You don't have anyone to match up with him and it's probably better than letting the Illini 3 point shooters light it up.
Curbelo is out, is Murray going to play?
Curbelo is out, is Murray going to play?
Don't even bother guarding Kofi
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Let's see.. Kofi shoots 67% from the field and 64% at the line. I think we'll guard Kofi and see if he can hit his free throws.
Ogundele will get minutes and hopefully play well. He did great against Williams from Purdue last Friday.
Kofi is a handful for sure but it's Plummer that someone will have to guard....that dude has been on fire the last few games from 3.
I agree, we dont have one person who can guard him.Good news is after watching your team and defense, you have no one to guard our starters. You are way over-rated. bordering on suck
Ogundele can match up with Kofi better than Garza did. Quicker feet. I’m more worried about the supporting cast.
Was very impressed with you guys’ performance vs. Purdue! As for the bozo claiming we are overrated and suck, piss off, bro.
Obviously he's a tough match-up. Glad Iowa's big guys have faced Purdue's two giants.
Yes, this. The one thing I am seeing and we have a player like JT and others but mainly JT. Watch him on defense especially this last game against PU. He is so friggin quick and to the ball. He is constantly able to help out and dig and dig and dig on the help side with those bigs but quick enough to recover to defend his man.
Again, and what I've been saying and what Big O did against the PU bigs and Williams is a big body, body Kofi up and make him feel uncomfortable on the back side with a hand in his face and then you got a pest of a player like JT on the front side, digging at him and bothering Kofi enough just to make his shot uncomfortable......that will work.
Three quick trips up and down the court and Kofi is gasping. Watch he's the last one back. Garza had better stamina than KC.
Kofi is at 70% from the FT line this season. Not a great choice but maybe better than letting him dunk I guess.
Uhhh...no. Kofi is in great shape and can run all day.
I would guess Hawkins, Williams and Grandison will get that assignment unless Iowa goes really small.
Meh...He got a boost from the Rutgers game. He'll drop back down on the FT% again. Season is early and he's a career 61% FT shooter. I'd still rather foul him and make him earn it at the line vs giving up a dunk.
Coming over to an Iowa bball board telling us how conditioned your player is. Sweet
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But at least Garza outscored Kofi in every game but one, I believe. Is Josh going to provide that type of scoring or is he just going to accumulate fouls?
I've only seen one Illini game this season, but in that one, the refs just let Kofi bull his way around the lane with impunity. When they did call either a foul or travelling on him, he slammed the ball to the court and was not charged with a technical. It seems as though he was been granted a pass in that game, hopefully not the entire season.
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I was really encouraged for the first time by Big O's play against Purdon't. Fran will give him some more meaningful minutes tonight.
True, but Big O did alright last year in his brief encounter with Kofi. We just need 15-20 minutes of good defense from him. I've got to think that practicing against Garza for a year was tremendously helpful in improving his defensive game. Big O is the only guy on our team that can physically match with Kofi, and we certainly don't want the Murrays picking up a bunch of fouls trying to guard him.
With the game being at Carver, I'm not as worried that Kofi will get all the calls, but its definitely a concern.
They won't put him on either Murray. He'd be in foul trouble early chasing them around on drives to the basket, and out to the three point line.
Josh doesn't need to match him in scoring, just make him earn what he gets. We've got other guys who can score, just don't want Keegan guarding him for stretches of the game.
i would think Iowa will do what they did against Purdue and double Kofi. No one on Iowa's team can really handle Kofi 1-1, few in the country could. I would guess aggressive double teaming. We will see how that works.
I noticed that Patrick did this to Edey and was effective. I expect to see some of this.
Lol this guy wants a whistle on Cockburn every time he touches the ball.
Prior to the Rutgers game, he was 69.4%.
After the Rutgers game, 69.8 %
Math is hard.
Man, Luka has really let himself go.
Probably a good idea, I'm expecting the usual B1G road officiating. If Scirotto is assigned to this game I may not even watch.
Depends when JoshO is in
I was impressed with how he played, but he makes Garza look like a track star
Math IS hard.
Prior to the Rutgers game 67.6% (25/37).
After the Rutgers game going 5 of 6 69.8% (30/43)
I understand that it's still not the 64% that I mentioned earlier but if you're going to lecture people on math you want to get it right yourself Big Ass.
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