IUWBB vs Nebraska - Sunday, 02.02.25 @ Noon on FS1

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Women return home after getting a badly needed win at Washington.  Nebraska (15-5) (6-3) and 2-4 on the road.  Alex Bozich calls Nebraska a tournament team and says ESPN.com bracketologist Charlie Creme has the Hoosiers at the top of his list of teams projected to earn a bye as a #9 seed playing Creighton at Notre Dame.  The Huskers lost sophomore forward Natalie Potts for the season in November with a torn ACL.  Through five games, she was leading the team in scoring (14.4 PPG) and rebounding (7.4/game); she was Big Ten Freshman of the Year last season (per conf. coaches).  Based on their record, other players have stepped up to fill that void.  Huskers average 76 ppg with a +13 scoring margin.  They outrebound their opponents by almost 6/gm.  They shoot 36% on 3s.  With Potts out, they have just 2 players averaging in double figures - Markowski at 14.7 and Prince at 13.3.  Markowski and Prince are also their best rebounders.  IU Women have absolutely got to protect home court the rest of the season.

https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/01/30/indiana-womens-basketball-among-last-four-byes-in-latest-espn-bracketology/

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[Aaron]

5 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Women return home after getting a badly needed win at Washington.  Nebraska (15-5) (6-3) and 2-4 on the road.  Alex Bozich calls Nebraska a tournament team and says ESPN.com bracketologist Charlie Creme has the Hoosiers at the top of his list of teams projected to earn a bye as a #9 seed playing Creighton at Notre Dame.  The Huskers lost sophomore forward Natalie Potts for the season in November with a torn ACL.  Through five games, she was leading the team in scoring (14.4 PPG) and rebounding (7.4/game); she was Big Ten Freshman of the Year last season (per conf. coaches).  Based on their record, other players have stepped up to fill that void.  Huskers average 76 ppg with a +13 scoring margin.  They outrebound their opponents by almost 6/gm.  They shoot 36% on 3s.  With Potts out, they have just 2 players averaging in double figures - Markowski at 14.7 and Prince at 13.3.  Markowski and Prince are also their best rebounders.  IU Women have absolutely got to protect home court the rest of the season.

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The ability 'protect home court the rest of the season' isn't as important as getting five more wins in the regular season regardless of where they are at.

Really they need two games from the bucket of Nebraska, Ohio State, Maryland, at Minnesota, at Michigan, at Michigan St, as well as sweeping Purdue and beating Rutgers. That would put them at 10-8 and 18-11 and in about the same nine seed range they are now.

With that said, Nebraska is maybe the most important game so far this season because it is the most winnable of the six versus tournament teams and is at home.

Also the Cornhuskers are built in a way where the matchup is decent. Alexis Markowski is best center in the league and will kill the Hoosiers inside similar to Kendall Bostic of Illinois. However, outside of her, they are not particularly athletic and rely on making a lot of threes similar to IU rather than the ability to drive like the Illini which was what really did Indiana in. Basically this game will be much more about who is making their shots then about talent or athleticism which is a better bet given Indiana's deficiency against speed and athletic players.      

[TTT]

Prince another one who IU was involved in recruiting 5 star at 96 a freshman.  Need and should be able to guard her.  Not sure how well IU Ladies played overall vs Washington?  3 ball was great for Garzon and Parrish.  
IU Ladies could win a bunch of games or lose a bunch in February.

[TTT]

Going down the stretch if Garzon, Parrish, Moore-McNeil play well the rest of the season hinges on Ciezki and to a larger extent how well Striplin will play.

[Todd41]

3 hours ago, TTT said:

Going down the stretch if Garzon, Parrish, Moore-McNeil play well the rest of the season hinges on Ciezki and to a larger extent how well Striplin will play.

To add to this, we need production from our bench (Meister and Lamendola) or else we are going to be spent by the time post season starts.

[TTT]

3 hours ago, Todd41 said:

To add to this, we need production from our bench (Meister and Lamendola) or else we are going to be spent by the time post season starts.

Yes, it’s a given that the bench will have to deliver productive minutes in some minutes including Bargesser and Sandvik = 9 players  

Is Faith Wiseman a red shirt possibility?

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

On 1/31/2025 at 5:01 PM, TTT said:

 

Is Faith Wiseman a red shirt possibility?

Nope.  She's appeared in 6 games.  Only possibility would be a medical should she suffer a season ending injury.

[mamasa]

Not much energy in Assembly Hall today 

[FloridaHoosierGirl]

Seem to be doing well.  The way the commentators made it sound they wouldn't be able to handle their center at all.  GO HOOSIERS!

[FloridaHoosierGirl]

I must be a jinx for Garzon because she never seems to score much when I'm able to watch.  (Or TV games are back luck, more likely)

[mamasa]

19-14 IU after 1

[Home Jersey]

I like these uniforms! Let’s go ladies!

[LamarCheeks]

We're clicking now. 

Keep it up!

[OliviaPope40]

Lisa Byington ugh. My fault thought it was her. 

Edited February 2, 2025 by OliviaPope40

[FloridaHoosierGirl]

Nice stretch!  They're rolling now!

[JerryYeagley23]

Even in a down year, our girls are a joy to watch when things are working. 

[FloridaHoosierGirl]

15 minutes ago, FloridaHoosierGirl said:

I must be a jinx for Garzon because she never seems to score much when I'm able to watch.  (Or TV games are back luck, more likely)

I take it back!  

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Feast or famine for the women today.

[mamasa]

2nd quarter hates us

[LamarCheeks]

Bad news: Cornshuckers are on a 9-0 run.

Good news: We're still up by 9.