But that’s not the full story, is it?
He got called the worst defender by Coach Woody (early last season),” Indiana senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis said on a
podcast published earlier this week.
But somehow over the course of the season, Kopp went from Woodson’s defensive doghouse to this:
“I thought his defense last year was phenomenal,” Woodson said last month. “I mean, from where he started, when people thought he couldn’t really defend, he was one of our best perimeter defenders last year, which was kind of nice to see.”
Kopp’s ability to develop over the course of the season from worst to phenomenal was no accident according to Woodson.
“He’s very coachable,” Woodson said. “In the big league, we call him a true pro, because he listens and he tries to do all the things that’s asked of him,” Woodson said.
In the immediate aftermath of his team’s season-ending NCAA Tournament loss to St. Mary’s in March, IU basketball head coach Mike Woodson was asked how his Hoosiers needed to improve th…
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