Also, is Jobe on scholarship? He is, isn't he? If so, he should be the one that is gone next year. I like Story, he just needs to work on his handles.

Also, is Jobe on scholarship? He is, isn't he? If so, he should be the one that is gone next year. I like Story, he just needs to work on his handles.

Free throw shooting in the 1st half left the Hoosiers in a deficit when it could have been close. That made a huge difference.

Minnesota played tight defense, and many of the turnovers were caused by the defensive pressure, both half court and the press. Doesn't make an excuse for it, but Minnesota clearly had the advantage in quickness, size and leaping ability. Our boys hung in there with effort.

We got killed in rebounds (especially offensive), twice as many turnovers as assists, and while we had 7 steals, MN had 14!

Key #s
Pts/min
Moore- 0.08
Taber – 0.00
Pritchard – 0.00
Story – 0.38
Williams – 0.52
Roth – 0.33
Jones – 0.50

TOs/min
Moore- 0.39
Taber – 0.10
Pritchard – 0.04
Story – 0.21
Williams – 0.52
Roth – 0.03
Jones – 0.14

Reb/min
Moore- 0.00
Taber – 0.10
Pritchard – 0.11
Story – 0.04
Williams – 0.21
Roth – 0.09
Jones – 0.11

Ast/min
Moore- 0.08
Taber – 0.0
Pritchard – 0.0
Story – 0.08
Williams – 0.00
Roth – 0.03
Jones – 0.19

All that being said….I have NEVER seen a team play this hard. Ever. Sometimes they play like freshman, sometimes stupidly, sometimes awfully…but they always play hard.

Roth hit a 17-ft'er off the dribble.
Story wanted to score, and did.
Williams is really fighting for rebounds.
And Pritch is outta gas — understandably so. (Any chance the slide him outside or to the high post and let Story/Williams/VJ post up?).

We'll win one more this year. And we'll seriously shock some folks next year.

GO IU…FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

I think you will be very happy with Rivers. He's a natural leader, has NBA bloodlines, and will be a developed 4th year junior and 5th year senior. He is your starting point for the next two years. I have little doubt this is not the case.

I think Pritchard has hit a wall. He has to battle 2-4 guys on defense every game and just doesn't have any lift. Doesn't want to shoot the 10 footer. He'll be fine. Needs more talent around him.

Roth is getting off three's 5 feet behind the arch because every defense is extended against IU. With Pritchard no longer needing double teams and Taber, well, being Taber there is no reason to sag into the paint.

I keep looking at these guys and wondering who is going to out next year. Outside of the walk-ons, I think all the others have D1 talent. They may not have it all put together, and maybe some of the incoming class will be more talented, but I like these kids. Also, I am a little skeptical about Rivers next year. Many are talking about him as a saviour, I'm just saying, I'd like to see it.

It seems like Pritchard is fading or people are figuring out that if he catches it more than 5' from the basket, his effectiveness goes down. Nick Williams goes after the glass hard, he has impressed me at 6'4″ going after rebounds. Malik Story has a good floor game and proved last night he could post up (once), but too many turnovers. Verdell is impressing me more and more, but how many lay-ups did he get blocked last night? Do you think Roth could knock down more shots if he stepped in a step or two? Taber is a crafty player and seems to do a lot of good things that do not show up in the box score. Our Hoosiers missed Dumes' scoring last night, but I am on Coach Crean's side for the discipline issues. (He is a parent too).

The good news:

VJ3 had 5 TO's but 7 assists and led us in scoring. He is becoming a good player step by step

Willaims played a pretty good game throughout( 5 TO's however ) and Roth showed a mid range jumper. I am becoming a Roth believer when I have not been all season.

Taber and Pritchard need touches down low even if they donot score.

DId anybody hear Morris say he liked how Moore ” attacked the rim ” ? Did he mean the rim of the out of bounds liine or what ? Moore looked overmatched last night

A win on Sunday would be great!

Help is on the way, people. Just be patient and count down the days until next season.

My two year old son knows you don't throw a one handed post entry pass from the top of the key at 100mph….or…..throw a pass when you are not even fully facing the receiver….

26 turnovers come on guys……Once again though….give Coach Crean credit, they played hard, played til the end, and somehow he didn't lay into their asses on camera about the turnovers………

Finally….hey fellas..Tom Pritchard is on the team………he needs touches that are not off of rebounds….I like your aggressiveness but I just don't want to forget big Tom down low…..

Were we that sloppy with the ball or is Minn that athletic?

I was impressed with our D, but we need to work on that press break & make our opponents pay for the press occasionally.

I expected the “O” flameout since no Dumes. Who will step-up & score some more?