I know it's the first game of an early college basketball season but what an opening. The opponent may have been subpar but who saw this shooting performance coming? Hopefully Coach Crean did, the Hoosiers came out shooting and making those shots, a lot of them.
I wrote last season about needing a shooter. This year it appears we have a couple of them. Not to mention "The stat sheet filler" Tim Priller.
No better way to start the season off right than with an overall good performance from everyone who touched the ball. When they touched the ball good things happened. I am not going to break down the numbers tonight. Instead I am gonna celebrate.
Multiple players in double digits. Multiple players reaching career highs, multiple reasons to celebrate the first victory of the season.
The Good: The Hoosiers can shoot and spread the floor. Yogi is still Yogi and can and will take over games as needed. But this year he has some shooters to dish the rock to. The shots will fall and the shots will be fired by young Hoosiers full of confidence.
The bad: In truth we still only have one big man. If he gets in foul trouble, our team will without a doubt be in trouble. That will make it a necessity for those shots to fall. Those shots fell tonight, so I am not gonna complain about a career high in rebounds for Hanner. I am gonna celebrate. Plus he stayed out of foul trouble, overall the bad was a good team performance.
I have been waiting months for this and it's finally here. Basketball season in Indiana, no matter the weather we are all B1G winners tonight. This is exactly the start I wanted and needed to see.
With that being said it's game one. Let's keep this momentum running into game two. Keep spreading the floor, keep moving the ball, keep out of foul trouble, keep knocking down the threes and most importantly keep on winning. Because in Indiana that is what us as fans love to see. Most importantly as a team keep playing as a team.
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