We should have two point guards this year averaging over five assists per game.
If Fino is as good as everyone thinks..... We are a top 10 team.
This stat makes you wonder just how good Yogi was if he couldn’t average 5 or more assists per game.
He avg 4.9 jr year, and did get 5.6 sr year. He was only really good as a sr. IMO. Underachieved first 3 years.
didn't have to do much his frosh year except help break presses, make some FTs, and distribute. He was on the court with four 1000 career point starters. His soph yr team was a dysfunctional CTC mess. His Sr year was one of the better we've seen in the past 25 yrs. Put the team on his back (unfortunate irony is that it probably bought CTC another year in Bloomington, but....beggars can't be choosers...)
X is so locked in..... You have to remember this guy is the same age as Luka! I expect huge things out of X. He will be a top 5 PG in the country. You just dont see Freshmen be breakout guards that often in the B1G. I hope JHS can hit open threes, not turn it over and be a good facilitator, and play above average D. I dont see him scoring more than 5-6 PPG.
a player returning who had 5 assists per game isn't really a surpising stat, but the last one to do it was Isiah? That's very surprising, bordering on unbelieavable, as we've had some really good assist guys in that span, including most of our career assist leaders I believe: Yogi (career leader based on Wiki... I thought it was Lewis), Lewis, Covey, Guyton, Bailey, Meeks... Hard to believe one of those guys didn't average 5 apg before their senior year. Yogi especially.... are you certain of this stat?
That’s way too many points and assists. I won’t be shocked if his numbers go down from last year. We are a more balanced team.
Too many as in unrealistic perhaps, but hardly undesirable. For my part don't think his numbers go down as I expect him to be at least incrementally better and Team offense significantly so. He and TJD were getting pretty jiggy with the high pick and roll toward last Season's end, Xavier's decision-making was definitely improving and seemed his shot selection as well. If JHS is as advertised, expecting crisper overall ball movement and a lot more inside-outside activity leading breakdowns in coverage/open looks. We'll see...
I also think people get their POV on assists out of whack, because of the 10 apg threshold in the NBA, but those guys are playing with 20% longer games and a 24 second shot clock vs 30, so they not only have much longer games, but they are putting up way more shots during the games. If you equate it to shots, I would think the equivalent of 10 apg in the NBA would be something below 8 in college; probably closer to 7 than 8. Not a lot of guys average 5 apg in college, as this thread demonstrates.
We should probably have some on court success before we declare “no honeymoon required”.
Assists are also a byproduct of the type of offense the team runs. UNC players because of style of play and how they use a PG will put up higher assist numbers than a team like Wisconsin. .
My "guess" is his stat numbers stay very similar...the hope is he gets them much more efficiently though.
There is no "we", but if you feel Woodson is still needful or deserving of some extra consideration/latitude before he proves himself, then you do. Not my affair even if I find the judgment amusing. I see it otherwise, but willing to reconsider if you can name one person who predicted IU would begin Woodson's second year with two five-star recruits and consensus pre-Season B10 #1 and Top 15 national rankings. Not the same as proving it on the Floor, but know what I saw last year on the Court/Courtside - no one I'd rather see Coaching the Cream & Crimson this Season than Michael Dean Woodson from Indianapolis, Indiana.
Hoosier nation is a “we”. IU alumni are a “we”.
And you speak for both, eh? Not for this fan/alum you don't.
On court results are all that matters. Woodson has not proven to be successful on the court, YET.
See that as wrong on both accounts as well but you do you. My enjoyment of/satisfaction with the Season has already begun and don't need an acid test or approval for its enablement.
Very concise summation of conversing with thee. Well done.
He was darn good. IU has desperately missed a point guard of his caliber since he left. Hopefully X can build off of last season which showed some potential.
