JG to likely play tomorrow, per Woodson.
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Practicing at Dayton's Arena
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Ok. Now I’m excited and glad they’re in the play in game. But I reserve the right to piss and moan about it, if it doesn’t go well tomorrow night.
This place will be dumpster fire when IU is down 16-12 tonight. I think IU wins and covers, but you know it won't be easy.
a bit frustrating (or promising? half empty vs half full) to see those guys bury 3 after 3 after 3 and yet that group probably shoots a combined 18% during games....driving range syndrome...everyone hits like a hero on the range....but put them between the little boxes with water on the right and trees on the left, and suddenly that fairway looks a lot tighter...
That last pass from the kid was sweet, right in the pocket!
If the NCAA tournament has taught me anything...its that it rarely ever goes the way it "should", or would seem it should.
No way of knowing this, but...will the IU team from late in the Michigan game through late in the Iowa game show up tonight?...or will it be the February Hoosiers? And conversely, will the Wyoming team that was something like 20-3 or whatever it was show up?...or will it be the team that lost 4-5 games late in the season?
One thing that worries me...we haven't done very well all year against taller or longer play makers...Champagne lit us up, Boeheim lit us up, Johnny Davis killed us, The Murray twins, Michigans bigs in Bloomington, etc... Wyoming seems pretty easy to peg, stop or slow Maldonado, and you probably beat them easily. IU has known that same challenge against a bunch of teams this year, and has failed a bunch of times. Sometimes its just because those players are that good. But also, we just don't have a lock down wing defender.
I look for Maldonado to have a good game tonight. And the game will be close because of it.
Although, I would say that taller playmakers is only part of the equation, its taller playmakers that can beat you off the dribble/finish around the rim, and with the exception of Davis, also hit the 3. Maldonado really isn't that - offensively is effectively a post player. Also, besides Davis/Wisconsin, it usually took multiple guys with that ability to really give IU problems.
Only major issue with Maldonado is that IU really hasn't seen someone like him this year, but IU also has the flexibility to throw a couple different players on him defensively if the initial matchup doesn't work,
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Lots of film how to stop him. You don’t let him back you down. Make him shoot it. He’s not good at that.
Ike looks like a hand full, but that 19/9 in MWC is more like 13/6.5 in B1G. Still a troublesome issue!
Race or Kopp. Probably both. You take him away and they become a different team. We won’t have to double or dig either. I put our guys straight up all day.
don't play JG if we don't have to.
and keep mins to a minimum for Tre, as he didn't look totally healed vs Iowa.
coaches say they are cautious with players coming off injuries, but they never are.
and could we please have more twitter spamming.
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Not sure how you don't play Gerinomo AND limit Trey's minutes. That means Kopp plays a ton and everyone complains. Who knows, maybe they get away with that tonight.
Kopp gets a bad rep. He’s actually a very underrated defender. He moves guys where they don’t want to be. Rarely out of position offensively or defensively
Kopp, trey, x, rob, TJD, Race all move guys. Parker is probably not as bad as people think either. JG could be elite if he keeps working. He literally could become a 4 spot defender.
He gets a bad rap because his 3 point shooting hasn't been up to expectations, but the rest of his game has been solid. But weirdly, something about Assembly Hall must have him spooked, because elsewhere his shooting has been fine.
Against major conference teams his 3 shooting stats are
-neutral court: 35% on 4.3 attempts per game
-away games: 42% on 4.4 attempts per game (40% combined away/neutral)
-home games: 22% on 1.8 attempts per game
And for neutral/away games, he's made at least 1 3-pointer in every game
In home games, he's had 6 games without a 3-pointer, and never had more than 1 against a major conference opponent.
Thankfully, IU won't be playing at home again this season
I’d like to see Stewart start on him. Strong as a bull and 6’5”. Refs like to call an early banging foul or two to get control of the game. Better that Stew get those if that’s the case.
I’m talking defense. That’s rep I’m talking about. Not once have we talked about his offense other than he’s where he’s supposed to be.
My point was the people have discounted or ignored his defense because they have been disappointed with his shooting
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