IU Basketball News and Notes

[str8baller]

14 hours ago, BA47591 said:

I think we're a .500 team in conference. Louisville is the worst possible match-up for us because they're the same team except in year 2, deeper and more talented. I think we'll get stomped. Kentucky on the road will be tough too. 19-12 going into the conference tournament. 

So at 9-9 in conference, you have us 10-3 in non-conference. Losses to Lville and UK are a given for you but you also have us losing to Kansas State? 

[NashvilleHoosier]

On 11/10/2025 at 4:40 PM, NashvilleHoosier said:

I take it the Louisville seat assignments haven't been released yet? I selfishly need a lot more and better options to be available on secondary sites, and I'm guessing anyone intending to sell doesn't yet know what seats they are selling. How far in advance were the Marquette seats assigned? 

Bump. Anybody heard anything here?

[Home Jersey]

Feels good seeing IU stick out for the right reasons

[Brass Cannon]

29 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Feels good seeing IU stick out for the right reasons

 

[LamarCheeks]

We're ranked! 

But only in the coaches poll -- No. 25. We're No. 27 (two spots out of Top 25) in AP. 

That Incarnate Word triumph musta opened some eyes! 

Coaches poll

AP poll

[str8baller]

20 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

We're ranked! 

But only in the coaches poll -- No. 25. We're No. 27 (two spots out of Top 25) in AP. 

That Incarnate Word triumph musta opened some eyes! 

Coaches poll

AP poll

Most coaches had their SID fill out their ballots and were eating dinner by the time we fell apart against the mighty Incarnate. 

[HoosierHoopster]

Contrary to the above post, this is actually me following the mighty incarnate word game on my laptop

[sirhoosierlot]

Officially in the Top 25 

[68Hoosier]

Has anyone seen a team photo yet?

[LamarCheeks]

Up to No. 22 in AP 

AP rankings

And No. 19 in coaches poll

Coaches rankings

[Uspshoosier]

 

[jermhoosierfan]

25 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

 

He is not giving up that info on how he got his nickname of DRock.  LOL

[HoosierHoopster]

And no real surprise we're dropped out of the ranking this week, along with Kentucky.

Team has work to do.

[BtownStrength]

2 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

And no real surprise we're dropped out of the ranking this week, along with Kentucky.

Team has work to do.

Yep. We don't deserve to be ranked after last week. 

BUT I think DRock will have this team improved. The lack of size and athleticism certainly might have a ceiling, but we can still be a tough out if we patch some of our deficiencies. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

23 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

And no real surprise we're dropped out of the ranking this week, along with Kentucky.

Team has work to do.

Hoping to just sneak into the tournament this year despite honestly thinking we won’t.  
 

Then hopefully we can put together a high ceiling roster and see if DeVries Got it.  
 

I like his passion and grit but you can only do so much with the pieces he has assembled.  
 

Nervous for what might become a long term build.  

[RoadRage]

Is Lamar coachable? Last few games he has seemed lost to me. Kid can shoot, but I can't see much else in his game, if he's hitting his shots he is a great asset, but when he's off he doesn't seem to create much offense. Don't get me wrong I really like him but he seems to be regressing from earlier in the season!

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Is Lamar coachable? Last few games he has seemed lost to me. Kid can shoot, but I can't see much else in his game, if he's hitting his shots he is a great asset, but when he's off he doesn't seem to create much offense. Don't get me wrong I really like him but he seems to be regressing from earlier in the season!

My outside perspective is yes, I think he is.

He’s being scouting as scoring option 1a or 1b and they are crowding him. He’s not getting too many open looks. So He’s shooting from deep just to shoot.

That’s why I think Conerway, Wilk, Dorn, DeVries, Bailey lineup adds an extra shooter and hopefully can free him up a bit.

DDV gotta lot of things to figure out quickly.


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[HoosierHoopster]

Agree, need more sets and actions to give him and Tucker better looks, B1G teams have them scouted as our #1 and 2 scoring options. Lamar is absolutely coachable he comes in from SHSU (here just north of H-Town) with years under his belt as a 40% plus deep shooter and great teammate. Time to add actions, can’t be predictable in conf and other guys have to be looked to with the kind of ball movement for better looks we saw against Marq, KSU and earlier

[Stuhoo]

23 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

My outside perspective is yes, I think he is.

He’s being scouting as scoring option 1a or 1b and they are crowding him. He’s not getting too many open looks. So He’s shooting from deep just to shoot.

That’s why I think Conerway, Wilk, Dorn, DeVries, Bailey lineup adds an extra shooter and hopefully can free him up a bit.

DDV gotta lot of things to figure out quickly.


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It’s funny because Enright has arguably been our most consistently successful player—he always brings an intensity that others don’t always have.

But adding Dorn and/or Sisley to the lineup instead of Enright or Conerway solves the size issue and improves shooting.

The guy that really deserves to be dropped from the starting five is Bailey. Anyone for a starting five of Conerway, Lamar, Dorn, Sisley, and Tucker? Five mid-ish size guys. Tucker gives up four inches but doesn’t have to guard someone too quick for him. And our four best shooters play together.

[8bucks]

3 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Hoping to just sneak into the tournament this year despite honestly thinking we won’t.  
 

Then hopefully we can put together a high ceiling roster and see if DeVries Got it.  
 

I like his passion and grit but you can only do so much with the pieces he has assembled.  
 

Nervous for what might become a long term build.  

Seems NIL $ is the key but with football doing even better this year and with an older coach clearly a lot of $ goes that way. In order to build that high ceiling roster it seems we need an extra infusion of NIL $. Just not sure how much of that is out there for both.