Ware and MM

[82hoosier]

WHAT!?! Not X.

X voted most likely to grab someone by their nuts.

 

[GeorgeStrait IU]

And UK was not a great free throw shooting team and I think they were either perfect or close to it with 30 some free throws.

Yep. Something like 35-37 LOL. No one ever mentions VJ3 was out with his knee injury from 2 weeks earlier either.

 

[steelyvan]

Also…we literally didn’t guard MKG for long stretches of that game. You know, the future number 2 pick in that next draft MKG. That was one of the more acute moments I knew Crean was a whack job.

Always mad scientisting his way out of solid basketball.

Crean saw what a lot of us saw: MKG wasn't really very good. One of the biggest busts for a 2nd pick ever.

 

[Courtsensetwo]

Still would've lost to Kentucky.

Highly unlikely.

 

[Tammany Hall]

Yep. Something like 35-37 LOL. No one ever mentions VJ3 was out with his knee injury from 2 weeks earlier either.

Yea. It was a tough loss but I couldn’t be mad. Cody outplayed AD but UK was shooting very well. It was a nonsense move for the committee to put us in the S16 with UK — clearly juicing the ratings and narrative with the rematch.

2011-12 was a rare IU season where we played well and overachieved a bit. A lot of those players went through rebuild hell and were very tough. Deserves respect.

 

[GeorgeStrait IU]

Yea. It was a tough loss but I couldn’t be mad. Cody outplayed AD but UK was shooting very well. It was a nonsense move for the committee to put us in the S16 with UK — clearly juicing the ratings and narrative with the rematch.

2011-12 was a rare IU season where we played well and overachieved a bit. A lot of those players went through rebuild hell and were very tough. Deserves respect.

Its crazy but Matt Roth could have come back the next year (due to injury) but wasnt asked by CTC or something like that. He could have wrote a book. "From 6-25 to #1 in the country. My IU story."

 

[kraft cheese+macaroni]

Lots of awards and recognition and can’t make NCAA Tournament. Who’s the weak link ?

'Lots'? We had one guy make 2nd team.

 

[Victorbmyboy]

We did not play in the 1975 title game. Kentucky beat us and in an earlier round and Scott May was injured with a broken arm from the Purdue game. Played just like 10 minutes with the soft cast. My memory is pretty good from those years. I still say that I would have punched Bob Guyette from Kentucky if I ever met him for the way he kept smacking May on his soft cast.

That’s what I meant.

 

[Spirito76]

Highly unlikely.

Early in the year we beat Uk 98-74 with a healthy Scott May, then lost to them 90-92 in the elite eight with May having a broken arm. With a healthy May, it would have been another beat down. Also, we beat UK the following season at Freedom Hall.

 

[z_one]

What was official? It was a civil war. The union didn't consider any confederate government legitimate. But the CSA considered Kentucky's legitimiate. That's just facts.

Nothing to be proud of.

 

[Jssanto]

Ware second team and MM co-freshman of the year.

We all think Ware goes pro and MM stays or portal, correct?

 

[Victorbmyboy]

We all think Ware goes pro and MM stays or portal, correct?

Ware is gone. MM is a maybe in all three.

 

[Tammany Hall]

We all think Ware goes pro and MM stays or portal, correct?

There are several factors supporting MM staying. He improved a lot to B1G FoY. He’s vital to the team so big NIL is coming, likely more than anyone else would pay him. NIL at IU is a better option than some professional development league deal.

 

[DCDAVID]

Is this Ware guy related to the allegedly entitled 5* that many thought would shut down for the rest of the season. after an injury, to protect his NBA prospects ?

 

[Jssanto]

There are several factors supporting MM staying. He improved a lot to B1G FoY. He’s vital to the team so big NIL is coming, likely more than anyone else would pay him. NIL at IU is a better option than some professional development league deal.

So a pro IU organization, collects money into NIL, and then distributes it as they need to in order to keep or attract players?