Things to like about this team so far:

[HoosierCoop 4,159]

I need to see what Parker Stewart can do.  I haven't seen anything that has given me his total acceptance as a starter.

[DWB 1,098]

I've watched the game 2 more times today, and reviewed the box score as well. A few things jumped out at me.

We only had 12 assists on 36 baskets. That's below average in my book. Had 16 turnovers. Unacceptable, even with the pressure. 

Very few block outs. More rebounding by "zone" rather than blocking out. Only shot 33% from 3, 53% from FT line.

We only set 3 screens in the first half, and 3 in the 2nd. Hardly a receipe to get good, open looks. And we didn't, especially in the 2nd half.

I counted 5 really bad shots that we took. Not bad, but certainly didn't help, especially when it was close.

Defense wasn't that bad in the 2nd half. The offense got lazy. Wasn't near as intense.

Thank God for Geronimo's energy in the 2nd half. Got us going again.

Lots of room for improvement, but glad we won. (And kudo's for Lander. Did a good job coming in cold)

[Chris007 62,614]

1 hour ago, Trish said:

Finally have some time to share my thoughts from an ANTI-Woodson hire (me lol)

I like a lot of what I've seen so far.

Like:

- Woodson taking responsibility in post-games for style of play. CTC never did, Archie sort of did his last two years.

- Our coaching staff. I have so much more confidence with Dane on our sideline along with Woody. Yasir for player development and recruiting along with Kenya. 

- Armond Hill and Thad Matta as "consultants" on staff is huge as well. Credit to Woodson and Scott.

- Retaining Race, Jordon, Kristian, and Rob. Credit to Archie staff as well, these are great / solid players and of course TJD. 

What I'm worried about

- Our spacing when teams take away Parker and Kopp. They both seem to be players who can't put the ball on the floor, that scares me in the Big Ten. Parker will get picked on defensively in B1G play. 

- We appear "deep" but I'm not so sold on that offensively. Rob and Kristian are both up and down. Has Galloway improved his shooting? We'll see.

- We need to be a defensive first team imo. Rob, Jordan, and Galloway are all solid defenders who we need to count on off the bench to turn that defense into transition offense. 

 

I like what I've seen so far. I wish our non-conference was more challenging, hopefully that doesn't bite us in the butt come February and March. 

 

 

 

Don't think we have to worry about Trey's shot, he's going to miss the next two months at least.

[GloryDays 6,228]

6 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Don't think we have to worry about Trey's shot, he's going to miss the next two months at least.

Wrist, Concussion protocol?

[Chris007 62,614]

1 minute ago, Woodson1980 said:

Wrist, Concussion protocol?

His mom put on facebook that it's broken. Not sure if she meant hand or wrist. 

[HoosierHoopster 8,644]

3 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

His mom put on facebook that it's broken. Not sure if she meant hand or wrist. 

That just sucks. He's been turning into a real player this season. Hope his recovery time is shorter than expected.

[DWB 1,098]

32 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Don't think we have to worry about Trey's shot, he's going to miss the next two months at least.

Bet he plays in 4 weeks or sooner. (wishful thinking)

He didn't act like it was broken. Hopefully, it's only a small fracture and not a break.

[Trish 14,504]

58 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Don't think we have to worry about Trey's shot, he's going to miss the next two months at least.

Broken? That’s not the news I want. I love his play. Will Sheehey without the jumper. 

[Chris007 62,614]

1 minute ago, Trish said:

Broken? That’s not the news I want. I love his play. Will Sheehey without the jumper. 

yes either hand or wrist

[LamarCheeks 22,218]

18 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

yes either hand or wrist

It's his left (non-shooting) wrist/hand, no? Seems if I remember him sitting on the bench with his left hand wrapped up, but am not 100 percent sure.

If so, I'm guessing he can still practice and perhaps even work on his shooting while sidelined ... He'll come back fresh for the latter half of the B1G season. 

Just trying to find some positive in a crappy situation. 

[Stuhoo 90,221]

Just now, LamarCheeks said:

It's his left (non-shooting) wrist/hand, no? 

I'm guessing he can still practice and perhaps even work on his shooting while sidelined ... He'll come back fresh for the latter half of the B1G season. 

Just trying to find some positive in a crappy situation. 

If it's his non-shooting hand that would far less-worse.

I believe his high school injury was to his shooting wrist.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 92,129]

19 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

It's his left (non-shooting) wrist/hand, no? Seems if I remember him sitting on the bench with his left hand wrapped up, but am not 100 percent sure.

If so, I'm guessing he can still practice and perhaps even work on his shooting while sidelined ... He'll come back fresh for the latter half of the B1G season. 

Just trying to find some positive in a crappy situation. 

  And I'm sure it was his right hand, the same hand/wrist he had problems with in high school.    

[LamarCheeks 22,218]

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

  And I'm sure it was his right hand, the same hand/wrist he had problems with in high school.    

OK. My bad. Thought I remember seeing his left wrist wrapped -- but apparently was wrong. 

Well, then -- that sucks even more. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 92,129]

5 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

OK. My bad. Thought I remember seeing his left wrist wrapped -- but apparently was wrong. 

Well, then -- that sucks even more. 

No, no, no.  You well may be right.  But my recollection is seeing his right hand wrapped when he returned to the bench.  Does the right hand know what the left hand is doing?

[Hoosierfan2017 25,093]

If anyone has a video of the fall it should be relatively easy to figure out which wrist/hand it was. I tried looking for a video of it but couldn’t find one. 

[Dillion 479]

I know a lot of people are not happy with Rob but to me it seemed like we went on a stretch where no one was moving at all and Rob didn’t have many places to go or options to pass to once he broke the pressure at half court. I would have to go back and watch that second half meltdown to be certain but I didn’t think all of it was on Rob and some of the blame could be put on everyone just standing around while guarded. I hope Lander is the options but man his defense is so bad. As soon as they checked it they went at him like he was the junior high kid playing with the high schoolers on the park courts. They probably should have went at him more but seemed to go elsewhere after the first few possessions he checked in.


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[Class of '66 Old Fart 92,129]

21 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

OK. My bad. Thought I remember seeing his left wrist wrapped -- but apparently was wrong. 

Well, then -- that sucks even more. 

You are correct.  Woodenshoe just posted a Zach Osterman tweet in the game thread.  My bad and I apologize.

[LamarCheeks 22,218]

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

You are correct.  Woodenshoe just posted a Zach Osterman tweet in the game thread.  My bad and I apologize.

No need to apologize. ... Just glad it's not his shooting hand. 

[RaceToTheTop 31,459]

Still ticked off about Bardo saying that it wasn't anything 'more than a common foul'.  Those are called flagrant for the exact reason of what happened -- pulling a guy down like that leaves them unbraced for the fall.

[Alford Bailey 13,233]

6 hours ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Rob’s shots don’t ever fall. He’s a career 35.7% from the field, 29.5% from 3, and 66.7% from the free throw line. That’s across 89 games. He only shoots 0.6% better from the line than TJD. 

He’s even worse in conference play. In 56 career Big Ten games, he’s a career 34.8% from the field, 27.5% from 3, and 67.5% from the free throw line. 

There’s really no reason to expect his offense to be better than it has been in his extensive IU career. He’s a senior who is no better offensively now than he was when he was a freshman. Last night was yet another game where he gave us 0 points. 

One of the things I like about this team is Rob can sit when he decides to not show up and we have solid other options at guard.