IUBB vs Minnesota - Monday, 12.09.24 @ 6:30 on BTN

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Our conference play starts tomorrow at home vs the Go4s (6-4) (0-1) who lost their conference opener 90-72 to Sparty.  This should be an easy game for us but I'm confident we can make it difficult.

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[Dave from Dayton]

Trying to contain my excitement as I look forward to the IU team and coaches mail it in for half of a game Monday night against the prairie dogs or muskrats...whatever.

What is up with Mgbako?

Why did Rice only get one assist last game?

Ballo should never, ever, dribble the ball if there is a defender on the basketball court.  That plus, never defend further out that 8 feet away from the basket.

When will the coaches teach the team how and then demand that they get over the hump?

      They keep beating themselves.

 

[TheWatShot]

We've won 8 in a row over the Gophers. Since we rarely win more than 2 or 3 in a row against anybody in our conference these days, I felt compelled to research this series history a bit more. We haven't lost at home to Minnesota since 2012. We're 37-6 against them in Assembly Hall. So if Woodson manages to lose to these guys, we'll have some nice big logs to throw on the fire. 

[AZ Hoosier]

3 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

We've won 8 in a row over the Gophers. Since we rarely win more than 2 or 3 in a row against anybody in our conference these days, I felt compelled to research this series history a bit more. We haven't lost at home to Minnesota since 2012. We're 37-6 against them in Assembly Hall. So if Woodson manages to lose to these guys, we'll have some nice big logs to throw on the fire. 

We're ready...

[Whoozhers]

I have advice to work on these 4 things today….. Fun, da, men, tals.

Gotta break it down and build on those 4 things if you expect to end up anywhere better.

GO HOOSIERS!

[HoosierHoopster]

Confident we’ll win. Also confident Woodson’s “game planning” will make it more difficult than it should br and the game thread will be … testy.

Hope to see Bako back in form and the team playing a lot more engaged overall

[HoosierCoop]

There is a lot of questions in the posts above.

Here's my personal opinion:

• MM was on some preseason award watches and came out hot.
  • Because of that, I feel he needs to keep his PPG up so he is forcing too much in his game.
  • He is not athletic enough to generate his own offense.
  • MM is also not doing those little cuts to the basket that we saw earlier as well.
• Rice is not getting the assists like he used to because the offense stalls.
  • i.e.MM, Reneau, etc. settling for one-on-one ball.
  • Rice would excel in a dibble drive offense.
• No one is engaged on defense.  It's a poop show.
• With the exception of Reneau, no one is athletic enough to take their man solo on offense.
• Ballo is not a good passer period.  Reneau should be the one receiving at the key.
• Whooziers said it best, "Fun, da, men, tals"
• If these coaches could get a smidge of chemistry built with these guys they might win a few games.
  • If not, we'll have a lot of discussion in the spring.

[monskisprodigy]

20 minutes ago, HoosierCoop said:

There is a lot of questions in the posts above.

Here's my personal opinion:

• MM was on some preseason award watches and came out hot.
  • Because of that, I feel he needs to keep his PPG up so he is forcing too much in his game.
  • He is not athletic enough to generate his own offense.
  • MM is also not doing those little cuts to the basket that we saw earlier as well.
• Rice is not getting the assists like he used to because the offense stalls.
  • i.e.MM, Reneau, etc. settling for one-on-one ball.
  • Rice would excel in a dibble drive offense.
• No one is engaged on defense.  It's a poop show.
• With the exception of Reneau, no one is athletic enough to take their man solo on offense.
• Ballo is not a good passer period.  Reneau should be the one receiving at the key.
• Whooziers said it best, "Fun, da, men, tals"
• If these coaches could get a smidge of chemistry built with these guys they might win a few games.
  • If not, we'll have a lot of discussion in the spring.

I'll fully admit, I have overlooked that we were playing several times this year, and caught the tail end of games. Will watch the entire game tonight...but the one thing I noticed in several games was repeated from years past -  just the lack of hustle, especially after turnovers. Guys put their head down and just jog. If we arent scoring, we aren't playing defense and energy drags...watching the Kentucky vs. Gonzaga game, dudes were out there busting their butts and moving at a pace I don't think I have ever seen us move at. That seems to be the theme whenever I watch other elite level programs. We don't have that, whatever it is. 

