Crazy lol j/k

CTC will not play HMP AND NV at the same time…SMH.

Unfortunately, they did.

Evidently! haha!

I don’t think Troy could take him for long stretches, but long and agile defenders tend to shake up smaller guards. Newbill isn’t “small,” but he isn’t as long as Troy either.

I like the idea of throwing different players at him throughout the game.

I didn’t forget him…”The comments made by the players and staff are pretty interesting because they seem to focus quite a bit on Taylor.”…he’s averaging 8.7 ppg and 4.4 rpg and is shooting 35% from 2 and 31% from 3 which is why I found it interesting that our guys mentioned him multiple times. He could hurt us and have a career night but his numbers (and when I’ve watched them) don’t support the notion he’s playing well. I really think that if we keep Frazier and Newbill reasonably in check and don’t play too horribly on offense that we’ll win by 8-10 (I don’t think we have the offensive firepower to win by much more!).

Can’t forget the wing kid with the pony-tail dreds (Taylor?) I think he’s averaging in the teens and can hit the 3 pt shot.

We appear to be two of a select few that are interested in discussing this game haha…Crean and staff will certainly have some plans (none of us have loved our painful offense this season but the defensive progression has been fun to watch). The comments made by the players and staff are pretty interesting because they seem to focus quite a bit on Taylor. We’ll see how they deal with him. Troy still gets lost on defense a bit too much for anyone’s liking but he could be used on Newbill for a few possessions throughout the game. I personally like making Will Sheehey the primary defender on him and then throwing Stan and Troy at him for a change of pace throughout the game. Newbill (and most of their team) is struggling from deep so we’ll certainly see the zone some as well. I really hope we can generate some offense so that a great defensive effort gives us a 15-20 point win.

Right. I don’t necessarily mean play the same scheme we used against UM, but throwing some different looks at them. I think Yogi does well against Frazier, but we need to do something to limit Newbill. He will get his points, but we just can’t let him get 20+. I don’t know if that is Will or Stan, or even Troy (might be my pick…at least for a possession here and there). I think Crean will draw something up.

I think he kinda made one last game on the road. He’s still not able to just take a game over, and he’s not getting the PT now anyway to do that. He’s got to earn it back little by little which overall he’s doing game by game since his mini-exile earlier in the season. I’m really happy in the direction he’s heading. He could have packed it in after the big benching, but he decided to pick the harder but more rewarding path – I like that.

Newbill has been the better player of the two this season (in my opinion…Frazier just makes some really odd decisions for a player of his caliber) and I think he’s the tougher matchup for IU. The scheme against Stauskas was brilliantly planned and executed. We won’t do the same thing against Penn State because the Nittany Lions don’t play anything like Michigan (not near as much screening, more isolation). Yogi has done a good job on Frazier every time he has played him (I know Frazier has scored some against him but I think he has generally had to work really hard for his points against us) but I’ll be interested to see who ends up taking Newbill and how they do against him.

I’m not a big believer in the “must win” scenario (outside of tournaments), but I think this game is a must win situation. I think we will get it done tonight. The only thing that really concerns me is that we have been playing to our opponent’s level a lot in the B1G. If we play like we did against UM, we will be good.

So far as who guards Newbill/Frazier, I’m actually more worried about Newbill. I wonder if Crean will go with a scheme like we used against UM?

Remember, he had it on at Hoosier Hysteria and they said the same thing.

Yeah, except the later into the season it gets the less inclined B1G refs are to call fouls. The shooting %s may still be crap, but there may be less fouls called.

-Can Stan Robinson bounce back? He was pretty awful at Minnesota and we need him to be effective if we are going to make a run at the tournament.
-Who takes Newbill/Frazier? I would think Yogi would probably take Frazier for the most part and maybe a combo of Stan and Will take Newbill…we’ll see.
-Noah Vonleh should have a big night. Can we effectively keep him involved throughout the night?
-I enjoyed the shortened rotation during the Minnesota game, I hope it continues.

Vonleh will score 10 pts in the first seven minutes. Go to the bench for seven minutes.
Get one more shot in the first half.
In the second half get two more shots (on offensive rebounds).
And that’s why you should rarely pick him in Pick to Click. LOL.

So you aren’t expecting an Instant Classic? LOL