Game Thread: Indiana Hoosiers @ Iowa Hawkeyes (9 p.m. EST on FS1)

[LamarCheeks]

No Galloway. Race and TJD battling foul trouble. We missed 14 free throws. 

We didn't really win, did we? 

[LIHoosier]

2 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Didn't OG get hurt at Penn State? 

It started against UNC. OG sat out or played sparingly against the December cupcakes then the injury that ended his season happened at the Mausoleum.

[hoosierdogg]

11 minutes ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

Gutsiest win of the AM era? I haven’t read the thread at all and I’m sure it’s been covered but FREE THROWS!! We could have won by 17...20? Huge props to the aggressive and ready to go Rob, Geronimo ready to fill some huge minutes, and just a team full of guys finally ready to fight their ***** off.

Great clock and roster management by Archie with Trace and Race in early foul trouble. 

[Stuhoo]

ALSO KUDOS TO ARCHIE!

He obviously has NOT lost this team, and good lord there were some gutsy substitutions, all of which turned to gold. Lander didn’t play in the first half and got put in with some really good minutes in the second half. And, with us down a bunch he went with Hunter and Geronimo small ball, and man oh man did it ever work!

[KzooHoosier82]

11 minutes ago, Bigred3588 said:

Lander has the skills but Rob/Al have the experience. Coaches aren’t about to trust a freshman playing 4 or 5 minutes a game in that situation regardless of skill.

Lander for Franklin was my point. Franklin doesn’t have the skills or the experience 

[Bigred3588]

8 minutes ago, cappymo14 said:

I’ll say this about Lander. He will be overlooked tonight by most, but the minutes he had tonight were some of his best. He absolutely STOLE those very valuable minutes for Archie. He didn’t have to be great, he just had to get some rest for Rob/Frank. His defense was good, he moved the ball, got guys some shots and was strong with the ball. Those minutes he played in the 2nd half were GIGANTIC. Good job kid.


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Absolutely. I think some people have written him off prematurely. I graduated from an Indy-area HS in 2006 and either saw or played against multiple guys that ended up in the NBA. The only two that could’ve walked into a college game against the #4 team at Lander’s age and given meaningful minutes were Oden and Gordon. I think that says quite a bit...

Edit: For our younger posters, Greg Oden was an absolute monster at that age.

[Bigred3588]

2 minutes ago, KzooHoosier82 said:

Lander for Franklin was my point. Franklin doesn’t have the skills or the experience 

Ahh ok, I’d agree with that one. 

[NashvilleHoosier]

1 minute ago, hoosierdogg said:

Great clock management by Archie with Trace and Race in early foul trouble. 

Yeah for sure. I mean.... I’m literally shocked. I’m not making up the fact that they both picked up their 4th before the under 12 TO in the 2nd half right? And that we were losing by 9 at that point? Just a masterful job of clock management as you said.

[TheWatShot]

31 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Let me add to the joy:

As disastrous as Kentucky has been, this afternoon they started a thread that would provide them some happiness at our expense.

Tonight, that thread did not age well:

https://kentucky.forums.rivals.com/threads/whose-looking-forward-to-iu-getting-waxed-tonight-by-iowa.336936/

"whose" instead of "who's". 

 

UK fans...God love 'em. 

[8bucks]

Loved having the guards double Garza as he started backing in. So easy to pick his pocket. Seemed once he dropped his head he was determined to back in and we figured it out. They had no answer after that which is silly since we had no one to contest him down low.

Huge kudos to all those who battled and fouled Garza the first 60% of the game as he seemed to give up trying to post us the last 40%


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[Stuhoo]

 

[LamarCheeks]

Happy to see the fellas enjoying this one ... 
 

 

[Uspshoosier]

Bohannon 0 points 0-8 from 3 

[TheWatShot]

4 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Bohannon 0 points 0-8 from 3 

I'll still scared sh*tless about what he could do in Bloomington. 

[LamarCheeks]

Post-game chat ... 

Funny -- at about 6:15 some guy (I'm guessing from Iowa) brings up the Hawkeyes' injuries, and Archie pretty much puts the kibosh on that right away. Good Lord -- don't tell us about injuries. 
 

 

[incrediboy]

First time all year absolutely NOBODY had a throw-away game. Lander did nothing spectacular but had no turnovers and took no bad shots. Geronimo...lived up to his name. Down the line, though, nobody failed to hold up their ends when called upon. But, guys, we gotta start hitting those free throws.

[NashvilleHoosier]

8 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Bohannon 0 points 0-8 from 3 

To be honest, he was well overdue to miss a bunch of 3s against us, right? Water finding it’s level and all that.

[Brass Cannon]

Play like this every game. Please guys 

[Btownsneaker]

This team has the components of a team that could make a run in March, maybe sweet 16 if we are lucky. But if Lander gets comfortable and confident, Stewart adds a shooting threat and TJD returns, then the 2021-2022 team could be special. Just some thoughts, obviously we’d need our current roster to take a step forward, just excited for the future of the program. 

[Stuhoo]

Second half?

IU 50

Iowa 32