College Bball Thread

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10 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

SEC just plays at a different speed right now then any other high major conference.  Pace of these games are crazy in a good way 

SEC is a track meet and BIG is a wrestling match

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9 hours ago, johnsoniu said:

Big Al hits 6 straight FTs down the stretch to ice it for Providence


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He was under appreciated  here. 

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11 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

 

Anyone else getting that fishy feeling, that something isn't just quite right here? Moments after this Tweet, dad immediately reaches out and says that it is nothing but some back pain and they are going to a specialist today. If it were something that simple (injury), I don't think Jake's tweet gets out there.

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53 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

He was under appreciated  here. 

Mmmm... Nah. He was appreciated as consistently as his play. 

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Just now, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Mmmm... Nah. He was appreciated as consistently as his play. 

Yeah see I disagree here. We're watching Al now as a strong part of a very successful Prov team. When he was here he was relentlessly downplayed and criticized. He's not the 'guy,' not the guy who should be the primary scorer leading IU, but he is a starter who contributes on a high level, was here and is there. Good for him.

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2 hours ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Yeah see I disagree here. We're watching Al now as a strong part of a very successful Prov team. When he was here he was relentlessly downplayed and criticized. He's not the 'guy,' not the guy who should be the primary scorer leading IU, but he is a starter who contributes on a high level, was here and is there. Good for him.

He's doing just fine at a new school. But here at Indiana, he was appreciated accordingly. He was insanely inconsistent here. Probably because of Archie, but he still was. And he was appreciated as a good but inconsistent player. 

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14 hours ago, johnsoniu said:

Auburn
Really good at basketball


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I feel like Auburn actually is what people thought Purdue was a month and a half ago.

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2 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

He's doing just fine at a new school. But here at Indiana, he was appreciated accordingly. He was insanely inconsistent here. Probably because of Archie, but he still was. And he was appreciated as a good but inconsistent player. 

Yeah I am not sure I would say Al Durham was under appreciated by fans. He has a really low ceiling as a player yet we as fans understood what he brought to the program each day and were thankful for it. I know when he left the overriding narrative was that he was a positive aspect of this program for 4 years but it was time for both to move on. 

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IUPUI finally won another game back on Monday!

... against East-West University, a school that doesn't really count as an institution for athletics besides basketball and will definitely not count in the NET rankings.

But, at least the worst offensive team in the country got to feel good for one night.

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Yeah see I disagree here. We're watching Al now as a strong part of a very successful Prov team. When he was here he was relentlessly downplayed and criticized. He's not the 'guy,' not the guy who should be the primary scorer leading IU, but he is a starter who contributes on a high level, was here and is there. Good for him.

Al suffered from the same thing as the current team members that were here last year....lack of development. He's being developed now and is playing better just like the guys on our current roster. I would argue that if he would have stayed here we would have seen him develop into the kind of player he is now.

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1 hour ago, mbredenk101 said:

Al suffered from the same thing as the current team members that were here last year....lack of development. He's being developed now and is playing better just like the guys on our current roster. I would argue that if he would have stayed here we would have seen him develop into the kind of player he is now.

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That’s possible. There was zero player development under CAM. But at the same time, he’s been at Prov for part of a season as a grad, I don’t think he’s significantly developed i think it’s that he’s playing in a better system and doesn’t have to be a primary scorer to succeed, or to have his contributions recognized 

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16 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

That’s possible. There was zero player development under CAM. But at the same time, he’s been at Prov for part of a season as a grad, I don’t think he’s significantly developed i think it’s that he’s playing in a better system and doesn’t have to be a primary scorer to succeed, or to have his contributions recognized 

He is asked to do more at Providence.  Cooley puts a lot of trust in him and it’s paid off big time.    At IU he played about 26 min a game.   He is around 35 min a game at Providence.   He still does the same stupid mistakes like trying to drive into 20 big guys down low but for the most  part Cooley allows him to play through the mistakes.   He would of helped IU at the 1 position this year if he stayed 

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I find this thread so much more enjoyable when IU’s good. Over the course of recent seasons I’d gradually withdraw as IU lost games and everyone else’s success was a stinging reminder of IU’s failures.

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7 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

He is asked to do more at Providence.  Cooley puts a lot of trust in him and it’s paid off big time.    At IU he played about 26 min a game.   He is around 35 min a game at Providence.   He still does the same stupid mistakes like trying to drive into 20 big guys down low but for the most  part Cooley allows him to play through the mistakes.   He would of helped IU at the 1 position this year if he stayed 

Yes that’s the polar opposite of CAM

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I think Al is playing at about the same level he did at IU. He is only hitting 24% from 3-point range and 34% overall this season which is actually regression from his previous years at IU. Al always played hard which made him standout at times on Archie's teams. But he is not particularly athletic and his basketball skills are average. Other than his free-throw shooting he was streaky both from long-range and close-up which seems to be the case at Providence as well. He is a good person who gives it his all but hardly a better player this year than last.

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1 minute ago, Honkyman said:

I think Al is playing at about the same level he did at IU. He is only hitting 24% from 3-point range and 34% overall this season which is actually regression from his previous years at IU. Al always played hard which made him standout at times on Archie's teams. But he is not particularly athletic and his basketball skills are average. Other than his free-throw shooting he was streaky both from long-range and close-up which seems to be the case at Providence as well. He is a good person who gives it his all but hardly a better player this year than last.

It’s not about his stats or whether he’s suddenly a better player, it’s what he — clearly — does to contribute to a very good Prov team, starting and playing more minutes, he helps them win. He’s a good player — he’s not a dynamic leading scorer, but he absolutely helps them win. He really was under appreciated here, and some of these posts just highlight that

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Scottie Pippen Jr on Vandy with five turnovers against Kentucky with 3:30 remaining…

in the first half.

That is very no bueno.

 

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When I see Al this season I see exactly the same player as last season. He plays hard, helps the team as best he can. He's not a great player but not a bad player. He made some shots including free throws that helped IU win last season. But he also tried to do too much at times to the detriment of the team.  This season he does some things to help, too, but he is on a much better team this year at Providence than IU's team last year.

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Notre Dame up 2 at half at Miami 

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11 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

Scottie Pippen Jr on Vandy with five turnovers against Kentucky with 3:30 remaining…

in the first half.

That is very no bueno.