pumpfake Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 Purdue and Butler both prove that you can build a strong team with 4-year players, a solid system, players that follow it, and a complete team. The truth is we didn't have any of those things with any kind of consistency for the past many years. The key is to keep replenishing players and maintaining consistent recruiting. This is one reason why I'm not hell bent on getting 5-stars. Unless you bring in multiple 5-stars on a yearly basis you can be in perpetual rebuild mode without recruiting solid players to play with them. I think Archie will do this, Tom Crean never did this. As to Purdue, they sure seem to be clicking on all cylinders but they may be peaking too soon. ebridges24 and ALASKA HOOSIER 2 Quote
HoosierAloha Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 Purdue and Butler both prove that you can build a strong team with 4-year players, a solid system, players that follow it, and a complete team. The truth is we didn't have any of those things with any kind of consistency for the past many years. The key is to keep replenishing players and maintaining consistent recruiting. This is one reason why I'm not hell bent on getting 5-stars. Unless you bring in multiple 5-stars on a yearly basis you can be in perpetual rebuild mode without recruiting solid players to play with them. I think Archie will do this, Tom Crean never did this. As to Purdue, they sure seem to be clicking on all cylinders but they may be peaking too soon.It takes a combination to win at the highest level. pu has a solid team led by four seniors that have improved their game every year. It's a good model but I don't think it's a model that will have you competing annually. I believe you need the three and four year high 4* and low 5* players mixed with those other pieces. You need unselfish players that will wait their turn. (An example could be Anderson and Durham playing a very limited role next season if we were to land Romeo.) You absolutely need upperclassmen leadership that can teach the incoming freshmen. pu's downfall in the tourney will be an athletic team that can defend the post 1v1 while pressuring their perimeter players. They're playing great basketball right now but I don't see them playing their best in March. The excuse this season will be the world games last summer. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app ALASKA HOOSIER, mdn82, IUsafety and 3 others 6 Quote
WayneFleekHoosier Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 Trae Young is just silly in this game. Good for him. I know we compare Langford to him and the home factor is the biggest reason but Trae is a different type of guy/player. His mental toughness is the most impressive thing to me. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners IUBBFan1970 and HoosierAloha 2 Quote
HooHooHoo22 Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 What the hell is trae Young doing ?! Shooting 30 footers while only being down 2? He has 46 points on about 40 shots. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners AKHoosier 1 Quote
Uspshoosier Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 Trae Young is just silly in this game. Good for him. I know we compare Langford to him and the home factor is the biggest reason but Trae is a different type of guy/player. His mental toughness is the most impressive thing to me. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBannersHe has shot it 36 times in this game. That’s crazy Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app WayneFleekHoosier and thebigweave 2 Quote
Hoosier Guy Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 1 minute ago, WayneFleekHoosier said: Trae Young is just silly in this game. Good for him. I know we compare Langford to him and the home factor is the biggest reason but Trae is a different type of guy/player. His mental toughness is the most impressive thing to me. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners He is good but he takes such ill advised shots at times. No one is Steph Curry Quote
WayneFleekHoosier Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 Yeah he made a bunch of bad decisions right after my post. Haha. However no one else on his team seems to be able to shoot the ball. Fun game to watch. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners ALASKA HOOSIER 1 Quote
323SGrant Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 It takes a combination to win at the highest level. pu has a solid team led by four seniors that have improved their game every year. It's a good model but I don't think it's a model that will have you competing annually. I believe you need the three and four year high 4* and low 5* players mixed with those other pieces. You need unselfish players that will wait their turn. (An example could be Anderson and Durham playing a very limited role next season if we were to land Romeo.) You absolutely need upperclassmen leadership that can teach the incoming freshmen. pu's downfall in the tourney will be an athletic team that can defend the post 1v1 while pressuring their perimeter players. They're playing great basketball right now but I don't see them playing their best in March. The excuse this season will be the world games last summer. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile appHopefully IU can get some more 5 star players like Zeller, Yogi, the Grahams, Isaiah, et. al. along with high 4 star players. With a good coaching staff, that’s usually a winning combination.Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app HoosierAloha 1 Quote
