IUBB vs SIEU - Wednesday, 11.06.24 @ 8:00 on BTN

[Hoosier DaDa 2,994]

10 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I think it's the 3pt curse of Archie Woodson.

We need to hire Crean as our OC. He was our last coach where we could shoot worth a damn.

[Hoosier DaDa 2,994]

At least this team is hitting free throws. I think they been over 80% all three games.

[Home Jersey 9,499]

48 minutes ago, IUCrazy2 said:

Great win?  Lol....

UConn won by 36 btw. That’s a great win. Or as “great” a win can be when you’re playing the Little Sisters of the Poor University

[Hoosier DaDa 2,994]

8 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

UConn won by 36 btw. That’s a great win. Or as “great” a win can be when you’re playing the Little Sisters of the Poor University

51 pt victory good

[Demo 20,631]

1 hour ago, Hoosier DaDa said:

We need to hire Crean as our OC. He was our last coach where we could shoot worth a damn.

You don’t hire Crean, you hire Buckley. Shot coaching is shockingly underrated given the nature of the game. Refining shot mechanics is never ending. I don’t care if you’re putting up 500 shots a day, if it’s not happening with fastidious attention to detail it’s only so productive. My favorite example is Robert Johnson. Dude fought a lot of funk in his stroke. Had some backward lean and left  drift. Under Buckley he was basically a 40% shooter over 3 years. Under a year with CAM he had 1 game, Iowa or Minny I think, where he made a million 3’s but his stroke deteriorated all year and he was probably a 35% guy without that game. I don’t care how many shots Woody says they’re getting up in the gym. I care about how they’re getting them up and it better not be just some GA rebounding for them.

[Demo 20,631]

42 minutes ago, Hoosier DaDa said:

51 pt victory good

And Arkansas won by 16 and Creighton won by 13 and Villanova lost. Wins are good with no exception and losing is always bad. Moral victories are a myth.

[Chris007 46,903]

I enjoy reading these threads the next day nearly as much as watching the game. Very entertaining.

MM played well

We have the talent

We should have won by at least 25

I believe we dropped 3 spots by only winning by 19.

Hopefully were better Sunday

[Hardwood83 4,775]

It wasn't the most inspiring performance, but it was the first game of the season. The shooting, defensive lapses and inconsistent rebounding seemed disappointingly familiar, but no doubt Rice is a big upgrade and MM has taken a big step up. Gallo looks to be back and Ballo & Reneau are solid, so there are pieces for success. Tucker will have Freshman moments, but appears to be a star in the making. I'm not worried about Goode, he'll come around. Carlyle on the other hand, hasn't shown me anything. No reason to panic, but so far he looks like a defensive stopper off the bench, at best. Hatton is only a 5-6mpg guy too, so need the frontline to stay healthy. 

[IUHoosier5 1,847]

3 hours ago, IU Prof said:

IU would not be favored against Gonzaga or Arizona in Atlantis, should they get to play them.

True but we should still expect them to win since they have the talent, and they should expect themselves to win much like Cig and co. do. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 86,192]

From Ant Wright.  Our Top 10 most used lineups from last night.

 

[HoosierHoopster 7,274]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

From Ant Wright.  Our Top 10 most used lineups from last night.

 

Yeah, continues to show Woodson's insistence on a 2-big lineup, some experimentation (poorly considered, imo) but very little w/o Ballo-Malik. The Rice-Goode-Malik-Bako-Carlyle lineup did get 8 points in 7 poss but Rice was having an off night particularly in the first half (TO's) which undercut it and Goode still isn't hitting shots (have to think that will change, he can shoot).

[Stuhoo 82,401]

Anybody see a shot chart for last night?

I’d be curious if we cut down on long twos—that’s been a major problem.

[maxwell 605]

3 hours ago, Demo said:

you hire Buckley

^ this!! I had only seen the shot doc 2 times for pre-game warmups.  It seemed as if he had an intense focus on studying the players and not chatty with anyone at least while I was watching. I often think of having him back.

[Uspshoosier 46,940]

4 hours ago, Chris007 said:

I believe we dropped 3 spots by only winning by 19.

More factors than that probably led to dropping 3 spots in Ken Pom.   They could have won by 25 + and still dropped depending on what others did around them.   They could have gained spots by only winning by 19 if their offensive efficiency would have been higher.   16 TO against that team probably dragged it down.    KenPom still uses last years results in his early rankings.   NET doesn’t use any of last years results however those ranking won’t be put out until later in the year with more data and still those first set of rankings are all over the place.     The 19 point win was IUs biggest margin of victory since Dec of 2022 when they played Elon which was the last team IU beat by more the 20 

[OliviaPope40 6,691]

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[LIHoosier 26,765]

1 hour ago, OliviaPope40 said:

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Coach Cigs taught me how to use 'the Google'

[Hoosierfanyuh 2,689]

Won 19 games without a PG last year. This team is too talented to not figure it out. We’ll be fine. It is also okay to critique the things you didn’t like.