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LGHL Big Ten Men’s Basketball Team Previews: Indiana Hoosiers
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Big Ten Men’s Basketball Team Previews: Indiana Hoosiers
justingolba via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports
How can Mike Woodson get this new-look team to gel together?
As we enter the fall season and college football gets underway, college basketball is right around the corner. As always, to prepare you for the season, Land-Grant Holy Land will be publishing Big Ten Team Previews and Ohio State Basketball Player Previews, starting now with the Team Previews.
Team: Indiana Hoosiers
Head coach: Mike Woodson, third season, 44-26 (21-19)
2022-23 record: 23-12 (12-8)
All-time record against Ohio State: 77-59
Returners: Xavier Johnson, Malik Reneau, CJ Gunn, Trey Galloway, Anthony Leal, Kaleb Banks
Departures: Trayce Jackson-Davis, Jalen Hood-Schifino, Race Thompson, Miller Kopp, Logan Duncomb to Xavier, Tamar Bates to Missouri, Jordan Geronimo to Maryland.
Newcomers: Jakai Newton, Gabe Cupps, Payton Sparks from Ball State, Kel’el Ware from Oregon, Anthony Walker from Miami, Mackenzie Mgbako
Indiana will be looking to answer the age-old question: how many forwards are too many? They do get Xavier Johnson back after he missed most of last season with a broken foot, and he will be key to their offense as their full-time point guard. But other than that, there are a lot of talented but mostly unproven commodities at the guard position.
In the transfer portal, the Hoosiers brought in a ton of talent. They were able to get a late commitment from Mackenzie Mgbako, a five-star and the No. 10 recruit in the country, according to 247Sports. He was committed to Duke, but once Kyle Filipkowski returned to Durham, Mgbako went looking for a new home, and Woodson and Bloomington obliged.
They do have Trey Galloway returning, who played 27.7 minutes per game and averaged 6.7 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. Galloway will have to step into a larger role with less depth behind him this season. Tamar Bates would have been a perfect fit to help sure up the depth, but he transferred to Missouri in the offseason, leaving another hole they have to fill.
In terms of what the Hoosiers are losing, it is simple to break down. They lost their top four contributors from last season in Jackson-Davis, Hood-Schifino, Kopp, and Thompson. They reloaded in the transfer portal with talent, but all of those pieces will have to mesh together, and they will have to figure it out fast.
Gabe Cupps is an incoming guard who will look to have a role early. The 2022 Ohio Mr. Basketball is a shifty scorer who can score on all levels and play the role of facilitator.
Anytime you lose two players like Jackson-Davis and Hood-Schifino, the rebuild will be tough. Those are two players that are almost impossible to replace.
The key to this team’s success is how well Mike Woodson can mesh this team together and how creative he can get with lineups. Outside of Xavier Johnson, the four best players on the team are all forwards and centers, and Woodson will have to navigate the best way to get all of his talent on the floor, even when they cannot all play at the same time.
Also, Trey Galloway is a solid role player who will have to take a larger step this season. All signs point to him being able to do that, and if he can, there is a lot of talent on this team to put on the floor for Woodson.
The potential is very clearly there, and they have an experienced point guard returning, but the pieces have to mesh to work correctly. That will be the challenge that the Hoosiers coaching staff faces preseason and early in the season. Also, how quickly the freshman step into roles will be important. Mgbako should be a day-one starter, but Cupps and Newton will have to become solid contributors as well.
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justingolba via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports
How can Mike Woodson get this new-look team to gel together?
As we enter the fall season and college football gets underway, college basketball is right around the corner. As always, to prepare you for the season, Land-Grant Holy Land will be publishing Big Ten Team Previews and Ohio State Basketball Player Previews, starting now with the Team Previews.
Team: Indiana Hoosiers
Head coach: Mike Woodson, third season, 44-26 (21-19)
2022-23 record: 23-12 (12-8)
All-time record against Ohio State: 77-59
Returners: Xavier Johnson, Malik Reneau, CJ Gunn, Trey Galloway, Anthony Leal, Kaleb Banks
Departures: Trayce Jackson-Davis, Jalen Hood-Schifino, Race Thompson, Miller Kopp, Logan Duncomb to Xavier, Tamar Bates to Missouri, Jordan Geronimo to Maryland.
Newcomers: Jakai Newton, Gabe Cupps, Payton Sparks from Ball State, Kel’el Ware from Oregon, Anthony Walker from Miami, Mackenzie Mgbako
Outlook
Indiana will be looking to answer the age-old question: how many forwards are too many? They do get Xavier Johnson back after he missed most of last season with a broken foot, and he will be key to their offense as their full-time point guard. But other than that, there are a lot of talented but mostly unproven commodities at the guard position.
In the transfer portal, the Hoosiers brought in a ton of talent. They were able to get a late commitment from Mackenzie Mgbako, a five-star and the No. 10 recruit in the country, according to 247Sports. He was committed to Duke, but once Kyle Filipkowski returned to Durham, Mgbako went looking for a new home, and Woodson and Bloomington obliged.
