DizzyRuns Tournament with IU Players
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Without the IU players this will not be such a high level environment and with them they were at risk from playing with some now weekend warriors.
That is my take as well, but like everyone else here...I won't know until it happens. Not far off from the "randos" someone mentioned.
No weekend warriors. You have to be a pro, college or HS going to college (Colvin is still playing AFAIK) and get an invite. The original rosters have kids currently at Butler, Earlham, Purdue, IU, Marian, Ball State, Wabash, IUPUI, Georgia State, and Nicholls State. Like I said above, each of the 3 teams that had an IU player on them had between 4 & 6 pro players on the roster.
Despite what I’ve written I hope it turns into something big. An “Indiana Drew League” would be very awesome!!
Oh, I agree. It would be awesome. I'm going to try to go watch tonight.
FWIW, I didn't take anything you wrote as a negative about this.
This is exactly how it will go down. There's little to no structure. This isn't a teaching game or anything of that nature. It's 7-8 guys subbing in and out and running up and down the court. It's eg-centric, and while it would be cool for someone like Anthony Leal or Xavier Johnson to say they guarded Gary Harris one on one, it's not going to bolster their game or technique.
The rosters listed I believe had a majority of pros on most. NBA players? 1 or 2 but most of the guys listed were foreign pros.
There are a lot of great names on the rosters...even minus the IU kids. I hope they all do show up, and that its well run, and the games are serious and competitive. An Indianapolis league with largely former Indiana HS players, at various levels, could be really, really cool.
I'm just skeptical that many of the good pros will end up showing up regularly, and that the game play is...relaxed. If that happens it won't last all that long. It'll be a good experience for the HS and small college kids, but there won't be a ton of incentive for the high majors and pros. And then there won't be much fan interest.
I see no reason why that opportunity for Miller Kopp and Xavier Johnson wouldn't exist next year in the event they are still interested playing in it. They can enjoy it as much as they'd like once they are no longer members of Indiana's men's basketball team.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not wanting to argue or be a dick, but to me it's sad that these kids have to always approach the game as serious business, all the time.
When the get in price to UNC is gonna be around $200, X jerseys and shirts are about to launch via IU, and they are finally getting a piece of the pie..... you better believe it is a business.
Xavier Johnson's health is a lot more important than it is to a meaningless pro-am game.
You strike me as the type of poster who would be crucifying XJ, or Woody for that matter, in the event he got hurt in one of these meaningless type games.
If playing in the DrizzyRuns Tournament is a dream goal of Xavier Johnson....play in it next year.
Huh? Not sure why you’d say that?
I think he, like many folks, just doesn’t understand why it can’t be a game any more and has turned into JUST business.
I'd like to think you'd be wrong, but I guess we'll never have the chance to find out.
All it takes is for one guy to take out an IU player for the season or end his career with a bad judgement play or a deliberate cheap shot while they are in the air. Thanks but no thanks, IU players don’t need pickup games where “ head cutting” takes place trying to one up a B1G player Rucker Park style. No thanks! Good judgement to keep the players practicing in-house.
I think that's far less likely in a game like this than just regular pickup games. If all/most of these guys are pros or college or good HS players they all have a lot at stake and should be less than likely to injure others because of it. IMO, far more likely to happen in general pickup games, and despite what many say here, I believe these guys are playing pickup games somewhere. If they can control who are in those games and provide that opportunity almost daily at Cook Hall; great, but it's still unlikely they'll get the level of comp shown on these rosters. According to what Kyle Guy says, there are coaches and NBA refs. Many here have more experience with pro am leagues than I do and that sounds like a lot of support, but he's doing the league and I'll take someone at their word until they give me a reason not to.
They won NCs as you say, so the only way they could top that as IU is being a Hoosier Hero for life.
Sounds like a selling point to you (and me!). I've seen first hand the love that UVA has for Guy and that UNC has for Montross and Sean. Would they be more well-known and beloved in IN? Probably by more of the general population, but that can also be a negative. Both those schools, UNC especially, have good bball tradition and following, so they're not hurting in that department and all have won NC's more recently than have we. I think all 3 would tell you they made the best decision for them and don't regret it one bit. I'm confident the only remorse (and discussions of them at IU) are from us. Hope this team gives us something to push those thoughts out of our minds!
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Apparently it didn't apply to the walk ons. LOL
Somebody posted he had 17pts Tuesday night.
That seems like a big slap in the face: "we're not allowing IU players to play... but you go ahead Nate!"
We want to snub a guy who decided to play for a better coach and won a Natty? That seems a bit harsh
you have a weird persecution complex. Not everyone is out to get you, or IU players. I still maintain they are much safer in that environment playing with pros and other college players who have a lot on the line too, than you or I in a pickup game somewhere. Guy said they are having NBA refs. Could they get hurt, sure, but no more likely there than any other games or workouts they'll be doing this summer.
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