One of my favorite games ever attended, despite being row 16 in the balcony.
If you want just 1 good highlight, go to around 51:00 for Henderson's dunk.
Kansas at Indiana 1994
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One of my favorite games ever attended, despite being row 16 in the balcony.
If you want just 1 good highlight, go to around 51:00 for Henderson's dunk.
This is correct. IU shot 4-13 from the ft line in that game at the Hoosier dome during the regular season.
The " Bank One Classic" played every December at the Dome. It was Kentucky in every other year.
Some observations...
1. RMK's offense had a lot of similar principles to the modern 5 out "read and react" offenses that are used in one form or another today. Hmmm, spread them out to create space, move bodies around purposefully to keep the defense of balance and to create advantages... The ball screen and iso crap we run too much of, needs to be scrapped today...and Woody needs to take a stroll down memory lane and implement something similar to RMK's offense.
2. While Woody has chosen not to implement much of any of RMK's offensive philosophies at IU...maybe guarding the 3 point line is something he learned from RMK? Half joking...but IU was horrendous early on in this game guarding some pretty basic screening action, leading to wide open threes. Looked like our current teams defense against outside shooting.
3. Man, Andre Patterson was so darn talented.
4. Man, Neil Reed was a very good PG.
5. Man, watching Evans and Henderson together was fun.
1. RMK's offense had a lot of similar principles to the modern 5 out "read and react" offenses that are used in one form or another today. Hmmm, spread them out to create space, move bodies around purposefully to keep the defense of balance and to create advantages... The ball screen and iso crap we run too much of, needs to be scrapped today...and Woody needs to take a stroll down memory lane and implement something similar to RMK's offense.
2. While Woody has chosen not to implement much of any of RMK's offensive philosophies at IU...maybe guarding the 3 point line is something he learned from RMK? Half joking...but IU was horrendous early on in this game guarding some pretty basic screening action, leading to wide open threes. Looked like our current teams defense against outside shooting.
3. Man, Andre Patterson was so darn talented.
4. Man, Neil Reed was a very good PG.
5. Man, watching Evans and Henderson together was fun.
Knight started playing what everyone calls a stretch 4 in 73-74. We need to go back in time to be “modern”
The closer you are to the basket the more likely you are going to make the shot. Movement makes it tougher to guard and a motion offense makes it tough to prepare for. Passing allows a team to find an open man. Patience and screening give a team good looks at the basket. Getting to the freethrow line gives you easy chances to score.
In most modern offenses, bad shooters chuck 3's without consequences, and spend most of the shot clock dribbling with the intent to drive to the basket instead of trying to move the ball to create better driving and passing lanes.
I don't like 5-out because it forces the ball on the floor and moves everyone farther from the basket.
But in terms of details, good coaches make a lot of different offenses work. Basketball is indeed a simple game that needs to be executed well however a coach chooses to play.
Great game. Had great seats on the floor in SE corner by the visitor’s locker room. Was there early enough that day Roy signed a program for me as he was just sitting nearby watching the teams warm up. Of course haven’t seen that program since. Michael Hermon made his debut that day too, I believe.
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Hart had a killer game! I was there too.
But there was no clock back then. That has dramatically changed offensives so RMK’s motion couldn’t just grind it out for the open look. But then he always had shooters.
(NCAA introduced a 45-second shot clock for the 1985-86 season; several conferences had experimented with it for the two seasons prior. It was reduced to 35 seconds in the 1993–94 season, and 30 seconds in the 2015–16 season).
Yes, the shot clock has been a detriment to men’s college basketball. It wasn’t like Knight was winning games 49-43. They were scoring.
By the time a team gets the ball across half court there is roughly 23-24 seconds left on the clock. By the 12-13 second mark everyone is pointing for someone to set a ball screen. 10 seconds is not much time to run offense.
He was great that day, but overall a real bust. He had the athleticism of Oladipo, but not the work ethic-on or off the court.
My all time favorite right here. $Bill never knew what hit him. Can we shoot the 3 like that tomorrow?
I was at that game, front row in the balcony. One of best bball experiences I've had.
17 3's - has IU hit that many all season yet this year? I was still upset about the coach firing then but that was a fun team to watch. Could really do it all on offense.
Yeah the clock is too short right now. I'd be happy to see it go away, but going back to 45 would make the game a little more interesting to watch. But too many young fans might start watching TikTok if there was that much time.
Yep! Definately coulda used him and Wilkerson ahd he not hurt his knee year before in Ncaa's. Herman could have been solid under Knight after a few years but bullshit happens. The year after, because of the Wilkerson injury and then assault on his gf, Herman leaving, and Hart as well left the backcourt in 95-96 as thing as I have ever seen it. Reed had his faults and not a crowd favorite, but he helped Evans get the Hoosiers by in the 95-96 year. I want Cupps to be so much like Neil when it comes to timely threes.
We were very thin in the backcourt until Guyton arrived in fall of ‘96. I’m pretty sure Michael Lewis was the same year.
1991 NCAA's was a beat down: Kansas ended up going to the final game.
My mind is very foggy on those old KU games. Sometimes you just need to let the cobwebs of time slowly cover up the memories.
The Cheaney class years (and right after) were great teams, and plenty of awesome memories. Unfortunately Cal and Co never hung a banner and I know that KU was a thorn and big reason why. Like the Duke valentine game, all that’s left are old memories - I’m certainly not going to go to YouTube and revisit those games.
The Cheaney class years (and right after) were great teams, and plenty of awesome memories. Unfortunately Cal and Co never hung a banner and I know that KU was a thorn and big reason why. Like the Duke valentine game, all that’s left are old memories - I’m certainly not going to go to YouTube and revisit those games.
That I’ll do (when I have time), I just have been too busy.
My point was that all those games are blurred into mush in my mind (all I know is that the ones that counted ended up disappointing me, so I guess I had just moved on from those memories).
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