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Indiana Basketball Postgame Wrap-Up Show vs. Minnesota
Dec 11, 2024
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all right welcome back to another
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edition of The hooer Illustrated domcom
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Indiana basketball postgame wrap-up show
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John Alden from in touch with Indiana
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Sports along with basketball recruiting
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analyst Kyler Staley also the host of
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talking about the hooers with Drew
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Rosenberg hoer coming off an
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82-67 Big 10 conference opening Victory
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and in my opinion this is probably the
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most complete performance we've seen all
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year from Indiana and maybe that's not
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saying much considering this is only
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game number 10 right but I feel like
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we've been talking a lot about you know
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the same old story same old Indiana
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basketball that we've seen the last
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couple of seasons and I'm not saying
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that they evolved into something totally
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different tonight but with with what
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they have I feel like they maxed out
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probably what they want to get out of a
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lot of their best players tonight Kyler
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I'll hand it over to you to get your
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initial thoughts yeah no I I mean I
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think that's definitely something you
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can say um I I think you know it's only
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a 15-point win and obviously they've had
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much larger margins of Victory against
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other teams but um when you just look at
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what they were doing on the floor I mean
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it was just night and day from what
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we've seen the big word for me is just
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hustle I think that's what Indiana
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played with they they were hustling for
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loose balls I go back to that Omar balow
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dive for the ball at the very beginning
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of the game very very impressive you saw
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guys like you know Canon carile miles
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rice getting on the floor all those guys
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I mean just hustling and getting back on
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defense and um you know making making
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things difficult for Minnesota to score
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because let's let's be honest with you
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Minnesota's just not a not a very good
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team right now um I think Indiana's
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obviously played better team so far this
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year um versus Minnesota and they got a
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lot to figure out you know the one stat
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I look at right now is Minnesota goes
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two of 11 from three and I can't think
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of a uh of a team that any has played so
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far that hasn't at least shot 20 plus
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three so um for them able to do that I
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mean that that may not be Minnesota's
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offensive game plan it certainly didn't
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look like it it looked like a lot of iso
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uh Daniel Garcia at a lot of times but
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you know just just the fact that Indiana
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continues to show their balance Omar
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ballow having another big night 18
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points uh seven rebounds then obviously
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Malik doing his thing 16 points McKenzie
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inbo 13 points Bryson Tucker and Kanan
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Carlile I I think we got to talk about
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them because those guys coming off the
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bench tonight you know Carla's been
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fighting I think he missed three games
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before this game but you know fighting
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an injury and coming back um just being
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that spark Off the Bench and Bryson
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Tucker playing within himself I thought
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was just great and he's playing
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aggressive and just feeding off of that
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energy and just really building the
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energy that Indiana needed you got to
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give major props to those guys because I
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I think yeah you can look at Omar balam
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Lake Mackenzie and bako I think the two
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best players tonight just for what they
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were able to do was Kanan carile and
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Bryson
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Tucker yeah and back to Bryson Tucker
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specifically career highs in points and
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rebounds 16 points and six rebounds this
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is also coming off of right before this
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probably one of his worst performances
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of the season so it's nice to see him
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bounce back back and again he's been a
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very impactful player for Indiana Off
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the Bench all season long uh he's not
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going to be expected to be the star of
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the show but whenever you can have
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especially multiple guys coming off the
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bench you included Kanan Carlile tonight
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as well he's normally somebody who would
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be in the starting rotation but of
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course with those injuries that wasn't
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the case but when you have two guys that
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are that impactful along with whenever
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you're getting regular contributions
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from your starters I mean that's all
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that's always going to be a recipe for
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say whether it's an Indiana team or not
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anybody would love to get good
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contributions from a couple of their
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bench players and uh I'm not saying
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Indiana has to to hope for that every
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single game but if you can have one
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sixth man I mean on the rare occasion
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like we got tonight you got two of them
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that combine for a total of 30 points if
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you can regularly get a Bryson Tucker or
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maybe another night into luk goody
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somebody else to be an extra contributor
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that's only going to make their chances
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at being amongst the best of the best of
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big 10 that much greater and especially
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nice to see when you see guys like
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Bryson Tucker and I know kanon's been
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starting when he's been healthy but like
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seeing those guys come off the bench
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especially when you look at TR gay
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didn't have the best T night he he
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didn't look comfortable on the floor
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tonight and just something was off with
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Trey tonight and every player is going
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to have that and the starters throughout
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the season there's going to be times
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where Malik Manu is not having the best
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night McKenzie and Bako Omar balow
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having a guy off coming off the bench
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like Bryson Tucker did denight and Kanan
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like that just helps out tremendously
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and it shows you the depth that Indiana
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has so once they figure out you know
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their balance which it's already there
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in my opinion once they continue to find
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to that a little bit more I think
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they're going to be one of the more
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deeper teams which they already kind of
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are in the Big 10 I I I think that just
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makes them extremely dangerous so when
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they're playing locked in like they were
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on defense yeah in the second half there
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was a little bit of a couple of lapses
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you know you you thought that they
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should have definitely won by 20 plus
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but you take a 15-point win but like
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once they start just consistently in on
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defense this team's going to really
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Skyrock it I I really believe so another
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thing I want to point out Umar balow 8
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for 11 from the free throw line I feel
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like that was especially on the
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broadcast tonight I know you were there
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in person so you weren't listening to
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the announcers but they talked a lot
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about just from season to season Umar
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ballow struggles at the free throw line
