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Indiana Basketball Postgame Wrap-Up Show at Ohio State
Jan 22, 2025
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welcome in to The hooer Illustrated
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decom Indiana basketball postgame
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wrap-up show John Alden from InTouch
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with Indiana sports with you Dylan
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Trager staff rider for hooer Illustrated
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dcom also with us this evening Hooser
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get a
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7776 overtime win on the road in
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Columbus and my gosh I guess let's do a
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quick recap real quick Dylan here first
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half if we're going to sumon up into a
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couple of words it's kind of you know
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just ho hum right I don't even know if
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that really qualifies as a couple of
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words but it was just kind of same old
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same old there wasn't really anything
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super impressive and then you get to the
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second half and and luk Goody's on fire
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Indiana is making shots they have a
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really they do really good up until
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those final few minutes they're up 10
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points they let Ohio State go on a run
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and it kind of looks like all hope had
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been slowly it was slowly being drained
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out of the hooers late in the second
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half and then you're you're lucky enough
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to get to overtime you I mean it's very
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back and forth five minutes of course
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and then as you posted at the very end
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of the game Anthony Le gets a very very
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big block on the defensive side of
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things to help secure the victory for
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Indiana to get out of Columbus uh with
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the onepoint
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win yeah and I mean going back to what
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you said with the first half you got
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miles rice with two fouls I think in the
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first 10 minutes and that really hurts
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you know obviously with Gabe cups aside
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you don't really have that sort of
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backup guard Galloway wasn't doing much
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in the first half so to not have S of
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your floor General on the court really
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hurt Indiana and you saw as soon as rice
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came back in really in the second half
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the offense started clicking and all of
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a sudden Indiana started snapping into
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things in that second half Luke goody
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wow that was a crazy second half from
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him in the OT coming back after a few
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not so great shooting games to have a
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game like that on the road was huge
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is it safe to say I was thinking about
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this throughout the second half in
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particular and then into overtime it
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kind of felt like Indiana just needed a
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game away from Assembly Hall and I know
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you don't like to be on the road but
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when things have been as ugly as they
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have been the last couple of games in
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particular what happened at home against
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Illinois the game before this you almost
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they almost needed to play away from the
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home crowd because it's not that they
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hate this team or that they hate Mike
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Woodson they just they just dislike like
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what they're seeing on the floor and a
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lot of times they don't always express
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it in in the best of ways and you know
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it's understandable whenever whenever
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frustration sets in I'm not saying that
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fans I'm not trying to tell fans how to
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fan right but at the same time if you're
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a player or a coach on this team this
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was a good experience to have and on top
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of it the outcome that you get out of
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all this uh definitely a good first of
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two games on the road for for
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Indiana I agree and I mean to go onto
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the road to to Columbus and taking a
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team like Ohio State who hasn't been
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dominating the Big 10 but they're a
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solid team year in and year out they're
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a solid team and to take him to OT on
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the road and really finish strong like
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that that's exactly what Indiana needed
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to kind of get that fire back in them
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seeing you know guys like Luke goody and
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Kanan Carlile have those great games
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guys who need to pick their spark back
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up that's exactly what they needed to me
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it really felt
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like this was a doer die situation for
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Indiana tonight and I I know there is
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still plenty of season left but I think
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you could tell that there was a certain
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level of pressure that this team was
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feeling not only coming into the game
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but when things got tight down the
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stretch it really you could kind of
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sense it with everybody on the floor
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that and especially when you saw the
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sigh of relief from from Mike Woodson
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after Indiana secured the win you could
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tell that everybody involved on the
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Indiana side of things knew that this
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was was an absolute must-win situation
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to really Salvage the rest of the season
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moving forward kind of give yourself the
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confidence boost you're gonna go play
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another road game against Northwestern
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in your next contest and that's dare I
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say another another example of a
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winnable Road game that could start to
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give you a little bit of momentum as you
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head into this final third of the
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regular
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season and if they can do what they did
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tonight and bring that momentum over to
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that Northwestern game that would mean a
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lot and this Northwestern team last
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night taking to OT Brooks barnheiser and
