Chances that Wagner sees important minutes?

[hawksense]

He's an athlete. And Fran continues to talk about how quickly he picks things up.

I don't like to challenge the Big Guy, but I thought that Wagner could have been used to slow down the extremely athletic McKay from ISU. It seemed like a perfect fit, to me.

 

[HotelAlphaWilcoKilo]

He's an athlete. And Fran continues to talk about how quickly he picks things up.

I don't like to challenge the Big Guy, but I thought that Wagner could have been used to slow down the extremely athletic McKay from ISU. It seemed like a perfect fit, to me.

100%

I love that guy. I'm getting a little Darryl "Turning Point" Moore feel from the young man.

 

[skydog0784]

Nice call by the OP. Wagner gave IA a big lift tonight. He belongs and is / will be a major asset.

 

[StormHawk42]

Still looks a bit confused when he has the ball, but his instincts, strength, defense, and rebounding are all useful assets.

 

[Kurt Warner]

If Wagner was 6' 10".....wow

 

[HotelAlphaWilcoKilo]

100%

I love that guy. I'm getting a little Darryl "Turning Point" Moore feel from the young man.

Moore/James Winters. Energy.

 

[LuteHawk]

Wagner WILL see increased playing time in the Big Ten
games. Coach Fran will need his rebounding effort in
the Hawkeye rotation. When Uthoff and Woody get in
found trouble, then you get Baer, Uhl and Wagner.

 

[icwesthawk]

He is going to play a lot of important minutes coming up. Purdue, MSU and to a lesser degree Nebraska, are going to go hard at the middle. Get Woody out, take your chances with the Uhl and Wagner on the floor. I don't like our chances at Purdue very much at all, hope I'm wrong.

 

[BeepBeepInMyJeep]

He's an athlete. And Fran continues to talk about how quickly he picks things up.

I don't like to challenge the Big Guy, but I thought that Wagner could have been used to slow down the extremely athletic McKay from ISU. It seemed like a perfect fit, to me.

Absolutely, I was critical of Franny's decision not to play him at all. I think that was the last game he will ride the pine unless he totally falls off somehow. I would expect him to get tested a lot on Saturday.

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

Depends on the offensive production of the other guys on the floor with Wagner. At this stage Wagner just doesn't provide much of anything offensively....if the offense stagnates when he comes in...he'll probably be the first one out. That's why the emergence of Baer on the "2nd" team really helps Wagner as well. If Baer is picking up the offensive slack than that enable Fran to steal minutes with Wagner.

 

[Ihawkhoops]

Very limited offensively, but hustles and is physical down low. Definitely a high bball IQ and plays within himself.

 

[KeyWest Tim]

The bench is coming together nicely.

All 3 Redshirts helped to a large degree, and will help to a much larger degree next year.

I always believed a good basketball team has a place for a strong Rodman-Like rebounder and defender.

I hope he will continue to provide that spark off the bench with a couple of the other guys supplying the offense.

 

[TailgateTom]

His athleticism and strength down low are refreshing to see. Not a knock on anyone else at all, but playing teams that always seem to have these types of guys, and how effective they are, it'll be nice going forward.

 

[mazda1]

We've got some physical kids coming in too. 240 pound kids are harder to move off the block and push off the boards. Everyone of them has plenty to work on as does Wagner, but you've got the bulk to start with.

 

[HawkLogic]

We've got some physical kids coming in too. 240 pound kids are harder to move off the block and push off the boards. Everyone of them has plenty to work on as does Wagner, but you've got the bulk to start with.

We've got some physical kids coming in too. 240 pound kids are harder to move off the block and push off the boards. Everyone of them has plenty to work on as does Wagner, but you've got the bulk to start with.

When we recruited Wagner, it brought up memories of the Alford team with Horner and Brunner playing Cincinnati in the NCAA tourney. Horner and Brunner had finally gotten over the hump and made their first NCAA tourney. I was hoping for 1 or 2 wins, but worried about Cincy.

Cincy had two 6'7 guys at the 4&5 and I was hoping Iowa would win since Cincy seemed so small inside....Instead, we were blown out in first 5 minutes...the two 6'7 Cincy guys swatted every thing inside and our guards couldn't compete vs their athletic perimeter defenders and the shot blockers they faced if they did turn the corner....felt kind of like Iowa's football game vs UT in bowl game last year.

Wagner is one of those 6'7 post guys that historically kills Iowa.

 

[Kurt Warner]

Moore/James Winters. Energy.

If he could become the offensive player Winters did that would be awesome.

 

[RocknRollface]

When we recruited Wagner, it brought up memories of the Alford team with Horner and Brunner playing Cincinnati in the NCAA tourney. Horner and Brunner had finally gotten over the hump and made their first NCAA tourney. I was hoping for 1 or 2 wins, but worried about Cincy.

Cincy had two 6'7 guys at the 4&5 and I was hoping Iowa would win since Cincy seemed so small inside....Instead, we were blown out in first 5 minutes...the two 6'7 Cincy guys swatted every thing inside and our guards couldn't compete vs their athletic perimeter defenders and the shot blockers they faced if they did turn the corner....felt kind of like Iowa's football game vs UT in bowl game last year.

Wagner is one of those 6'7 post guys that historically kills Iowa.

Jason Maxiell was 6'5 with a 7'3 wing span and is still in the nba.

Pretty rare type of player.

Comparing Wagner to him might be a stretch.

 

[HawkLogic]

Jason Maxiell was 6'5 with a 7'3 wing span and is still in the nba.

Pretty rare type of player.

Comparing Wagner to him might be a stretch.

You google that? I forgot his name. Google tells me there was a 2nd lessor guy, Eric Hicks. 6'6 and played receiver in HS. Maybe less of a stretch comparison. All I remember is Iowa looking like a joke and being abused. I think Brunner did okay given the athleticism he was facing, rest of team imploded.

 

[Ronman]

Cincinnati just out-muscled us in that game. It was grown men against boys.