Hey guys....

[Hovadipo 54,895]

As of approximately 12 minutes ago...

IT. IS. BASKETBALL SEASON!


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[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

Bring it on Hovadipo!  Ready to tip this thing off!

[Scoops_IU_76 7]

I am ready for it to start

[IUBB666 201]

I'm excited for this year but scared because I have no clue what to expect. Let's hope for a lot of wins !


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[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

It's Go Time!  This is the year we get back on track again!

[Lt. John McClaine 541]

Awesome I'm starting to get that Excited, Nervous, Happy, Sad, Angry feeling that I get when basketball season starts.  

[LazOffTheBench 3,638]

I'm just plain excited. Always feel that way when BB season starts.

[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

I know Crean is often a sunshine pumper to start every season when asked about the team----but I think he is genuinely excited about our prospects too!  We will soon see if all the off-season hard work pays off!  I believe it will and I am ready to see IU in action!

[Lt. John McClaine 541]

This team feels and looks like a Tom Crean style team, it's got his fingerprints all over it.  So I'm sure he is excited about what this group could potentially become. 

[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

Yep McClaine--- this team looks a lot like the type of teams Crean was most successful with at MU---but I would argue this one has much better talent!

[GloryDays 5,913]

Yep McClaine--- this team looks a lot like the type of teams Crean was most successful with at MU---but I would argue this one has much better talent!

Man I hope April comes around.That would make this team really good.Sure looks like a basketball player.

[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

I was impressed with the limited video I saw of him Woodson. I hope the foot/boot has not slowed his progress down too much!

[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

By impressed I mean I hope he can contribute some this year and be solid by the time he is a junior.  Like Wisconsin--I would like us to develop more bigs over time so we always have a new one ready to go when they are upperclassmen!

[OliviaPope40 6,421]

Lets see what we can do this year I'm more hopeful this year but we need to drop the number of turnovers.

[rebelhoosier848891 9,588]

Agree Olivia--hoping better and more ball handlers will help with that issue!

[Lt. John McClaine 541]

I have just come to expect turnovers with a Tom Crean team.  Not trying to give a cheap shot or anything, but with the youth that we always have and the pace that Coach Crean wants us to play at, we're always gonna have high turnovers.  On the flipside because of the pace and interchangeable position players, particularly on the wing, we're also gonna be at the top of the Conference in trips to the Foul Line.  I guess I can live with the turnovers as long as this year the turnovers are down and they're better turnovers, you know not many unforced turnovers where we kill ourselves.  Ya know...

[Kepner 1,261]

By impressed I mean I hope he can contribute some this year and be solid by the time he is a junior.  Like Wisconsin--I would like us to develop more bigs over time so we always have a new one ready to go when they are upperclassmen!

This is what I've been trying to say!! Teams like Wisconsin have success because they develop players and allow them time to get used to the college game. I think if we allow April and Priller to develop that they can be solid contributors. 

[JSHoosier 19,796]

This is what I've been trying to say!! Teams like Wisconsin have success because they develop players and allow them time to get used to the college game. I think if we allow April and Priller to develop that they can be solid contributors. 

Wisconsin isn't exactly landing players that no one has ever heard of though.  Berggren, Leuer, Nankivil were all 4*.  Brusewitz was a 3* ranked in the top 120.  Illikainen is 3* top 130.  Okay, Kaminsky was an unranked 3*.

 

Yeah, they let their bigs develop but they are landing some pretty decent talent to begin with.

[Kepner 1,261]

Wisconsin isn't exactly landing players that no one has ever heard of though.  Berggren, Leuer, Nankivil were all 4*.  Brusewitz was a 3* ranked in the top 120.  Illikainen is 3* top 130.  Okay, Kaminsky was an unranked 3*.

 

Yeah, they let their bigs develop but they are landing some pretty decent talent to begin with.

Yeah they have landed guys that were ranked well, don't see what your point it. I wasn't saying they take on guys who are nobodies and develop them. You're right but they do allow time to develop players, which was my point. We have landed some talented players and bigs and had our fair share of players who didn't end up being what we thought but got give time to some guys

[JSHoosier 19,796]

Yeah they have landed guys that were ranked well, don't see what your point it. I wasn't saying they take on guys who are nobodies and develop them. You're right but they do allow time to develop players, which was my point. We have landed some talented players and bigs and had our fair share of players who didn't end up being what we thought but got give time to some guys

My point is someone like Priller isn't exactly a good comparison for the developing bigs angle.  Priller is someone that no one had ever heard of and only had offers from the likes of Incarnate Word and that is not on the same level as what Wisconsin is landing and letting develop.

 

They're not taking nobodies and developing them into contributors, that is the point.  You're saying they're letting players develop, but you're not mentioning that they're starting with decent players to begin with.  You can't really say "let Priller develop, like Wisconsin is doing" because Wisconsin isn't starting with the likes of Priller they're starting with players that were more highly thought of.

 

EDIT:  It's not an apples to apples comparison is what I'm saying.