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but tonight specifically and I know he's
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he's probably never going to be perfect
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but to see him go eight for 11 whenever
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he historically has been I mean most
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guys who are that big and they're
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shooting free throws you're lucky if you
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get one for two out of them but to see
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him go eight for 11 that's just shows
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that all the work that cper Cheney is
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doing with him to kind of work on his
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his simple you know I almost said his
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footwork but it's it's a shot of course
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from the free throw line uh but to see
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him take a step like that I mean that's
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that's going to be crucial in late game
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situations whenever you're not up by 15
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points and maybe Umar balow isn't the
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guy that Indiana is going to want the
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ball in his hands but in situations
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where he is the guy at the line
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unfortunately he it'll be nice to know
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that maybe he's not as much of a
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liability at the line as maybe you would
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have expected in previous Seasons I mean
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honestly at the beginning of the year
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yeah I probably would have considered
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Umar Bellow a liability but and I just
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would have probably accepted that but I
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feel pretty comfortable getting Umar
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Bellow on the line at this point because
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I don't know what his percentage is off
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the top of my head when it comes to the
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season but it's obviously improved and
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you know if he's a guy that's you know
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going two for two one out of every three
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times or whatever at least hitting one
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free throw you'll take that and I think
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tonight overall Indiana L left a lot of
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points at the free throw line they only
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finished eight 18 of 29 um you know Trey
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Galloway went over for two at one point
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malake renew missed a couple you know so
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um this team's been very very good as a
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free throw shooting team a lot better
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than previous Seasons especially last
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season because it was almost a dread
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when you would see them go to the line
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now it's just like it's one of their
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strengths and they take advantage of
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that but bow Mike Wilson's mentioned it
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he he wants he wants to feature Umar a
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lot more and that was obviously a given
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because when you look back at Umar bal's
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career at Gonzaga especially in Arizona
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he wasn't really the featured guy a lot
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of times yeah he's the biggest guy he
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stood out in that area wasn't really
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featured in the offense not saying that
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he's going to be super featured in the
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offense but Indiana is going to use him
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a lot more versus his time in Arizona or
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Gonzaga they just start they've shown
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that and V Mar Val continued just be
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very consistent continuing to be the
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best rebound Bounder on this team come
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Big 10 time it's just a team that's
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going to be really really dangerous I
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I'm telling you uh looking ahead to
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Friday of course we talked about the
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importance of Indiana going to Nebraska
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and and what is likely to be a very
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difficult environment of course a team
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that's kind of had Indian as number at
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least when you think about last season
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not only did they sweep them in the
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regular season they knocked him out of
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the Big 10 tournament so not beating him
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three out of three times uh last year
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and you want you kind I know you don't
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have Kay Tomy Naga we talked about that
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last time uh still yeah I mean it's not
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it may not make that much of a you have
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Conor a cian instead and a whole other C
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of characters that Indiana is going to
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figure out a way to stop uh how do you
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think Indiana will be able to carry
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forward momentum going on the road this
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Friday well this game was definitely a
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step in the right direction I think
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there's a lot that you build off of this
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game but you know playing on the road
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this will be Indiana's first true road
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test you know Bahamas doesn't really
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count as a neutral site ever was one so
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um going on the road against a team that
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you have struggled with you know
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Nebraska is not really the Nebraska of
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of old where we used to be like it was
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it was an easy win all the time or
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whatever you know they're tough they're
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coach really really well and I know they
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just got smoked by Michigan State by
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like 30 40 points but don't get fooled
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you you can't take this lightly you know
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going on the road especially in a Big 10
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conference game it doesn't have to be
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pretty it it really doesn't on the road
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you just got to figure out a way to win
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and that's what Indiana's got to do but
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this was a good game to build off off of
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um I think they have a lot of momentum
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just carry that momentum have a really
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good week of practice stay healthy and
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then we'll see what happens Nebraska's a
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very as a team that Indiana can beat
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most certainly they definitely outmatch
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them when it comes to talent but it's
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all in the mental it's just all about
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competing on defense and making the
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little plays just finding ways to win
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and hopefully if Indiana does get that
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win obviously they'll start off two and0
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big 10 play finish out the
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non-conference schedule um in the month
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of December then get right back into Big
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10 play again hooers get the 82-67
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victory against minnes to open up
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conference play tonight moving to 8 and2
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on the season 1 and0 of course in the
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Big 10 they will move on this Friday to
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face Nebraska as we just mentioned 8m
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tip on Fox I believe we're going to try
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to do another post game wrap-up right it
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might be a late night edition of the
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postgame wrapup but I do believe we'll
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we'll be here for you am I right Kyler
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absolutely I I'll never leave the fans
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never I do why you mentioned fans real
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quick I saw somebody took a photo of the
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you know kind of of the crowd tonight
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was it pretty sparse no I thought it was
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it I I think you know people kind of
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overreact when the start of the game
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happens because they're like oh look at
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all these empty seats but like you know
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by the time the the First Media timeout
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is it starts to fill up the student
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section was great tonight really really
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good for a conference and I thought
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there was for a Monday at 6:30 pm. a lot
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of people are getting off work I thought
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it was actually pretty pretty good so um
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give credit to the Indiana fans they
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really showed out tonight and they also
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had John melan Camp and Pacers players
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uh
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um Benedict M and NIMH hard were also
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here so you got Gotta Give it stars were
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out tonight the stars were out and
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Indiana amongst them at least the you
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know the hooers part of the startom
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