Are we back or not?!? How the hell does IU lose to Penn State in hoops…
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IU has nobody other than Trace who is a consistent scoring threat in every single game. It needs guards like that. Guards aren’t reliable enough. Maybe X was the missing piece? IU needs to get guys like Murray from Iowa or PSU’s Pickett.
An every game outside scoring producer. Not there.
An every game outside scoring producer. Not there.
People forget that IU announced itself as an academic institution over putting too much emphasis on athletics. The time IU had sustained success in basketball ended when our HOF coach was fired over his bullying practices, literally and figuratively. I think the IU administration is content to let the chips falls where gravity finds them landed. What it is, isn't going to change. Wash, rinse, spin, wash, rinse, spin, ad infinitum in terms of household chores.
IU thought they were doing us a favor in hiring a beloved former player after an "outsider" with even less personality. Juwan Howard had initial success at Michigan and now it's become the "in" thing to hire former pro alums to guide the great ones into The League. What we're seeing now is that being a former player doesn't necessarily translate over to the ability to motivate others and coach X's and O's. I think the pinnacle of Woodson's success as an IU coach is probably in the Now as it relates to the continuum of time.
I was talking with an old friend of mine after the game last night and he commented that we probably won't experience another NCCA Championship in our lifetimes. I sobered up in contemplation of the thought. We're both 72, as it stands Now. We've witnessed the hoisting of three banners so I guess we should be content with living in the past, for its the past that illuminates the way when the future doesn't look so bright.
If so, what sort of mind game was he playing in saying this as so and why? In other words, what purpose is found in the bullshit game he played us?
They need to watch some film of the lady Hoosiers to learn how to break a press
It is a challenging day to be a Hoosier fan posting on a fan forum while trying to keep it upbeat; given the Hoosiers are poised for a good NCAA tourney seed for the first time in a long while and yet they were swept by Northwestern, Iowa, and Penn State. The current trend of this team is win one lose one. I predict a 4 or 5 seed in the NCAA's with an opening game win and then another dud against the (4 or 5) and out. Certainly hope I'm wrong and the Hoosiers make a great run in the tourney but this particular team just doesn't seem to have the "want to at all cost" mentality needed for all 40 minutes. Lastly, I'm over 60 and I've been supporting all things IU for years. I have to say this is the most fun I've had watching IU during basketball season in a long time. Trayce will always be one of my all time favorite IU basketball players.
Woodson is a very subpar game day coach. He looks lost. His teams often looks lost. No adjustments.
Why didn't he press sooner. Where has that trap been utilizing Trayce?
Critics never accuse one as being out-coached when a game is won. It happens, yet is not mentioned, as if mute in point.
It's PSU!!! Not asking that Woodson get fired but he is a very mediocre coach. The PSU coach has done more with far less is the point, an accurate point.
Yes, critics do. There were a number of games IU won when they played awful, coaching was awful.
But it was OSUs press that did the women's team in. Need to skip that one
The young guys on here (I’m not one of them) but the enthusiastic bunch in their 30s…….they won’t see a title in their lifetime. That’s another 40-50 years of this.
Are you kidding me? Last year IU had to get into the dance via a dance in. This year IU climbed up to a 4seed and got a GOOD draw. You should be happy.
