Comments on: The Morning After: It’s a win, and I feel fine

By: tsell

tsell — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:08:36 +0000

Pritchard not playing as much equals more usage for better offensive players (at least last few games) Roth and Dumes.

By: MikeyD

MikeyD — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:33:28 +0000

IU will be featured on College Gameday Sat @11. Should be interesting. Isn't Bobby on that program now? Either way, it will be interesting to see which angle they take. BTW, I love this team. Could be an interesting B10 tourney…seriously (no rose colored glasses here). I really feel IU will be at least a “light-heavyweight” contender in 2 more seasons.

By: tsell

tsell — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:08:36 +0000

Pritchard not playing as much equals more usage for better offensive players (at least last few games) Roth and Dumes.

By: MikeyD

MikeyD — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:33:28 +0000

By: BFowler

BFowler — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:19:15 +0000

This team, I root for because they have met my criteria for a succesful season (and the fact that I need IU basketball in my otherwise mundane life). They have played extremely hard, they have improved, and they have had a great attitude the entire season. I see glimpses of talent and it looks like Coach Crean holds them accountable.

I think Taber will be missed in that he seems to be in the right place at the right time quite a bit. When Kyle was guarding Gatens, Gatens did not play well, then Matt went off in the 2nd. But hopefully, some of the talent coming in next year (Elston, Capo, Watford) will make up for that intellgence, and some of the leadership next year will come from the elder statesmen (Dumes, Rivers, etc.).

Pritch was not great last night, but he not a good matchup with anyone on the floor, and a smaller line-up was called for against that team anyway. That being said, I think Iowa is similar in terms of talent to IU, and had Tate been on the floor, it may have been a different game.

I want to end this rant but complementing Devan Dumes. That shot he hit with about a minute to go took moxie (I would have used a different word here, but it is a family site). That was the kind of non-verbal leadership that instills confidence in the entire crew and you could feel the team in the minds say "we've got this now." I will also say that he used screens better than anyone else on the floor and that was by far his best floor game overall. The only thing I could have done without is the chest-pounding after making a shot. I still don't get that "look-at-me" mentality when it was Nick Williams (screen) and VJIII (assist) who set you up.....just my 2 cents.

By: cooper

cooper — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:24:52 +0000

Great game by Dumes, Williams has shown he is a very goodrebounder and all around player. He just has to show up and be more consistent which will happen with time. I don't think IU will miss Taber much at all. He played decent last night but IU needs more talent down low and needs someone athletic to complement Pritchard who is not.

By: dale11

dale11 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:33:18 +0000

Dale! nice to see there are more Dales out there. We are a dying breed.

By: Abs

Abs — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:00:06 +0000

I feel fine, too. FWIW, IU's offensive efficiency in conference games is actually better than those 91 points per 100 possessions. It's right in line with their whole season adjusted efficiency of 96.7 (per kenpom).

Tempo-Free Big Ten stats for conference games only can be found here: http://statlernwaldorfarena.blogspot.com/2009/0...

By: Abs

Abs — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:00:06 +0000

Tempo-Free Big Ten stats for conference games only can be found here: http://statlernwaldorfarena.blogspot.com/2009/0...

By: Dale

Dale — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:14:09 +0000

ESPN said we stormed the court and made fun of us for it! Well, that definitely didn't happen! ESPN simply showed a clip of the boys celebrating with the fans in the student section after the game (not on the court!) and one of the announcers drew a VERY wrong conclusion!