IU Basketball News and Notes

[HoosierHoopster]

^^ Anyone who replies and says "apples" or other fruit should be summarily banned. 

[GloryDays]

Us old guys got homemade caramel popcorn balls and caramel covered apples.or we smashed jacolantrens on the front porch.

 

[jermhoosierfan]

7 minutes ago, GloryDays said:

Us old guys got homemade caramel popcorn balls and caramel covered apples.or we smashed jacolantrens on the front porch.

 

Ah yes, the popcorn balls and caramel apples that you had to have the police scan to make sure there weren't razorblades in them before you ate them.  I can do the popcorn balls all day, but just give me candy instead of the apples.

[Stuhoo]

37 minutes ago, GloryDays said:

Us old guys got homemade caramel popcorn balls 

 

TMI

Maybe some oinment would help?

 

 

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

NOT CANDY CORN!
Correct answer.

Sacrilege! Lol

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[Class of '66 Old Fart]

13 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

TMI

Maybe some oinment would help?

[LamarCheeks]

[Demo]

Per Schumann, Dorn is expected to be cleared for full go and could play game 1.

[68Hoosier]

53 minutes ago, Demo said:

Per Schumann, Dorn is expected to be cleared for full go and could play game 1.

Good news.  We can use the added help once he is healthy.  

[68Hoosier]

54 minutes ago, Demo said:

Per Schumann, Dorn is expected to be cleared for full go and could play game 1.

Was there any update on the others that were out?

[Stuhoo]

57 minutes ago, Demo said:

Per Schumann, Dorn is expected to be cleared for full go and could play game 1.

That is outstanding news. Here's to hoping that he's a small school guy that will be equipped to play major conference basketball.

Because so far, some of our small school guys (Conerway, Wilkerson) looked very equipped to do so, but others (Bailey, Harris, and especially Miles) look like they have a long ways to go.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

8 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

That is outstanding news. Here's to hoping that he's a small school guy that will be equipped to play major conference basketball.

Because so far, some of our small school guys (Conerway, Wilkerson) looked very equipped to do so, but others (Bailey, Harris, and especially Miles) look like they have a long ways to go.

I think. Bailey will be good in certain matchups but the B1G athletes with size and guards digging down on his high dribble are gonna put him in a world of hurt.  
 

I can see the vision with him but man, not getting a legit defensive Center is still haunting me. 

[Hoosierfanyuh]

1 hour ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

I think. Bailey will be good in certain matchups but the B1G athletes with size and guards digging down on his high dribble are gonna put him in a world of hurt.  
 

I can see the vision with him but man, not getting a legit defensive Center is still haunting me. 

I agree. I think Alexis has it in him, but foul trouble could suck there. I will say, only a handful of teams in the B1G are elite post heavy, so while it’s a concern I don’t think it’s as major as it seems. 

[Stuhoo]

24 minutes ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

I agree. I think Alexis has it in him, but foul trouble could suck there. I will say, only a handful of teams in the B1G are elite post heavy, so while it’s a concern I don’t think it’s as major as it seems. 

Mark my words: We are going to see more than one game in which Tucker Dveries will be guarding the other team's five by the time the final whistle blows. And he'll handle it just fine. You know what'll help? Enright and Conerway harassing the **** out of that five with swipes.

Just because Malik Reneau couldn't guard a five in Woody's system doesn't mean it can't be done with undersized post players. Not that more proof is needed, but if you're wondering how? Here's an couple of instructional videos:

 

[yogisballin]

On 10/30/2025 at 2:52 PM, Stuhoo said:

Mark my words: We are going to see more than one game in which Tucker Dveries will be guarding the other team's five by the time the final whistle blows. And he'll handle it just fine. You know what'll help? Enright and Conerway harassing the **** out of that five with swipes.

