IUBB vs Ohio State - Saturday, 01.06.24 @ 8:00 on Fox TV

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14 minutes ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

49-27 on the glass. How did we win that game?

IU was incredibly efficient on the offensive end.

[Stuhoo 86,233]

CJ Gunn is a fantastic on-ball defender.

Discuss? (nah—it’s a fact, Jack)

[DChoosier 9,301]

34 minutes ago, Golfman25 said:

Good for CJ Gunn.  He's been dogged a lot, and looked like a legit player tonight.  Now let's see if he can stack a few games like this. 

Agree 100%.

Tonight I would say MR was the best player but Gunn was the MVP (for making a number of relatively unexpected plays off the bench in crunch time). Gunn is exactly what we need to fill one of our biggest holes but, to your point,  it is only meaningful long term if he can stack games like this.  If so, our ceiling rises a bit.

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1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

CJ Gunn is a fantastic on-ball defender.

Discuss? (nah—it’s a fact, Jack)

Depends on the day I’d say and the matchup. He’s much better defensively when he gets the positive offensive moment. 

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17 minutes ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

49-27 on the glass. How did we win that game?

Turnovers….the ultimate equalizer

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Three Long Islands and anything is possible. Congratulations to the Hoosier's for pulling it out. I might make over indulging a pre game ritual. 

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8 minutes ago, IUFAN1976 said:

Those are unreal stats to have the winning team on the wrong end of those stats

Free throw disparity- strongly in our favor, is pretty clear, and just from the box, X’s 8-11 from the line is very clear

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1 minute ago, Dhop said:

Turnovers….the ultimate equalizer

14-4. 10 possessions, a big deal.

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2 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

When the ball goes into Reneau, it never comes back out.

I think it comes out too slow when it does, but he is averaging about 3 assists per game.  Kid is really good in the post, though.

[Stuhoo 86,233]

OSU’s three guards; Thornton, Gayle, and Bonner, were a combined 8-39 from the floor. Gallo, X, and Gunn never let them get comfortable and rarely let them get to the rim or get a clean look.

And our bigs helped on them, which led to a ton of offensive rebounds for OSU.

Here’s the deal; when playing a decent team you often have to give up something, and we decided to pay a ton of attention to their guards, who are both excellent scorers.

In doing so Okpara got a ton of rebounds. And OSU only scored 27 in the second half.

That’s whatcha call an effective game plan.

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3 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

CJ Gunn is a fantastic on-ball defender.

Discuss? (nah—it’s a fact, Jack)

Nah…he gets beat on the first step too much and is not that fast laterally. He got taken to the hole at the end of the game pretty easily but he recovered nicely and the osu player missed the layup. 
 

He’s long and can get those hands active sometimes which helps. But overall he’s way too inconsistent to be considered a good defender on the ball, off the ball, or otherwise.  
 

He had a nice night tonight and can contribute if he’s going to regularly make shots and get in good position defensively.

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5 minutes ago, spe317 said:

Depends on the day I’d say and the matchup. He’s much better defensively when he gets the positive offensive moment. 

One not is that he leads the team in steals despite being 9th in minutes played.

[monskisprodigy 2,223]

I really didn’t think we’d win this one. Give the guys credit. They fought.

Good for Gunn and X. Reneau with another big game.

[Stuhoo 86,233]

Another quiet kudo tonight; Banks played his @$$ off and Battle quieted down as soon as he came in. Walker did a nice job defensively too.

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1 minute ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Free throw disparity- strongly in our favor, is pretty clear, and just from the box, X’s 8-11 from the line is very clear

I’m a big Cupps fan, am not putting him down, and think he will be a great 4 year player for IU. But……

There is no question that X is “uneven” but lets face it. X went 8-11 from the FT line but if he was still injured Cupps probably would have gone 0-0 from the line. As a freshman Cupps is mature for his age bringing up the ball, not making mistakes etc but we need a PG that can influence the offensive side of the court. X can do that (and he can also frustrate us).

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Anyone know when the replay is?

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3 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

I’m a big Cupps fan, am not putting him down, and think he will be a great 4 year player for IU. But……

There is no question that X is “uneven” but lets face it. X went 8-11 from the FT line but if he was still injured Cupps probably would have gone 0-0 from the line. As a freshman Cupps is mature for his age bringing up the ball, not making mistakes etc but we need a PG that can influence the offensive side of the court. X can do that (and he can also frustrate us).

We’re absolutely better with X. He’s a seasoned vet, and sure the frustrating stuff is there, but he always comes back big. 

[Trish 12,926]

Have to catch this on replay, that’s a good win. This team needs to find the consistent flow in B1G to make the big dance. They needed this win for sure. 
 

Enjoy the cigar Woody! 

[cthomas 6,562]

I thought we were firing CMW, are we not now?