Less than Rapid Reaction IU vs. UI

[NOLA Hoosier 1,267]

 

Honestly I would rather not ever see Jeff Howard on the court unless it is garbage time. 

 

 

 

 

 

I couldn't believe that. Might as well put Andrew Calomeris or Jonny Marlin out there. 

[mamasa 15,652]

[quote name="NOLA Hoosier" post="26870" timestamp="1388675344"]I couldn't believe that. Might as well put Andrew Calomeris or Jonny Marlin out there. [/quote]

My oldest daughter would love to see Calomeris get all the playing time- she thinks he's the hottest thing ever lol


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[JaybobHoosier 12,345]

Good stuff guys.  I was actually encouraged by the game except for two things:

 

- Turnovers.  It's been beat to death so I won't continue.  It deserves to be beat to death, I just won't worry about adding lol.

 

- Yogi not having the ball in crunch time on certain plays.  There were two or three times where we had plays where he was on the block instead of on top doing what he does best.  I know it was a designed play, but you have to have your best ball handler and play maker with the ball in game ending situations.  I felt that did hurt us, even though Gordon did play a good game, but Yogi should have had the ball. 

 

IU, IMO, should have won this game.  They were right there, but let turnovers kill them.  Props to Illinois for hanging tough, but I felt IU should have won that game.  However, I am still fine with this loss.  They played a lot better than I thought they would.  I loved the hustle.  This would have been a huge confident boosting win, but instead it was another loss they can build on. 

 

The future is very bright for IU. 

[JSHoosier 21,386]

Good stuff guys.  I was actually encouraged by the game except for two things:

 

- Turnovers.  It's been beat to death so I won't continue.  It deserves to be beat to death, I just won't worry about adding lol.

 

- Yogi not having the ball in crunch time on certain plays.  There were two or three times where we had plays where he was on the block instead of on top doing what he does best.  I know it was a designed play, but you have to have your best ball handler and play maker with the ball in game ending situations.  I felt that did hurt us, even though Gordon did play a good game, but Yogi should have had the ball. 

 

IU, IMO, should have won this game.  They were right there, but let turnovers kill them.  Props to Illinois for hanging tough, but I felt IU should have won that game.  However, I am still fine with this loss.  They played a lot better than I thought they would.  I loved the hustle.  This would have been a huge confident boosting win, but instead it was another loss they can build on. 

 

The future is very bright for IU. 

Yogi was doing a good job pounding the air out of the ball near half court until their was about 15 seconds on the shot clock then trying to go one on one.

[mesaiufan 30]

Yogi was doing a good job pounding the air out of the ball near half court until their was about 15 seconds on the shot clock then trying to go one on one.

Obviously looking for a pick, but Evan did get a pretty good look and probably hits it 8 out 10 times.

[HoosierHoops1 5,024]

I apologize for being late to the party.  I had to work today.  As you guys have discussed for a couple of hours now, our turnovers were the story of the game.  To me there were a few items that caused the outcome of the game.  

 

1.  Turnovers.  We had like what?  100 for the game?  If we continue to have the boneheaded turnovers we have had over the last few games more than early on, we won't win more than 7 B1G games.  There is no way you can turn the ball over close to 20 times per game in this conference and win.  We had 23 in this one.  That is downright disgusting.  If we hit 3s at a normal clip for us, we get beat big.  A better team beats us by 20 if we do that.  

 

2.  We got to the foul line in a manner we will have to if we want to compete against most teams.  We got there 30 times.  We have to do that in conference, because quite honestly our offense isn't any good.  Crean has everybody moving in a hectic pace, which is fine.  At some point you have to run something that involves setting picks away from the ball.  We don't do that.  We set easy picks to defend at the top of the key.  Whomever has the ball is always going one on one.  It is frustrating watching the ball movement for the sole purpose of making a move one on one.  

 

3.  Law of averages.  For the first 30 minutes we hit plenty of shots we should not have and normally won't hit.  We were also hitting shots that just aren't good.  For a team that is void of good shooters, I would hope we would take an extra effort of getting guys in position for an easier shot or lower stress shot.  Not a contested 3 at the top of the key, over and over again.  Yes they fell early, but if I am any coach in the B1G, I am telling my players to keep letting us take that.  They will eventually not fall.  

 

Unfortunately, I don't have too many nice things to add to the game.  I was really happy Crean released Stan a little.  His stat line wasn't great, but things happen when he is on the court.  That aspect of his game reminds me so much of Vic as a Freshman.  I know Troy is the ultra athletic kid Crean likes to compare to Vic, but Stan is the kid who reminds me most of Vic.  Dude is just where the ball is every time he is on the court.  That is what I remember more than anything about Vic.  Noah was an absolute beast when he was on the court today.  Unfortunately he fell into a little foul trouble today.  Many teams will try and go right at him to do just that.  If you take Noah away, we will not win.  We will see in the future the importance of this game.  Until then, we get a team on Saturday who we can only hope is looking forward to their top 5 showdown with OSU.  Unfortunately, they have a coach named Tom Izzo who won't allow that.  

Oh... Izzo just might!