Love Cody but always heard what a great shooter he was for a big. THis was the game to exploit it. The hole in the zone is the FT line...get the ball there, turn shoot hit the shot. Do that a few times, people start moving to cover him, zone loosens up. Lowering the shoulder and barreling in did not work. Crean has the whiteboard and the magic marker. He has to call the time out, draw up the Xs and Ox and dictate strategy.
Seems like having CWat flash to the FT line and shoot...or Sheehey, would have been a great strategy. We also had 2 short guards (one injured) who would always have trouble shooting over longer guys like MCW. Tourney games are about matchups and this one was bad for IU.
Those who watched this game knew it was over early. We did not look like a team that knew what to do.