I'm not surprised by any of the departures. They were all caused by discipline problems and and/or lack of PT.
I think it benefits bigger programs. And kind of like NBA free agency. Could be right up Woody’s alley lol.
Remarkable? Dude he had TJD. Remarkable would be like 26 wins and a sweet sixeteen.
What is remarkable is how bad the athletic talent is. Watch Matthew Lee at St Peters. He started out as a walk-on from Ohio. Indiana's biggest recruiting disaster has been recruiting Indiana because it is Indiana.
And zero outside shooting.
The portal can be good or bad to teams. I would argue the portal was not good to us this year. Kopp and Stewart were very frustrating. I don't care what shooting percentage Stewart had. I think it was around 40%. What was his percentage in losses? Kopp was supposed to be the scorer we needed. Where was he? Next year's team will have to find guys in the portal. It is up to Woodson to get those players who can really play.
Oh I totally agree. I don’t think it’s good to rely on portal players to build your roster, and I don’t think Woody will be doing that. But watching the tournament you realize how many of these teams have key transfers on their rosters. It was a mixed bag for us this year. Like you mentioned Kopp and Stewart, but at the same time we definitely don’t make the tourney without X either.
Your standards must be pretty low. There was always enought talent on this team to make the ncaa. Many of us expected it. Objective met but it was not some sort of Hoosiers story but maybe to you it is
X at.the.beginning not so much. But x as he improved became very valuable.
I would be interested in thoughts on TJD’s right hand and mid range shots. Does it take more than one off season? Did he not work hard enough? Just not enough ability?
Create whatever criteria fits in your head. Make yourself feel big and bitch all your little heart desires. I'll not hinder your misery.
I think woody pulls 2 gems this year. This is woodys strong suit. THE PORTAL
I honestly don't know, but would expect he didn't work hard enough.
Wrong. There were no consistent shooters on the team.
One good player who has a propensity to get shut down in big games won’t cut it.
At least. If you are trying to build the traditional way it takes a couple recruiting cycles even to get your own kids onboard -D1 recruiting doesn’t begin when these kids are seniors, it’s years before that now. Then you’ve got to have a yr or two to develop the underclassmen. Few FF teams are built on freshmen talent.
And potentially even allow you to do it right away, if things go right. Iowa St. literally did a 180 from last year.
Assuming Race and Trayce stay, those two along with Geronimo, Bates and X are a very solid group. Time will tell on the incoming freshman and we also have Galloway. What we need is at least one add who can create and hit shots consistently.
It was. It fell off the last few games, others here have attributed that in part to a knee injury. But a 40% average is not a guarantee that he'll shoot that every game. That's not how averages work.
