IU Basketball News and Notes

[IUHoosier5]

I’m happy with how Woody responded to last year, and I’m optimistic that he won’t make the same mistake again. His job this year is pretty simple: put players in positions to succeed. Let them and their talent do the rest. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

I’m happy with how Woody responded to last year, and I’m optimistic that he won’t make the same mistake again. His job this year is pretty simple: put players in positions to succeed. Let them and their talent do the rest. 

This year has the potential to be an all time favorite roster. If woody can get them playing fast. Smarter. And locked the F in on defense.

Mgbako can flat shoot it. I like Gallo when not shooting 3s. Love Ballo and Reneau. Pretty sure I’m gonna love Rice. Goode and Tucker off the bench? It’s gotta be good, right.




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[HoosierCoop]

28 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

This year has the potential to be an all time favorite roster. If woody can get them playing fast. Smarter. And locked the F in on defense.

Mgbako can flat shoot it. I like Gallo when not shooting 3s. Love Ballo and Reneau. Pretty sure I’m gonna love Rice. Goode and Tucker off the bench? It’s gotta be good, right.




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I think you will see a MUCH improved Cupps.

[Dave from Dayton]

51 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

This year has the potential to be an all time favorite roster. If woody can get them playing fast. Smarter. And locked the F in on defense.

Mgbako can flat shoot it. I like Gallo when not shooting 3s. Love Ballo and Reneau. Pretty sure I’m gonna love Rice. Goode and Tucker off the bench? It’s gotta be good, right.




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Not sure about this year being an all-time favorite.  Would be cool for that to happen, though.  A miracle, maybe.

To date, my all-time favorite is the undefeated '76-'77 NCAA National Champions.  Without a doubt.  The team that refused to lose.

Scott May, Quinn Buckner, Kent Benson, Bobby Wilkerson, and Tom Abernethy...and others.

Graduated from IU that year.  Married my IU college sweetheart that year. And IU won every single basketball game.   

Wow!

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Not sure about this year being an all-time favorite.  Would be cool for that to happen, though.  A miracle, maybe.
To date, my all-time favorite is the undefeated '76-'77 NCAA National Champions.  Without a doubt.  The team that refused to lose.
Scott May, Quinn Buckner, Kent Benson, Bobby Wilkerson, and Tom Abernethy...and others.
Graduated from IU that year.  Married my IU college sweetheart that year. And IU won every single basketball game.   
Wow!

I was born in 1980.

Was a student for the 2002 national championship run.

Enjoy the early 90’s teams but was also swept up by the fab 5 movement before becoming a diehard.

The Watford, Zeller, Oladipo teams were gold besides they didn’t defend anyone.

Loved Yogi. Was the #1 TJD fan on the sight. He literally carried teams on his back.

I missed the glory years but it’s always a fun roller coaster.


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[str8baller]

5 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

100%. And while I see the basis for it, I think it's a bit misplaced.

I see a massive failure by Woody, but not with player development or in-game coaching. Woody has been really pretty good on in-game adjustments and offensive sets.

Where he has royally sucked has been as a guy that could build a roster that has the components to succeed in the modern college game. The choices we had a guard last year were roster building malpractice: An injured and erratic X, freshman Cupps, Gallo (that's one solid option) Gunn, and Leal? Aye caramba!! The year before? We were a 4 seed with only one healthy high-level guard.

This year? Not sure of it, but I kinda think the problems with horrendous roster construction have been rectified.

He’s a good enough coach that I expect a good season next year. He’s a flawed enough coach that I’m fine considering us a dark horse or long shot or whatever for a FF run next year. 
 

Unless we take major strides defensively we’ll get beat in the same manner all his teams get beat. 

[eddy4iu]

5 hours ago, Dave from Dayton said:

Not sure about this year being an all-time favorite.  Would be cool for that to happen, though.  A miracle, maybe.

To date, my all-time favorite is the undefeated '76-'77 NCAA National Champions.  Without a doubt.  The team that refused to lose.

Scott May, Quinn Buckner, Kent Benson, Bobby Wilkerson, and Tom Abernethy...and others.

Graduated from IU that year.  Married my IU college sweetheart that year. And IU won every single basketball game.   

Wow!

I am a '76 grad myself.  Oh what a run!

[ebridges24]

On 9/20/2024 at 1:51 PM, Hardwood83 said:

Agreed. If I'm looking for roster short-comings to temper my enthusiasm one of the few areas is athleticism, particularly in the front court. Out of Mbako, Reneau, Ballo, Hatton, Goode none are rim-runner/above the rim type guys. BUT I hope that vastly improved guard play & shooting more than make up for that. 

Ballo is a rim runner, I've seen him do it plenty.

[ebridges24]

never mind

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[Hovadipo]

Has anyone been watching Miller Kopp's podcast series through Hoosiers Connect? I'm watching Hulls' new episode now. I watched Brian Walsh last week and it was phenomenal.

[Demo]

Just now, Hovadipo said:

Has anyone been watching Miller Kopp's podcast series through Hoosiers Connect? I'm watching Hulls' new episode now. I watched Brian Walsh last week and it was phenomenal.

Kopp. Man, that kid has got it figured out. Prediction: 30 years from now that generation of IU fans will be talking about Kopp the way we talk about Cuban. 

[Hovadipo]

1 minute ago, Demo said:

Kopp. Man, that kid has got it figured out. Prediction: 30 years from now that generation of IU fans will be talking about Kopp the way we talk about Cuban. 

He claims to want to get into coaching and while that might go great for him, he's got the personality to do so much more.

[Demo]

https://x.com/TomCrean/status/1838214964164644997
 

Love it 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2024/9/23/mens-basketball-putting-it-together-iu-basketball-optimism-high

[Hoosier DaDa]

[mamasa]

It's so good to have real news finally!! 

[MemphisHoosier]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

https://x.com/TomCrean/status/1838214964164644997
 

Love it 

Say whatever you would like about his coaching acumen (and you know I have!), but he was, and continues to be, a good man.  I hope we see him at a game or two this upcoming season.

[Demo]

Just now, MemphisHoosier said:

Say whatever you would like about his coaching acumen (and you know I have!), but he was, and continues to be, a good man.  I hope we see him at a game or two this upcoming season.

Yup, and I will never forget that he took on that dumpster fire when the Tony Bennett’s of the world wanted no part of it. Nothing but respect for the guy.

[str8baller]

5 hours ago, Demo said:

Yup, and I will never forget that he took on that dumpster fire when the Tony Bennett’s of the world wanted no part of it. Nothing but respect for the guy.

And renegotiated his contract on that fact before he ever coached a game. I don’t think it was altruism, personally. 
 

He does seem like a solid guy though, and I have no problem with him hanging around and promoting the program. As sad as it is he’s our most successful coach since Knight and doesn’t seem to be headed back to coaching any time soon, so it kind of makes since for him and IU to keep some cordial connection. Kind of reminds me of Faust and ND football back in the day. 

[Hovadipo]

6 hours ago, Demo said:

Yup, and I will never forget that he took on that dumpster fire when the Tony Bennett’s of the world wanted no part of it. Nothing but respect for the guy.

There was some good stuff about this in the Hulls pod I mentioned earlier today.