Hoosier ThoughtZ™

[RichZ]

1. Pretty ugly early on. Both teams off. Surprised by how tightly they are covering us.
2. How do you position yourself to receive a pass out of bounds. Thought AK was smarter than that.
3. Indiana playing very physical. They might have multiple guys foul out.
4. Indiana seemed to have settled on an attack Karaban strategy. Reneau having his way with him -- until Reneau fouled out anyway.
5. At the half, Newton leading us in points, rebounds and dimes.
6. Not sure who is worse, the announcers or the refs.
7. Trying to make sense of the sequence where Newton got tripped and pushed. Fell down, Clingan tripped over him trying to play D, and Newton got called for a foul on the shooter, who kind of tripped over Tristan's shoulder while he was on the ground from the push.
8. Alex missed three 3s on 3 consecutive possessions around the 8 minute mark in 2nd half. Very unlike him. Usually, if he misses one, he doesn't take another long shot right away.
9. Clingan had a chance to show his mettle against another 7 footer. 9 boards (7 offensive!), 7 points, and 2 each of dimes, blocks and steals. Pretty decent line. Ware had 11 points and 8 boards, with only one on the offensive board, and went zip in steals, assists and dimes.
10. Newton POG by a big margin. 23 points, 11 board and 6 dimes, plus a couple steals.
11. Diarra had a decent effort.
12. Teamwise, we doubled their rebound totals and tripled their assists.
13. Overall, a less than pretty game by our guys, except for about eight 2nd half minutes, when they established dominance.
14. At this point, without Castle, a win is a win, pretty or not.

 

[HCCForever]

I believe it was 16-0 UConn for second chance points too. More desire from UConn.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

My thoughts. IU never seen a championship caliber team. Obvious amongst fans

 

[my2cents]

Winning by 20 is always pretty.

 

[ucp990411]

My thoughts. IU never seen a championship caliber team. Obvious amongst fans

That’s what playing in the Big 10 is like

 

[Deepster]

Just a feeling but it seems like most MSG games start choppy and ugly for most college teams. The lighting and setting and vibe is tough to settle into for young players.

 

[HooperScooper]

Clingan had a chance to show his mettle against another 7 footer. 9 boards (7 offensive!), 7 points, and 2 each of dimes, blocks and steals. Pretty decent line. Ware had 11 points and 8 boards, with only one on the offensive board, and went zip in steals, assists and dimes.

Ware is such a strange player. You can see how talented he is but he almost never exerts himself. He could be a monster if he had a motor.