Iup basketball

[Ship69]

I always hold the record-online (see link) from Clinton County (Lock Haven) up as an example of how the local community might need to do the coverage themselves. Lock Haven and Indiana actually have a lot of similarities as communities go. The record-online is local advertising-based. The local sports coverage is comprehensive on the high school and college levels. I just watched a Central Mountain High School wrestling match using their portal.

The local paper, The Express, is the equivalent of the IG. Traditional small town paper that has been bought up by a small town paper conglomerate. The coverage in The Express is lacking. The corporate management doesn't care. The record-online was originally a newspaper from nearby Renovo (they still have coverage for that town). John Lipez, owner of the local LH radio station, bought it and turned it into 100% online. I do not see why a community like Indiana could not come up with something similar.

https://therecord-online.com/site/

At one of the small-town newspapers where I worked we covered the three area high schools as best we could, and that included the girls teams. A coach from an opposing school was astounded to see me covering a field hockey game and taking photos. During the summer we'd print full box scores and standings for our Little League games. We had a large slow-pitch softball league at the time and would print summaries of those games if they were turned in. If I wasn't tied up with high school stuff on a weekend, I'd occasionally slip up to Ship to cover a PSAC football or basketball game. During the winter I was usually doing HS basketball on Tuesdays and Fridays and wrestling on Thursdays and Saturdays. In addition, I covered the local school board and had some other regular reporting duties. Weeks of 70 hours or so were common, I wasn't making a ton of money at a paper that size — and I enjoyed every minute of it.

[iupgroundhog]

I was only a very casual reader and can concur. IG coverage was superb especially considering that compared to some other media markets of D2 schools, IUP's coverage was still among the best. Its rather nice to get 1 or 2 weekly articles or columns. I also appreciate the transparency that comes from those because I'm sure Tony and Matt have relationships with Tort and Joe. Outside of those feel good media day stories fed by the SID, the best coverage Edinboro got were Erie news regurgitations of SID stories.

I always hold the record-online (see link) from Clinton County (Lock Haven) up as an example of how the local community might need to do the coverage themselves. Lock Haven and Indiana actually have a lot of similarities as communities go. The record-online is local advertising-based. The local sports coverage is comprehensive on the high school and college levels. I just watched a Central Mountain High School wrestling match using their portal.

The local paper, The Express, is the equivalent of the IG. Traditional small town paper that has been bought up by a small town paper conglomerate. The coverage in The Express is lacking. The corporate management doesn't care. The record-online was originally a newspaper from nearby Renovo (they still have coverage for that town). John Lipez, owner of the local LH radio station, bought it and turned it into 100% online. I do not see why a community like Indiana could not come up with something similar.

https://therecord-online.com/site/

[Fightingscot82]

We could see the writing on the wall, Tony. I’m barely holding on as a subscriber at this point and I have to imagine a lot of other people feel the same. There have been/are a lot of good people who have worked at the Gazette and it has to be hard for them to take. When the paper was clicking on all cylinders it was outstanding. Sports coverage in particular was amazing and every local game was covered and the IUP coverage was among the best in the country for D2 sports.

I was only a very casual reader and can concur. IG coverage was superb especially considering that compared to some other media markets of D2 schools, IUP's coverage was still among the best. Its rather nice to get 1 or 2 weekly articles or columns. I also appreciate the transparency that comes from those because I'm sure Tony and Matt have relationships with Tort and Joe. Outside of those feel good media day stories fed by the SID, the best coverage Edinboro got were Erie news regurgitations of SID stories.

[Ship69]

We could see the writing on the wall, Tony. I’m barely holding on as a subscriber at this point and I have to imagine a lot of other people feel the same. There have been/are a lot of good people who have worked at the Gazette and it has to be hard for them to take. When the paper was clicking on all cylinders it was outstanding. Sports coverage in particular was amazing and every local game was covered and the IUP coverage was among the best in the country for D2 sports.

As someone who worked for a couple of small-town papers, including sports coverage on occasion, it's been very painful to watch. Ship used to have 3-4 papers covering them to some degree or another. Now it's nothing. Mac doesn't even hold press conferences after football games these days because nobody shows up. To the area television stations, we might as well not exist. It's all Penn State or covering the pro teams that we already see covered ad infinitum on network or cable TV.

[IUPalum]

Why is Dante's boy Sarp getting 30 plus minutes every game?

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Last night is the game that's going to haunt this IUP team.

No excuse in the world to lose that game - and Joe was firing them out faster than he could talk last night.

SRU was severely short-handed -- stars Maceo Austin and Jomo Goings weren't dressed. That's 33.5 ppg in tracksuits. Goings is also arguably their best defender.

IUP played a fairly decent first half (offensively) and held a 5-point lead at halftime. They had the big crowd fairly subdued.

Then, of course, all hell broke loose. Joe's defense (if you want to call it that) collapsed in the final 20 minutes. They had absolutely no answer for Ike Herster (again).

When IUP would get a stop or force a turnover, they'd simply give it right back.

Joe's lineup configurations continue to baffle. Sarp Furtun played 34 of the least-productive minutes (on both ends) that one could draw up. He finished with (3) points and was abused on the defensive end. SRU could drive the ball at will last night. Luke Triggs played just (5) minutes. Tyler Grove only got 21 minutes. Alfonso Pickens, clearly one of IUP's top defenders, got a measly (11) minutes.

