IUWBB - News and Notes

[Hoosierfanyuh 2,981]

Theyre going to be gassed

[Class of '66 Old Fart 86,716]

No great surprise.

Keyarah Berry (5-9 FR guard, Rockmart, GA) has entered her name into the portal, out of Indiana WBB; she had parted ways with the team about three weeks ago

[Todd41 734]

11 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

No great surprise.

Keyarah Berry (5-9 FR guard, Rockmart, GA) has entered her name into the portal, out of Indiana WBB; she had parted ways with the team about three weeks ago

Not surprised either.  I was watching the NC State v. Notre Dame this past week and they were talking about some of the ND players waiting three years before getting their day to shine and that this will be the exception as most just move on when they do not get the playing time they think they deserve. 

[mike vannice 281]

that's why I am happy to see Kaitlin Peterson playing and contributing. good to see that coach Moren has expanded the rotation a bit.

[TheWatShot 14,497]

Would Gulbe and Berger be able to return next season if they wanted to? I know Cardaño-Hillary and Patberg are out of eligibility, but wondered if the other two might stay. 

[Todd41 734]

50 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

Would Gulbe and Berger be able to return next season if they wanted to? I know Cardaño-Hillary and Patberg are out of eligibility, but wondered if the other two might stay. 

My understanding is yes.  Last year did not count against eligibility.  No idea if they are interested or not though.

Edited February 8, 2022 by Todd41

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,178]

My understanding is yes.  Last year did not count against eligibility.  No idea if they are interested or not though.

My goodness, that would be huge. Gulbe and Berger are excellent. Haven’t even considered they may come back.


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[Class of '66 Old Fart 86,716]

SCHEDULE UPDATES

The Big Ten Conference has announced a pair of schedule changes for Indiana women's basketball for its series against Iowa.
 
The Hoosiers will now host the Hawkeyes on Saturday, February 19 at 4 p.m. ET on B1G+ for Senior Day. The game was previously scheduled for Sunday, February 20. Tickets that were purchased for February 20th will be valid for the newly rescheduled date of February 19.
 
In a previously postponed date due to health and safety protocols (Jan. 23), the two teams will meet again on Monday, February 21 in Iowa City. That game at Carver Hawkeye Arena is set for 8 p.m. ET on BTN.

[Aaron 4,322]

2 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

SCHEDULE UPDATES

The Big Ten Conference has announced a pair of schedule changes for Indiana women's basketball for its series against Iowa.
 
The Hoosiers will now host the Hawkeyes on Saturday, February 19 at 4 p.m. ET on B1G+ for Senior Day. The game was previously scheduled for Sunday, February 20. Tickets that were purchased for February 20th will be valid for the newly rescheduled date of February 19.
 
In a previously postponed date due to health and safety protocols (Jan. 23), the two teams will meet again on Monday, February 21 in Iowa City. That game at Carver Hawkeye Arena is set for 8 p.m. ET on BTN.

Big Ten once again shows it is utterly incompetent. Rather than send IU to Rutgers Wednesday Night and stay out there for Maryland Friday which would be the sensible thing to do, instead they have to play Iowa twice in three days and not play Rutgers for second year in row. Makes no sense and only the management at Big Ten could come up with it.  

IU if they want a Big Ten Title is going to have to really earn it with 4 of 5 extremely tough games to close. Hopefully Mac is back for last week as three game stretch to close now might be toughest games of year.  

[TheWatShot 14,497]

8 minutes ago, Aaron said:

Big Ten once again shows it is utterly incompetent. Rather than send IU to Rutgers Wednesday Night and stay out there for Maryland Friday which would be the sensible thing to do, instead they have to play Iowa twice in three days and not play Rutgers for second year in row. Makes no sense and only the management at Big Ten could come up with it.  

IU if they want a Big Ten Title is going to have to really earn it with 4 of 5 extremely tough games to close. Hopefully Mac is back for last week as three game stretch to close now might be toughest games of year.  

While we're clowning on the Big Ten...why does the women's tournament always have to be a week before the men's? Do other conferences do this? That extra week would allow us to make up our remaining two games...which just happen to be the two worst teams in the conference (Rutgers and Illinois). 

 

We're really getting screwed here, but at least we're getting to make up more games. This also means we'll have made up the two games we had to back out of. 

[Aaron 4,322]

Just now, TheWatShot said:

While we're clowning on the Big Ten...why does the women's tournament always have to be a week before the men's? Do other conferences do this? That extra week would allow us to make up our remaining two games...which just happen to be the two worst teams in the conference (Rutgers and Illinois). 

 

We're really getting screwed here, but at least we're getting to make up more games. 

Because they are often at same venue in Indy and it is hard to play two tournaments in same place at once. I am hard on Big Ten for how they handled the reschedule but it is not unusual for conference to play women's tournament week before men's.

[TheWatShot 14,497]

6 minutes ago, Aaron said:

Because they are often at same venue in Indy and it is hard to play two tournaments in same place at once. I am hard on Big Ten for how they handled the reschedule but it is not unusual for conference to play women's tournament week before men's.

Couldn't they do one at LOS and the other at Gainbridge? Indy has hosted a crap ton of large-scale events over the years; I have to think they could figure something out so the women's teams don't have to sit around a week waiting for the tournament to start. Or maybe they don't care. 

