Indiana vs. Louisville- Mon. 11/20 @ 4:30 pm on ESPNU (Empire Classic)

[TheWatShot 13,639]

We've made 15 threes in five games. Were the Archie teams ever that bad? Doesn't seem possible. 

[J34 1,472]

9 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Banks with:

8 rebounds 

3 blocks 

3 steals 

0 turnovers 

Sorry @Stuhoo. Didn't finish reading through the posts, until after I posted mine. I really think Kaleb is just breaking the surface of his true potential. 

[mamasa 15,135]

I’m sure I’m in the minority but I’m pretty happy with the learning path and adjustments we’ve made. This was not a final four lineup. Once we hit on all cylinders, we’re going to be okay 

[str8baller 5,040]

4 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

We've made 15 threes in five games. Were the Archie teams ever that bad? Doesn't seem possible. 

Doubtful. Last year the worst team in Div 1 at making 3’s was Monmouth at 134 over 33 games for an average of 4.0 made 3’s per game. If your stats are correct we’re at 3.0 per game or on pace to likely finish dead last in the country. 

[southsidehoosier 4,953]

3 minutes ago, mamasa said:

I’m sure I’m in the minority but I’m pretty happy with the learning path and adjustments we’ve made. This was not a final four lineup. Once we hit on all cylinders, we’re going to be okay 

Agreed. When’s the last time our bench went for 30pts?

[RaceToTheTop 24,922]

2 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

We've made 15 threes in five games. Were the Archie teams ever that bad? Doesn't seem possible. 

At making threes?  I don't think so.

Know what the kicker is?  Xavier Johnson is 5 of 10 from three.  The rest of the team is 10 of 54.

[HoosierHoopster 6,793]

22 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Cool.  If UT's shot doesn't fall and Louisville wins....they are still sucky.  2-23 against in their last 25 games against power conference teams.  They lost to Chattanooga and only beat UMBC by 1.  I hope they do get better just so they finish in the top 200 NET and it's a quad 3 win.  But they were 315 last year, so 200 might be a stretch....because they are sucky.

 

First - for sure they’ve been horrible, including last season. Hysterically bad. Hookerville’s just deserts.

But second, context. My simple point to Stu was he was lucky we pulled it out, after calling Ville sucky. We were almost below sucky. That was, i thought kind of obviously, humor. 
For what it’s worth, do you think we would’ve almost beaten UT? I don’t. I think they would’ve destroyed us. Ville is bad, but they’re showing signs of life, that was an impressive fight, and but for a shift to zone at the end, they probably beat us.

I’m  still laughing at the multiple betting site analysts who picked Ville to beat us by 7, against the line. :)

[WayneFleekHoosier 47,933]

1-11 from 3. Galloway a no show on offense. Subpar games from Ware and Reneau by their standards. And we got the W.

We have to take it. It’s ugly. It’s always going to be ugly when you can’t shoot.

The Zone did it. I wonder who in the huddle suggested it? I don’t think it was Woodson’s idea.

Gotta like what Walker and Banks offered. And X had a good finish.


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[FortWayneHoosier 5,910]

7 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Doubtful. Last year the worst team in Div 1 at making 3’s was Monmouth at 134 over 33 games for an average of 4.0 made 3’s per game. If your stats are correct we’re at 3.0 per game or on pace to likely finish dead last in the country. 

We are at 358th in 3PA and 354th in 3PM 

[HoosierHoopster 6,793]

7 minutes ago, mamasa said:

I’m sure I’m in the minority but I’m pretty happy with the learning path and adjustments we’ve made. This was not a final four lineup. Once we hit on all cylinders, we’re going to be okay 

I’ve been thinking along the same lines and am hoping you’re right. I’m more encouraged by the somewhat surprising shift to zone, reflecting a non-stubborn move by Woodson. I’m pretty concerned though by the continued emphasis on the inside game while missing almost all of the 3’s we are taking— though flip side there, do like that Gallo is still putting them up (they’ll start to fall) and that Bako is starting to shoot. The people saying he can’t shoot do not know his game, they will start falling too if he gets the shots up, gotta get him comfortable and understanding the plays/sets.

[HoosierHoopster 6,793]

2 minutes ago, FortWayneHoosier said:

We are at 358th in 3PA and 354th in 3PM 

The former is absolutely unacceptable 

[str8baller 5,040]

2 minutes ago, FortWayneHoosier said:

We are at 358th in 3PA and 354th in 3PM 

And last year we were 352 in attempts, but we actually shot at a pretty high percentage. It doesn’t look like we’ll have that luxury this year, so I would fully expect us to be in the bottom 10 or so teams in 3P made at our current rate.  
 

Archie’s teams were pretty bad, but not quite that bad. 
 

 

[RaceToTheTop 24,922]

3 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

First - for sure they’ve been horrible, including last season. Hysterically bad. Hookerville’s just deserts.

But second, context. My simple point to Stu was he was lucky we pulled it out, after calling Ville sucky. We were almost below sucky. That was, i thought kind of obviously, humor. 
For what it’s worth, do you think we would’ve almost beaten UT? I don’t. I think they would’ve destroyed us. Ville is bad, but they’re showing signs of life, that was an impressive fight, and but for a shift to zone at the end, they probably beat us.

I’m  still laughing at the multiple betting site analysts who picked Ville to beat us by 7, against the line. :)

I get it.  It's just that Stu is correct -- Louisville is sucky.  A win over us would just mean we lost to a sucky team.  They lost to Kentucky Wesleyan in an exhibition.  They needed late heroics to beat Maryland Baltimore County.  They lost at home to Chattanooga by 10.  The one point loss to Texas is the exception, not the rule....they were simply a sucky team that had a good game.

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8 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

The former is absolutely unacceptable 

It is, but until you start actually hitting some, it would be just taking them to take them.  Think we're at 23% right now after going 1 for 11 tonight.

[IUFAN1976 2,775]

2 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

The former is absolutely unacceptable 

I think we should have at least 15 attempts per game, but I am looking at this team and I am wondering who will shoot them and be able to knock them down consistently?  Trey hasn’t looked good shooting them and has seem to have lost his confidence shooting them.  Gunn hasn’t come close and Mgbako can’t stay on the floor long enough to be a consistent option.  X is really the only one who can knock them down at a decent percentage, but that’s really it and he won’t shoot 10 of them a game, more like 3-5 per game.

[OliviaPope40 6,432]

17 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

1-11 from 3. Galloway a no show on offense. Subpar games from Ware and Reneau by their standards. And we got the W.

We have to take it. It’s ugly. It’s always going to be ugly when you can’t shoot.

The Zone did it. I wonder who in the huddle suggested it? I don’t think it was Woodson’s idea.

Gotta like what Walker and Banks offered. And X had a good finish.


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I was wondering who suggested it too.

[Stuhoo 79,626]

Can you even imagine?

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,857]

 

[Schreckbagger 620]

Anyplace to watch the replay on this one? Missed it live.

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[maharkn 1,684]

Can you even imagine?

 

Nice to be the team to make an adjustment and not have the coach that doesn't have a clue what to do

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