Hoping to see some Energy, hustle, and as mentioned above - fun,da,men,tals. 

[mamasa]

Here's hoping tonight ends my lack of enthusiasm for IUMBB!! If not, I'm super enthused about my tomato tortellini soup tonight, so I got that going for me, which is nice....

[fwgreenway]

27 minutes ago, mamasa said:

Here's hoping tonight ends my lack of enthusiasm for IUMBB!! If not, I'm super enthused about my tomato tortellini soup tonight, so I got that going for me, which is nice....

…" I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down"

[Golfman25]

2 hours ago, HoosierCoop said:

There is a lot of questions in the posts above.



• No one is engaged on defense.  It's a poop show.

Woodson's defense is too complicated for them.  Takes too long to learn, let alone perfect.  And requires players above the college level.  Thus, I think they get frustrated and disengage.  

[cbp4iu]

I would like some energy from tip until 30 minutes after the game. 

[OliviaPope40]

 

[mamasa]

Since I’m not wasting money on good bourbon for this coach, here’s my choice tonight lol

[IUFAN1976]

Just now, mamasa said:

Since I’m not wasting money on good bourbon for this coach, here’s my choice tonight lol

Works for me, are you sharing?

[Stuhoo]

6 minutes ago, mamasa said:

Since I’m not wasting money on good bourbon for this coach, here’s my choice tonight lol

OH NO!

I need to start a GoFundMe to at least get you a bottle of Jack Daniels. That Barton will do damage to your very soul, not to mention your taste buds.

Sales slogan: "Tastes like feet soaked in ethanol"

[IUFAN1976]

2 hours ago, HoosierCoop said:

There is a lot of questions in the posts above.

Here's my personal opinion:

• MM was on some preseason award watches and came out hot.
  • Because of that, I feel he needs to keep his PPG up so he is forcing too much in his game.
  • He is not athletic enough to generate his own offense.
  • MM is also not doing those little cuts to the basket that we saw earlier as well.
• Rice is not getting the assists like he used to because the offense stalls.
  • i.e.MM, Reneau, etc. settling for one-on-one ball.
  • Rice would excel in a dibble drive offense.
• No one is engaged on defense.  It's a poop show.
• With the exception of Reneau, no one is athletic enough to take their man solo on offense.
• Ballo is not a good passer period.  Reneau should be the one receiving at the key.
• Whooziers said it best, "Fun, da, men, tals"
• If these coaches could get a smidge of chemistry built with these guys they might win a few games.
  • If not, we'll have a lot of discussion in the spring.

I have zero confidence that MW and staff will get that done.  His track record is to let the players and assistant coaches do the work and once they get it to a closing point, they bring in MW to close the deal. If you want to involve MW, you have to go to MW.

[IUFAN1976]

23 hours ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Confident we’ll win. Also confident Woodson’s “game planning” will make it more difficult than it should br and the game thread will be … testy.

Hope to see Bako back in form and the team playing a lot more engaged overall

I actually think we can lose this game because Ben Johnson > MW as a basketball coach 

[IUFAN1976]

On 12/8/2024 at 11:16 AM, Dave from Dayton said:

Trying to contain my excitement as I look forward to the IU team and coaches mail it in for half of a game Monday night against the prairie dogs or muskrats...whatever.

What is up with Mgbako?

Why did Rice only get one assist last game?

Ballo should never, ever, dribble the ball if there is a defender on the basketball court.  That plus, never defend further out that 8 feet away from the basket.

When will the coaches teach the team how and then demand that they get over the hump?

      They keep beating themselves.

 

Is the hump adjacent?

[mamasa]

13 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

OH NO!

I need to start a GoFundMe to at least get you a bottle of Jack Daniels. That Barton will do damage to your very soul, not to mention your taste buds.

Sales slogan: "Tastes like feet soaked in ethanol"

I legit took this pic at my favorite bar simply because I couldn't think of a worse pour lol.  I knew it'd come in handy!