint makes it somehow more credible or accurate. 

Of course we need them to improve. That's traditionally what happens as players grow. 

We don't need an Oladipo level rise by anybody we need 5-7 percentage points by 3-4 people that's almost to be expected. Combine natural growth with a dynamic shooting guard drawing double teams and we are fine  

The shooting will be serviceable. Not going to be setting any records but with defense like we should be playing we won't need to. 

[HoosierFan1994 5,297]

20 hours ago, HoosierAloha said:

Penn State lost their best player too no? 

Sorry.. I was only talking about NCAA Tourney teams. Yes they did and possibly Nebraska too. 

[mdn82 26,344]

You seem to think constantly repeating your overly simplified viewpoint makes it somehow more credible or accurate. 
Of course we need them to improve. That's traditionally what happens as players grow. 
We don't need an Oladipo level rise by anybody we need 5-7 percentage points by 3-4 people that's almost to be expected. Combine natural growth with a dynamic shooting guard drawing double teams and we are fine  
The shooting will be serviceable. Not going to be setting any records but with defense like we should be playing we won't need to. 

Agreed. As Chris implied earlier our next move is a big. I am perfectly content with that. If they double and triple team Romeo, Juwan will be putting up 25 a game. Great players make those around them better.


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[BGleas 8,999]

13 minutes ago, mdn82 said:

Agreed. As Chris implied earlier our next move is a big. I am perfectly content with that. If they double and triple team Romeo, Juwan will be putting up 25 a game. Great players make those around them better.


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I’m with BTown on this, I’d prefer to surround Juwan and Langford with as many shooters as possible. Don’t see why we’d really need another big, unless the staff feels none of Davis, Thompson, Moore or Forrester are ready to contribute. 

Edit: Caveat is if we can find a Beilfeldt type big that can rebound and play D, and also hit open 3’s. But the key is surrounding Morgan and Langford (assuming he comes) with as many shooters as possible. 

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2 minutes ago, BGleas said:

I’m with BTown on this, I’d prefer to surround Juwan and Langford with as many shooters as possible. Don’t see why we’d really need another big, unless the staff feels none of Davis, Thompson, Moore or Forrester are ready to contribute. 

It would be incredibly disappointing if those can't help us. 

[BGleas 8,999]

3 minutes ago, btownqb said:

It would be incredibly disappointing if those can't help us. 

Agree. I think some of the disagreement is because you and I think Morgan should be the 5. In that scenario we don’t need another big. But, for the people that think Morgan should be the 4, then I can see why they’d want another big. I don’t agree, but I get their thought process. 

I just want as many shooters on the floor as possible. As many athletic, skilled playmakers as possible. 

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38 minutes ago, BGleas said:

Agree. I think some of the disagreement is because you and I think Morgan should be the 5. In that scenario we don’t need another big. But, for the people that think Morgan should be the 4, then I can see why they’d want another big. I don’t agree, but I get their thought process. 

I just want as many shooters on the floor as possible. As many athletic, skilled playmakers as possible. 

Agree and agree. It'll be interesting. 

[Stuhoo 88,801]

It would be incredibly disappointing if those can't help us. 

Agreed that they need to help.

But a more critical question is; can one of them play at the level of a 20+ minute per game five on a championship caliber team?

 

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Agreed that they need to help.

But a more critical question is; can one of them play at the level of a 20+ minute per game five on a championship caliber team?

 

 

 

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I'm just not sure that's necessary though. Davis gives us 12, Thompson gives 15... the other two (one avg) gives us 5. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 90,010]

23 minutes ago, btownqb said:

I'm just not sure that's necessary though. Davis gives us 12, Thompson gives 15... the other two (one avg) gives us 5. 

I think you are counting much too heavily on Davis coming back from his achilles injury to be a significant contributor next season.