Indiana basketball: Mike Woodson blasts ‘selfish’ play, poor effort in UNC Greensboro win

BLOOMINGTON — For the second time in as many weeks, Indiana basketball coach Mike Woodson questioned his team’s effort.

The No. 18 Hoosiers (4-0, 0-0) won 69-58 over UNC Greensboro on Thursday night to stay undefeated, but Woodson spent much of his post-game press conference venting his frustration over his team’s uninspired play.

“I thought they played harder than we did,” Woodson said. “We didn’t play hard, and that’s unacceptable. That’s on me.”

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Woodson expressed the same frustration over the way his team played in the first half of a 90-55 win over Eastern Illinois. He told reporters after that game he thought his players were still “home in bed asleep” during the first half and were “awful.”

On Thursday, IU played its best basketball in the opening minutes. The Hoosiers built an early 19-5 lead with Myles Rice knocking down a pair of 3-pointers and held the Spartans to just two field goals in the first 11 minutes.

UNC Greensboro got back into the game when Woodson went to his bench.

“I started subbing, and that was after guys had played a deep seven, eight, nine minutes straight, and once they got rolling, we gave them hope, and they played a solid game all the way through,” Woodson said.

His team didn’t.

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Woodson’s biggest source of disappointment was finishing the game with just 16 assists on 25 made field goals. He wasn’t pleased when IU had just 12 assists on 26 field goals against South Carolina either.

“That’s awful,” Woodson said. “I mean, it’s awful.”

Indiana failed to crack 80 points for the first time this season. This was also the first time this season the Hooseirs shot under 50%.

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Publish date : 2024-11-22 09:03:00

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