NIT Quarterfinal Game Thread - IU vs. Wichita State | Tuesday @ 7:00PM on ESPN

[Free Jurkin! 1,498]

I disagree. It’s been a huge issue as we have slept walked through multiple games while playing hard in others.  Effort has been very, very disappointing/inconsistent.

People don't score much on us. We just can't score. You don't end the season with those defensive metrics if you habitually have bad effort. Yes, there are some bad spurts, which isn't surprising from a young team. But this is an undersized team that has been hammered by injuries all year. We had a bad season because we were historically bad from 3 in Big 10 games, not because teams were beating us up from lack of effort (except the Minnesots game - that was bad).


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[Free Jurkin! 1,498]

Interesting look on Romeo’s face at the end of the game.....

He looked like he could barely stay awake. Ha


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[Bailey7878 2,506]

Best fans in the world pack an nit game. Team does what it does best. Uugghh.

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[hoosierdogg 3,198]

Hey, only 9 turnovers!!!   Did anyone count deflections?  

[mark1981 1,345]

He looked like he could barely stay awake. Ha


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He looked pretty excited when devonte hit that three and was fouled. Looked like he jumped off the bench

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[pumpfake 3,940]

IMO, lack of talent (read:shooting) is our biggest weakness.

BUT

It's the coach's job to assemble a talented roster.  The honeymoon for Archie is now over - either he and the staff coaches the hell out of the team over the summer or makes some radical changes to the roster and/or staff.  If not, next year could be the beginning of the end for him.  I'm surprised I'm saying this, but this team was bad, didn't really show any improvement and recruiting seems to be completely off track.

[IU - Kaulie 1,891]

First time seeing them but hard to believe Wichita St. with that coach was a #6 seed in the NIT.  They must have been truly awful at the beginning of the year.

[hoosierdogg 3,198]

In a game where IU desperately needed three point shooting, why did Fitzner not even see the floor?  Nobody else wanted to shoot the three, passed up plenty of open looks, should have let Fitzner let a few fly.  

[mark1981 1,345]

IMO, lack of talent (read:shooting) is our biggest weakness.
BUT
It's the coach's job to assemble a talented roster.  The honeymoon for Archie is now over - either he and the staff coaches the hell out of the team over the summer or makes some radical changes to the roster and/or staff.  If not, next year could be the beginning of the end for him.  I'm surprised I'm saying this, but this team was bad, didn't really show any improvement and recruiting seems to be completely off track.

I wouldn't say completely off track. Franklin and TJD look promising but I dont see us landing anyone big until he proves he can get a team to perform at a high level consistently

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[DLG3 1,067]

Highlight of the night: Marshall referring to us as a “blue blood.” So there’s that, I guess...


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[Bailey7878 2,506]

Highlight of the night: Marshall referring to us as a “blue blood.” So there’s that, I guess...


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Lol blue blood.

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[Alford Bailey 12,386]

Wichita may win this thing. Looked like a typical Marshall team. Sound with shooters.

[southsidehoosier 5,031]

Highlight of the night: Marshall referring to us as a “blue blood.” So there’s that, I guess...


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You always suck up to your future employers

Just kidding guys


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[colonel06 1,917]

Wichita State locker room enjoying this big win!

 

 

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[Free Jurkin! 1,498]

Interesting look on Romeo’s face at the end of the game.....

Double post

 

 

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[colonel06 1,917]

He looked like he could barely stay awake. Ha


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[LamarCheeks 18,982]

Fitzner had been contributing some quality minutes lately and we couldn't shoot for sh-t tonight, so I was really puzzled as to why he didn't play one second. Throw him out there for 5-6 minutes and see what he can do. If he's the Fitzner of the middle point of the season, sit him back down. If he's the Fitzner of late, give him some run. That made no sense to me. 

[colonel06 1,917]

Whole different agenda. Don’t know if he really knows TEAM.


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[Free Jurkin! 1,498]

IMO, lack of talent (read:shooting) is our biggest weakness.
BUT
It's the coach's job to assemble a talented roster.  The honeymoon for Archie is now over - either he and the staff coaches the hell out of the team over the summer or makes some radical changes to the roster and/or staff.  If not, next year could be the beginning of the end for him.  I'm surprised I'm saying this, but this team was bad, didn't really show any improvement and recruiting seems to be completely off track.

He's had one recruiting class. He hasn't had any time to get shooters. The lack of shooting is squarely on Crean. 2 freshman were significant contributors, 1 disappointed, 2 were hurt the whole year, and 1 was always a longer term project. Not bad for a first recruiting class. Next year we have an incoming McD AA. Yes, we need some shooters, but he's not bringing in Priller and Jeremiah April. He's getting real talent


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[Free Jurkin! 1,498]

He looked pretty excited when devonte hit that three and was fouled. Looked like he jumped off the bench

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I didn't mean to imply anything about Romeo. Camera just caught him at a funny moment. He's seemed to have been a good teammate all year, including during the NIT


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