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  1. Minnesota Game Thread

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    1 minute ago, BGleas said:

    Impressed with Ben Johnson. Just a couple small things, but he's doubling off our point guards forcing them to shoot (not rocket science), but also notice he has Galloway's man picking him up immediately after change of possession so he can't get a full head of steam in transition. 

    Last 5 minutes of the 1st half.  Winning time.

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  2. Big Ten 2021-2022

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    10 minutes ago, IowaHoosierFan said:

    ummm not sure i agree with the coaching thing yet.  Not sure what i was expecting but i don't think i have seen it yet.  I expected better offense and game planning.  More in game adjustments, half time adjustments, and game to game adjustments.  I feel like we just keep doing the exact same thing hoping it will just work.

    I am not sold yet on our coaching staff.  I guess they need more time but i was expecting more i guess.

    The defense is certainly top notch.

  3. Vintage baseball

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    On 1/2/2022 at 1:43 PM, IUFLA said:

    Barnstorming...There are a lot of great stories about it in various books I've read...Some true, some probably not...Really the only place major leaguers and Negro league players could face off before 1947...

     

    During one barnstorming tour, Dizzy Dean said of Satchel Paige "If Satch and I were pitching on the same team, we'd clinch the pennant by the fourth of July and go fishing until World Series time."

     

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    I can hear Dizzy now starting to sing "The Wabash Cannonball" and cracking open a Falstaff.

    My mom said he sampled the product he promoted a little too much.  I didn't really understand what she meant until some years later.

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  5. Big Ten 2021-2022

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    On 12/10/2021 at 9:13 AM, Stlboiler23 said:

    I’ve gotten a lot better over the years I wasn’t always like that. Just realized that while I love sports, it’s just a game and there are WAY more important things in my life than that. My wife was in a car accident the other day (she’s fine) because some jackass almost ran her off the road causing her to hit someone else and then he ditched. My mind has been caught up on that all week tbh. Basketball can be a nice distraction sometimes. 

    Yes, but Boiler knowing you love the Boilers as much as we all love the Hoosiers, somewhere in your brain you have an image of yourself groveling, crying, pulling out your hair, and screaming out how could they blow that game!

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  7. Big Ten 2021-2022

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    47 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said:

    You’re right. But we had the talent to play right with them, on the road.

    Just tired of the constant negativity.

    Wisky wasn't a bad loss in the sense that IU shouldn't have lost to them, but in the way it happened.  IU had a blistering 1st half, and then went stone cold and still could've won but didn't.  Not so much negativity as frustration.

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  8. PSU Post Game Thread

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    1 hour ago, Euroclydon said:

    Did not post during or right after the game. Frustrated watching another opportunity wasted but trying to figure out what the answers might be for this team.

    The numbers are telling. Crushed on the boards. Couldn't shoot inside or outside. Not getting enough off the bench. But it's the individual player stats that get us closer to the real answers.

    TJD did not have a good game. For all his ability, if you need 18 shots to get 20 points you are not effective scoring the ball. If you miss multiple layups (point blank) it's going to hurt your team. When you play 34 minutes and end with 5 rebounds as the best big on the court, you're not getting it done. Just not a good game.

    More disappointing is Kopp and Stewart. Combined 60 minutes played results in 7 points, 2 rebounds, 6 fouls. That can't happen. You could argue there will be games when guys are off, but IU doesn't have the bench scoring to allow this sort of no show from two starters. Rob made a few nice shots but the bench in general is not helping. Maybe Galloway can bring some intangibles to help, but it's asking a lot from a Soph coming off injury to turn things around.

    As a team, if you only get 12 free throws for a game you're not attacking the basket. Then you look at the team and very few guys can get to the basket and when they do you end up with some odd no chance shots. X is not finishing. Bates is throwing up one crazy shot after another. Geronimo knocked down 2 of 3 but he was dead set on shooting as soon as he touched the ball. Who can hit a mid-range jumper? Who can get to the basket with a quality shot when outside shots aren't falling? Who can get to the FT line and knock'em down when your team is struggling? I do not see an answer for any of those questions.

    Sadly, everything above is mostly offense. related What happened yesterday exposed the defense as well. Too many guys got lost and could not recover to wide open shooters. Granted, Dread hit some hope for the best threes but that seems to be the norm when playing Indiana. The bigger issue has continued for years - late in the clock the other teams works the ball to get a guard matched up with a big like Race covering outside and they come up with a jumper. Race is all heart but he still is not quick enough to move and stop a shot or drive. OSU has lived off that for years against Race, so we will see it a lot on Thursday. 

    I don't have answers but my first thought is you can't have Kopp and Stewart on the court together if they are not getting and hitting shots. Better off having Geronimo (defense/rebound), Bates (defense/drive) , or Rob (defense/point) out there with Kopp or Stewart as your shooter and everyone else attacks the rim.

     

    Think your point that Kopp and Stewart not playing together is a good one.

  11. PSU Game Thread

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    Unfortunately this team is no better offensively than last year's team at this point even though I think we have better personnel offensively.   The stats show it.  KP offensive rank this year #70 and OE=107.2 and last year we were 70 and 109.1.  Even with only 4 TO's in the half, the offense still stagnant.  Just little flow there.

    IU needs to come out in the first five minutes of 2d half and change tempo and score, and if not, we will be vulnerable in a grind it out game.

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  16. Notre Dame Post Game Thread

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    1 hour ago, IUFLA said:

    I think Parker Stewart is a great shooter...when he's stepping into it, it's almost automatic...

    Our problem as I see it (and those with more knowledge of the intricacies of the game can chime in) is teams are going to dare our point guards to shoot while sticking to our 2 more reliable outside shooters...I thought both TJD and Race did a good job of passing out of the double team at the end, but could only find Rob or XJ with their man sagging 10 feet off of them...I know XJ's 3 numbers are good now, but with the tighter defense of the Big 10, that water will find its level...

    We have to get Stewart more than 4 shots a game...as of right now he's 27-54 from 3...right at 50%

    BTW, Illinois only beat the Irish by 10 in that dump in Champaign...

     

    Needs to get more shots in movement w/o the ball and get his own shot with the ball.  Not much motion in our motion offense, yet.

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