[Aaron 4,322]

3 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

Couldn't they do one at LOS and the other at Gainbridge? Indy has hosted a crap ton of large-scale events over the years; I have to think they could figure something out so the women's teams don't have to sit around a week waiting for the tournament to start. Or maybe they don't care. 

That's pretty typical for the women's tournaments to be week before the major men's tournaments so they don't get overshadowed. I am also not sure the conference has enough staff and resources to do two tournaments in one place at a time (last yr being the exception).

Trust me I am the first person to be mad at the Big Ten but I don't think they have a choice with the conference tournaments. The issue is the shenanigan they pulled to make IU make up Iowa rather than Rutgers game.  

[Class of '66 Old Fart 86,716]

New Top 16 released.  IU #8

[Aaron 4,322]

More good news. Down goes Michigan so IU back in sole possession of first place in Big Ten. That Iowa news seemed annoying, but quickly between the NCAA reveal and now Michigan losing suddenly it was a pretty good day after all.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 86,716]

Game time set for the regular season finale at Maryland

[Todd41 734]

Not sure if anyone her frequents the Her Hoop Stats site or not so here is an article posted today at the site on end of the Big10 regular season.

 

Big Ten Recap: Up in the Air

The regular season title is up for grabs in the final week

Derek Willis 2 hr ago

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The chaos that has marked college basketball over the past two years - illnesses, canceled games and shuffled lineups - seems to have descended upon the Big Ten in the past two weeks in a series of results that has reshaped the regular season championship race.

Michigan, which had started to see some daylight at the top, dropped consecutive games at Michigan State and Northwestern. Indiana, hampered by the absence of Mackenzie Holmes, lost to Nebraska. It’s hard to call Maryland beating Iowa an upset, given that the Terrapins were the higher-ranked team, but a February win in Iowa City isn’t exactly a gimme, either, especially without the services of Ashley Owusu, who hasn’t played since Feb. 3 due to an ankle injury.

Maryland and Indiana took care of business on Feb. 17 with home wins over Ohio State and Northwestern, respectively (Holmes played 23 minutes against the Wildcats). Since losing to the Buckeyes on Jan. 2, the Terps have won eight straight games, and only two of those by less than double-digit margins.

The upshot is that the Hoosiers sit atop the conference at 11-2, with Maryland at 12-3, Michigan at 11-3, Ohio State at 11-4 and Iowa at 10-4. The top four seeds in the conference tournament get a first-round bye, so finishing in that group is a priority after the wear-and-tear of the regular season. Those five teams all have a chance to be in that top four and all but one are dealing with injuries that would benefit from an extra day of rest. Here’s the scenario for each of those contenders (assuming none of the previously postponed games that haven’t been rescheduled yet get played).

Indiana plays Iowa twice in three days (one is a makeup from a Jan. 23 postponement) and Maryland in what is a difficult finish for the Hoosiers, even with Holmes available. The first game against the Hawkeyes is at home, but the other two are on the road, and Her Hoop Stats is favoring the Terps in the final game. Teri Moren won’t be looking at it this way, but the Hoosiers could lose one of the three and still come out on top, depending on how the other teams do. Two losses would hurt.

Michigan hosts Maryland, Michigan State and travels to Iowa. Her Hoop Stats has the Wolverines as a narrow favorite against the Terrapins, forecasts some revenge against the Spartans and a narrow loss against the Hawkeyes. The presence of Leigha Brown, who hasn’t played since Jan. 31, would be a big boost. Obviously, winning out would give Michigan the best chance and likely remove Maryland and Iowa from contention. But one loss might not ruin their chances, either.

As I’ve written previously, Ohio State has the easiest final week, hosting Wisconsin and traveling to Michigan State. Even winning out might not be enough on its own; the Buckeyes could still need some help to get that first-round bye over Iowa.

Maryland, by contrast, has Michigan and Indiana next week, and has lost to both teams earlier in the season. The Her Hoops Stats preview for the first game, in Ann Arbor, favors the Wolverines, but a home finish against the Hoosiers on a rare Friday night game might decide the conference title. There’s still no official word on whether Owusu will return before the conference tournament. 

Iowa plays four games in the next nine days, twice against the Hoosiers and once each against Rutgers and Michigan. Aside from the sheer volume of minutes, the absence of McKenna Warnock has provided an opening for opponents to try and frustrate Caitlin Clark. It’s hard to say that Clark has had poor performances lately, but she has been playing a ton of minutes and shouldering an increased offensive load. In her last six games, both Northwestern and Maryland were able to physically disrupt her game enough to cause double-digit turnovers; that physicality seems to have slightly diminished her effectiveness as a passer. But if anyone can shoot her team into the top four, it’s Clark.

 

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 86,716]

Grace Waggoner announced she will not return next season.  

 

[Todd41 734]

Grace Waggoner has been a great asset to the team even if it does not show in the box score.  She will be missed but completely understand her wanting to focus on the next step in her, what I am sure, will be a successful career in whatever direction she goes.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 86,716]

It was a nice gesture that she was awarded a scholarship for the current season having started as a walk-on.