IU - SDSU

Random Thoughts:

Nice to see Vaden fighting through the ankle injury.

Think Calloway was excited to make that first 3 against his former teammates? I think he was a bit pumped for this game.

Marco made it 2 minutes into the game before he was tugging on his shorts and out of breath.

You would think that after a full season of being double teamed Marco could figure out what to do against it... but no... he tried to dribble through it, was late to see it coming and turned the ball over many, many times.

For a team that has a definite size advantage, Fisher sure didn't have SDSU take advantage of it. Instead they settled for outside shots... kinda like IU.

IU did a nice job of pushing the ball and catching SDSU getting back slowly.
SDSU did a nice job of pushing the ball and catching IU getting back slowly.

IU decided not to defend anyone in the first half.
SDSU decided not to defend anyone in the first half.

SDSU 44 - IU 41 at the Half

I'm so glad the CBS did away with the 2 screened look in approach... NOT! I'm sure I missed some OLEs and Bad Shots.

"Killingsworth blows the Jam! He got everything but the bucket. Killingsworth is having his problems." - Ian Eagle

Nice second half adjustment Davis made. Replace Calloway with Monroe... and IU no longer caught SDSU late getting back and without easy buckets the deficit became double figures.

Nice second half adjustment Fisher made. Davis goes to a 5 guard lineup and Fisher doesn't attack it inside... Brilliant! IU 10 - 0 run.

Wait a minute... Fisher called a TO and went inside for easy buckets on the next 2 possessions. IU had no chance.

Glad to see Strickland get back in after the shoulder injury.

Calloway has the opportunity to be something special next year with the right coach. Without Calloway tonight, IU loses by 20.

Holy Crap were the stars aligned for IU tonight? Up 1 with the ball and a 5 second difference between the game and shot clock, Heath turns the ball over thinking he had committed a back court violation. Then the ball is deflected away with 5 seconds left, but Vaden comes up with it and nails a 3 with 3.3 seconds left. Then SDSU throws it completely out of bounds. Wow!

Ole Count: 14
Bad Shot Count: 15

IU 87 - San Diego State 83

Gonzaga up next on Saturday at 8:10!