IUfan_Charlie Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 Trae Young is the biggest chucker in the history of college basketball. I don't know how Kruger lets him shoot the ball almost 40 times, insane. Clearly extremely talented but that **** will not fly on an NBA team with other young players that need to be developed. Iugradman 1 Quote
mdn82 Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 3 top tens have went down today. All 3 lost their games earlier this week. Texas Tech, Wichita St, and Oklahoma. Outside of the top 3 it’s going to be a big shakeup. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners ALASKA HOOSIER 1 Quote
Uspshoosier Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 JP Macura just threw one down ( I’m watching on a delay). That was impressive. Another example of a team with players that have improved in their 4 years. I would take Macura on my team any day Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners HoosierAloha 1 Quote
WayneFleekHoosier Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 Trae Young is the biggest chucker in the history of college basketball. I don't know how Kruger lets him shoot the ball almost 40 times, insane. Clearly extremely talented but that **** will not fly in the NBA. He is by far the best player on Oklahoma. The team is better with him shooting it a lot. In the NBA he will have guys as good and better to work with. You will see more playmaking skills at that point. It's like my sons game today. My son was gunning and hitting about 40%. He took about 15 shots. I said you need to get your teammates involved. And he did. And they went about 2/20. Sometimes having your best guy gunning is your only and best option. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app Str8Hoosiers 1 Quote
WayneFleekHoosier Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 He is by far the best player on Oklahoma. The team is better with him shooting it a lot. In the NBA he will have guys as good and better to work with. You will see more playmaking skills at that point. It's like my sons game today. My son was gunning and hitting about 40%. He took about 15 shots. I said you need to get your teammates involved. And he did. And they went about 2/20. Sometimes having your best guy gunning is your only and best option. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app14/39 is ugly though. So he has to tone it down but I think when he does it's still the same result for the team. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app Quote
ebridges24 Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 34 minutes ago, HooHooHoo22 said: What the hell is trae Young doing ?! Shooting 30 footers while only being down 2? He has 46 points on about 40 shots. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners 36 to be exact, yet i watch him and i'm amazed and disgusted at the same time. if he could clean up his bad shots, the Sooners have the talent to make a big run in the tourney. Quote
ebridges24 Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said: 14/39 is ugly though. So he has to tone it down but I think when he does it's still the same result for the team. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app was it 39, and i thought it was just 36. like i said, clean up the bad shots and they're good. to those who watched the game, how many bad shots do you think he took?? i say at least 12. janaslama 1 Quote
ebridges24 Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 just want to add this, Kevin Stallings is a horrible coach Josh and mdn82 2 Quote
mdn82 Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 Trae Young is the biggest chucker in the history of college basketball. I don't know how Kruger lets him shoot the ball almost 40 times, insane. Clearly extremely talented but that **** will not fly on an NBA team with other young players that need to be developed. Honestly he is exactly Allen Iverson in college. AI wasn’t as good of a passer. They both had high turnover averages, but they are used exactly the same way from shot selection and expectation. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app Quote
WayneFleekHoosier Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 was it 39, and i thought it was just 36. like i said, clean up the bad shots and they're good. to those who watched the game, how many bad shots do you think he took?? i say at least 12.Yeah, a lot in the first half then a couple at the end of the game. 8-12 range. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app Quote
HoosierAloha Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 I think Trae's major issue is his turnovers and not his shot selection. His shot selection isn't the best but he was 50% chucking from deep. He gave OSU an easy 8 points off bad turnovers. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners Quote
HoosierAloha Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 Arizona is going to lose another if Trier keeps chucking. He's never seen a shot that he doesn't like the first, second, or twelfth time he's missed. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners ALASKA HOOSIER 1 Quote
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