Lack of disciple

[T.M.P.]

Reneau was 3/6 and Ballo was 3/4 against Nebraska.

The summary of bad shooting in Post No. 5 above demonstrates why it makes no sense for those two to pass the ball outside, where IU's pitiful 3-point shooters can miss it more often.

I'd rather we score an old-style layup accompanied possibly by an old-style defensive foul instead of seeing a beautiful, wide-open "modern" 3-pointer that rims off 20 feet into the arms of our opponent.

We just don't have good 3-point shooters.

There should be a balance. There's more than enough shooters that there could be. I'm beginning to think you have no clue what you're talking about.

 

[Stuffshot]

There should be a balance. There's more than enough shooters that there could be. I'm beginning to think you have no clue what you're talking about.

Well, OK, but I can tell when a shooter pathetically misses multiple wide open 3-pointers. I don't want "shooters" -- I want "hitters," and we just don't have them,

(Nor are you really explaining what you are talking about. Normally, you are specific.)

Have a good day.

 

[GThomas]

And for Kitchell and for Wittman and for Isiah.

Spot-on about Kitchel and Wittman, but Isiah didn't need screens; he was the best player on the floor for nearly every game in his IU career ... and could go one-on-one against anybody.

 

[Stuffshot]

Spot-on about Kitchel and Wittman, but Isiah didn't need screens; he was the best player on the floor for nearly every game in his IU career ... and could go one-on-one against anybody.

That team with Kitchell, Wittman, Isiah, Tolbert and Turner was the best shooting team I ever saw.

I remember a game against Vanderbilt, which was playing a 2-3 zone. Isiah brought the ball down and Wittman, Tolbert, Turner and Kitchell were lined up along the baseline.

Do the math -- a 2-3 zone cannot guard four guys lined up along the baseline. Isiah just stood out there feeding the ball to whichever one was open. Within their individual ranges, all four were deadeye.

After about three possessions, Vanderbilt switched to a man-to-man and lost.

 

[GThomas]

That team with Kitchell, Wittman, Isiah, Tolbert and Turner was the best shooting team I ever saw.

I remember a game against Vanderbilt, which was playing a 2-3 zone. Isiah brought the ball down and Wittman, Tolbert, Turner and Kitchell were lined up along the baseline.

Do the math -- a 2-3 zone cannot guard four guys lined up along the baseline. Isiah just stood out there feeding the ball to whichever one was open. Within their individual ranges, all four were deadeye.

After about three possessions, Vanderbilt switched to a man-to-man and lost.

During my IU-watching lifetime (starting in the late 70s/early 80s), Calbert was the best college player ... but Isiah was the most talented. Had IT stayed all four years like Calbert, he would likely be #1 in both those categories.

 

[TR32]

And for Kitchell and for Wittman and for Isiah.

Kitchell was going to shoot whether he got a screen or not.🙂