IUBB @ Maryland - 01/29/22 @ 2:30 on Fox-TV

[iu eyedoc 1,961]

58 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

Nice win!  Good to see Lander get some action but still has trouble keeping guys in front of him on D without fouling.  TJD should have had 25 but missed a lot of close range shots.  Race keeps getting better and better.  X is starting to play with composure and has quit playing dumb.  His assist to turnovers has been outstanding lately.  The G’s well.  Overall a nice road win, much needed.

It is nice to see a team keep improving this time of year instead of packing it in!

GO HOOSIERS!!!!

NIL money needs to give me Race Thompson for a 6th Covid season. This guy has exploded in development under this staff. F%ck, give me  TJD for one more ( yeah, yeah, I know). In fact, every player has taken a step to big step up and they continue to get better as the season progresses. Under Archie, you pretty much got what you saw game 1 of the season. 

It almost seems foreign seeing player development. 

It may be the homer in me, but I also feel Woody has a way of having guys understand the wait that will keep Lander and the like around. His decades of success in the NBA, I feel, is often understated, with regard as to how this youth looks at it.

This staff is going to have IU where it belongs as early as next season.I could see a 5-7 year run with Woody and then Dane taking over for a few decades.

 

[triple 410]

35 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

I realized who Maryland reminded me of today.  An Archie Miller team.  Uninterested in working for a good shot. Defensive intensity would be there for a bit then wane. And when things weren’t going their way their heads went down. 

I had the exact same thought.  

[HoosierTrav 7,883]

2 hours ago, str8baller said:

We can beat Wisconsin at home. We match up well with them. I’m still in awe that we choked that game away up North. 

I’m excited about this game. I’ll be up close and personal for this one. 

[rcbowla 7,092]

Hope Big Mike can find a way out of the doghouse.  We might need him to lean on Kofi.

Completely agree. That is one of 2 teams he was brought here to contribute against this season

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[Brass Cannon 24,714]

38 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

NIL money needs to give me Race Thompson for a 6th Covid season. This guy has exploded in development under this staff. F%ck, give me  TJD for one more ( yeah, yeah, I know). In fact, every player has taken a step to big step up and they continue to get better as the season progresses. Under Archie, you pretty much got what you saw game 1 of the season. 

It almost seems foreign seeing player development. 

It may be the homer in me, but I also feel Woody has a way of having guys understand the wait that will keep Lander and the like around. His decades of success in the NBA, I feel, is often understated, with regard as to how this youth looks at it.

This staff is going to have IU where it belongs as early as next season.I could see a 5-7 year run with Woody and then Dane taking over for a few decades.

 

If we can keep Trayce, Race and Xavier Johnson. With Bates looking on the cusp and JHS incoming we could be dangerous. Especially if Geronimo can put it all together. Not to mention Trey 

[Stuhoo 80,530]

5 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

If we can keep Trayce, Race and Xavier Johnson. With Bates looking on the cusp and JHS incoming we could be dangerous. Especially if Geronimo can put it all together. Not to mention Trey 

1) We are most certainly not keeping all three of those guys.

2) We can be dangerous this year, and next.

[IUFAN1976 3,084]

23 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

If we can keep Trayce, Race and Xavier Johnson. With Bates looking on the cusp and JHS incoming we could be dangerous. Especially if Geronimo can put it all together. Not to mention Trey 

TJD isn’t staying.  Race and X probably 

[IUFAN1976 3,084]

1 hour ago, iu eyedoc said:

NIL money needs to give me Race Thompson for a 6th Covid season. This guy has exploded in development under this staff. F%ck, give me  TJD for one more ( yeah, yeah, I know). In fact, every player has taken a step to big step up and they continue to get better as the season progresses. Under Archie, you pretty much got what you saw game 1 of the season. 

It almost seems foreign seeing player development. 

It may be the homer in me, but I also feel Woody has a way of having guys understand the wait that will keep Lander and the like around. His decades of success in the NBA, I feel, is often understated, with regard as to how this youth looks at it.

This staff is going to have IU where it belongs as early as next season.I could see a 5-7 year run with Woody and then Dane taking over for a few decades.

 

Obviously you weren’t around to watch the Bob Knight era during the 70’s-mid 90’s, that was the norm for his teams to improve throughout the year and peak at the right time of the year.  I don’t expect anything less than that from this staff

[Brass Cannon 24,714]

5 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

TJD isn’t staying.  Race and X probably 

I heard the same things about TJD last year. Well see 

[Hardwood83 4,771]

6 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

TJD isn’t staying.  Race and X probably 

I'd take that, especially they way they're playing recently. Find an above average transfer big to "replace" TJD and IU has something cooking. 

[MikeRoberts 6,998]

If I’m Geronimo I spend the entire summer shooting 3s and free throws. He has the athletic ability and motor to be a 2 year starter at the 3 or 4. 
I haven’t seen a guy his size block shots like he does, both his man and coming from the week side.

