Summer of 2018

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

Yeah man. Closer with those grandparents than my parents. Appreciate it. Sad that he didn’t get to see this team come back. It’s funny. Sometimes most of the memories you have with those closest to you is sports. That’s the way it is with him and me.


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[OliviaPope40]

On 8/20/2018 at 3:00 PM, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Official season roster released today.

https://www.insidethehall.com/2018-2019-indiana-basketball-roster/

Anybody know why Ethan Lasko is no longer on the roster?

[ebridges24]

On 8/24/2018 at 9:29 PM, mdn82 said:

Yeah man. Closer with those grandparents than my parents. Appreciate it. Sad that he didn’t get to see this team come back. It’s funny. Sometimes most of the memories you have with those closest to you is sports. That’s the way it is with him and me.


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Sorry to hear about your loss.Thanks for the info.

[BGVille Hoosierfan]

Lindys Magazine released today. IU ranked #25 preseason.

https://www.insidethehall.com/2018/08/29/indiana-ranked-preseason-no-25-by-lindys-sports/


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[TheWatShot]

Lindy's has Purdue finishing 2nd? Seriously?

[Brass Cannon]

2 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

Lindy's has Purdue finishing 2nd? Seriously?

Way to high. 

[LIHoosier]

3 hours ago, TheWatShot said:

Lindy's has Purdue finishing 2nd? Seriously?

They picked us to finish 12th last year. Their crystal ball needs some repairs.

[Hardwood83]

4 hours ago, TheWatShot said:

Lindy's has Purdue finishing 2nd? Seriously?

That is silly,  How good do they think Edwards is? PeeEww should have a solid starting 5....but they are unproven and not particularly dynamic. No experienced depth either. Painter is a competent coach, but he's no magician. I'll be amazed if they finish in the top 4 of the conference.

[Brass Cannon]

Last year they had Northwestern finishing second in the big ten 

[LamarCheeks]

3 hours ago, Hardwood83 said:

That is silly,  How good do they think Edwards is? PeeEww should have a solid starting 5....but they are unproven and not particularly dynamic. No experienced depth either. Painter is a competent coach, but he's no magician. I'll be amazed if they finish in the top 4 of the conference.

According to that link, Lindy's has Edwards ranked as the No. 2 player in the country. The kid's pretty good, but that's way too high. 

[Brass Cannon]

Just saw that they have Morgan ranked over 100th. What a crock he led the big ten in PER last year. 9th in the nation for gods sake

[Me So Hornsby]

Morgan at 106 and Edwards at 2???? [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]


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[mdn82]

Morgan at 106 and Edwards at 2???? [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]


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Yeah normally I don’t say much on these types of rankings but that is ludicrous.


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[southsidehoosier]

44 minutes ago, Me So Hornsby said:

Morgan at 106 and Edwards at 2????


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[Hardwood83]

I went to Hammer & Rails expecting some lulz about the ridiculous expectations for the Univ of STD's. They are slobbering all over Edwards (one article declared him THE best shooting guard in the country last season), but the overall expectations are surprisingly realistic:  Lots of unknowns, several players need to emerge, etc.  

I wonder if Edwards believes the hype? If so I can see them looking like Oklahoma last season with Trae Young = Lots of 1 on 5 hero ball. 

 

[Stuhoo]

1 hour ago, Hardwood83 said:

I went to Hammer & Rails expecting some lulz about the ridiculous expectations for the Univ of STD's. They are slobbering all over Edwards (one article declared him THE best shooting guard in the country last season), but the overall expectations are surprisingly realistic:  Lots of unknowns, several players need to emerge, etc.  

I wonder if Edwards believes the hype? If so I can see them looking like Oklahoma last season with Trae Young = Lots of 1 on 5 hero ball. 

 

 

I think that Edwards is really, really good, but he was their leading scorer last year; not sure how much he will increase his total in that category.

He can become a much better facilitator, but the catch with that is that last year he was sharing the ball with Mathias, VEdwards, and PJ Thompson, all knockdown 3pt shooters, and Haas at the rim. His options are so much less skilled this year. 

If some true unknows don't develop into legitimate scoring threats, Carsen Edwards could end up with a season like Talor Battle, DJ Newbill, or Tim Frazier when they were the only gunslingers on mediocre Penn State teams.

Purdue will defend with Painter as coach (I think), but if either Edwards or Haarms misses significant time they are really screwed vis a vis depth.

Let's put it this way - if Romeo or Juwan missed time we would likely insert a guy likeJerome Hunter, Al Durham, or Fitzner into the starting lineup. If Edwards or Haarms isn't in the game, Purdue is very low on options. They only have three guards on their roster that can even contemplate playing with the ball in their hands and only one non walk-on big who has ever seen the court in a D1 game.

 

[Brass Cannon]

8 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

I think that Edwards is really, really good, but he was their leading scorer last year; not sure how much he will increase his total in that category.

He can become a much better facilitator, but the catch with that is that last year he was sharing the ball with Mathias, VEdwards, and PJ Thompson, all knockdown 3pt shooters, and Haas at the rim. His options are so much less skilled this year. 

If some true unknows don't develop into legitimate scoring threats, Carsen Edwards could end up with a season like Talor Battle or Ti Frazier when they were the only gunslingers on mediocre Penn State teams.

Purdue will defend with Painter as coach (I think), but if either Edwards or Haarms misses significant time they are really screwed vis a vis depth.

Let's put it this way - if Romeo or Juwan missed time we would likely insert a guy likeJerome Hunter, Al Durham, or Fitzner into the starting lineup. If Edwards or Haarms isn't in the game, Purdue is very low on options. They only have three guards on their roster that can even contemplate playing with the ball in their hands and only one non walk-on big who has ever seen the court in a D1 game.

 

Edwards may have been the leading scorer but he benefitted greatly from his big man being the most efficient player. Doubtful he has that this coming season. 

[HoosierAloha]

Edwards will win and lose them games this season. It doesn't matter if they're up big or down Big he's going to shoot. He'll shoot them out if some games this season.

 

 

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[Brass Cannon]

Just now, HoosierAloha said:

Edwards will win and lose them games this season. It doesn't matter if they're up big or down Big he's going to shoot.


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Agreed. But he wasn’t that efficient when he wasn’t the priority for defenses. I could easily see his efficiency falling 

[VO5]

Romeo is better than Edwards. Not sure why he’s getting NPOY votes already. He’s good, but not THAT good. It will show this year