From: will@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (William Sadler)
Subject: Re: Iowa-Indiana thoughts
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 23:09:44 GMT

In <1993Jan7.145445.9696@iscsvax.uni.edu> baker2668@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:

>4)  It was very quiet at Assembly Hall even when the Hoosiers were on a run.  I
>assume that it was because of the semester break for the students, but...

It was my impression that the corwd got fairly loud.  Especially during the
first half when IU denied Iowa twice in a row creating steals that led to
single player dunks on the IU end.  There was also a lot of hooting at the
referees who didn't understand the concept of a walk.

IU students really don't make a large difference at these games.  You have
to give $600 per year to the varsity club to get put on the list to get season
tickets (if you aren't a student).  Once you get your tickets then you wait for
the people sitting infornt of you to die before you can move closer to the
court.  So, there are a lot of geriatrics in major parts of the auditorium.
IU needs a student section near the court, but no one will ever give up
their season tickets for it.

>5)  Indiana's top 5 players are extremely talented but the bench sucks.  Who is
>this Evans kid and why did he continue to clang up all those three pointers?? 
>I have never seen Knight let a freshman take so many odd shots that were *not*
>in the flow of the offense.  

Yea, Henderson took way too many shots.  Oops, he's a sophomore. ;-)

>6)  Overall, a decent game for the Hawkeyes.  They difinitely were in the game
>in the whole way and if Indiana would have shot Free throws like they did
>against UK and KU, Iowa would have won.  Iowa needs to work on the offense and
>learn to always be attacking.  They need to cut **way** down on the turnovers. 
>Finally, Someone beside VAl Barnes needs to shoot from the outside.  Kenyon
>Murray could be that fellow but he needs to be encouraged more.

I could not disagree more.  I have seen Iowa look much better than this game.
Their defense was nowhere and kept changing every 30 seconds.  They were not
effective in any zone at all, and they couldn't get near the basket all
night.  Earl took most of his shots from 3 or 4 feet away.  The press was not
nearly as effective as it has been in the past.  They are going to have a long
season if they play that way from now on.

As far as the IU free throws go, without Todd Leary up there the entire team
would have been 1-9 or something like that.  Most of IUs chances at the line
came at the end of the game as the Hawkeyes played "I know we can win if we try
real hard and foul every chance we get."  It was extraodinary to me that IU
went to the line much less than their opponent on their home court.  Some
really bad officiating contributed to this turn around in statistics.  Lucky
for IU, the officials were just as bad both ways.

Will  

  

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