Just because Malik Reneau couldn't guard a five in Woody's system doesn't mean it can't be done with undersized post players. Not that more proof is needed, but if you're wondering how? Here's an couple of instructional videos:

 

Just watched again, Never gets old

[Demo]

On 10/30/2025 at 2:52 PM, Stuhoo said:

Mark my words: We are going to see more than one game in which Tucker Dveries will be guarding the other team's five by the time the final whistle blows. And he'll handle it just fine. You know what'll help? Enright and Conerway harassing the **** out of that five with swipes.

Just because Malik Reneau couldn't guard a five in Woody's system doesn't mean it can't be done with undersized post players. Not that more proof is needed, but if you're wondering how? Here's an couple of instructional videos:

 

I imagine you’re right about DeVries defending some 5’s and holding up because they would limit it to some niche situations and he wouldn’t be playing 10 mins at a time on a real post scorer. Ant Wright wrote the other day, and I hope he’s wrong, that he thinks at some point in the year Sisley will be the starting 4 in place of Enright and DeVries would be playing on the wing. Don’t love that at all. Against any legit wing scorer that can put it on the floor that feels like foul trouble. Against a kid like Carr the other day  he would have had no shot. That’s why I am super hopeful that when he’s ready Dorn is good enough to give them real minutes. They really need a longer wing option. 

[Home Jersey]

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[Stuhoo]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

I imagine you’re right about DeVries defending some 5’s and holding up because they would limit it to some niche situations and he wouldn’t be playing 10 mins at a time on a real post scorer. Ant Wright wrote the other day, and I hope he’s wrong, that he thinks at some point in the year Sisley will be the starting 4 in place of Enright and DeVries would be playing on the wing. Don’t love that at all. Against any legit wing scorer that can put it on the floor that feels like foul trouble. Against a kid like Carr the other day  he would have had no shot. That’s why I am super hopeful that when he’s ready Dorn is good enough to give them real minutes. They really need a longer wing option. 

Lots of wishcasting about Dorn on the board IMO.

Dorn's level of competition was almost identical to Jasai Miles last season, and Miles has not looked good so far.  Miles was statistically a far better rebounder and better in almost all other categories (fg%, rebounding, steals, blocks, assists), and by a pretty large margin. Dorn was better than Miles from distance but neither were good.

No two players are alike, so maybe Dorn has some swagger that enables his quick adjustment to high-D1, but I'll need to see it to even start to believe it.

For me? Sisley's got superior athleticism to Miles and very likely to Dorn, and Sisley's on-court communication and shooting stroke make him a far more likely choice to be our 6'7"-ish guy among the three of them.

[LamarCheeks]

We -- along with Iowa and O$U in the B1G -- were NCAA outliers last season that can be considered "dangerous" this season ... 

https://apnews.com/article/nc-state-ncaa-wolfpack-5c39cca9ab31fcd106dd1a04a08c29e9

[HoosierHoopster]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

Lots of wishcasting about Dorn on the board IMO.

Dorn's level of competition was almost identical to Jasai Miles last season, and Miles has not looked good so far.  Miles was statistically a far better rebounder and better in almost all other categories (fg%, rebounding, steals, blocks, assists), and by a pretty large margin. Dorn was better than Miles from distance but neither were good.

No two players are alike, so maybe Dorn has some swagger that enables his quick adjustment to high-D1, but I'll need to see it to even start to believe it.

For me? Sisley's got superior athleticism to Miles and very likely to Dorn, and Sisley's on-court communication and shooting stroke make him a far more likely choice to be our 6'7"-ish guy among the three of them.

Picking up on earlier thoughts on Sisley, jmo but his limited play against Baylor reflected his need to develop against better comp. I see a lot of upside in Sisley and his early play was really encouraging, don't get me wrong, but also think your points about level of competition re Miles/Dorn apply at least equally to Sisley, a frosh who we've only seen excel against far inferior comp. Let's see how he looks against better comp going forward. I hope he shines, but that's a TBD imo.