Stuhoo Posted September 16, 2016 Posted September 16, 2016 JBj is acting all grown up. Confident and more vocal. IUsafety, Brass Cannon and HoosierAloha 3 Quote
8bucks Posted September 16, 2016 Posted September 16, 2016 JBj is acting all grown up. Confident and more vocal.Indiana has mastered the "say the right thing" - but for me I will see maturity when JBj gives great effort on D. ALASKA HOOSIER, Hoosier Roots, VO5 and 2 others 5 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted September 16, 2016 Posted September 16, 2016 From Inside The Hall: http://www.insidethehall.com/2016/09/16/indiana-ranked-preseason-no-13-sporting-news/ What follows is not the entire article. Sporting News - Hoosiers are one of four preseason top 25 teams from the Big Ten at No. 13 nationally. Wisconsin is No. 8, Purdue is No. 10 and Michigan State is No. 11. The projected order of finish in the Big Ten is as follows: Wisconsin, Purdue, Michigan State, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Maryland, Iowa, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Minnesota, Nebraska and Rutgers. · Three IU players are listed among the league’s top 10 players: Anunoby is No. 3, James Blackmon Jr. is No. 5 and Thomas Bryant is No. 7. · Freshman Curtis Jones is the league’s fifth best newcomer behind Bridges, Michigan State’s Josh Langford, Minnesota’s Amir Coffey and Iowa’s Tyler Cook. · Associate head coach Tim Buckley is ranked as the Big Ten’s third best recruiter. · Blackmon Jr. is listed as Indiana’s difference-maker: “If Blackmon Jr. is completely healthy, he should be one of the Big Ten’s top scorers, thanks to a diverse game that includes long-range accuracy and the ability to get to the basket.” HoosierAloha 1 Quote
WayneFleekHoosier Posted September 16, 2016 Posted September 16, 2016 I don't understand the Purdue love. Last year they were a great team. They lost Hammons, Davis, and their PG. They add albrecht and PG Edwards. Top half of B1G I believe but above us and top 3? Nope. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners HoosierAloha, Str8Hoosiers, Napleshoosier and 2 others 5 Quote
HoosierAloha Posted September 16, 2016 Posted September 16, 2016 Three of the top 7 players and picked to finish fourth... That just seems odd to me unless they believe either the rest of IU's roster is meh or that the other three teams have more depth. I believe there is questions about all the top teams Wisconsin - can they stay in the system and do they have enough talent outside of their top 3 (Hayes, Happ, Koenig) pu - can their backcourt create and beat pressure, do they have enough depth in the front court MSU - can the young talent mature enough by the B1G season not to drop a few games they should win early IU - who replaces Yogi at point? Whoever answers those questions the best will most likely win the B1G. Crimson and Cream and WayneFleekHoosier 2 Quote
Stuhoo Posted September 16, 2016 Posted September 16, 2016 James, not Thomas, as IU's best player? We can only hope. While unlikely, if that were true we'll be in for one heck of an excellent year. HoosierAloha and LockdownD 2 Quote
WayneFleekHoosier Posted September 16, 2016 Posted September 16, 2016 James, not Thomas, as IU's best player? We can only hope. While unlikely, if that were true we'll be in for one heck of an excellent year.OG at 3JB at 5TB at 7Interesting. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted September 26, 2016 Posted September 26, 2016 Indiana's Nov. 22 game at IPFW will tip off at 9 p.m. and air on BTN. HoosierAloha, LIHoosier, Napleshoosier and 1 other 4 Quote
WayneFleekHoosier Posted September 27, 2016 Posted September 27, 2016 Observations from IU practice today: Thomas Bryant, OG Anunobe & Juwan Morgan are all much better. Freshman guards, Green & Jones impressive.I knew I was going to like Green. This should be an exciting team. So pumped. And........whaaaaaaaaaaa???? No Priller and Gelon? Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners IUfan_Charlie, ALASKA HOOSIER and IUsafety 3 Quote
WayneFleekHoosier Posted September 27, 2016 Posted September 27, 2016 Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners Bobman1, Crimson and Cream, IUsafety and 2 others 5 Quote