They do have Trey Galloway returning, who played 27.7 minutes per game and averaged 6.7 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. Galloway will have to step into a larger role with less depth behind him this season. Tamar Bates would have been a perfect fit to help sure up the depth, but he transferred to Missouri in the offseason, leaving another hole they have to fill.
In terms of what the Hoosiers are losing, it is simple to break down. They lost their top four contributors from last season in Jackson-Davis, Hood-Schifino, Kopp, and Thompson. They reloaded in the transfer portal with talent, but all of those pieces will have to mesh together, and they will have to figure it out fast.
Gabe Cupps is an incoming guard who will look to have a role early. The 2022 Ohio Mr. Basketball is a shifty scorer who can score on all levels and play the role of facilitator.
Prediction
Anytime you lose two players like Jackson-Davis and Hood-Schifino, the rebuild will be tough. Those are two players that are almost impossible to replace.
The key to this team’s success is how well Mike Woodson can mesh this team together and how creative he can get with lineups. Outside of Xavier Johnson, the four best players on the team are all forwards and centers, and Woodson will have to navigate the best way to get all of his talent on the floor, even when they cannot all play at the same time.
Also, Trey Galloway is a solid role player who will have to take a larger step this season. All signs point to him being able to do that, and if he can, there is a lot of talent on this team to put on the floor for Woodson.
The potential is very clearly there, and they have an experienced point guard returning, but the pieces have to mesh to work correctly. That will be the challenge that the Hoosiers coaching staff faces preseason and early in the season. Also, how quickly the freshman step into roles will be important. Mgbako should be a day-one starter, but Cupps and Newton will have to become solid contributors as well.
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LGHL LGHL Asks: Which Buckeye has to have the biggest game to beat Notre Dame?
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LGHL Asks: Which Buckeye has to have the biggest game to beat Notre Dame?
Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
You ask, we answer. Sometimes we ask, others answer. And then other times, we ask, we answer.
Throughout the Ohio State football season, we will be asking and answering questions about the team, college football, and anything else on our collective minds of varying degrees of importance. If you have a question that you would like to ask, you can tweet us @LandGrant33 or if you need more than 280 characters, send an email HERE.
The first three weeks of the football season are behind us, the prologue is over, the overture is complete, the bouche has been amused. Now it’s time for Ohio State to take a massive step up in competition. On Saturday, Sept. 23, the No. 6 Buckeyes will travel to South Bend, Indiana to face off against the No. 9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
However, there are still a ton of unanswered questions remaining on both sides of the ball. But, since we are an Ohio State site, we don’t care nearly as much about ND’s uncertainties, so we are polling the faith fans of Buckeye Nation to see where their collective head is at as we get closer to the biggest game of the early season.
So, at the bottom of the page, answer the two questions in our weekly survey and if you have other thoughts beyond the options that we’ve presented, feel free to make note of them in the comments at the bottom of the page.
Obviously, the simple answer here is always the quarterback, so we have eliminated Kyle McCord from consideration, but that still leaves a number of other players to pick from. We’ve included a couple of the offensive weapons that McCord will be counting on this Saturday, as well as the offensive lineman who has thus far been the biggest question for the Buckeyes.
On the other side of the ball, we’ve got at least one option at each level. The defensive ends have not recorded nearly as many sacks as many of the more optimistic fans had hoped coming into the year, but the coaching staff, including defensive coordinator Jim Knowles believes that they are playing excellent football. Notre Dame’s offensive line is one of the best in the country, so will OSU need the ends to step up in order to get quarterback Sam Hartman out of rhythm?
Or will the team’s veteran secondary members need to provide lock-down coverage in order to shut down what could be a prolific passing attack? Let us know what you think in the survey.
This is an easy question, perhaps not to answer accurately, but at least to comprehend. The Buckeyes opened the week as three-point favorites. Since they are the road team in this contest, that means that the Vegas oddsmakers would have them pegged as a five to six-point favorite in a neutral site game. However, this game is not being played at a neutral site, it is being played at Notre Dame Stadium.
And as I mentioned before, there are so many unanswered questions about both teams. Neither has really played a team that challenged them, though the Domers’ victory over N.C. State is probably the closest thing to it. But the Buckeyes appeared sluggish in the first two games (plus another quarter) before going full Death Star mode against Western Kentucky.
Which version of OSU is the real one? We will have to wait until Saturday to know for sure, but you can get your pick in now in the survey below.
Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Ohio State fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
Continue reading...
Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
You ask, we answer. Sometimes we ask, others answer. And then other times, we ask, we answer.
Throughout the Ohio State football season, we will be asking and answering questions about the team, college football, and anything else on our collective minds of varying degrees of importance. If you have a question that you would like to ask, you can tweet us @LandGrant33 or if you need more than 280 characters, send an email HERE.
