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LIHoosier

2024-25 Prediction League - Game 26 vs UCLA Fri 2/14/25 8pm FOX

By LIHoosier, in Indiana Men's Basketball

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Indiana has its back against the wall.  We NEED to win this game or all hope for the season is gone.  Yes, I believe we still have a slim chance of moving on but the margin for error is extremely small.

UCLA is not a good road team.  They are 6-1 at home in the Big10 but only 3-4 on the road.  They enter here after a loss on the road to Illinois only 3 days ago.

As for Woody.  All coaches fall into two categories.  They either say to their players, "This is my system and you adapt or sit", regardless of talent.   Or, they change to fit the abilities of the players they have available.  Is Woody finally adapting to the second approach?  Indiana may be a better zone team than a man-to-man one.  We will see tonight.

And, as to the purist out there who are having a heart attack over IU playing zone.  Coach Knight, famed as a man-to-man coach, actually taught his players to to play a matchup zone with man-to-man principles.  Or, if you rather, he played man-to-man with zone principles.  Take your pick.  I know.  I spent 18 years as a basketball coach and always used Knight defensive drills.  Man-to-man with heavy backside help is basically a matchup zone.  Pinch and recover is a zone principle.

Picking this one with guts and a hunch.  Hope Assembly Hall is rocking.

INDIANA     72

UCLA     70

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