IUBB @ Wisconsin - 1/7/21 @ 7:00 ET on FS1-TV

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Good to see Leal getting some confidence to actually shoot the ball. We need him. 

You called it, I was wrong the other day.


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[Josh 12,640]

3 minutes ago, kreigh8 said:

I personally thought AJ Moye pulled that look off very well, but to each their own

DJ White did it so much my sister nicknamed him T Shirt

[LIHoosier 26,202]

3 minutes ago, Bowhunter said:

Start leal

second half. Reward him and let him keep firing

 

Why not? Hunter's got 3 fouls on him, so long as he can handle the defensive load for more than a possession or two.

[Josh 12,640]

Just now, LIHoosier said:

Why not? Hunter's got 3 fouls on him, so long as he can handle the defensive load for more than a possession or two.

Does Race have 3 also?

[cappymo14 2,276]

That's not on the coach. That's Al not giving the ball to Rob, and then making a terrible play


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I agree in part, but that’s about the fourth straight time I’ve watched a guard cross the timeline with the clock running down, and stand there looking at the coach because they have absolutely no idea what to run. How can that be?


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[kreigh8 2,055]

Just now, Josh said:

DJ White did it so much my sister nicknamed him T Shirt

He looked good doing it too! Perhaps the combination of letters on the front of the uni makes a big difference

[Hovadipo 56,169]

4 minutes ago, kreigh8 said:

I personally thought AJ Moye pulled that look off very well, but to each their own

That was white on white at least. These Wisco jerseys have a touch of cream. Not quite as bad as Vonleh in the B1G tournament, but noticeable. 

[KzooHoosier82 972]

10 minutes ago, kreigh8 said:

I just look at Phinisee and I look at Trice and then compare them to Lander and knowing Lander's output, I just can't fathom why fans here think he's the answer, as long as he just plays more and gets his feet under him. You're correct, I shouldn't focus on his weight, you can play or you can't, I just have seen enough to know he's not fixing things and get tired of hearing he would. Still not sure why I brought weight into it other than thinking there's a huge leap both in speed and in physicality to go from HS ball to D1 ball, let alone Big10 ball.

I just can’t figure out what everyone who rated/recruited him saw in his game. He’s very quick with a decent handle but he can’t guard a trash can and his scoring ability is beyond horrible. Maybe it’s a confidence/lack of playing time issue but I don’t know if I’ve seen a scholarship guard play worse then him at IU in this small sample size. We have walk ons who are better than him 

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Just now, KzooHoosier82 said:

I just can’t figure out what everyone who rated/recruited him saw in his game. He’s very quick with a decent handle but he can’t guard a trash can and his scoring ability is beyond horrible. Maybe it’s a confidence/lack of playing time issue but I don’t know if I’ve seen a guard play worse then him at IU in this small sample size. We have walk ons who are better than him 

I've never seen him play prior to in an IU uniform. Was excited but this is not at all what I had expected.

Eating some crow tonight, as I predicted Galloway wouldn't have a worse game than he did against Maryland. Tonight so far hasn't been much better. Don't need him to score, but need him to make some plays - defense, passing, rebounding. Missing some of those "winning plays" he will make the last game and a half.

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Phinisee contributes very little. Lander is pressing too hard. If we had had a normal pre-conference season he would have had time to settle into it. The real problem is that Archie is probably the worst coach in the Big Ten. So IU starts out with a big handicap in every game it plays.

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2 minutes ago, Josh said:

Does Race have 3 also?

Only 2. Conveniently, IU and Wisky both have 6 fouls but everyone on Wisky has 1 foul and they were all called in the latter 10 minutes.

[Bowhunter 2,693]

Biggest mistake Archie has made IMO is not getting McKinley Wright to come with him.


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[kreigh8 2,055]

3 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

That was white on white at least. These Wisco jerseys have a touch of cream. Not quite as bad as Vonleh in the B1G tournament, but noticeable. 

Oh those cream IU uniforms. At that point I wanted to move too Nike or Jordan brand so bad. Still want to see that Jumpman IU merch

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1 minute ago, Bowhunter said:

Biggest mistake Archie has made IMO is not getting McKinley Wright to come with him.


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Whether that was on Archie or not has been debated ad nauseum here, but those halftime highlights were painful either way. 

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2 minutes ago, KzooHoosier82 said:

I just can’t figure out what everyone who rated/recruited him saw in his game. He’s very quick with a decent handle but he can’t guard a trash can and his scoring ability is beyond horrible. Maybe it’s a confidence/lack of playing time issue but I don’t know if I’ve seen a guard play worse then him at IU in this small sample size. We have walk ons who are better than him 

Needs confidence and space. Also needs someone to reign in his jumpshot. Narrower base, tighter follow through, less arch. 

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Biggest mistake Archie has made IMO is not getting McKinley Wright to come with him.


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Would’ve been nice, but not necessarily a mistake. If I remember correctly, Archie tried to get him to come to IU, but Wright instead chose Colorado.


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[cappymo14 2,276]

I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned Leal in a thread before but I’m about to admit that my opinion of him might have been wrong.


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[HoosierAloha 30,068]

6 minutes ago, KzooHoosier82 said:

I just can’t figure out what everyone who rated/recruited him saw in his game. He’s very quick with a decent handle but he can’t guard a trash can and his scoring ability is beyond horrible. Maybe it’s a confidence/lack of playing time issue but I don’t know if I’ve seen a scholarship guard play worse then him at IU in this small sample size. We have walk ons who are better than him 

He's struggled but there's no reason to trash him.  He needs to get a lot better on both offense and defense.  He should be a senior in high school and came here to get better.  Give him time.

[OliviaPope40 6,517]

Ah yes this guy carrot top.

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[Hovadipo 56,169]

2 minutes ago, kreigh8 said:

Oh those cream IU uniforms. At that point I wanted to move too Nike or Jordan brand so bad. Still want to see that Jumpman IU merch

Pain.