2023-24 IUBB ROSTER

[RaceToTheTop 31,124]

  On 4/6/2023 at 4:07 AM, HoosierAloha said:

Thought we had inside information that he was a go several times until the story that he'd try to come back next season?

Woodson had indicated that he wasn't able to make cuts and said that until he could, it wasn't even an option.  I don't recall inside sources ever saying he was close....the best we got was Xavier tweeting that it was 'soon'.

[HoosierAloha 30,102]

  On 4/7/2023 at 1:16 AM, RaceToTheTop said:

Woodson had indicated that he wasn't able to make cuts and said that until he could, it wasn't even an option.  I don't recall inside sources ever saying he was close....the best we got was Xavier tweeting that it was 'soon'.

Don't have time to go back and look but there were several posts about 1-2 weeks out, next week, should be ready by X game, he should be ready, etc.

[RaceToTheTop 31,124]

  On 4/7/2023 at 5:31 PM, HoosierAloha said:

Don't have time to go back and look but there were several posts about 1-2 weeks out, next week, should be ready by X game, he should be ready, etc.

Think those were all people speculating about the ‘soon’.

[HoosierAloha 30,102]

  On 4/7/2023 at 5:36 PM, RaceToTheTop said:

Think those were all people speculating about the ‘soon’.

Ahhh so the "insiders" throwing a not at the end that I must have missed.

Looks like Yogi is going to return to Btown for his COVID year not

[Stuhoo 89,536]

  On 4/7/2023 at 5:31 PM, HoosierAloha said:

Don't have time to go back and look but there were several posts about 1-2 weeks out, next week, should be ready by X game, he should be ready, etc.

I think that the video of him in uniform doing pre-game quick-twitch drills convinced many that he was very close.

[Uspshoosier 54,428]

  On 4/7/2023 at 5:31 PM, HoosierAloha said:

Don't have time to go back and look but there were several posts about 1-2 weeks out, next week, should be ready by X game, he should be ready, etc.

He planned to be back for the last 2 home games according to himself on the HH podcast.   Doctors said it wasn’t healing the way they wanted it to and he didn’t want to risk further injury.  He ended up sleeping on it and decided to try and get a hardship waiver instead of playing on a foot not fully healed.   So the plan was to come back but the plan got changed 

[HoosierAloha 30,102]

  On 4/7/2023 at 6:14 PM, Uspshoosier said:

He planned to be back for the last 2 home games according to himself on the HH podcast.   Doctors said it wasn’t healing the way they wanted it to and he didn’t want to risk further injury.  He ended up sleeping on it and decided to try and get a hardship waiver instead of playing on a foot not fully healed.   So the plan was to come back but the plan got changed 

I like it, always keeping an out helps with that. Kind of reinforces the wait and see approach over getting pumped about the info you want to hear from insiders.

[Alford Bailey 13,228]

Looks like Leal better be working on his post game

[Scotty R 3,682]

  On 4/7/2023 at 9:22 PM, Alford Bailey said:

Looks like Leal better be working on his post game

You are right, we have no inside guys on our roster right now lol! I guess you forget about Reneau and Sparks 

[Joe_hoopsier 977]

  On 4/7/2023 at 6:14 PM, Uspshoosier said:

He planned to be back for the last 2 home games according to himself on the HH podcast.   Doctors said it wasn’t healing the way they wanted it to and he didn’t want to risk further injury.  He ended up sleeping on it and decided to try and get a hardship waiver instead of playing on a foot not fully healed.   So the plan was to come back but the plan got changed 

Ya know, it’s been a long time since we caught a break (no pun intended) with our program. Trayce and Race deciding to come back last yea was huge to keep momentum, would have been brutal had they not came back. 
Now X’s foot not healing within his (our) preferred window and he’s good with coming back this year is SUPER huge to keep building. At least to me anyway. It’s about damn time we see some of the bounces go our way. Maybe, just maybe we’ve paid our debit for killing Myles Brands goat. Or was he the satan himself, which ever? Don’t care. 

[str8baller 7,501]

  On 4/7/2023 at 9:49 PM, Joe_hoopsier said:

Now X’s foot not healing within his (our) preferred window and he’s good with coming back this year is SUPER huge to keep building. At least to me anyway

In the alternative, XJ coming back fully healthy might have been enough to push us over the hump in a wide open year. S16? E8? Further…with him on the roster it was certainly possible.  
 