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Nick Martinelli two great players that
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would be a huge game to really compete
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in yeah uh I guess Dylan what are kind
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of your overall thoughts just kind of
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big picture stuff I know a lot of things
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have been ugly around this program and I
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mean we're a few mistakes away from from
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really continuing that narrative I don't
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think that a win like this changes the
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overall Outlook it just it it changes
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you and puts you it it pivots you into
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the right direction and if you're able
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to continue and build off of this win a
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couple of more games uh and try to you
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know get that the bad taste of Iowa and
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Illinois out of your mouth I think after
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you do this a couple more times then you
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can kind of start to say okay maybe
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things can be saved after all am I right
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about that I definitely agree and I
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would say with where the sort of morale
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was after that Iowa and Illinois game I
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would say arguably lowest of that Mike
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Woodson era to have a win like this on
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the road in OT and just sort of bring
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that chemistry back up to where you want
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it to be at least sort of try getting it
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back there have a few guys have good
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games and sort of balance out a good
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team win I think everyone contributed
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really well I think that's huge and to
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do this with some good ranked opponents
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coming up is definitely what Indiana
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needed very big tough stretch coming up
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after the Northwestern game in
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particular but I do want to get to a
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comment real quick for you Dylan Jay
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says do you expect Le to stay in that
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starting two spot moving
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forward I think that's tricky
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uh you know I didn't love what I saw
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offensively from him tonight not really
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getting much shots up but then again he
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is hustling on all ends of the floor he
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saw that play at the end of the
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game you know you could also argue as
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there a way to get Kanan Carlile into
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the starting lineup after the game that
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he had tonight I think we definitely
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could see Mike Woodson sort of
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fluctuating and playing around with this
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lineup especially depending on how long
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Bryson Tucker's aside for yeah and plus
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you also got it this this isn't
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necessarily for the guard position but
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the way that Mike Woodson structures a
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lineup not only without Bryon Tucker but
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Malik Renu who's been out for a while as
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well it's going to be interesting to see
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if he starts to kind of change things
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around on kind of a game by game basis
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so that'll be something interesting to
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uh to keep an eye on foil TV says
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thoughts on Mike Woodson's job security
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after tonight's win I think I kind of
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hit up on that or hit on that briefly
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earlier I don't think this win does
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anything to really turn heads whether it
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be you know Outsiders or or Indiana fans
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alike um it's obviously a you know a
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step in the right direction but you know
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as I mentioned earlier I think you're
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going to need more of this to really
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convince people that not only that that
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Mike Woodson will keep his job but that
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this season in general has you know a
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Finish Line to it that is something
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other than just missing the NCAA
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tournament Let's uh let's get to another
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comment real quick JJ Greenberg says
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ballow has been reaching 10 plus
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rebounds consistently do you think he
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will continue to be a double double
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machine throughout big Tim play uh I'll
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share thoughts on this first I mean I
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think I heard Jim Jackson and Gus
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Johnson mention that um ballow had five
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of six games in a row with with double
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doubles so he's kind of turned into a
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double double machine I think just with
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his stature alone if he gives any effort
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especially like what we saw tonight I
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think it's safe to say that he can
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easily get double digit rebounds per
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game now sometimes scoring can be hard
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to come by especially he's not the most
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natural scorer if he's in good positions
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where he's you know and the matchup is
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favorable for him down low which more
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often than not I think he will be in
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those types of situations then I think
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you will see him kind of reach that
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double double Mark more often than not
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Dylan would you say that's a fair
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comment yeah I think it's very feasible
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to see him get that sort of Mark every
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game uh this is his third double double
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in a row and that's three tricky
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opponents Iowa Illinois and now tonight
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uh I think it's very feasible going
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forward and you saw the way he even
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started the game offensively getting
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into the paint and getting to the rack I
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think he had Indiana's first six points
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and just seeing that early on from him
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in Big 10 play is huge I love the way
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he's been playing lately and I imagine
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that'll keep going forward on the
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stretch yeah I would think so as well
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Matt van skak if that is your real name
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I love that name if that's real because
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I don't I don't know what that is sounds
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very
