Class of '66 Old Fart Posted January 30 Posted January 30 West coast swing opens tomorrow against the Bruins (15-6) (7-3) and 12-0 at home. Cronin's Cronies average 77 ppg with a +9 margin shooting 48% FG and 38% on 3s. Not a strong rebounding team averaging 32 rpg which matches their opponents average. They aren't careless with the ball averaging just 10 turnovers/game. Tough to defend with 5 players averaging in double figures led by Tyler Bilodeau at 18.2 ppg. 3 players with any significant volume average 40% or better on 3s. Eric Daily their leading rebounder at 6/gm. followed by Bilodeau at 5.4. Xavier Booker has started 19 of their 21 games and averages 19 min/gm; 6.9 ppg and 3.4 rpg. Radio Live Stats Dave from Dayton and Rico 2 Quote
MartintheMopMan Posted January 30 Posted January 30 Keniford Pomegranate's numbers for the game: str8baller 1 Quote
Dave from Dayton Posted January 30 Posted January 30 Bruins have lost starter Skyy Clark. They have a glue guy Trent Perry that is stepping up somewhat. This game is going to be a tossup. One poster on Bruingold posted yesterday an observation about IU: "They're much better than their record. Only one bad loss (@ Minnesota), and they like us just beat Purdue at home. They're a good team, very efficient shooting, score a lot of points, good defensive rebounding (not great offensive rebounding), and get to the FT line reasonably often. Don't score inside much at all, don't block many shots. In a lot of ways, they're a very similar team to us, with the exception that they shoot more efficiently, get a higher percentage of defensive rebounds, and we force more turnovers. Heck, they even play two PFs at center most of the game like we do for some reason! We have played roughly similar schedules, with the difficulty edge going to Indiana. There is another factor at play, though: Indiana has a brand new coach, and his team is getting used to his system and playing more cohesively now, hence their best win of the season against Purdue this week (Purdue, meanwhile, has now lost three straight...). They'll be coming into Pauley with a lot of momentum, and we will have our work cut out for us, especially after two pretty lackluster efforts against NU and Oregon." Background on Trent Perry, now a starter...and their team: The Trent Perry Dilemma that is brewing for the Bruins Rico, Class of '66 Old Fart, Stuhoo and 2 others 5 Quote
Dave from Dayton Posted January 31 Posted January 31 I am getting excited about the IU v UCLA game. It's game day. However, I have really cold feet...about road trips in the B1G by this team. I should be visiting family in San Diego and commute to the game in LA. Been perusing the Bruins fan forums. Some nuggets about the UCLA coach liking to slow the game down and not practicing fast breaks. They play two power forwards instead of one big underneath. Other discussions cover their PG Dent who is crafty, a good defender and scorer. Fans are somewhat surprised that Dent...a mover and shaker...would agree to go to UCLA where Coach Cronin likes to be methodical. Seems Dent really wanted to return to LA. I put a lot of weight on PG vs PG matchups. Enright...according to some UCLA writers and fans is nothing to write home about. So he is somewhat underestimated in effectiveness by them. Personally, I think that Enright's effort and clutch play against Purdue just may be a huge springboard for this team when on the road to UCLA. That was a home game, though. IU's road losses were earlier in the season...and not since Dorn got healthy. Our forwards are doing better. And Enright and our perimeter players are getting around good defenses that are designed to slow our offense from penetrating and getting assists. Wilkerson has such an effective shake and then quick release. Great on the catch and shoot. IU seems to be getting over some shooting and assist slumps. IU seems to have stepped up in spite of some inability to stay in front of the other team while defending on the perimeter. Help defense? I guess. The link is to a sportswriter checking on IU's players. https://dailybruin.com/2026/01/30/scouting-report-ucla-mens-basketball-vs-indiana If Enright can ding Dent. The IU team is getting better. IU just shoots better than UCLA. Hope they prove it by taking the Hoosier defense along with them during the West Coast Swing! UCLA is favored by betting sites...locker room post material. Just pick and roll, baby! (Spoiler alert: IU 77, You don't see LA 73) hoosierfan6157 and Whoozhers 2 Quote
Whoozhers Posted January 31 Posted January 31 We need 2 good wins in a row. In the past few years we have a stellar win, then next game, we lay the Mother of all eggs. Hope we break that cycle TODAY! GO HOOSIERS! Get a much needed road win! hoosierfan6157, HoosierDevils and Dave from Dayton 3 Quote
