This reads like Cupps will push Braden for 1st Team All B1G😂
That's exactly what I said and meant. With all the talent surrounding him Cupps will benefit this season the same way that Smith benefited from playing with Edey. Gabe may not beat Smith out for first team all conference but it wouldnt' surprise me if he did. Smith was good last year mostly because of Edey.
Lolol I can’t tell if you’re trolling or not, but if so, you’re doing a great job.
Oh you’re serious. Oof. Ok.
Too bad we can't see you smirk as you type.
Much more talented than Smith as is obvious from their recruiting rankings. Had offers from Michigan and Ohio State. Smith had offers from no one, but benefited from playing with the two time NPOY.
You’ve been listening to the sleepers guys and/or drinking some nasty red cool aid! Cupps will never ever be on the same tier as Smith. He’s gonna be battling for playing time this year if the guards they brought in are half as good as the NIL packages supposedly are. Rice is likely their best player this season especially if he makes a jump. Ballo is a big body but a step down from Ware. Doesn’t fit as well with Reneau. They really have no one that is elite until they show otherwise. I don’t buy that the B1G summer champs will be the B1G top team at the end of the season! If their $$ & ⭐️ ⭐️ come together to prove me to be mistaken, I will (begrudgingly) admit it (as I really don’t want them to succeed) .
I think he enters draft after this season and might likely be a first round pick but I will wait and see on the lottery pick. I also could see him being the best one on the team instead of Rice like I previously mentioned. If he turns into the one and done guy he was predicted to be and Ballo in the lane, I think Reneau numbers take a hit from last season
Rice? Didn’t he miss like his last 29 3s of the season? I think people see he was first team all pac 12 and don’t realize there are 10 first teamers and he’d be honorable mention in big ten. His ratings are very low, I think quite a bit less than Galloway. Indianas offense is terrible for a player like him since the lane will be clogged.
I agree with you, I just think IU is not nearly as good as people are saying they will be and if Rice is probably their best guard. His 3 point shooting percentage sucked but his overall stats were fairly solid. I don’t think he’ll be better than Harper for Rutgers. Actually wouldn’t be surprised if DGL Has a decent season along side Boswell and may be better. Lol
The 2X NPOY wasn't even ranked in the TOP 400! POOF go the rankings!
Should be hands down No. 1 in the country! Half of their team will be pre season ALL_AMERICANS! You should try becoming a BRICK layer!
Northside has absolutely mastered the fine art of sarcasm.
I wasn't even drinking last night. It's easy to regurgitate the narrative from IU and media looking for a story, it's been basically the same narrative for almost ten years. Just focus on recruiting rankings and physical attributes and ignore pretty much everything else.Northside has absolutely mastered the fine art of sarcasm.
Galloway is capable of hitting 3s, he fell off last year as with the spread and no true PG he was put in bad position. Goode is also a good shooter if he gets minutes. But typically shooters have regressed under woody.
Goode can really shoot, that's a valid point.
Gallo is not a good shooter. He’s only good at the floaters around the rim…his FT% shows that and two years ago was an outlier—similar to Morton.
I’m just not sold on Reneau. He can’t rebound, can’t defend and can’t shoot FTs or an outside shot. Unless that all improves this year…which it should since he’s entering his 3rd year. But I’d assume ballo will overshadow him on rebounds and woody and staff haven’t proven to improve shooting for players yet.
He's not a great rebounder but was also paired up with Ware last season who averaged 10 a game. But he was 13th in scoring in the league and shot 33.3% from 3(on a limited 1.4 a game). He may not get the averages he had this past season because of the additions of Rice, Carlyle, Ballo and the development of Mgbako, but he's the best PF in the B1G. Though I think Owen Freeman will end up being the PF in the B1G after the season ends because of such an open opportunity at Iowa.
Why is he the best power forward in the B1G? He can’t rebound—don’t care if he was paired with Ware, he showed no determination or will to want to rebound and was weak at times with the ball and letting other players get the rebounds. He can’t play defense without fouling—down the stretch in 2024 he had 4+ fouls in almost every game. 3P shooting is moot from last year, he was not a threat contrary to that one doofus (Middawg) trying to tell us he was—Reneau better be working on that this offseason cuz teams will continue to leave him open out there if not.
Yup, he's got some problems to work on but he's now the only guy in the league that gets doubled on the block. Teams aren't doubling Reese or TKR.
They doubled him because IU didn’t have shooters and knew he couldn’t pass out of a double team very well.
Teams double him because they know there’s a high likelihood he will either force a bad shot or turn it over.
I think he's a nice player but agree that he has limitations. If you compare him to Trevion Williams as a sophomore he's a more efficient scorer than Tre was and has solid assist numbers, but is probably a similar defender and is a significantly worse rebounder.
They doubled because there wasn't a PF in the B1G that could guard him 1v1. Indiana wasn't a good 3pt shooting team, but you're still not going to risk leaving people wide open. Yea he made mistakes and most of those weren't even out of doubles. Just him making bad decisions.