Either way, him coming back next year should be coup for us. 

[Joe_hoopsier 977]

  On 4/7/2023 at 11:30 PM, str8baller said:

In the alternative, XJ coming back fully healthy might have been enough to push us over the hump in a wide open year. S16? E8? Further…with him on the roster it was certainly possible.  
 

Either way, him coming back next year should be coup for us. 

I hear you and that was, in the moment, exactly what I was thinking. Buuuut, In after thought, could it be better that he returns this year, as a foundation so success can stay equal or even gain, instead of having a step backwards year? I don’t know the answer obviously, but to me I think him being back is greater than an E8 run last year, for program longevity sake. 
just an opinion of course. 

[coonhounds 10,555]

  On 4/8/2023 at 1:02 AM, Joe_hoopsier said:

I hear you and that was, in the moment, exactly what I was thinking. Buuuut, In after thought, could it be better that he returns this year, as a foundation so success can stay equal or even gain, instead of having a step backwards year? I don’t know the answer obviously, but to me I think him being back is greater than an E8 run last year, for program longevity sake. 
just an opinion of course. 

I believe bigger to come back this season because a healthy x wasn't beating that miami team imo

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[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,884]

  On 4/8/2023 at 1:05 PM, coonhounds said:

I believe bigger to come back this season because a healthy x wasn't beating that miami team imo

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Would Pack have even scored on XJ?

[realTomCrean 2,762]

  On 4/8/2023 at 1:15 PM, btownqb said:

Would have even scored on XJ?

Also changes the lineup quite a bit. JHS/Gallo able to guard SG,SF primarily would’ve been a much better matchup for us against Miami. X is a dog but IU without a small/quick guard forced them into playing unfavorable lineups pretty consistently (@MD, Iowa, Miami, Mich St). 

[HoosierAloha 30,102]

  On 4/8/2023 at 4:19 PM, realTomCrean said:

Also changes the lineup quite a bit. JHS/Gallo able to guard SG,SF primarily would’ve been a much better matchup for us against Miami. X is a dog but IU without a small/quick guard forced them into playing unfavorable lineups pretty consistently (@MD, Iowa, Miami, Mich St). 

 

  On 4/8/2023 at 1:15 PM, btownqb said:

Would Pack have even scored on XJ?

Would pack have been able to stop XJ? XJ probably grabs 15 of those rebounds and Miami would barely be able to score.

[IUFAN1976 4,320]

  On 4/8/2023 at 7:29 PM, HoosierAloha said:

 

Would pack have been able to stop XJ? XJ probably grabs 15 of those rebounds and Miami would barely be able to score.

Losing XJ changed the entire dynamic of this team

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,884]

  On 4/8/2023 at 7:29 PM, HoosierAloha said:

 

Would pack have been able to stop XJ? XJ probably grabs 15 of those rebounds and Miami would barely be able to score.

No, doubtful, and well much harder. 

[IUFAN1976 4,320]

  On 4/8/2023 at 7:29 PM, HoosierAloha said:

 

Would pack have been able to stop XJ? XJ probably grabs 15 of those rebounds and Miami would barely be able to score.

XJ had a knack for getting under the opposing teams players.  He would have frustrated the heck out of Pack

[HoosierAloha 30,102]

  On 4/8/2023 at 10:44 PM, IUFAN1976 said:

XJ had a knack for getting under the opposing teams players.  He would have frustrated the heck out of Pack

Who would have shot the FTs when XJ got a tech? Would XJ have been guarding Pack and/or Wong and/or any of their other guards when they were wide open from deep behind the line? Would XJ have been able to grab all of the rebounds that led to 5,529 second chance points for Miami?

Yes, XJ would have helped in this game. We might have been able to keep it within single digits has XJ had an above average game. It amazes me players before eleventy times themselves when not available. We would have kept the game closer if Geronimo and/or Bates played half as well as many projected them over last off-season. Miami was the far better team in that game. Our "advantage" in that game failed to rebound after playing pretty solid first shot defense.

Let's actually get better this off-season and do better in the regular and post seasons next year.