In Reply to: Indiana at UCLA preview posted by mh on January 30, 2026 at 13:02:11
One player who seems to be very clutch (in the 4 Indiana games I've watched) is Tucker DeVries. When they need a crucial rebound or three point shot, he seems to be the one who comes through. If the Bruins focus on getting him out (fouls), that would be a good stragedy IMO. I see him as their version of the Bruin's Bilodeau (not as accurate from the three as Bilodeau but is the better rebounder).
As your analys points out, they do shoot a lot of threes. In fact Indiana has taken 205 more threes in 21 games than the Bruins and made 134 more than the Bruins (since Clark isn't playing, I'm not including any of his stats). Top 3 volume 3 shooting Bruins (not counting Clark) have only made 89 threes. Top 3 Hoosers(Wilkerson, DeVries, Dorn)have made 169 threes.
Free throw shooting is pretty close between the Bruins and Indiana. Don't want to foul Wilkerson 86%, Dorn 90% or DeVries, 83% nor the one who gets to the ft the most. Their 6'10 PF Bailey, has shot the most of any Indiana player (109) and made the most free throws of any individual player (83) and shoots 76% from the line.
So IMO, if the Bruins hope to outscore the Hoosers, they need to focuse on keeping the Hoosers off of the ft line and limiting their three point shooting. Easy, right :-))