Like when he got 20 in his third game against the number 10th ranked Kenpom team last year? Dude. stop.
Cupps is awful
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Neanderthal shelters within his gene pool.
Cupps is equal to freshman smith but has a higher bball IQ. It must be true cause I read it here
I remember he was the starting frosh PG on the B1G champs and #1 seed.
They shoot, we dont. IU scored 59 points. We win no big 10 games this year scoring 59 points. They aint that good and time will tell. The big is bad enough to have a ok team on top. And I agree, IU is one of the worst.
Smith looks like the guy who sings "bag boys" on the Wendy's commercial.
Really! How about Smith had a better team when he was a freshman than Cupps has.
we have three top 20 recruits on our team. Smith had a better coach but he and loyer were both new to the program. They were not an old team at all.
He had 17 assists the other night! I'm a 50 year IU fan and I don't recall anyone ever having 17 assist in a game! Smith will be just fine with or without Edey!
How many of those were to Edey? Exactly my point. Hawkins for UMinn did it in Dec of this year btw.
If you watched the game he got the ball to everyone - you can’t have that many assists without that being the case
He has a pretty good gig. Feed Edey and get open shots due to the sag defenses they see.
Hell in the first half IU chose not to defend him at all and gave him four or five uncontested layups.
Good gig if you can get it.
Wow....Cupps is the problem? A backup guard is responsible for the condition of this team. Got it.
Can you imagine if Smith had 3 5 stars around him though? What do you think he’d be able to do then? Maybe average even more assists and points?
I agree with you. IU needs more guys like Cupps to rebuild the culture. Long term they will need Cupps personality with more talent.
I also really like Reneau but he needs to get mentally tougher. You can just see him whine and hang his head when things aren't going his way in games.
Ware reminds me of AJ Hammons. Excellent talent, questionable motor.
Mgbako may work out. He has potential but will be interested to see if he can develop as a leader and will stick around long enough to be one.
IU desperately needs to embrace the suck. Win at the culture rebuild and the consistency of winning on the court will come.
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Can you imagine having the HoopsIQ, memory, self esteem, objectivity and vocabulary to have an actual conversation with and IU grad?
Nah...
Good to see all you fine folks here though.
Like 6 of them I believe. Most were drives and kick outs to 3point shooters.
Smith is benefiting from not just Edey but from the fact that he is surrounded by players shooting 40% from 3.
Assist numbers will always depend on having teammates that can score. Purdue has plenty of them.
We have been a Top 5 offense for years now. Before Edey. And we will be after Edey too.
IU has been choosing not to defend a lot of teams this year. Been a good gig for the B1G.
You don’t ever have a conversation though. It’s “my way or the highway” mentality.
Cupps looked good early in the season. Whether he is getting coached up or not is the question. Beginning to believe Woody and coaches leave one coach out there at practice and the others smoke cigars in his office and talk golf.
Didn't you hear? They set up a fold up card table in the corner w a bowl of animal crackers and giblets for the coaches. Word is they don't eat w their hands. They just gobble it straight from the bowl.
Yeah it does.
I think Cupps problem is the coaching he is receiving, or lack thereof.
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He would look exactly like Cupps if Mike Woodson were his coach and he had the exact same teammates. There wouldn't be any driving room for him or kick outs from Reneau and Ware either.
Normally, I would as for pictures of soccer moms. In this case, I will pass, however.
How many to Edey and then kicked back and out after the other team double and triple team collapses on Edey? If he gets 17 in a game next year, I'm happy to stand corrected but $50 says it won't happen.
No, because of the defensive schemes.
I will try to explain that to you at some point later, should you decide not to be an AH
Well it certainly got him benched and then Galloway became the defender on him so yeah it was - but you can rationalize it however you like
Some truth to that. Ware is a nice outside shooter and good in pick and roll action, as well as in midrange post moves. But he shows a lack of strength often and gives up way too much real estate defensively in the paint. He just needs a lot more work to meet his potential.
Most of them were off of dribble penetration creating shots. Not standing around letting Edey create offense.
Edit: I found this 2 minute clip. 6 assist to Edey. On the other 10, Edey didn’t touch the ball. Most created by Smith.
Why bag on Cupps? He has some ability. He'll certainly improve. At least whatever he can figure out on his own. I doubt the coaching does much to help him.
It's not his fault he has to play because we have nobody.
It's not his fault he has to play because we have nobody.
I agree. Give the kid an off season to gain strength, watch film, and work on his outside shot. Maybe next year, with that accomplished, he can use the benefit of all his freshman minutes.
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