Iup basketball

[JJ Jumper]

Yikes - making Edinboro look like all stars!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Joe Lombardi meet Rock Bottom

[JJ Jumper]

Impressed with Boro’s physicality and effort… and IUP is shooting under 30%

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Joe needs some toughness. They are getting embarrassed.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Joe's probably a road dog at McComb today for the first time in 30 years (maybe longer).

The Scots have a pretty deceiving record. Lots of close losses to good teams.

If I was setting the line today I'd probably go Edinboro -3.5 (men's).

The women's game, as usual, will be a war.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Anybody know if they made the trip to Edinboro yesterday? I see the game isn't PPD (yet).


Travel this morning (for this lovely 3 p.m. game) will be dicey at best.

[IUPalum]

I haven't watched any IUP games this year. Pre-season it was said that Joe was changing styles and would be playing the WLU Style. Did that happen or was it just pre-season hype?

Seems like in the new transfer portal era, coaches can no longer build their team to fit their style. And you never know if the transfers you get to replace the transfers you lost are going to match the highlight tape sizzle and which will be busts. Net result is that coaches in this era need to be prepared to make lemonade out of lemons. They need to adapt their style to the players they have and if it means playing a completely different style, coach needs to swallow his ego and do it.

From the record book and comments on this board, that appears to be the situation Joe and IUP find themselves in. He seems to have a collection of players who's particular skills don't match up with Joe's preferred style. At this midway point on the season, Joe needs to look at what he has and figure out a way to win. The question is can Joe swallow his ego and do it??

IUP was never going to play the West Liberty style. One jackass on this board spouted out about it and then has since disappeared once IUP wasn't winning. He's your typical fair weather fan that thinks he's in the know but really isn't. Probably waived to Joe in the Oak Grove and now thinks they are tight.

[Chuck Norris]

I haven't watched any IUP games this year. Pre-season it was said that Joe was changing styles and would be playing the WLU Style. Did that happen or was it just pre-season hype?

Seems like in the new transfer portal era, coaches can no longer build their team to fit their style. And you never know if the transfers you get to replace the transfers you lost are going to match the highlight tape sizzle and which will be busts. Net result is that coaches in this era need to be prepared to make lemonade out of lemons. They need to adapt their style to the players they have and if it means playing a completely different style, coach needs to swallow his ego and do it.

From the record book and comments on this board, that appears to be the situation Joe and IUP find themselves in. He seems to have a collection of players whose particular skills don't match up with Joe's preferred style. At this midway point on the season, Joe needs to look at what he has and figure out a way to win. The question is can Joe swallow his ego and do it??

As far as I can remember, the WLU style thing was one random comment on here that doesn’t appear to have had any basis in reality. If they had everybody they anticipated having, then who knows, but I seriously doubt there was going to be any massive philosophical change regardless.

There’s no need for a massive change. This season is what it is. If (huge if) the team stays together and the guys who missed the season come back, next year should be back to some semblance of IUP basketball.

[bballfan03]

I haven't watched any IUP games this year. Pre-season it was said that Joe was changing styles and would be playing the WLU Style. Did that happen or was it just pre-season hype?

Seems like in the new transfer portal era, coaches can no longer build their team to fit their style. And you never know if the transfers you get to replace the transfers you lost are going to match the highlight tape sizzle and which will be busts. Net result is that coaches in this era need to be prepared to make lemonade out of lemons. They need to adapt their style to the players they have and if it means playing a completely different style, coach needs to swallow his ego and do it.

From the record book and comments on this board, that appears to be the situation Joe and IUP find themselves in. He seems to have a collection of players who's particular skills don't match up with Joe's preferred style. At this midway point on the season, Joe needs to look at what he has and figure out a way to win. The question is can Joe swallow his ego and do it??

They are definitely not shadowing WLU style

[IUPbigINDIANS]

It was sooooo dark! It looked like they had all the lights off except for a few over the court

It must have been the video. In person it was normal.

