IU Basketball Open Practice Report

Our friends at the Herald Times have provided a

Basketball open practice recap . . . - Heraldtimesonline.com

A few of the finer points.

Indiana’s offense was in constant motion, a blur of screens and cuts and sprinting runs that spared no one. Even White, who usually just has to stand down low and fight for position, sometimes runs out to create more motion.Sampson is still trying to figure out how best to use his players, though.

Ahh... motion... my kind of offense.

“As you guys can tell, we’re taking baby steps,” Sampson told the crowd afterward. “The most important thing to teach is work ethic. The offense and defense will evolve if you can learn that.”

Work ethic? What is that?

But Sampson still wants his players to work harder. On another inbounds play, he stopped play and told D.J. White, “You can’t just play the way you want to play. You’ve got to play the right way.”

“Our kids gotta learn to work harder,” Sampson told the crowd.

Play the right way? Work hard? These are all foreign terms to me. I have a lot to 'relearn' after the last 6 years.