IU's biggest issue as I see it is outside shooting. XJ is a good shooter but just doesn't attempt many. In fact, IU only has two guys who have averaged two 3PA's per game (Mgbako and Galloway) and those two are combined to shoot 5-36 from three this year.
That's not why Purdue lost to you guys. They lost because your guard went nuclear and ours couldn't shoot.
He’s got a pure looking shot. He won’t finish at 70%, but he’s gonna continue hitting them at a high clip if teams keep letting him have that shot.
That’s basketball in general. It’s always annoyed me how a driving guard gets a call with the most minimal contact, often contact he initiated, but bigs get beat up play after play with very few calls. In the NCAA tourney those few calls turn to no calls, and it’s part of the reason why the tourney favors guard oriented teams in recent years.
Daaaang, didn't realize Indiana was that high. *Down year.
Time to flip those sliders Ace.You saying Smith wouldn't play much and it's us that have low BB IQ.
Two examples of why you don't discuss BB with pu grads
I am in the minority but I really like TG off the bench as a spark. He can turn a game on it's ear.
If you have seen games in the last couple years you would know. Defensively more than offensively, although he can draw fouls.
And he accuses Purdue fans of lacking objectivity. Hmm...
With XJ hurting and Galloway coming off the bench, who will start, Cupps and Leal?
They're good to go. Cupps is better than the starting point guard on the #1 team in the country.With XJ hurting and Galloway coming off the bench, who will start, Cupps and Leal?
Nothing from my post suggests that I don't watch off the ball. Facts are facts. I pointed out a few.
As far as Edey getting fouled constantly, it was almost all Bilas talked about at Maui. Funny thing is that they showed replay after replay of him being right.
I believe she's a big Matt Painter fan for some reason.Your Purdue bias is clearly showing!
They’ve hit some tough shots and are playing balls to the wall. It happens that way sometimes. KU was up 16 then they banked in a long three right before half as the shot clock was expiring, th en hit a couple really tough shots early in the 2nd half to make it close. Since then KU has been playing with puckered buttholes and E Illinois knows it. They aren’t even bothering to guard KU’s shooters right now.
Gotta love it when the cupcakes go bonkers from 3 and seem to hit every circus shot they toss towards the rim. Absolutely maddening.
They hit some threes for sure, but it was as much the midrange jumpers as anything. We kept them out of the paint, but they hit a lot of mid-range jumpers unassisted. We did give them some open threes to begin the 2nd half, but after that they got their confidence going and were hitting tougher looks.
Thought it was pretty funny how he trolled the fans into thinking he was going back into the game. Had a pretty good laugh.
Your posts suggest you follow the ball or at least don't understand what you are looking at. See your comments on JHS hitting shots as the reason you lost twice.
Who did they play?
JHS shot 58.3% from 2 and 50% from 3. Scored 35 points but only 2 assists. You're next highest scorer had 13 points. To suggest that JHS isn't the reason you won is just idiotic. He did the majority of his damage from 2 and MOST of those were contested jumpers which typically is not a high percentage shot (which is why Painter designs his defense to give up that sort of shot).
