Iup basketball

[IUPbigINDIANS]

IUP 73
UPJ 72


Wow

[Cobra Hawks]

Hard to watch but a win is a win I guess

[Cobra Hawks]

Last 5 minutes was entertaining though

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Last 5 minutes was entertaining though

That it was

[Cobra Hawks]

SRU took Gannon to over time but ultimately lost by 5. They will be hard to beat

[IUPbigINDIANS]

SRU took Gannon to over time but ultimately lost by 5. They will be hard to beat

Joe's going to have all he can handle with Edinboro.

Petteno is still on the team. He was out tonight due to illness.

[Cobra Hawks]

Need to win the next two as they have 5 hard games in a row after that. Team looks all over the place at the moment. Worrying times

[Chuck Norris]

I didn’t get to watch the game, but between reading the box score and the board, it seems KJ had the worst 11 point 9 rebound 6 assist game in the history of basketball. Another new bench combination as Sarp and Waldo play and Petteno doesn’t. What is going on?

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I didn’t get to watch the game, but between reading the box score and the board, it seems KJ had the worst 11 point 9 rebound 6 assist game in the history of basketball. Another new bench combination as Sarp and Waldo play and Petteno doesn’t. What is going on?

Petteno wasn't there. Sick.

Brooks barely played at all ... and not at all in second half.

Waldo played about 2 minutes

Lambert never got off bench.

KJ had the most interesting stat night I've ever seen. He had a lot of "right place right time". Nevertheless. He was on the ground at least 18 times.

KJ did make a giant play at the end.

Sark played over Stewart much of the second half. Oddly.


IUP's defense was beyond putrid. I mean UGLY. UPJ is not a good team. They are very young.

That was a real ugly game on both sides. If you watch the replay the board will make more sense.

[IUPalum]

I didn’t get to watch the game, but between reading the box score and the board, it seems KJ had the worst 11 point 9 rebound 6 assist game in the history of basketball. Another new bench combination as Sarp and Waldo play and Petteno doesn’t. What is going on?

Petteno was sick and didn’t make the trip.

If you saw how KJ got that stat line then you’d understand. A couple air ball rebounds turned into lay ups (flukes). Box score doesn’t show how he consistently got smoked on D. Sarp got a lot of minutes Saturday too. He might’ve played his way into the rotation. He’s a decent freshman that’ll make a few dumb plays.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Garvin went for 27 and 10

Heck of a night for a PG

[EyeoftheHawk]

I had to shut it off mid-way into the 4th. That was ugly. UPJ looks like a freaking DIII team and despite IUP’s superior talent at about every position, they somehow had to squeak out a win.

There’s just no continuity to this team. The combinations on the floor at times are baffling and as much as I hate to beat a dead horse, UPJ literally did not guard KJ. I’m not a basketball expert, not even close, but there are some things that seem obvious to me that aren’t being handled well. This team has no identity. You have no idea what to expect from game to game.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I had to shut it off mid-way into the 4th. That was ugly. UPJ looks like a freaking DIII team and despite IUP’s superior talent at about every position, they somehow had to squeak out a win.

There’s just no continuity to this team. The combinations on the floor at times are baffling and as much as I hate to beat a dead horse, UPJ literally did not guard KJ. I’m not a basketball expert, not even close, but there are some things that seem obvious to me that aren’t being handled well. This team has no identity. You have no idea what to expect from game to game.

It was a car wreck I had to keep watching.

I questioned it last night and again this morning ... is Joe even playing to win? He looks totally lost. These lineups are rediculous.

Five dudes on a message board can easily see UPJ didn't even acknowledge KJ was on the court. He spent as much time on the floor (literally) as he did standing. He was smoked on defense the entire night. And, I mean smoked. The film doesn't lie.

There's no way Waldo and Brooks shouldn't be playing. It's absurd. KJ hustles. No denying. His stat line was extremely far-fetched. He's out of position on defense constantly.

