Iup basketball

[Chuck Norris]

The F-in B team.

It may be faint praise, but in my opinion, the morning show is by far the best show on that station. I’m at least glad they’re the ones that booked Joe.

[IUPalum]

I get stuck with said B-Team every day. They are up to (4) dudes on-air at the same time. It's a bit much.

Double M says it takes 4 dudes to do what he does by himself -- and he still does it much better.

He said that numerous times on yesterdays show. Funny thing, he's right!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

The F-in B team.

I get stuck with said B-Team every day. They are up to (4) dudes on-air at the same time. It's a bit much.

Double M says it takes 4 dudes to do what he does by himself -- and he still does it much better.

[IUPalum]

Joe will be a guest on Pittsburgh's 93.7 The Fan this morning in the 9 a.m. hour.

The F-in B team.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Joe will be a guest on Pittsburgh's 93.7 The Fan this morning in the 9 a.m. hour.

[IUP24]

It's been well-documented this year (you obviously missed it). He had surgery in the fall to remove a tumor from his throat.

Wow - yeah, I definitely missed that one in the news circles and on the boards.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Are you able to elaborate on his health? It seems as though for almost two years now, he's either been ill or injured, but not once has anyone ever given anything. I thought there was a rumor he had mono last year, but I don't know if that was true or not. If that was the case, there's no way he's still dealing with the effects of that. Or are there two separate things he's dealt with in consecutive years.

It's been well-documented this year (you obviously missed it). He had surgery in the fall to remove a tumor from his throat. He played through much of the recovery but was obviously pretty weak in the immediate aftermath. I think Joe's been slowly building his conditioning back up and he played all 40 minutes on Saturday. He's looked tremendously better, physically, the past few games.

[IUP24]

Ethan was never a shutdown defender. He's never going to be, either. But, he does pretty well for the most part. He still gets tough boards and some blocks. He is also faster than he looks. He had a real tough assignment guarding PSAC Jesus yesterday. Kromka is very skilled, strong and fast. If you breath in his direction you also get a foul called and he can charge you all day without getting called. He really gets star treatment - especially up there.

I thought they should have collapsed on him more in the low post. I know the fear with UPJ is their inside-out game (which worked very well in the first half). But, typically JPK doesn't kick it back out. He's going to the hole.

Health-wise, Ethan still isn't 100 percent but he's way stronger than he was a month ago.

Regardless, that was a huge win yesterday. UPJ is very strong in the half-court. They stormed out to an 18-9 lead after IUP missed several bunnies early, and that building was rocking. I thought when IUP cut it to four at half they were going to win. UPJ isn't going to lose many games in the West. That was a good SOS win.

The end of the court IUP shot at in the first half is awkward. Fans stand above the hoop, etc. I knew they'd shoot much better in the second half. It's a similar effect as the KCAC. Visiting teams all shoot well in the first half at the scoreboard end but then shoot terrible in the second half in to the horseshoe.

Are you able to elaborate on his health? It seems as though for almost two years now, he's either been ill or injured, but not once has anyone ever given anything. I thought there was a rumor he had mono last year, but I don't know if that was true or not. If that was the case, there's no way he's still dealing with the effects of that. Or are there two separate things he's dealt with in consecutive years.

[Ship69]

IUP hosts ESU at the end of January.

Didn't know they were on the regular-season schedule. Should be a good playoff preview as barring some serious upsets I think they win their respective divisions and meet in the PSAC playoffs, then possibly again in the regionals. Yeah, Pepin is somewhat reminiscent of Alston. ESU is probably lucky to have him back this season. He certainly might have had a shot at hooking up with some secondary D1 teams.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

The IUP bigs better be ready for Pepin if they encounter East Stroud in the playoffs. He's been tough for the past couple of years, but seems to have taken it up a notch this season. In the PSAC you usually run into big players or agile ones, but not always a combination of the two. Pepin combines 6-8 size and a strong physique with great moves around the basket. Certainly one of the best big men I've seen Ship play the last 4-5 years.

He's very reminiscent of Philip Alston (former Cal star now at Loyola).

[IUPbigINDIANS]

The IUP bigs better be ready for Pepin if they encounter East Stroud in the playoffs. He's been tough for the past couple of years, but seems to have taken it up a notch this season. In the PSAC you usually run into big players or agile ones, but not always a combination of the two. Pepin combines 6-8 size and a strong physique with great moves around the basket. Certainly one of the best big men I've seen Ship play the last 4-5 years.

IUP hosts ESU at the end of January.

[Ship69]

Ethan was never a shutdown defender. He's never going to be, either. But, he does pretty well for the most part. He still gets tough boards and some blocks. He is also faster than he looks. He had a real tough assignment guarding PSAC Jesus yesterday. Kromka is very skilled, strong and fast. If you breath in his direction you also get a foul called and he can charge you all day without getting called. He really gets star treatment - especially up there.

