Game Thread: Indiana vs. Arizona (12/10) 7:30 p.m. EST on Fox

[JSHoosier 20,689]

58 minutes ago, Rico said:

Fair enough.  But MR wasn't bringing anything last night so why not give JG some extended run?  If he hits a couple of 3s and slams one down maybe it is the "push" he needs?

 

Geronimo has been pretty bad all year, except for the likes of Little Rock.  He doesn't get extended run because he hasn't improved much.  He also shoots sub 30% for his career and around 17% this year from 3, he has very little business pulling up from out there.

[J34 1,511]

3 hours ago, Honkyman said:

Geronimo is only 6'6' and the Arizona front line guys are 6'11'" and 7'. Woodson didn't play Geronimo more because it was clear when he was in the game that he didn't have the size to cover these guys. It was a match-up problem. It had nothing to do with whether or not he is good enough or has the coach's trust.

Luka Garza might have something to say about this!

[HoosierHoopster 7,277]

3 hours ago, go iu bb said:

You always seem to have one player on the team that you think deserves more PT. Before JG, it was Hunter. I think JG is getting about the PT that he's earned. The coaches put him in to give him a chance and then he doesn't play well so they yank him. He's very athletic but just not that skilled.

Uh, ok

[HoosierHoopster 7,277]

4 hours ago, Alford Bailey said:

He a junior now. Have you looked at his stats? Minimal improvement from freshman year to now.

Yeah, go look at the stats thread

[DChoosier 8,884]

1 hour ago, Alford Bailey said:

Seems like Arizona had a whole team of foreign players

I looked into their coach a bit today and apparently he has been recruiting, and developing relationships, in Europe for years.

[HoosierHoopster 7,277]

4 hours ago, Honkyman said:

Geronimo is only 6'6' and the Arizona front line guys are 6'11'" and 7'. Woodson didn't play Geronimo more because it was clear when he was in the game that he didn't have the size to cover these guys. It was a match-up problem. It had nothing to do with whether or not he is good enough or has the coach's trust.

Completely fair. I don’t know if it was this or that he made a defensive mistake and got pulled, or that the staff was going for offense, riding the scoring that Race was bringing (Ren didn’t get much run either) along with Kopp and Bates. I saw the latter but yeah that could’ve been the driver in this game. JG does play beyond his size though, blocks leader etc

[HoosierHoopster 7,277]

1 minute ago, DChoosier said:

I looked into their coach a bit today and apparently he has been recruiting, and developing relationships, in Europe for years.

And doing a great job, those guys, experienced Euro players, are legit 

[DChoosier 8,884]

4 hours ago, Honkyman said:

Geronimo is only 6'6' and the Arizona front line guys are 6'11'" and 7'. Woodson didn't play Geronimo more because it was clear when he was in the game that he didn't have the size to cover these guys. It was a match-up problem. It had nothing to do with whether or not he is good enough or has the coach's trust.

I agree that the matchups were a problem.

I disagree that there isn’t a trust issue

[iu eyedoc 2,316]

16 hours ago, colonel06 said:

I think we may be putting too much stock in JHS.  Yes he is a terrific freshman and the team misses him particularly X but from the comments I’m reading it sounds like he is the silver bullet for these hard losses we’ve had.

Missing his overall talent was tough enough, missing an actual point guard once X got in foul trouble was game changing.

[DChoosier 8,884]

Just now, HoosierHoopster said:

And doing a great job, those guys, experienced Euro players, are legit 

They are legit.

I like how they play, their multi-skill abilities and think they are one of the best 3 teams in the country (actually would put them first but haven’t seen other teams enough to really make that claim).

[Alford Bailey 12,424]

6 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

I looked into their coach a bit today and apparently he has been recruiting, and developing relationships, in Europe for years.

Yea they looked like a pro team at times last night.

[Uspshoosier 47,058]

1 minute ago, DChoosier said:

They are legit.

I like how they play, their multi-skill abilities and think they are one of the best 3 teams in the country (actually would put them first but haven’t seen other teams enough to really make that claim).

Definitely top 3 for me  UConn is the best team in the country in my opinion 

[DChoosier 8,884]

2 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Definitely top 3 for me  UConn is the best team in the country in my opinion 

I’ve read they look good but haven’t seen them.
Quite a job to get UConn relevant again so quickly.

[Uspshoosier 47,058]

4 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

I’ve read they look good but haven’t seen them.
Quite a job to get UConn relevant again so quickly.

Yeah a couple years ago Hurley said in a press conference you better get us now because we are coming.   He wasn’t kidding.   They got the Bigs to bang with teams and they got the shot makers and crazy athletic wings that can guard you.   Impressive for sure 

[IUc2016 7,121]

23 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

I looked into their coach a bit today and apparently he has been recruiting, and developing relationships, in Europe for years.

He has.

but believe it or not, Kriisa and Toubelis were Sean Miller recruits. 

[Uspshoosier 47,058]

Just now, IUc2016 said:

He has.

but believe it or not, Kriisa and Toubelis were Sean Miller recruits. 

Yeah he was the Zags international recruiter.   When he took the Zona job Ballo followed him there.   Zags probably could of used him the last 2 years 

[colonel06 1,921]

19 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

Yea they looked like a pro team at times last night.

That’s for sure!!

[Rico 3,231]

16 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Yeah a couple years ago Hurley said in a press conference you better get us now because we are coming.   He wasn’t kidding.   They got the Bigs to bang with teams and they got the shot makers and crazy athletic wings that can guard you.   Impressive for sure 

I think Hurley is going to do big things at UConn.

[colonel06 1,921]

12 minutes ago, Rico said:

I think Hurley is going to do big things at UConn.

That will be interesting to watch how or if that develops.

[IU Scott 2,375]

People complain about how many foreign players have but forget one of the best recruits in IU history was foreign. Don't you remember Ivan Renko