Really liked both players efforts on the boards..Crean said on his show Friday that Patterson needs work on his shot.form/selection…but has unlimited potential and that Hollowell is still growing. What I like about these two and Yogi..based on the tape that I’ve seen is that 1) they hit the open shot 2) not afraid to penetrate and 3 )appear to be “money” from the FT line. What’s not to like here?

Nice to see a 6’8″ guy playing inside a lot and not just shooting mostly three’s.

What was that shot by Hollowell at the :46 mark of the first video?  He makes things look easy.  I agree with Tom Crean, Ron’s shot selection is suspect at times.  A few shots have got to have a less than 15% chance of going in when he’s fading away from 30′, not sure why Coach Hicks supports that but Broad Ripple doesn’t seem to be hurting too bad from it. For whatever reason watching Ron made me think of the Syracuse defensive scheme.  Imagine Ron at the top of a zone with his reach and quick twitch, the other team wouldn’t be able to pass or shoot the ball from his area of a zone.  You’d just be stuck with the ball and no where to go.  Eventually Ron would have you wondering if you’ll ever  get your offense set up and into process.  He is going to be so disruptive, like Victor and Will.

I have a feeling that by the end of Ron’s career at IU we will have the rename our student section “The Buss Stop”.

Gee, I wonder which current IU player prompted that? 

That is one thing I’ve seen about Patterson both times I’ve seen him play. He chucks up a lot of shots. I think it mostly has to do with his role on the team. I think that will change once he gets to Indiana because he won’t be relied on so heavily to score. Also, he will be able to play on the wing rather than he point whih is where he is forced to play at times. When he is set, he has a highly effective shot, but when he is off balance, his shot is not pretty. I’m excited for Buss and I think he could be a pleasant surprise next year.

I was more impressed with Buss in the videos above (against the rankings trend).  While they both were a little bit off with their touch and happy with the trigger, Hollowell seemed to get a lot of unopposed baskets inside off of second chances.  Those won’t be so easy at the next level. 

Buss on the other hand looked like he has a game that would translate well to college and right in with our team needs.  He was slashing from the perimeter and dishing like someone we could use right now.  Reminds me of VO. 

Not going on much obviously… 

Get on the Buss for the Movement!

Problem with that theory is they won’t all be here by their senior year.  And you’re wrong in your observation above.  Hollowell is considered one of the most versatile players in his class.  He’s 6’8″ (and still growing), can nail threes already from NBA range, can handle the ball well and penetrate, and has a solid post game.  Imo, he’s going to really challenge CW for playing time if he’s still here and possibly be starting by Big Ten play.  I also believe he’s our second best commitment behind Trey Lyles.  I think Yogi is the most important since he fills our most immediate need, but Hollowell has finally realized his true potential and has dominated high school ball for the past month or so.  Buss will more than likely need more time to develop as he only started playing competitive basketball in 7th or 8th grade, and still needs to develop his handles and shot form/selection.  However, we have so many talented commitments in the future classes, that even with some players leaving, we’ll still be loaded.

Actually, I first thought of Richard Mandeville and Robbie Eggers. 

They were so afraid of being near the basket, they hid during Easter.

JH reminds me of Durant, Buss reminds me of Joe Dumars.
Hope Jeremy likes school cuz he’s headed for the league!

ESPN in general just doesn’t give IU love. Not sure what the politics are but I’m just not feeling it.

I think mid-way through next season, these 5 freshmen maybe could not win a tough B1G game. But I think they could hold their own on the home floor vs. the lesser opponents. That’s how good they are. And as soph’s, I think they each could start on many B1G teams.