Comments on: Good, Bad and Ugly: Michigan

By: Joshua

Joshua — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:06:53 +0000

Wow, good victory 😀 Great gestures to get the crowd really buzz!

By: Kelin Blab

Kelin Blab — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:22:18 +0000

Mike that is a great poing about Hulls 'wanting' the ball at the end of the game. I think he brought that with him to IU from South. That is a rare trait from a frosh but I love it.

By: IUMIKE1

IUMIKE1 — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:11:24 +0000

While there were other players that scored more points or had more rebounds or assists This game could have very possibly gone the other way without Jordy's free throw shooting and no one would have remembered who had how many of what after the game. The end of this game almost felt like something out of a movie. Kid from right there in Btown that alot of people said did not have what it took to play upper level Div. 1 bball signs with the rebuilding and young home town team and goes to the line in his very first B10 game with the game still far from decided and makes both shots not once but twice and not with a shot that rolled around and then dropped in but rather with a perfect stroke and pretty much nothing but net all four times ( I know it was 6 but the last two were after the game was in the bag). The fact that he WANTED the ball in his hands at the end says alot as far as I am concerned. This is the beginning of the development of the kind of mentality that CTC has says is so important and that we do not have right now. Players that want the ball in there hands in situations like this AND can deliver are not a trait you find in just any recriut. Another good thing was that had he not gotten fouled I would have felt confident that he would have made the right decisions any way. It has to make you feel good about our future when you can say that about a true freshman. Sure every team needs the big highly recruited player to help win big games but they also have to have the Jordy Hulls type players also. Each one needs the other to truly stand out.This kid is excatly the kind of player and person that we have to have to help put IU back to where we all want to be.

By: IUMIKE1

IUMIKE1 — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:34:18 +0000

Kelin:

Totlally agree with you on VJ3. He seems to have made the mid-range jumper a permanent part of his arsenal which seems to be a lost art these days. Anyone that says "well he should be making shots like that since he's that close to the basket " has played little or no bball. Anyone that has played any amount of bball will tell you it is also some of the hardest shots to make which is why so many of today's players seem to shy away from it I think.

In the past some say I have been kind of hard on Dumes and IMHO rightly so and so I will now give him the credit he deserves also. I felt like he turned the game around when he entered the game and not just by hitting some 3's but just as importantly with his defense, passing and taking care of the ball. While everyone seemed to have stepped up their game Devan coming off the bench and doing what he did was very big key to us winning. Great job Devan !!!

By: silkyslimforIU

silkyslimforIU — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:31:44 +0000

Knew Dumes & Hulls had to step up and did, but I did not expect VJones to rise up too!!! Rivers “D” was awesome and super team effort by all! Also, loved the LOW tos. Well done Hoosiers!!!

By: Kelin Blab

Kelin Blab — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:43:46 +0000

I do like the fact, IU had 3 big kids at the game last night and somehow still involved with Teague…stranger things have happened. L'ville hasn't been in limelight much and hopefully kids are starting to see the IU fanbase growing stronger, the style of play being established, and some frosh success…..

By: BaseballBuc

BaseballBuc — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:06:35 +0000

Any word officially of what recruits were at the game? I know Peter Jurkin attended?

By: Kelin Blab

Kelin Blab — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:58:28 +0000

One more good.....

At times I have knocked Devan Dumes, but this kid gets a ton of credit for finding his role on this team and on both ends of the court doing what he can to help this team win.....congrats Devan.

And VJ3 is a BALLER! His mid range game is deadly, and his knack for scoring is smart

By: Kelin Blab

Kelin Blab — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:55:38 +0000

I was very happy to see:
+ the recruits at that game and see IU win, with a nice crowd, against a good team.
+ I saw some character built in this team as they could have sulked with the loss of mo creek
+ Crean shortned the bench and made some right moves. Saw him coach Rivers through is F/T miss and into a make
+ Jordan Hulls is just the type of kid you want on your team for 4 years because while he is on the court he just makes you feel comfortable.
+ Crean's emotion on the sideline, the former IU players, and Mo Creek's mom...the guy gets it far more than people give him credit for .......

By: pedro4

pedro4 — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:43:33 +0000

How about Hulls never touching the rim on any of his six free throws! What a stroke.

By: HoosierSmitty

HoosierSmitty — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:43:01 +0000

Awesome! Glad you had a great experience your first time in the Hall!

By: dabig

dabig — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:03:14 +0000

Good man defense with nice help and recover. Not sure how well it would work against bigger teams, but it's good to have that in the arsenal. If Dumes simply comes to accept that he should be playing a role in a larger team effort, he could become a huge factor. For the most part he played that way yesterday (Good Dumes), but there were times when Bad Dumes showed up, too, like those 28-foot threes. All in all, the most fun game in the last year and a half.

By: firedad

firedad — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:39:34 +0000

Good: The "W". The poise of this young team. Devan Dumes. Also Rivers made # 1 on the ESPN Top 10 with the 3pt play.

Bad: Alot of wide open shots were taken beyond the arc by Michigan thank goodness their shooting slump continued (besides Novak I was screaming at my TV "Would someone cover that guy!").

Ugly: Nothing really comes to mind. That's what impresses me most.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:38:42 +0000

Crowd was 15,000 +

By: MikeinNC

MikeinNC — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:19:33 +0000

Have lurked a bit, but haven't had a chance to comment in ages. I was really impressed with the great assist to turnover ration, the solid free throw shooting and rebounding, and the ability to hold on down the wire and get the win. If they can sustain this kind of teamwork, effort, and good decision making consistently over the course of the conference schedule, we could end up with a very encouraging season. I didn't see the game but I saw it was short of a sellout, how was the crowd?

By: pedro4

pedro4 — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:43:33 +0000

How about Hulls never touching the rim on any of his six free throws! What a stroke.

By: firedad

firedad — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:39:34 +0000

By: GFDave

GFDave — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:15:00 +0000

Congrats on your initiation. Keep it up.

By: Hoosiergirl

Hoosiergirl — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:46:51 +0000

It is a GREAT day to be a hoosier! Was at the game, first time in Assembly Hall and will never forget the experience. I now know for myself what TC is always going off about with the crowd, sure hope there were a bunch of recruits there today because you won't find this good of a crowd in too many places.

Great win boys

By: Hardwood83

Hardwood83 — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:17:32 +0000

Count me as one who was down- I thought IU was going to drop this game even before Creek got hurt. I am very gratified to be wrong. There are still a lot of young/dumb mistakes but even without Creek the pieces are there for this to be a solid team. I think the Big 10 may not be quite as tough as previously thought. Several things to nit-pick (free-throws, defensive rotation) but I'm thrilled to see VJ3 is developing into a real player, that Pritchard can actually jump,and Dumes re-emerging. A huge win for IU.