IU gets a win at home and goes to 10-2 overall and 2-0 in the B10
IU 81 - OSU 79
I'm going to comment on something I'm guessing you are not going to see in the paper tomorrow. Killingsworth is a big problem for this team. Yes I said it and yes Killingsworth had 26 pts. But in the first half alone, he played matador defense and allowed Dials to go nuts inside, he missed blockouts that gave OSU second chance points, he complained to officials and was late getting back on defense allowing OSU to play 5-4 on many possessions. But the biggest problem Marco caused were Vaden's 2 early fouls that sent Robert to the bench at the 13 minute mark. Both times Marco got caught looking at the ball and not his man and in turn Robert had to slide over and try to help out on Dials leading to fouls. While on the bench, OSU made a huge run and had a 17 point lead until Davis put Vaden back on the floor with 4 minutes left in the first half and Vaden sparked a 9-0 run to cut the OSU lead to 8 at half. Killingsworth's Defense didn't hurt IU as badly in the second half as Dials was on the bench in foul trouble for all but 7 minutes of the second half and OSU stuck with an outside barrage of 3 point shots. But his lack of rebounding gave OSU numerous 2nd chances on offensive rebounds. I'm telling you know Marco will cost IU wins this year with his lack of interest at the defensive end.
All of this led to a tie game and IU's ball with a TO with 9 seconds left.
Davis designed a great play at the end of the game with Strickland drawing a foul on Dials with a back screen and getting to the free throw line. The problem is that it left 5.5 seconds left... plenty of time for OSU to push it to mid court get a time out and set up a game winning 3 opportunity. With OSU minus Sylvester and with 2 other guys including Dials with 4 fouls, I say you take a shot at the buzzer and at worst you go to overtime. Especially with a team like OSU full of 3 point shooters. Fortunately Strickland was able to make the strip and IU got the win.
Time to give Davis a contract extension so he can start working on recruiting for next year. Otherwise its going to be win one year, lose one year, win one year, lose one year.
On to MSU on Wednesday.
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hmmm
why is IU doing so well this year?
Is Davis maturing as Coach?
do he have great assistants doing the work?
is he just lucky?
Good lord, I actually agree with something. Marco's defense is indeed weak. In fact, so is DJ's. Interior defense is IU's main problem and on the road, unless they fix it quickly, they'll struggle and lose some games. I anticipate an MSU loss this week because of this.
What??? This can't be the real ann ony mous. You must be an imposter. What did you do with him? ;-)
Hey Steve,
Thought you might like to see what the "true IU fans" think of Marco.
This was from Peegs tonight:
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There were two absolutely sick plays from the Auburn boys:
1. Killers spinning drop step dunk over Dials. That was incredible! I couldn't believe how quick that move was. He baited him to the inside with a little drop step and then just spun around like a flash with quick hops and a one handed monster jam!
2. Monroe's behind the back pass while driving in the lane to a cutting player for the open lay in. The defender had taken away the baseline and it was the only way he could cleanly get it to the open man. Now that's when you use a behind the back pass. Text book!
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All I can say is ESPN has ruined College Basketball.
Jeff
Did you watch the game, Jeff? Both of those plays produced baskets and, last I checked, that is the main objective of the game.
They weren't hotdogging, just using their athleticism to create shots against a very good defense tonight. They were great plays.
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