Whoozhers Posted January 31 Posted January 31 Skyy Clark still game time decision. Leaning doubtful though. He was only on a bike as of yesterday. Dave from Dayton 1 Quote
Brass Cannon Posted January 31 Posted January 31 I remember Cig really announced us on our west coast trip against UCLA. DD can make a statement here on his California trip. Probably needs to win both but today would be a great start Quote
68Hoosier Posted January 31 Posted January 31 Need this one today! HOO HOO HOO HOOSIERS. Let's go boys. Whoozhers 1 Quote
Stuhoo Posted January 31 Posted January 31 Making the tournament is still absolutely well in play if we lose both west coast games. If we can win one out of two? Our tournament chances get a real boost. Not an expected win in either game, but if we got one today against the tougher of the two opponents it would be fantastic. lillurk and Whoozhers 2 Quote
WayneFleekHoosier Posted January 31 Posted January 31 Games today! Thought it was tomorrow. UCLA hasn’t lost at home if my quick search is right. Going to be incredibly hard. Not counting on it. However, for all those reasons a win would be huge. Their roster isn’t too intimidating but Bilodeau and Dent and legit. Let’s steal one. Whoozhers, Stuhoo and BGleas 3 Quote
Brass Cannon Posted January 31 Posted January 31 Omg need us to win today. Just saw the 10 o’clock tip for USC on a weeknight. Quote
OliviaPope40 Posted January 31 Posted January 31 31 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said: Omg need us to win today. Just saw the 10 o’clock tip for USC on a weeknight. A 10:00 game on a weekday with work the next day. Quote
WayneFleekHoosier Posted January 31 Posted January 31 5 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said: Bummer missing out on Conerway. 35 mins for Wilkerson, Dorn, Enright. 33 for DeVries. Use Miles/Sisley as a defender, rebounder. Quote
str8baller Posted January 31 Posted January 31 55 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said: Wasn’t he “questionable “ the last few games? I wonder if he either reinjured it or they just decided to give him time off to heal up. Quote
HoosierDevils Posted January 31 Posted January 31 4 hours ago, Stuhoo said: Making the tournament is still absolutely well in play if we lose both west coast games. If we can win one out of two? Our tournament chances get a real boost. Not an expected win in either game, but if we got one today against the tougher of the two opponents it would be fantastic. We currently stand at 1-6 in Quad 1 games with 6 opportunities left. However, 5 of those 6 are on the road with the home game being MSU, which is a tough matchup for us given their athleticism. Of the 5 road Quad 1 opportunities, UCLA and USC are the “worst” two on NET. On KenPom, OSU is only marginally worse than UCLA. So I agree that there’s plenty of time left with that great home win this week, but the schedule did us no favors and of our quad 1 opportunities, UCLA and USC are the most promising for IU in terms of the predictive analytics. Quote
str8baller Posted January 31 Posted January 31 12 minutes ago, HoosierDevils said: We currently stand at 1-6 in Quad 1 games with 6 opportunities left. However, 5 of those 6 are on the road with the home game being MSU, which is a tough matchup for us given their athleticism. Of the 5 road Quad 1 opportunities, UCLA and USC are the “worst” two on NET. On KenPom, OSU is only marginally worse than UCLA. So I agree that there’s plenty of time left with that great home win this week, but the schedule did us no favors and of our quad 1 opportunities, UCLA and USC are the most promising for IU in terms of the predictive analytics. I think UCLA is undefeated at home. I’d probably rank them as USC, OSU, then UCLA in terms of likelihood. We usually play pretty tough at OSU. Stuhoo and Dave from Dayton 2 Quote
HoosierDevils Posted January 31 Posted January 31 4 minutes ago, str8baller said: I think UCLA is undefeated at home. I’d probably rank them as USC, OSU, then UCLA in terms of likelihood. We usually play pretty tough at OSU. Yeah, they do have a great win like us against Purdue at home. Otherwise, their home slate is not impressive in the slightest and I think IU and many others would be undefeated with that schedule. Quote
str8baller Posted January 31 Posted January 31 51 minutes ago, HoosierDevils said: Yeah, they do have a great win like us against Purdue at home. Otherwise, their home slate is not impressive in the slightest and I think IU and many others would be undefeated with that schedule. We lost to Iowa at home by more than they did on the road. I can’t exactly say we’ve been defending home court. with that said, only a 4 pt line. If we come out with energy tonight I think we have a good chance to get a win. Dave from Dayton and HoosierDevils 2 Quote
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