In Indiana’s win against Sam Houston State, there was a clear difference between the fluidity of Indiana’s starting 2-big lineup vs. a 1-big lineup that often featured Luke Goode at the 4. But there’s some nuance to the 2-big vs 1-big lineup debate. A look back at the film shows that it’s not that Indiana was just placing Oumar Ballo and Malik Reneau down on the block together and spacing issues happened from there. It didn’t do that. It was 4 out, 1 in, mostly with them playing.
Rather, I’d argue that because Ballo is a non-shooting, non-driving 5-man, the Hoosiers can only get him touches in the paint, which can cause some traffic issues depending on how they’re going about it.