I thought they should have collapsed on him more in the low post. I know the fear with UPJ is their inside-out game (which worked very well in the first half). But, typically JPK doesn't kick it back out. He's going to the hole.

Health-wise, Ethan still isn't 100 percent but he's way stronger than he was a month ago.

Regardless, that was a huge win yesterday. UPJ is very strong in the half-court. They stormed out to an 18-9 lead after IUP missed several bunnies early, and that building was rocking. I thought when IUP cut it to four at half they were going to win. UPJ isn't going to lose many games in the West. That was a good SOS win.

The end of the court IUP shot at in the first half is awkward. Fans stand above the hoop, etc. I knew they'd shoot much better in the second half. It's a similar effect as the KCAC. Visiting teams all shoot well in the first half at the scoreboard end but then shoot terrible in the second half in to the horseshoe.

The IUP bigs better be ready for Pepin if they encounter East Stroud in the playoffs. He's been tough for the past couple of years, but seems to have taken it up a notch this season. In the PSAC you usually run into big players or agile ones, but not always a combination of the two. Pepin combines 6-8 size and a strong physique with great moves around the basket. Certainly one of the best big men I've seen Ship play the last 4-5 years.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I was going to say about Ethan. There must be no issues with his health if he’s playing this much. Speaking of Ethan.. Am I the only one that thinks he just looks, I don’t know, “off?” Not to say he’s not playing well or isn’t impactful. I think he’s actually regressed from last year, when he supposedly was injured or not fully healthy due to illness. Maybe I’m the only one who feels that way. He’s still racking up points and rebounds, but I think there’s other parts of his game that were more polished and impactful last season. He’s not shooting the 3 ball as well, does not get his jumpers to fall in general with the same frequency, and has turned the ball over a bunch.

This is just me watching and not knifing into the deep stats to prove or disprove my opinion. I just feel like something is off with him. It could be he was just so dominant last year and my expectations for him have been swayed unfairly.

Ethan was never a shutdown defender. He's never going to be, either. But, he does pretty well for the most part. He still gets tough boards and some blocks. He is also faster than he looks. He had a real tough assignment guarding PSAC Jesus yesterday. Kromka is very skilled, strong and fast. If you breath in his direction you also get a foul called and he can charge you all day without getting called. He really gets star treatment - especially up there.

I thought they should have collapsed on him more in the low post. I know the fear with UPJ is their inside-out game (which worked very well in the first half). But, typically JPK doesn't kick it back out. He's going to the hole.

Health-wise, Ethan still isn't 100 percent but he's way stronger than he was a month ago.

Regardless, that was a huge win yesterday. UPJ is very strong in the half-court. They stormed out to an 18-9 lead after IUP missed several bunnies early, and that building was rocking. I thought when IUP cut it to four at half they were going to win. UPJ isn't going to lose many games in the West. That was a good SOS win.

The end of the court IUP shot at in the first half is awkward. Fans stand above the hoop, etc. I knew they'd shoot much better in the second half. It's a similar effect as the KCAC. Visiting teams all shoot well in the first half at the scoreboard end but then shoot terrible in the second half in to the horseshoe.

[boatcapt]

West Liberty got hammered today by Fairmont by 25. That’s another odd score I didn’t see coming. A narrow loss in Fairmont’s building would be a reasonable prediction, but this result is a bit surprising. WLU only shot 36%.

And people were ready to stick a fork in Fairmont when they went on that head scratching three game losing skid in early December. Since then they have gone 7-1 losing only to then #19 ranked Virginia Union in overtime in Richmond.

My WAY to early prediction is that they are the #7 seed with #1 seed talent and pull an upset.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

The combinations we sometimes see are baffling, but somehow they find a way to work. IUP played a deeper bench thank UPJ yesterday and maybe that was the difference in the last 3-5 minutes. Early on I was surprised at Stewart’s minutes but then the kid got hot and maybe we saw what we couldn’t see in practices. It looks now like Bethea had a chance to win that spot and just wasn’t ready. If Stewart can resemble what we saw yesterday, it’s like landing a key mid-year transfer.

I’m with you on KJ. I don’t get it either unless it’s a trust factor where Joe feels he can steal some minutes while feeling confident he won’t make negative plays. Hard to say. He’s kind of a non entity when he’s out there. I was surprised when he put up a shot yesterday. Ethan must be close to 100% given those minutes.

From what I've heard, KJ is a good practice player. It just doesn't seem to translate to games. The way they use him, too, is just as a passer. Teams know by now he's not an offensive threat.

He played over Brooks yesterday. I don't recall Brooks playing at all. KJ got 3-4 minutes in the first half.

This Stewart item (coming out party) makes things interesting. We know Shawndale and David are still going to play heavy minutes. Dallis got bumped yesterday. Polce played but very little.

In case nobody noticed, Joe did go with a 4-guard lineup in stretches in the second half. I think we may see more of that in the coming weeks.