WayneFleekHoosier Posted September 27, 2016 Posted September 27, 2016 @JBlackmon2 looked very good today. Rehab has paid off and he should have big season for IU. Handle has improved & shooting it well.Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners Bobman1, IUsafety, Brass Cannon and 3 others 6 Quote
Crimson and Cream Posted September 27, 2016 Posted September 27, 2016 26 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said: @JBlackmon2 looked very good today. Rehab has paid off and he should have big season for IU. Handle has improved & shooting it well. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners Maybe he runs some point this year? That has to be something that would help his NBA prospects. Quote
Stuhoo Posted September 27, 2016 Posted September 27, 2016 Maybe he runs some point this year? That has to be something that would help his NBA prospects.So would reasonable defense. If we get that, the rest is all good. VO5, Hardwood83 and HoosierAloha 3 Quote
Brass Cannon Posted September 27, 2016 Posted September 27, 2016 Crean had talked about all the guards handling point. Whichever guard gets the ball pushes the offense probably a good strategy if JBJ is up for it. With our depth or apparent depth best to push the tempo. Mid JBJ is willing to even try on D and his offense has improved that is a scary good player. Hopefully we see him play. Quote
Stuhoo Posted September 27, 2016 Posted September 27, 2016 Uh oh... Coach Nips is pissed. WayneFleekHoosier and Napleshoosier 2 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted September 27, 2016 Posted September 27, 2016 ALASKA HOOSIER, bleedhoosier and HoosierAloha 3 Quote
Class of '66 Old Fart Posted September 27, 2016 Posted September 27, 2016 TB name 2nd team All-American by NBCSports Thomas Bryant, Indiana: Bryant is another guy that had a chance to be a first round pick last season but opted to return to school. He had a promising first year in Bloomington, but it came with typical freshman mistakes: He was lost early in the year, especially on the defensive end. But Bryant has the tools, he plays extremely hard and he’s young for his grade; he was born five months after Josh Jackson. NBCSports Pre-Season All-American Teams IU Hoosier41, HoosierAloha, OliviaPope40 and 2 others 5 Quote
Brass Cannon Posted September 27, 2016 Posted September 27, 2016 8 hours ago, Napleshoosier said: If he doesn't play defense, bench his ass!! I put his getting hurt as the reason we turned around last year. VERY wIt and see on him and Crean better give him splinters if he doesn't ! With the loss of so much scoring may not have that option. Even if his D is the same you can scheme around 1 bad defender we did it last year pretty well with Troy. The problem was when we had 2 bad defenders out there(Troy and JBJ). Crimson and Cream, HoosierAloha and GloryDays 3 Quote
Popular Post IUsafety Posted September 27, 2016 Popular Post Posted September 27, 2016 How funny is this?Per Jeff Rabkohns0-5 in the Crossroad Classic.Since '11-12NCAA tourney wins: Indiana 6, Notre Dame 6, Butler 3, Purdue 1Conference titles: IU 2Last-place conference finishes: Purdue 1Winning %: Indiana 69.4, Notre Dame 67.4, Butler 63.2, Purdue 58.8.Top-25 wins: IU 23, ND 17, Butler 10, Purdue 8.Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners GloryDays, Brass Cannon, HoosierAloha and 10 others 13 Quote
Brass Cannon Posted September 27, 2016 Posted September 27, 2016 31 minutes ago, IUsafety said: How funny is this? Per Jeff Rabkohns 0-5 in the Crossroad Classic. Since '11-12 NCAA tourney wins: Indiana 6, Notre Dame 6, Butler 3, Purdue 1 Conference titles: IU 2 Last-place conference finishes: Purdue 1 Winning %: Indiana 69.4, Notre Dame 67.4, Butler 63.2, Purdue 58.8. Top-25 wins: IU 23, ND 17, Butler 10, Purdue 8. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners Those are some hilarious stats. If somebody has some stats I imagine in-state ranked recruits would also be hilarious colonel06 1 Quote
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