For instance (regarding his big stat line):
..IUP misses a shot. KJ attempts the rebound but gets launched in to the mat behind the bucket and falls down (missing the rebound). Balls goes the other way. IUP steals it and lobs it back down to a cherry-picking KJ for an easy layup. That was just a perfect example of that stat line. He also caught at least two airballs/bricks for putbacks.

Big baskets, obviously, but all fluke stuff.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Minutes last night:

Ethan - 40
Garvin - 40
Bryce - 38


Brooks - 5 (all first half)
Waldo - 3 (all second half)
Lambert - 0


Joe blamed EP's horrid defensive night on him being tired. Certainly a legit argument as players of EP's size aren't meant to play all 40 minutes. But, at least Romero-Sanz is redshirting.



I honestly think their best bet of staying competitive is to totally punt the small forward position. It's been a disaster since opening night and it's an even bigger disaster entering Game 16.

Start: EP, Bryce, Stewart, Garvin and Petteno. You play Petteno as a fourth guard (and not make him try to be a forward).

Go to the bench as little as possible (similar to now anyway).


I watched the last 10 minutes of Boro/Mercy and could tell instantly Boro is going to cause IUP all sorts of problems. That's where we're at right now.


Last thought on last night: Joe has an all-region senior big man and UPJ started two freshmen underneath. Anybody care to guess how many times IUP ran a set play to get EP the ball underneath? Answer: once. Result: bucket and a FT.

Once. All night.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I had to shut it off mid-way into the 4th. That was ugly. UPJ looks like a freaking DIII team and despite IUP’s superior talent at about every position, they somehow had to squeak out a win.

There’s just no continuity to this team. The combinations on the floor at times are baffling and as much as I hate to beat a dead horse, UPJ literally did not guard KJ. I’m not a basketball expert, not even close, but there are some things that seem obvious to me that aren’t being handled well. This team has no identity. You have no idea what to expect from game to game.

Correct. There is no identity. They will look and play different in every remaining game. Some nights they will look good. Others (last night) they will look awful. Obviously, Garvin Clarke was an extreme bright spot last night. UPJ had no guards who could stay with him and IUP had a huge mismatch there.

When you think of this crazy ride so far:

* Three opening night starters are (essentially) gone (Waldo, Petteno and Dillard). The first two have no role and barely play, and the latter was a monster loss due to injury. Dillard was one of the best two-way players in the Region. There's no 'next man up' to replace him.

* Jordan Lambert was a redshirt and was then activated. He was an instant spark on offense. And ... poof. Gone. He now has an all-inclusive package on Joe Island -- not seen in the past four games.

* Denzel Kabasele, a big junior guard and defensive star, was lost in camp for the season with a knee injury.

* They knew the SF position was a disaster coming in to the season and did nothing to address it in the off-season. Remember, Petteno wasn't brought here to play underneath. He was allegedly an elite shooting guard. He is a very physcial player and can at least give them some muscle down there. Waldo is on Joe Island and KJ is KJ. Brooks is in Siberia.

* Romero-Sanz was naturally redshirted so you have to run your superstar ragged and play him 38-40 minutes per game.

* If you'd have told me over the summer that in crunchtime in Johnstown ... IUP would have Sarp Furton, Bryce Radford and KJ Rhodes on the floor ... I'd have cracked up. But ... that happened last night.

* Speaking of Radford (who was working a full-time job in November and retired from basketball) ... talk about a savior. Imagine this team without him right now.


I think as fans we can only sit back and enjoy the circus. There's obviously no expectations at this point. They will win some games the rest of the way -- likely even one or two they shouldn't. They also have some beat-downs on the horizon. It is what it is right now. Joe's recruiting hasn't been good - especially compared to other teams that were built in one off-season.

Up next is a suddenly pretty decent Edinboro team. Another perfect example of a team built over the summer that took awhile this season to mesh together. IUP better be ready to go. It's not going to be the typical IUP vs Edinboro game - and none of these teams give two sh!ts about Joe's problems lol.