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Scandinavian uh but Matt says Road winds
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are tough regardless of the opponent
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what is still concerning though is the
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lack of identity on this team with the
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heart of big Tim play coming up do we
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see any Improvement on that and that's a
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very interesting comment because I do
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think overall Mike Woodson wants the
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identity of this team and really all of
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his teams to be you know kind of big man
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focused with you know compliments on the
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outside and with with kind of the you
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know influx of injuries that they've
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experienced since the the turn of the
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calendar year we haven't really seen how
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that's going to you know play itself out
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when with the rest of big Tim play now
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whenever Malik renew is able to get back
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into the lineup on a regular basis we'll
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see what that looks like uh but that is
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interesting Dylan do you do you have a
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different take potentially on what you
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think maybe the the current Identity or
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maybe what the aspired identity would be
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for this Indiana team right now I think
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the hardest thing is that you're not
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seeing the same group of guys on the
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floor consistently you know with all the
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injuries and now you've got miles r
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getting into foul trouble early you've
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got so many different lineups that you
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wouldn't have imagined to see at all and
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I feel like that's really taking away
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from what this team can really do on the
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floor and I think you might see this
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true identity once you know the team is
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healthy they can figure out how to get
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rid of those early fouls but you know
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it's gonna take some time to figure that
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out there's still I agree with Mike
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Woodson they got to get over that hump
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to get to there and you tell that's
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that's a bad word or a bad phrase around
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around Fan ding if you're not aware of
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that people don't like the uh getting
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over the hump term so much but Mike
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Woodson likes it because I've heard it
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in just every press conference he one of
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his five
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unshuffle yes it's it's he's playing the
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hits if you will uh let's go let's go to
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Carter Carter challeng says thoughts on
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imbak not playing down the stretch if
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I'm being honest I didn't even realize
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he was off the floor and Dylan I know
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how how close you were paying attention
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to that I didn't realize mbako didn't
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play down the stretch but as cold as
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he's been
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for I mean really for the last several
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games it doesn't surprise me and you
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mean whenever you're in situations where
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you need to score I don't think you
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necessarily want somebody who is on a
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cold streak you know I mean if it's
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somebody who's meant to be you know your
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your best player night in and night out
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which at at one point this season I
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think many people thought Mckenzie and
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bako would be that that's a different
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story but he hasn't really filled into
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that role yet yet I don't
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think yeah I think he's kind of in a
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tough spot because he's shooting so
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poorly even from Beyond The Arc I know I
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think he was 0 for four or 0 for five
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tonight from three area yeah and
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obviously with the way ball is
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rebounding you're not going to put
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mabaka around the paint to to grab
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rebounds so now you're kind of in an
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area where he can't shoot you don't
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really need him
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rebounding and his scoring in the field
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has been so poor and I feel like that's
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really leaving a spot for him to play
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efficiently on this offense and I think
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Mike Woods and the staff just have to
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figure out you know what he can do to
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bring an impact to the team and I don't
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think this is going to come overnight
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but it's been tough watching him play
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and not really figuring out how to be
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beneficial yeah it was weird I saw a
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stat shown up on the screen tonight
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about McKenzie and bako in particular
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and it showed that you know his points
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per game average in the early portion of
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the non-conference versus where he's at
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now it feels like it's the exact not
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even feels like it is the exact opposite
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of what we saw last season when he was a
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freshman he really struggled out the
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gate but then once he got into
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conference play he really came into his
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own and that's why you saw him end up
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getting co-freshman of the year last
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season so I think it's just going to
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take a couple of games for him to make
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some shots kind of get comfortable again
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and I think at that point um we'll see I
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don't want to say vintage McKenzie and
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Bako because I mean it was more like
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just fresh freshman McKenzie mbako we'll
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see him coming to his own is probably uh
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the best way to put it um I'm going to
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look through see if we have any more of
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these comments I want to get through
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before let's just let's throw our man
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Kyler Staley up there right now who's
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normally on these postgame wrapup shows
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but was unable to be on tonight uh but
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appreciate him for all the work he does