The first three weeks of the football season are behind us, the prologue is over, the overture is complete, the bouche has been amused. Now it’s time for Ohio State to take a massive step up in competition. On Saturday, Sept. 23, the No. 6 Buckeyes will travel to South Bend, Indiana to face off against the No. 9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
However, there are still a ton of unanswered questions remaining on both sides of the ball. But, since we are an Ohio State site, we don’t care nearly as much about ND’s uncertainties, so we are polling the faith fans of Buckeye Nation to see where their collective head is at as we get closer to the biggest game of the early season.
So, at the bottom of the page, answer the two questions in our weekly survey and if you have other thoughts beyond the options that we’ve presented, feel free to make note of them in the comments at the bottom of the page.
Question 1: Other than Kyle McCord, which player has to have a great game for Ohio State to beat Notre Dame?
Obviously, the simple answer here is always the quarterback, so we have eliminated Kyle McCord from consideration, but that still leaves a number of other players to pick from. We’ve included a couple of the offensive weapons that McCord will be counting on this Saturday, as well as the offensive lineman who has thus far been the biggest question for the Buckeyes.
On the other side of the ball, we’ve got at least one option at each level. The defensive ends have not recorded nearly as many sacks as many of the more optimistic fans had hoped coming into the year, but the coaching staff, including defensive coordinator Jim Knowles believes that they are playing excellent football. Notre Dame’s offensive line is one of the best in the country, so will OSU need the ends to step up in order to get quarterback Sam Hartman out of rhythm?
Or will the team’s veteran secondary members need to provide lock-down coverage in order to shut down what could be a prolific passing attack? Let us know what you think in the survey.
Question 2: What do you think happens against Notre Dame on Saturday?
This is an easy question, perhaps not to answer accurately, but at least to comprehend. The Buckeyes opened the week as three-point favorites. Since they are the road team in this contest, that means that the Vegas oddsmakers would have them pegged as a five to six-point favorite in a neutral site game. However, this game is not being played at a neutral site, it is being played at Notre Dame Stadium.
And as I mentioned before, there are so many unanswered questions about both teams. Neither has really played a team that challenged them, though the Domers’ victory over N.C. State is probably the closest thing to it. But the Buckeyes appeared sluggish in the first two games (plus another quarter) before going full Death Star mode against Western Kentucky.
Which version of OSU is the real one? We will have to wait until Saturday to know for sure, but you can get your pick in now in the survey below.
Share your thoughts here:
Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Ohio State fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
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LGHL Uncut Podcast: Ryan Day says Ohio State has confidence heading into Notre Dame game
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Uncut Podcast: Ryan Day says Ohio State has confidence heading into Notre Dame game
Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Jim Knowles also teases the potential use of Mitchell Melton at the Jack.
Throughout the year, the Land-Grant Podcast Network will be bringing you uncut audio primarily from Ohio State press conferences, but also from individual interview sessions.
Listen to the episode and subscribe:
Subscribe: RSS | Apple | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeart Radio
On today’s episode of “Land-Grant Uncut,” we are bringing you unedited audio from Ohio State head football coach Ryan Day and defensive coordinator Jim Knowles from their respective Tuesday, Sept. 19 press conferences. The coaches spend a little time putting a bow on the 63-10 victory over the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, but spend much of their respective media availabilities discussing how they think the team is shaping up for this weekend’s matchup against Notre Dame.
Both coaches praise Irish quarterback Sam Hartman and know that he presents a much different challenge to the Buckeyes than they have seen so far this season. The Domers’ offensive line is also of special concern for Knowles who teases that he might have a few tricks up his sleeve regarding Mitchell Melton and the Jack position.
Watch the complete press conference on Ohio State Athletic’s official Facebook page: Login to view embedded media
Contact Matt Tamanini
Twitter: @BWWMatt
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Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Jim Knowles also teases the potential use of Mitchell Melton at the Jack.
Throughout the year, the Land-Grant Podcast Network will be bringing you uncut audio primarily from Ohio State press conferences, but also from individual interview sessions.
Listen to the episode and subscribe:
Subscribe: RSS | Apple | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeart Radio
On today’s episode of “Land-Grant Uncut,” we are bringing you unedited audio from Ohio State head football coach Ryan Day and defensive coordinator Jim Knowles from their respective Tuesday, Sept. 19 press conferences. The coaches spend a little time putting a bow on the 63-10 victory over the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, but spend much of their respective media availabilities discussing how they think the team is shaping up for this weekend’s matchup against Notre Dame.
Both coaches praise Irish quarterback Sam Hartman and know that he presents a much different challenge to the Buckeyes than they have seen so far this season. The Domers’ offensive line is also of special concern for Knowles who teases that he might have a few tricks up his sleeve regarding Mitchell Melton and the Jack position.
Watch the complete press conference on Ohio State Athletic’s official Facebook page: Login to view embedded media
Contact Matt Tamanini
Twitter: @BWWMatt
Music by: www.bensound.com
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