IUWBB - News and Notes

[Todd41]

1 minute ago, btownqb said:

Speaking to injuries I am not so sure that set up of this ballroom did not contribute to injuries of not only Grace but Auburn player as well.

btownqb said what I was going to say on Grace's injury. The Auburn player's injury was from landing flat on her back and hitting her head on the floor after a battle for a rebound.  The court did not play a factor in the injury in this one either.

[LamarCheeks]

FWIW, we did move up a spot -- No. 5. 

I think a couple years ago, we got up to No. 4 -- so we haven't eclipsed our highest ranking. 

Still, I want Grace to get healthy -- soon. We lost Mack for a few games last season, and it had an effect. Every team goes through injuries, but I'd like to see this group be able to put its best squad on the floor night in and night out. 

With Grace, this is a really good team. Don't think we're in the company of Stanford or South Carolina, but these gals are good. 

And we've got No. 5 vs. No. 6 in our ACC/B1G game Thursday at SSAH. 

 

[Hovadipo]

1 hour ago, Todd41 said:

The problem was that the teams were told that the facility would have a certain look that would make the fan/tv experience more appealing. 

The facility and organizers did not fulfill this end of the deal and have admitted as much. 
 

 

Ah, that explains it. It’s definitely bare bones and if they were promised something totally different then that’s BS. Doubt there’s much the admin can do about being lied to. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

From Austin Render -

Mackenzie Holmes' trip to Vegas was pretty successful. 

• 22/25 from the floor
• 26.5 ppg
• 8.5 rpg
• Up to 17th all-time with 1,345 career points

and she's coming back for '23-'24!!!!!!!

[Todd41]

Just saw this on Big10 website.

Indiana Sweeps Big Ten Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards - Big Ten Conference

 

[CSP]

41 minutes ago, Todd41 said:

Just saw this on Big10 website.

Indiana Sweeps Big Ten Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards - Big Ten Conference

 

Garzon is 18-34 from 3 on the year

[Stuhoo]

3 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Garzon is 18-34 from 3 on the year

After all, she "Traveled from 6,236 miles away just to say, F*** Purdue."

She is a bad @$$ and a future all-time great Hoosier, and she's just getting warmed up.

[CSP]

19 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

After all, she "Traveled from 6,236 miles away just to say, F*** Purdue."

She is a bad @$$ and a future all-time great Hoosier, and she's just getting warmed up.

100% right my friend. 

She's better than Holmes, Berger as a FR. She's a MISMATCH. Theres no fear there, either. 

And that IG post is one of the all time great posts. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Mack and Garzon are the first IU duo to take over the B10 weekly awards since the Freshman of the Week honor was added in 2009-10.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

The initial news on Grace could certainly be much much worse.  Tonight on her radio show, Coach Moren said Grace is out "indefinitely" with her knee injury.  Mentions that she's "day-to-day," will not play Thursday vs. No. 6 North Carolina.

[Hoosierfan1901]

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

The initial news on Grace could certainly be much much worse.  Tonight on her radio show, Coach Moren said Grace is out "indefinitely" with her knee injury.  Mentions that she's "day-to-day," will not play Thursday vs. No. 6 North Carolina.

Best case scenario, hope she gets through her injury 

[Stuhoo]

So it’s not an ACL?

OK, then, we can work with that.

[Todd41]

1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

So it’s not an ACL?

OK, then, we can work with that.

Sounds like it is not a tear which is the best we can hope for.   I expect Coach and her staff will not rush Grace back into live ball action given the upcoming schedule in December/early January.

Assuming it is only a strained ligament, we might see Grace out for 6-8 weeks. In six weeks, we have Nebraska, Northwestern at seven weeks, followed by Maryland, Wisconsin and Illinois.

We have tough back-to-back with Michigan and Ohio State on January 23rd and 26th, respectively.  

It would be great to have her back at full strength and a bit of game time heading into those two matchups.  

 

[TTT]

@ 80% with some type of support on knee and border line starter playing 20 minutes per game and maybe first coming off bench may be realistic simply to protect her knee and for Grace to make it through the rest of the season limiting setback/s.

[Stuhoo]

6 minutes ago, TTT said:

@ 80% with some type of support on knee and border line starter playing 20 minutes per game and maybe first coming off bench may be realistic simply to protect her knee and for Grace to make it through the rest of the season limiting setback/s.

Nope.

She’ll play when she’s healthy, and she’ll be a 35 minutes per game player when she’s healthy.

[TTT]

Parrish is a good maybe even a great to have option for increased minutes.

[TTT]

14 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Nope.

She’ll play when she’s healthy, and she’ll be a 35 minutes per game player when she’s healthy.

Sure depending on how healthy she is and gets.  If you’re talking a month to recover and playing back into shape (examples Glenn Grunwald, Scott May, MacKenzie Holmes, Bargesser) though they were different and more serious…tracking T. MOREN POSITIVITY I think Grace has a significant issue that is going to take time maybe comparable to Holmes coming back last year even though different knee issues.  I don’t think it’s going to be a wave a wand and Grace is automatically 100% back.  It would be great if I am wrong.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Tonight's radio show -

 

• - Alyssa Geary sprained her ankle Saturday in practice, no timetable for her return yet.
• - Kiandra Browne 's recovery *could* last into January.
• - Grace Berger is "attacking her recovery" process hard. No return date just yet.

[TTT]

Got off track and missed it.  IU Ladies are getting on thin ice in injury department.  Holmes last year and Berger this year.  14 player roster already down to 10.  

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Let's keep that streak going Thursday night at Penn State.