Alot to like today, some maybe not so much
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I figured we be down 20 at the half. Nothing to like about losing but I thought it would be a damn sight uglier than it was (though it was kind of ugly at the end)
Huh..
We're NIT bound unless god intervenes in the BTT..
I see nothing good about..
Just another loss..
We're NIT bound unless god intervenes in the BTT..
I see nothing good about..
Just another loss..
Last year's team checks out before the end of the first half and loses by 20-30. This year they fight the whole game and are in a position to win in the final minute. More or less the same team, the difference is the coaching.
We do just enough to lose no matter who we play.
Indiana was 10 -1 at one time.
Conference collapse..8 wins.
I thought we would lose by 30 so a moral victory which really is what iu is now moral victories. But showing no ability to win close games makes it seem almost impossible to win two straight in the BTT
Defense was solid overall. This is a bridge year and it is encouraging to see.
While true thats great for moral victories but at the end of the day its a loss and we are in the NIT.
They play hard and play good defense. I'm frustrated but not mad.
IU had a chance to win at the end, and that is about all you can ask. If you would have told me IU would be down 2 with a chance to win at the end and Kopp had outscored Ivey, I don't know if I would have believed it.
The one thing that Woodson had done with this team is instilled more pride and fight in them. That is showing itself mostly defensively right now and we are so much better defensively now than we were last year. I am incredibly happy about that. Watching the last 10 or so games last year was miserable. It was pretty much Race, Durham and Galloway fighting hard every game while the rest rolled over.
We have a long way to go as a team and program still but there is quite a bit to be happy about if you are inclined to be happy.
Those are some damn strong rose colored glasses for a team full of upperclassmen that has won 2 games in the last month
Upperclassmen playing in a new system, new coach, with new teammates. 3 of the 5 starters were new. The reason a team of upperclassmen is usually good is because they’ve all played several years together with the same system and coaches.
I have seen a lot of basketball in my time. I see what I see. You are free to do the same my man.
Fair points, but it would be reasonable to expect to see progress within the season. The inability to make progress in eliminating stupid play or learning to close games with experienced players numbs the mind.
