In an interview on this week’s Gamers Perspective podcast with Miller Kopp, Indiana sophomore guard Gabe Cupps mirrored on his first season in Bloomington and the way it was a studying expertise.
The Hoosiers struggled, completed 19-14 and missed the NCAA event for the primary time in three seasons underneath Mike Woodson.
Cupps, who received at a excessive stage in highschool, together with a state championship, wasn’t used to the adversity Indiana skilled as a crew final season.
“I’ve all the time been on profitable, actually good groups. It felt completely different,” he defined. “And I really feel like studying took the highest place on the podium final 12 months. It was like, ‘that you must see what’s happening and that you must study as a lot as you possibly can with the intention to forestall it from feeling like this once more.’”
Resulting from accidents to Xavier Johnson, Cupps was pressured to tackle a extra important function than anticipated in his first season as a Hoosier.
The Centerville, Ohio native began 21 of Indiana’s 33 video games as a freshman and averaged 2.6 factors, 1.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists per sport.
Whereas he had his share of vivid spots, Cupps shared with Kopp that he wasn’t happy together with his efficiency in his first season.
“I clearly didn’t assume I carried out very nicely and didn’t assist the crew as greatest I might final 12 months,” Cupps stated. “Which each and every participant, to an extent, goes to really feel like that yearly. You all the time take into consideration the stuff that you would have finished extra.”
Cupps stated he’s spent a lot time working to enhance his shot this offseason. He’s been within the fitness center continuously with Isaac Inexperienced, Indiana’s video and participant growth analyst.
Recognized for his early morning exercises — which impressed his NIL clothes line, “The Breakfast Membership,” Cupps has routinely been within the fitness center all summer season.
Though the general perimeter taking pictures numbers for Cupps have been strong at 35.9 p.c on 3-pointers, he shot simply 36.4 p.c total and 61.5 p.c from the free-throw line.
“Isaac (Inexperienced) earlier than each work out asks me what my intention is for the day,” Cupps defined.”I’ve to say it each time. And often it’s been ‘excessive, straight and up’ for my shot. I feel simply specializing in these issues on my soar shot particularly has helped me a ton. Like not worrying about makes and misses as a lot. I do know if I do these three issues, I’m going to maximise the possibility I’ve to achieve success on the subject of taking pictures.”
Along with the taking pictures work, Cupps is hopeful of getting into his sophomore season as a extra assured participant.
He defined to Kopp that “taking part in and speaking with confidence” has been the first goal of his offseason work.
“I really feel like my exercises this summer season have been good, been intentional,” Cupps stated. “I really feel like I’m beginning to see progress.”
With simply over a month remaining till the official begin of apply in September and fewer than three months till the common season, Cupps is raring to point out off his enchancment this winter in Bloomington.
“I really feel like I’ve simply been like chomping on the bit ever since final season,” he informed Kopp. “That’ll get a competitor going, a season that you just really feel such as you didn’t do very nicely personally, you didn’t do very nicely as a crew, like that’ll get someone going who actually cares concerning the sport, cares about what they’re doing.”
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