IU Gets Crushed by the Cards, and Look Hapless -- Ech

    Uh, I started seeing it on TV from work, and we only trailed by 8 at the half. And then it got worse. Much worse. We were all so chagrined. Outplayed and outhustled. The Hoosiers looked a bit inept. 23 Turnovers? Many missed buckets, but the TOs led to 30 Cardinals points, I guess. No way to play or win.

    HOWEVER: Miles Rice and Kanaan Karlyle are young guards, newly arrived to the team. Rice is a sophomore, and redshirted two years ago, so should be about twenty-one years-old now. He has suffered some Lymphoma cancer, so he is older for only having played one season. Carlyle, coming from Stanford, as Rice played at Washington State, is also young. Both have only played one season on the West Coast. They both just got a strong dose of East Coast basketball in Paradise Island, the Bahamas.

    Thanks to an upset by the West Virginia Mountaineers over the top ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs, IU gets to play those guys tomorrow, Thursday. Gear up and buckle down, boys.

    Maybe Anthony Leal deserves some more time? I don't know. Tre Galloway should be better, a long-time guard for the Hoosiers.

    Mackenzie Mgbako did not get enough shots. He needs to drive, too.

    But overall, the turnovers are killer. Stop those.

    Indiana has joined those who have lost. Perhaps there are only 40 or so left? Maybe only thirty. Save that for another blog post. I am having fun seeing the previously perfect teams lose their firsts. Or second, in the case of UConn! Hah! Liam McNeeley, you spurned IU. Hard to forget.

    Can the Hoosiers revamp? Will Woodson start some different dudes?

    Hmmm... Should be a long and interesting season.

    Fight, fight, fight.

    NEXT POST: Working among the Germans.