I like Race a lot and I think Geronimo has the chance to be better than Race when it’s all said and done

[TheWatShot 13,934]

45 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

I heard the same things about TJD last year. Well see 

And the year before. 

[iu eyedoc 1,961]

1 hour ago, IUFAN1976 said:

Obviously you weren’t around to watch the Bob Knight era during the 70’s-mid 90’s, that was the norm for his teams to improve throughout the year and peak at the right time of the year.  I don’t expect anything less than that from this staff

I was in fact around as a freshman for the 1986-87 championship, remember rushing to Showalter fountain  after KS's jumper from a frat house I was watching the game at. If you can't find pleasure in what has been missing from Bloomington since even before BK's departure then i am not sure what to tell you. Absence has made this mind fonder.

[HoosierHoopster 6,963]

2 minutes ago, iu eyedoc said:

I was in fact around as a freshman for the 1986-87 championship, remember rushing to Showalter fountain  after KS's jumper from a frat house I was watching the game at. If you can't find pleasure in what has been missing from Bloomington since even before BK's departure then i am not sure what to tell you. Absence has made this mind fonder.

I was there as a junior, Showalter was amazing, couldn’t see pavement or grass all the way to the Union, and I might’ve taken that fish….

[HoosierFan1994 4,745]

By no means should a win over an average Maryland team mean we go crazy and celebrate in the streets but this is the kind of game this program has lost the 5 previous seasons. It is tough to win on the road in the Big Ten. I think right now the biggest thing for this team is the emergence of Xavier Johnson. It was either after the Penn State or Iowa loss where I called him a bust. I'm happy to be wrong on that one. He's been terrific since the Purdue win. Playing at an all Big Ten level. I think for this team to take the next step they need Kopp and Stewart to get going. I thought at the start of the year both guys would be averaging double figures. Really need to find ways to get the ball in their hand. 

[HoosierFan1994 4,745]

1 hour ago, HoosierTrav said:

I’m excited about this game. I’ll be up close and personal for this one. 

I saw on stub hub a decent deal on a ticket in the main concourse... I will be there. I've never been to a Big Ten game at Assembly Hall. I was close to buying a ticket to the Purdue or Illinois game...way too expensive for what I was wanting to pay. I can't wait to go to this game! If anyone is going to this game I'd be down to meet up at Nick's before the game. 

[hoosierdogg 3,194]

1 hour ago, Hardwood83 said:

I'd take that, especially they way they're playing recently. Find an above average transfer big to "replace" TJD and IU has something cooking. 

Kaleb Banks?  Not sure how IU gets a portal transfer, with three signed recruits for 2022, and all players on the current roster with at least one more year of eligibility.  Have to have three on this year's team leave to make room for 2022 recruits.  

[Stuhoo 80,530]

9 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

By no means should a win over an average Maryland team mean we go crazy and celebrate in the streets but this is the kind of game this program has lost the 5 previous seasons. It is tough to win on the road in the Big Ten. I think right now the biggest thing for this team is the emergence of Xavier Johnson. It was either after the Penn State or Iowa loss where I called him a bust. I'm happy to be wrong on that one. He's been terrific since the Purdue win. Playing at an all Big Ten level. I think for this team to take the next step they need Kopp and Stewart to get going. I thought at the start of the year both guys would be averaging double figures. Really need to find ways to get the ball in their hand. 

Kopp and Stewart will never be above average defenders or adequate ball handlers.

When the games are on the line we will regularly roll with TJD, Race, X, Gallo, Scoop, Jordan G, and Phin.

That’s a strong seven, and defensively that’s as good a seven as we’ve seen since Bobby Knight was coach.

Really…Trayce, Race, X, Phin, Gallo, and Jordan is an incredible defensive top six players.

[HoosierFan1994 4,745]

2 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Kopp and Stewart will never be above average defenders or adequate ball handlers.

When the games are on the line we will regularly roll with TJD, Race, X, Gallo, Scoop, Jordan G, and Phin.

That’s a strong seven, and defensively that’s as good a seven as we’ve seen since Bobby Knight was coach.

Really…that’s an incredible defensive top six players.

No doubt this is an elite defensive team. I'd just like to see them get going, especially early in a game. It's not February yet but I hope this is the kind of team that peaks at the end of the season. 

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11 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

I was there as a junior, Showalter was amazing, couldn’t see pavement or grass all the way to the Union, and I might’ve taken that fish….

Can't remember did one or two fish go missing for a bit? On a side note, as a junior we rented a house on E 8th a few blocks from Kilroy's, anyway I woke up one morning near Little 5  week and found a helium take from  the IU golf course in our living room.  We had black garbage bags of sqeaky voice juice on our ceiling all week during parties.  Ahh, for the simpler days.