DISQUS

BobbyBeingManny · 1 year ago

This one kind of hurts, considering we don't have a whole bunch of big bodies. Congrats to Louisville.

JerryCT · 1 year ago

I hear Muniru is in Btown this weekend. I hope you guys in town find him and love him up for the rest of us .

TomCoverdaleIUHero · 1 year ago

Are you guys forgetting about Pritchard, Elston, and Capobianco, even Jobe he will take up size and play D Bwara would be cool though

Disco_Briscoe · 1 year ago

We dont need SVT, to have just any big body out there. An atheltic 6-6 is better than a waste of space 6-8+. I really wish we didnt have Jobe on scholarship.

Zones, good fundamentals, and aggressiveness can make up for what we lack in size.

ricbraun · 1 year ago

I can't think of any bigs of note that Crean has ever had, outside of Steve Novak, but he was a shooter and not really a bruiser inside. He prefers to have guards that can be disruptive on defense so that bigs can't get into any sort of rhythm. for example, last year Luke Harangody had some rough games against Marquette because their guards were so quick and disruptive that he couldn't get anything going and he kept turning it over. A big man would be nice but I wouldn't mind if we didn't get one

JerryCT · 1 year ago

You are correct about Harangody. Unless you are forgetting Wisc, Florida, OSU , Kansas or UCONN the last few years you have to know that if we want to win it all we have to match up with BIGS several times. There is a limit to how far we can take the zone and aggressiveness playing 4 guys 6'4 and under or even 6'8" and under. We need a good athletic 6'10+ BIG or 2 to be dangerous.

Disco_Briscoe · 1 year ago

And thats not SVT or Jobe. We are making due and hopefully we can land a good big for our last recruit.

BobbyDigital · 1 year ago

The IndyStar headline said "Van Treese spurns IU for Louisville"... They quickly changed it but it was still worth a chuckle.

6'8 and averaging 11ppg in an Indiana public school league (a lot of 6'5 centers) isn't quite getting it done. I don't mean to disrespect him but not everyone gets to play at IU.

CoveyDale · 1 year ago

he's the 4th best player on LN. dominique ferguson (going to UK), kyree jones, jeff robinson (Purdue) are all better. that team has scary talent.

hoosier07 · 1 year ago

HASTA LUEGO SVT!

DJW · 1 year ago

I am trying to recall a IU team from the past that did not include a big man.

I'm comimg up empty here and I am going back quite a few years. (50's - 2000's)

redandy75 · 1 year ago

From a PR standpoint it would have been good to add another Indiana kid. Even if he rode the bench and contributed in practices it woull have looked good. SVT is a good player, but like BoobyDigital I don't think just anyone gets to play at IU. That being said, I am not convinced Jobe deserves to be in an IU uniform, but he's at least got the SIZE.

On another note, Jamar Smith is going to the University of Southern Indiana (Bruce Pearl countrry)... my alma mater. I have mixed feelings... USI has been known for giving 2nd chances to D1 college guys who have missteps. It breaks my heart this guy is coming to USI but I guess everyone deserves a second chance, even former Illini alcoholics who can't stay on the road or stick to their probation. I heard he is working at the grocery store down the street... I may have to go check that out.

Outoftheloop · 1 year ago

It is now 9/22/08 and this site has nothing new! What's up?

Hoosiergirl · 1 year ago

Ditto that!

BGleas · 1 year ago

There's probably nothing new to say right now. It is September, not a lot of basketball news this time of year.

Alex · 1 year ago

I promise we're not dead. I was on my honeymoon last week and E and R were out in Vegas for the Blog World Expo. Regular posting will resume shortly. Thanks for your patience.

DJW · 1 year ago

With the lack of interest in Basketball right now....Maybe we could start a new poll to cover the lull.

1 - Most hated rivals?
2 - Best all time IU BB team?
3 - Favorite all time moment in IU BB history?

Hoosier76 · 1 year ago

I wasn't born earlier enough to see of the great Indiana moments or national championships, but the one moment that is my favorite by far was when Coverdale, Odle, Jefferies, Fife, Newton, Hornsby, and Moye beat Duke in the Sweet Sixteen during the 2002 tournament run to the Finals. There probably isn't one team I despise more then the Duke Blue Devils. When the Hoosiers came back from I think 17 down in the first half, this moment will always remain in my memory as one of my favorite moments. This game then led to a great tournament run to the finals, which we definitely had a chance to take. The whole 2002 NCAA tournament was probably my favorite moment in IU BB history actually, it was just a fun team to watch when things were clicking.

Taskmaster75 · 1 year ago

Most hates rivals...let's seeeeee

One's black and gold
and One is Orange and were Eric-Gordon-less last season :)

Hoosier76 · 1 year ago

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vi...

just found this video of the Duke Indiana game in 2002, hopefully the link will work on here

Also, if Derek Elston or Bobby Capobianco turn out to be anything like Jarrad Odle, thats completely fine with me.