Our seniors have had so little success they seemed to feel they had accomplished something when they won a big game. Time to get some fresh energy on the court. I wish Woodson had a bit less faith in them this year and got our young guys more experience. Even tonight Banks had more energy than any of our starters.
Miami has a proven winner at the collegiate level as their coach, not a washed up NBA retread who has never coached at this level before. The outcome of this game and the way each team played are not surprising in the least.
What on Earth? I initially responded to a post that tried to claim Miami wasn’t a better team. They clearly were the better team tonight in every facet possible. How is that a chicken shit point of view? Did we watch two different games?
Banks is our hope ! He could be a real player much more than Geronimo . He shouldve been playing more all year in my opnion
Adam Farking Herbert held on to Mike Davis two years too long, and instead of making a decision not based on a lighter skin tone, he made a decision based on a darker skin tone.
Agree whole heartedly on wishing he’d have played the younger guys more…more consistently.
The obvious point from all of it is that Miami isn’t a “better team”…we got punked tonight, and it was effort and intensity based. You said they were just better. Like we were playing Alabama or Houston or something.
I hope there isnt a mass exodus . There obviously will be a lot more playing time. Banks to me is the real mystery. I know he didn't score much but in time he was give his plus to negative ratio has to be right at the top and he always gave effort. I can't remember him doing just flat stupid stuff
You are wrong there, IU may have better players but Miami was a much better ''team''
Yeah, that was never going to work. We would've been made examples and had the SMU death penalty thrown at us. Could've avoided the whole thing by doing exactly what I said--fire Davis in 2004, hire Matta, thank me later.
"All Xanax Team". Damn, that is funny AND accurate.
If IU plays that Miami team 10 times on a neutral court, how many do they win? I say 3-4. Their back court is vastly better than ours. They’re a horrible matchup for IU and the type of team IU has struggled with all year. There’s nothing wrong with admitting that IU lost to a better team while also acknowledging they played like crap. Both can be true.
Yep. I can read box scores too. He also got his hands on about half the rebounds their center ended up getting. And he took all of about 4 shots outside 8 feet.
I'm not sure what punked us is supposed to mean? Miami basically controlled all but about 5 minutes of that game. They thoroughly outplayed IU from start to finish sustaining a couple brief runs.
KenPom is pretty damn smart. ESPN BPI is usually pretty accurate. Both of them would have said 5-6 times out of 10 IU would have won.
They beat IU at its own game. They attacked our interior. For most of the game they dominated us in the paint and on the glass. They played harder than we did. They won most of the 50-50 balls. They punked us.
There was a play under the basket with JHS and a couple Miami players. The ball was loose and both Miami players got on the floor. JHS just bent over and reached for the ball.
After you re-watch the game, you’ll retract about 90% of what you just typed. He took Race off the bounce from outside the 3 point line three different times for 6 points, did the same thing to Reneau and TJD once a piece and had two break away dunks at then of the game. Only once did he methodically back down Race Thompson and score and it was off a fall away jumper. Miller started outside the perimeter on nearly 80% of their possessions by my rough count.
Stonewalling the NCAA would've resulted in us getting the book thrown at us. We're not UNC or KAN, and the NCAA would not have looked the other way.
I for sure will. I can remember 2 such over power plays on Race. And 1 on TJD even. He took only 1 outside shot. And he got his hands on numerous rebounded balls.
Why do you say that? When have they ever thrown the book at a blue blood like IU?
They would’ve found out eventually. Especially because Sampson was already on notice for violations at OKLA.
No doubt it was a diversity hire given sampsons baggage. We easily could of had beilein instead. No doubt sampson was a great coach but the risk was too great imo. Davis was never the problem. Still could of made a great hire after him.
Including who to have make an important hire and who the important hire is.
Please! How about a team that is 6’7” and shorter out rebounding us? This team was out hustled all game. Miami just wanted it more and showed it.
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