I wish Luke Goode would quit launching 3s....
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Right now we're doing Goode a favor let him on the floor. He's terrible defensively and the one skill he does have seemed to have been left in Champaign. We have 7 rotation players and maybe five Newton 4-5 mpg.
I think Newton and Cupps will be gone after this season Cupps transfer and Newton retire. Tucker and Galloway are my only locks off the bench.
It's looking like Indiana overpaid for this team..
Lmao What? Did you mean to say "coach" and not team?
No, they overpaid for an under achieving coach. Woodson is in way over his head.
For 2 years now..."they need to shoot more three's"....start shooting more three's, and then it's "we need to stop shooting three's".....this fan base is atrocious.
You can't possibly watch this and think this is acceptable. The effort, the subbing, the approach to D, the sets.
What are the positives you see and please don't say we are 4-0. This schedule is a joke.
For once I agree with you. Goode needs to keep shooting. Good shooters have to shoot their way out of slumps
Great idea: have one of your best shooters stop shooting because he's in a minor slump? Not worried about his shooting as long as he's taking good shots. I think he was 1-2 last night, so not like he's throwing up a ton of shots and that's 50%, so he helped our % last night. If he's taking good shots, you want him taking all that he can. Shooters shoot themselves out of slumps, not stop shooting.
He’s a complete liability on the defensive end. If he isn’t shooting well he’s freaking worthless. Doesn’t need to be playing very much.
TG should get more of his minutes. Not sure if Trey is being limited due to his injury or maybe the turnovers he had, but he needs more floor time than Goode. Goode should be maybe 10 mins a game unless he’s on fire from deep.
Regarding Goode ever being “on fire from deep” may prove to be a figment of one’s imagination, better relegated to a lost episode of Twilight Zone.
Why would he? The poor guy has endured Archie and Woody for five years.
That defense is currently in the top 7% nationally on Kenpom and top 9% on Torvik.
I'm not talking about the team. I'm talking about a very bad shooter in Goode. He left his shot in Illinois evidently. I watched him against SC and he was atrocious. Read my post and see if I mentioned any other players. I bet you can't . So don't try playing like I said it as a team. I said Goode - one guy who is terrible so far. Maybe he'll get better but I doubt it. As far as Lifelong--- I've followed IU since 1969.
Offensive and defensive ppg is a positive. Free throw shooting is a huge positive. 3 point shooting looks better. Perimeter scoring and playmaking both much improved.
We need to clean up TOs and rebounding. Everything else stays the same and not a game we have played is within 25 points.
Our entire starting backcourt and wing are Sophomores so we will have some games like this unfortunately.
If he’s not shooting threes and making a fair percentage, he should never get on the floor. Threes are the only positive he can provide.
Really? That doesn’t seem right. But then again, some folks forget we are undefeated.
Yea surprising as it is ... also top 26 in Miya. The poor ass def rebounding made it look worse than it was. Still too early to take it seriously though.
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What happend with Connor Essegian? Wish we would of got him instead of Goode just helped Nebraska beat #10 Creighton. 15 points has hit 8 threes already on the season and he is only a junior.
Wait, you whining and complaining? Color me shocked! Shocked I tell you!
Assume he wanted the chance to start. Both are good players and folks dumping on a kid who chose IU and wants to wear the Cream and Crimson are the losers. From everything I hear Luke is a great locker room and team guy. Shooting is mental and the basket's just small for him right now. Big deal, it happens. No coming back and praising him when he inevitably breaks out and hits 4-5 3s, which you know is coming. Keep shooting Luke. I'm sure
Connor will be happy to have you cheering him on as a Husker. I know several here will too!
So after all these years of watching basketball...you think the best shooter on the team, should stop shooting?...that's what you have learned in 50+ years of watching?...Thank you for the testimonial. It does even more to prove my theory that IU basketball fans , as a whole, just suck.
He is ft wayne kid so I hate seeing Indiana kids do well for other big ten schools. Nothing against Goode but he is a poor man version of Miller Kopp plus he is gone after this year which Conner has 2 years left plus he could of started here over Carlyle.
Goode is an IN kid too. We can't get them all. I think we made a strong run at CE, but he didn't come here. Support the kids who choose to be here, and stop bellyaching over someone who chose to go elsewhere. Easy to say CE would have started over Carlyle after he's had a good game, and I love CE and wanted him at IU. No one in their right mind would've said he'd start over KC. No one.
I would I never saw anything with Caryle that was over impressive. Conner was very good at Wisconson his freshman year. Goode was decent at Illinois but I think he was a cast off easy to get I never heard anything about us going after Conner which is Woodson DNA.
So, you'd have pegged Essegian who played 7 mins/gm last year and averaged 3 pts, as a starter over Carlyle who started and played 25 mins/gm and averaged 11.5 ppg. Sure you would've. We tried to get Essegian and he chose NB. I think we already had Rice and Carlyle at that point, so maybe he didn't see himself starting over Carlyle.
Wisconsin Transfer Connor Essegian Begins Indiana Visit Wednesday
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – After two seasons at Wisconsin, Connor Essegian is considering transferring to his home-state school. Essegian will visit Indiana on Wednesd
If Goode stops shooting threes there's really no reason to play him. That's why he's on the team. What should be addressed is why IU can't figure out how to run more plays specifically to get him open. It's as easy as watching Illinois sets from last season. The other part is he appears to be rushing some of his shots. Not fully set with his legs under him.
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