*****Official B1G In Season Thread*****
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Notice how I said one of your returning guards will need to improve OR get an impact player in the portal. Seems like you chose door number 1.
XJ is alright, but to me personally, he’d be better off as an off-guard than a PG. Bates has been underwhelming to this point. He’s had one good game in Conference and it was against winless Nebraska so… One of these 2 will need to improve for that to be an area of strength and not just a net neutral.
For sure. Obviously you get 5 seconds once the official makes this determination. So if it takes you a couple of seconds to pick the ball up (always reasonable), you can burn 6-7 seconds at least.
Yup, I'm not counting on him being back. Would love it, but chances are low, imo.
You guys were third on my list after IU and Michigan. I just didn’t know which players were thinking about coming back and nobody has a floor on your roster as high as Dickinson or TJD.
Lol you clearly know nothing about XJ if you think he would be better off as an off-guard.
JHS is a likely upgrade to RP. Sophomore Bates > Freshman Bates. Super Senior XJ and Stewart > Senior XJ and Stewart.
Cockburn’s place, apparently he couldn’t get enough of that pounding last night
You don’t think he could slide to a an off-guard position like Eli Brooks or Trent Frazier if he had a better distributor next to him?
Not good enough of a shooter or what?
Why would he do that when he is usually the best distributor on the court? Again, have you actually seen him play? He averages 4.5 apg.
And no, he isn't a good enough shooter to play off the ball.
I'm pretty sure he has never seen him play. No one who has seen him play would think he would be better off playing off the ball.
He’s shooting a higher percentage than Frazier from 3 this year, obviously less volume.
But I think you’d be better off going to point guard by committee, thus whoever has the weakest defender brings the ball up.
Definitely? No. That’s pretty much the case with every player in college basketball. He has expressed interest in coming back, though.
He thrives with the ball in his hands. Idk why you would want to move him off ball. Doesn’t make any sense.
So was Ayo and Trent, yet they split the duties.
I just don’t think he’s capable of being a full time point on a contending team.
Just an opinion, feel free to disagree
He averages more assists and less turnovers than Curbelo last year. And has a far better A/T ratio than Ayo had.
I honestly think you just haven’t watched him play. That’s the only thing that would make sense.
We are halfway through the Big Ten slate and we are 2 games out of 1st. He’s doing just fine.
Curbelo was coming off the bench as a high risk/high reward player. That’s much different than running the show all game.
Ayo averaged 5.3 assists to 3.3 to’s. Xavier Johnson averages 4.3 assists to 2.3 to’s
That’s a ~0.3 difference in assists to TO ratio. He also averages about half the points…
Is Indiana still on pace for 13-15 wins in conference?
So Purdue isn’t a contender because their PG doesn’t average enough points? Is Illinois a contender this year? XJ has way better numbers than either of those two team’s PGs.
Where are you getting 13-15 wins? I said 12-13, and yea we still look good for that.
Lol at comparing your team to a team with Jaden Ivey on it.
Yes, he’d be good enough if you had a Jaden Ivey. But you don’t.
You are full of shit. I’m not combing through this 1,000 page thread to find that post. But you know you said it, and I do as well.
True, BUT......just b/c you pick the ball up, AGAIN, if the officials feel you are intentionally stalling, they can start a count. It rarely occurs, but its something within the rules that can be enforced.
TBH, I think it should be a POE----Just letting the ball bounce like that. Especially late.
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