Joe's team went a blistering 6-for-25 from outside. They were approaching 'can't hit the side of a barn' territory yet they kept firing. Instead of feeding Damir Brooks all night they just kept launching. Brooks was scoring or getting fouled every time he touched the ball. SRU didn't have much of an answer for him. Yet ...

It was a terribly coached game. Joe's defense was being shredded yet they rarely came out of it. Their offense wasn't working in the second half and they just kept running the same things. Lapse after lapse. Missed assignments. Step too late. It was bad.

We all know by now this team is going to have good nights and bad nights. Last night, in particular, was an awful night.

For starters, it's just not a typical IUP team. That's no secret. It could, however, be much better. Joe isn't playing his best lineups/combinations. This group still isn't clicking. After 18 games they are far too often out of position, late, early, missing layups, etc.

Ian Herring should just about never come off the floor. Sarp is playing WAY too much. If he's getting 34 minutes his production on both ends should be much, much better. Joe needs to let Triggs play. He's micro-managing the crap out of him. Pickens should be playing substantially more minutes.

This season is almost over. It's time to take the diapers off some of these kids and let them learn to swim.

Last night was the 'low point' of the season thus far -- and probably Joe's worst-coached game in a decade. I fully suspect a much better defensive effort/performance Saturday. Clarion is far from a pushover. If we see the same IUP team we saw last night, Clarion will blow them out.

[EyeoftheHawk]

In response to the earlier comment about the Gazette: It is a shame Sample Media ruined something my staff and I built. Sample doesn't care about its readers or its employees. I'll post my substack story shortly.

We could see the writing on the wall, Tony. I’m barely holding on as a subscriber at this point and I have to imagine a lot of other people feel the same. There have been/are a lot of good people who have worked at the Gazette and it has to be hard for them to take. When the paper was clicking on all cylinders it was outstanding. Sports coverage in particular was amazing and every local game was covered and the IUP coverage was among the best in the country for D2 sports.

[tonyc]

IUP-Slippery Rock game story: https://open.substack.com/pub/tonyco...meOnShare=true

[tonyc]

In response to the earlier comment about the Gazette: It is a shame Sample Media ruined something my staff and I built. Sample doesn't care about its readers or its employees. I'll post my substack story shortly.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Hard to watch

IUP defense is having a rough night

[TheBigCat2192]

I'm shocked his numbers are that low. Every game I've watched him (albeit not a whole lot) he shoots the ball pretty well. I'd guess he's had some real clunker nights. By 'PG skills' I was referring more to him handing the ball (which again he's been been very strong every game I've watched him).

One way or another, they are a much, much different team when he's on the floor.

He’s been an unfathomably bad 6-40 from deep so far this year which works out to 15%; some of that is probably bad luck but even last season he shot 29.1% from three which is roughly in line with his numbers at Duquesne. There’s a decent-sized body of 3P work to suggest that Maceo may be a shot taker from out there but not a shot maker.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

It’s true that Maceo is a good rebounder but:

1. He’s not a good outside shooter; he’s gone 25.2% from deep on 143 attempts at SRU and went 30.6% on 98 attempts during his career at Duquesne.
2. He might be a dribbler but he’s not an especially productive passer or careful with the ball; in his time at SRU he has an A:TO of 110:105 and when he was at Duquesne he had an A:TO of 54:50.

1/3 of your assertions are supported by evidence so you’re actually shooting better than him.

I'm shocked his numbers are that low. Every game I've watched him (albeit not a whole lot) he shoots the ball pretty well. I'd guess he's had some real clunker nights. By 'PG skills' I was referring more to him handing the ball (which again he's been been very strong every game I've watched him).

One way or another, they are a much, much different team when he's on the floor.

[TheBigCat2192]

2) Will SRU star Maceo Austin play? With him, SRU is very good. Without him, their record is quite different. Austin is an all-league level player. He's a matchup nightmare at 6'5" as he shoots well from outside, has PG ball skills and is also an excellent rebounder.

It’s true that Maceo is a good rebounder but:

1. He’s not a good outside shooter; he’s gone 25.2% from deep on 143 attempts at SRU and went 30.6% on 98 attempts during his career at Duquesne.
2. He might be a dribbler but he’s not an especially productive passer or careful with the ball; in his time at SRU he has an A:TO of 110:105 and when he was at Duquesne he had an A:TO of 54:50.

1/3 of your assertions are supported by evidence so you’re actually shooting better than him.

[EyeoftheHawk]

Gotta love the Indiana Gazette's 'gameday coverage' now being a cut/paste of the SID release. Good Lord.

It’s really a shame how bad it has gotten with the Gazette.

This game is hitting at an interesting time for IUP. They’re as confident as they’ve looked all season and that goes a long way. I think Joe’s best work so far this year was keeping the team from going off the deep end after Edinboro. They’ve responded with two big wins including one in dramatic fashion. I wouldn’t be surprised if they lost a close game tonight but also wouldn’t be surprised if they went up there and came out with a win. IUP has certainly gone up there with teams far superior than SRU and got beat, and that’s what has me leaning a little bit that direction. If IUP can get a win it would be pretty impressive and a nice springboard down the stretch.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Gotta love the Indiana Gazette's 'gameday coverage' now being a cut/paste of the SID release. Good Lord.