Fairmont State's video was like that for years. The first time I ever went there I needed sunglasses it was so bright.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Also with a freshman could be transcript hours issue. Not all high schools require the same credit hours, but most colleges are along the same lines... if his HS credit hours were less than what IUP required, he needed to get the credit hours in the first semester to make him eligible.

He dressed all season but they just put him on the online roster last week. He's a walk-on. He won't be playing regardless.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I haven't watched any IUP games this year. Pre-season it was said that Joe was changing styles and would be playing the WLU Style. Did that happen or was it just pre-season hype?

Seems like in the new transfer portal era, coaches can no longer build their team to fit their style. And you never know if the transfers you get to replace the transfers you lost are going to match the highlight tape sizzle and which will be busts. Net result is that coaches in this era need to be prepared to make lemonade out of lemons. They need to adapt their style to the players they have and if it means playing a completely different style, coach needs to swallow his ego and do it.

From the record book and comments on this board, that appears to be the situation Joe and IUP find themselves in. He seems to have a collection of players who's particular skills don't match up with Joe's preferred style. At this midway point on the season, Joe needs to look at what he has and figure out a way to win. The question is can Joe swallow his ego and do it??

His two best players are out for the season. His star PG left for pro ball in July. Tomiwa changed his mind.

What's left is a 7-6 team - featuring (3) true freshmen.

They'll be good next year. They'll likely pull an upset this year. But, they'll putter around .500 most of the season.

[boatcapt]

Joe can at least make this season entertaining.

How? Completely scrap everything he believes in.

Throw out the offense. Half of them still don't know it after 13 games. He doesn't have anywhere remotely close to the shooters he needs.


Toss the normal defense. They can't run it.


BUT, what this team is good at is creating chaos and scoring on the fly. They have a lot of slashers.

It's a no-brainer to me to start Kymani, Moore, Pickens, Grove and Damir. That is a FAST lineup.

Triggs and Herring are first off the bench. Sarp is the 8th man.

Herring is far and away their most polarizing player. He's constantly out of position (on both ends). Joe hammers him all night. That said, they score when he's in the game. A lot. He's instant chaos (whether he's trying to be or not). He can fly for being 6'5". His defense is pretty good (almost by accident). He's great on the press. He draws attention. He does true freshman things. But, it works.

Scan the play by play. Every run IUP goes on has a common theme: Herring is on the floor.

Joe's conundrum is Sarp is the right-spot guy and knows the system. Herring is vastly more athletic, bigger and more dynamic -- but, a loose cannon. Joe doesn't like loose cannons.


I have some bad news for him ... this isn't 2019 (or any of his other years). This team could actually be dangerous, but he needs to go 90 percent AAU ball. It is what it is. This rotation isn't built to play his style (odd being he built it).

His two stars aren't playing this year. Mix it up.

I haven't watched any IUP games this year. Pre-season it was said that Joe was changing styles and would be playing the WLU Style. Did that happen or was it just pre-season hype?

Seems like in the new transfer portal era, coaches can no longer build their team to fit their style. And you never know if the transfers you get to replace the transfers you lost are going to match the highlight tape sizzle and which will be busts. Net result is that coaches in this era need to be prepared to make lemonade out of lemons. They need to adapt their style to the players they have and if it means playing a completely different style, coach needs to swallow his ego and do it.

From the record book and comments on this board, that appears to be the situation Joe and IUP find themselves in. He seems to have a collection of players who's particular skills don't match up with Joe's preferred style. At this midway point on the season, Joe needs to look at what he has and figure out a way to win. The question is can Joe swallow his ego and do it??

[bballfan03]

Kaaba Murray (guard) has been added to the roster.

He's been with the team all season but was just officially added. Not sure what the deal was regarding his eligibility in the first semester.

6' / Guard / Freshman

Also with a freshman could be transcript hours issue. Not all high schools require the same credit hours, but most colleges are along the same lines... if his HS credit hours were less than what IUP required, he needed to get the credit hours in the first semester to make him eligible.

[bballfan03]

Maybe it's just me, or the web stream ....... but did we forget to pay the lights bill? Why is it so dark?

It was sooooo dark! It looked like they had all the lights off except for a few over the court