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for us and who's real straight he just
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says let let Luke goody cook and I mean
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why not right he had the a career night
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23 points seven for 14 four for seven
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from from three-point range perfect from
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the free throw line and of course had
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that clutch three-pointer in in overtime
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uh definitely especially after the the
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way that the Illinois game ended with
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kind of the the scuffle at the very end
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of the game for him to bounce back with
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this type of performance he has to be
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feeling pretty good right now I would
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imagine yeah I mean he was absolutely
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electric tonight he was knocking down
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shot after shot in the second half and
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that's exactly what you need from him
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that's sort of spark to come in and and
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create that momentum for Indiana that
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really carried them and pushed them
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through overtime in the second half and
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it's great to see it from goody he
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hasn't been knocking down shots
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consistently for Indiana this year but
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hopefully this can be the start of
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something with all the absences for
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injuries on the team I'd love to see him
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start picking up some Groove yeah I
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would love to see that as well I want to
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go to Matt one more time and then we'll
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probably wrap this thing up he has
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another question for us uh you mentioned
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how ballow spent most of this past week
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on the crap list but what were thoughts
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on his effort tonight I think it's weird
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Omar ballow has been interesting this
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over the last really since the end of
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December whenever he was benched for
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quote unquote unknown reasons I mean we
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kind of have an idea of what happened
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some off the floor issues he responded
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in the games after that with some really
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good performances and then you kind of
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have the the lackluster I mean he still
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had a double double against Illinois
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which is weird to think about but the
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moments where you just kind of see him
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standing around and it's just
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embarrassing to see the lack of effort
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but there were many moments tonight
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especially when the game was tight down
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the stretch where you did see him diving
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on the floor really getting his hands
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dirty and uh it it was nice to see I
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don't know if how are we gonna get Umar
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balow and nothing that you and I could
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do Dylan but how is Indiana how is Mike
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Woodson gonna get Umar balow to put in
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that fourth of effort each and every
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night that's that's kind of the key for
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him right now I feel like what the way
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last game ended you know Mike Woodson
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had to have sat him down and gave him
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some words and for him to go into this
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game as fiery as he was with those
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whatever it was six points on the first
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few shots from him at the start of the
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game in the first five minutes and to be
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hustling after all those rebounds he had
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a heck of a ton of offensive rebounds he
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had that one rebound at the end
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stripping it out and getting it for that
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second chance opportunity the way he's
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been playing is the center you need and
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want if you're Indiana basketball
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grabbing everything and those Second
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Chance points are huge and I love the
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way balo's been playing and if he can
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stay like this I think Indiana could be
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in a good spot going forward absolutely
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Indiana gets the
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7776 overtime win against Ohio State
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they now improved to 14 and five I
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believe that is five and three in Big 10
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play they are now fifth in the Big 10
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standings they will travel to
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Northwestern on the 22nd that is next
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Wednesday so a DEC little break for the
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hooers uh to enjoy this win before
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getting back into into conference play
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before like you mentioned a big tough
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stretch of games after Northwestern you
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have Maryland at home which it's not one
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of the better Maryland teams and then
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after that though Purdue on the road
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Wisconsin on the road Michigan at home
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Michigan State on the road those four
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games back to back to back to back
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that'll be a very important stretch for
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where the Indiana team and their their
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season where it ends up going so looking
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forward to seeing how that plays out
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Dylan I appreciate you coming on with me
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tonight uh everybody who was in the
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comments tonight appreciate you as well
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and uh we'll continue to do these as
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often as we can and uh Dylan just thanks
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for for coming on and chat with me about
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this game appreciate you having me John
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Big 10 Basketball after dark you gotta
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love it and it wasn't even against one
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of the West Coast
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teams one the W Co great game tonight
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great game
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this has been another edition of The
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show we'll be back with in touch with
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Indiana Sports I was going to say on
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Monday but we're not I'm not doing a
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Monday show we'll be back with that on
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Wednesday and then we should also have
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another postgame wrap-up show the night
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of the Indiana Northwestern game as well
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so until then we will talk to you next
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