Indiana vs Northwestern Post Game Thread

[JaybobHoosier 12,572]

We won!!!!!!!!

[biteoftheapple 4,115]

Defensive pressure helps us

[JG84 94]

Solid game boys! Liked the effort. Bring it again tomorrow against Maryland. IU!

[Bobman1 2,913]

Finally some defense being played!!!!! We looked pretty good out there for a change.

[Hovadipo 60,209]

Awesome game. Hope Hanner is ok. Back to the same lineup that killed Maryland at The Hall.

[TomPritchard25 526]

Did we press any? I had baseball practice, didn't see anything before HMP injury.

Also, in a game like that I would much prefer CTC to take yogi out when up big with 2 or 3 min left. I wanna go on a run & his legs need to be fresh!!!!

[LIHoosier 27,378]

Defensive pressure helps us

I'd like to see that for 40 minutes. The 2nd half was stagnant; thankfully that was the case for both teams.

[swatford 1,235]

Magical jerseys. It's the only explanation.

[bnkepner 1,509]

As much flack as we have given Crean lately, I give him credit for finally making an adjustment and sticking to man to man. Northwestern couldn't stick with us when we played them that way. Plus in the after game interview he stated that he gave the players a lot of rest coming into this and that is most likely a key as well. Today's team looked like the team we had that was 15-5 through the first 19 games. Great movement! Blackmon Jr looked great, and when he plays well, the team seems to gel better. Still haven't really seen Troy play like himself in awhile, hopefully he will come out of his funk for the next game. He did help out A LOT on the boards though. Yogi and JBJ carried us this game. Still had a few guys in funks but we got a great win and I think a few of those guys will come out huge for us tomorrow

[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

Lol
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[swatford 1,235]

Only 10 posts so far. Looks like the negative nancy's decided to keep to themselves.

[FortWayneHoosier 6,499]

ive been down on this team for a while now, I wasnt even that excited about this game...but ya know what screw it i hope we destroy maryland tomorrow!

[Naturalhoosier 15,467]

Only 10 posts so far. Looks like the negative nancy's decided to keep to themselves.

 

Some are probably saving it up for the eventual IU loss, whenever it occurs.  lol  :)

[Rayl 527]

Finally we get to see what happens when Crean stays out of his own way with the defensive scheme. No switching between zone and man in the middle of a possession. No switching every screen no matter what making your PG defend in the post. Just play your man straight up and get after it.

Amazing how keeping it simple works. Please, please, please more of the same tomorrow.

[HoosierAloha 30,100]

Solid defense leads us to a win...  Didn't think I would see that this season.

 

We didn't shoot well but we defended, rebounded really well on both ends, and didn't turn it over.  Troy didn't score but rebounded well.  JBJ actually got up into his man and defended to go along with 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists.  Yogi had a solid game and finally outplayed Demps.  Holt had a solid game and was active in the paint.  Hanner actually attempted to block shots instead of taking a charge. 

 

With all that said we need to attack the rim and get to the line.  When we're at the line we need to make them count.

[swatford 1,235]

Solid defense leads us to a win...  Didn't think I would see that this season.

 

We didn't shoot well but we defended, rebounded really well on both ends, and didn't turn it over.  Troy didn't score but rebounded well.  JBJ actually got up into his man and defended to go along with 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists.  Yogi had a solid game and finally outplayed Demps.  Holt had a solid game and was active in the paint.  Hanner actually attempted to block shots instead of taking a charge. 

 

With all that said we need to attack the rim and get to the line.  When we're at the line we need to make them count.

This x1000

[bleedhoosier 3,627]

Very pleased with team and just a simple game was played. LOVED hearing Cream say he gave the main guys a few days off. That is exactly what it looked like out there! Fresh legs and fresh minds! Haven't seen that since January!

[hoosierdogg 3,310]

27 shots on 18 assists, only 8 turnovers, and +16 rebounds = W.  Great effort. 

[Alford Bailey 12,859]

Thats how IU should handle NW.

[colonel06 1,944]

One thing you can see in the post game TV interview with CTC is that he really loves his players as evidenced by getting choked up when answering questions about Hanner.