Ellingson's game tonight is proof.......

[The Sleeping Dog]

the player's read these sites. Question is raised about his reluctance to shoot when open and he responds by pulling the trigger at exactly the right time tonight.

Just joking-except the part about a willingness to shoot when open. Snagged some boards and loose balls. Didn't get torched on defense. Excellent game.

 

[Kurt Warner]

Lol, i said to myself when he came out shooting he must have heard the complaints about his not shooting. He had a heck of a game. Osu wasn't playing the best of defense which helped.

 

[crHawkeye92]

It probably helped that he was wide open on all of his shots

 

[mtown66]

It probably helped that he was wide open on all of his shots

Well, that is not true. I believe that he had a hand in his face on his first shot and his swished it even though I thought he was fouled. But, let's not give the kid any credit for hitting his shots especially when we need him to hit them.

 

[unoHawkeye]

lol first he doesn't take and/or make the shot. Then when he's making shots, Brady's too wide open and it's all insignificant. I mean damn, he's making open threes, which we haven't had a guy do consistently in years.

 

[Joes Place]

It probably helped that he was wide open on all of his shots

He also was able to move w/o the ball and get himself open. That's a combination of court awareness on his part, and good passing and recognition by his teammates.

The inside-outside game was a well oiled machine last night. And there was no Jok to attract double-teams, either. We're definitely a better team w/ Jok when he's able to move normally. But this team will grow faster having to play w/o him and learn to get their own shot opps.

 

[ICWestfan]

A great shooting night for BE. If Iowa can get ~1 pt/minute from Brady they'll be a better team for it.

 

[bravehawks1]

Amazing how much better the offense works when you don't have one player who is your designated shooter. Kudos to the players for making it happen, because the one player issue has been Fran's problem for several years

 

[HerkysDad]

If players are reading and implementing suggestions from posters on this board instead of listening to the coaches, then we have a much bigger problem than Imagined!

 

[terrehawk]

I kind of liked the long-distance heat check that air balled and the next time he touched it he hit a another three. That's always a good sign

 

[kcgolfer]

We saw a glimpse of next years team. I like it. A lot .

 

[Bulldogs1974]

A great shooting night for BE. If Iowa can get ~1 pt/minute from Brady they'll be a better team for it.

Do you realize how many players in college average over thirty minutes a game.

 

[DavenportHawk8]

Lol, i said to myself when he came out shooting he must have heard the complaints about his not shooting. He had a heck of a game. Osu wasn't playing the best of defense which helped.

That was the glaring issue, OSU defense was WORSE than ours. I don't know what Matta is doing, but his team is really struggling. I realized they lost some players due to injury, but dang they looked bad last night.

Iowa's defense was better, but OSU showed how to break down Iowa's zone with the skip pass 3pt shots.

 

[HawkLogic]

Elllengson was great. I think he had one game where he went off vs Purdue last year. When he gets his 3pt shots off consistently vs good defenses I think we can say he turned the corner.

 

[anon_i8nzeu2gbf0ba]

Go back and look at the tape. On MOST of Ellingson's shots, he not only had a hand, literally, in his face, but he probably was fouled at least twice (not called, of course.)

The young man had a super game and deserves full credit for it. Without his contributions, it's a very different game.

 

[DewHawk]

Amazing how much better the offense works when you don't have one player who is your designated shooter. Kudos to the players for making it happen, because the one player issue has been Fran's problem for several years

I agree, Fran tends to allow or teach relying on one star/shooter versus letting the game dictate the star/shooter. IMO this causes other players to hesitate on shots and stand around watching the star/shooter.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

We saw a glimpse of next years team. I like it. A lot .

Except swap out Williams for Connor. Yes please.

 

[cleotishaywood]

If players are reading and implementing suggestions from posters on this board instead of listening to the coaches, then we have a much bigger problem than Imagined!

I'm sure people close to the team see the same things we see and discuss on here so it's all common knowledge.

 

[Scott559]

I'm amazed B.E. is still on the team, if he reads these forums he would know he should have transferred already.

 

[iahawks10]

I don't remember too many contested shots outside of his first two point field goal (which he was fouled on).

But Ellingson deserves credit for a lot of reasons though: getting open, shooting when he had an open look, and most importantly, knocking down some big shots. That's all Iowa needs from BE. Stretch the defense and make them guard him honestly. Anything else would be an added bonus.

Everyone knows (or should) that BE can shoot. The knock on him was that he wasn't getting open or shooting, which is a legit complaint backed up by his numbers. The kid just needs to stay active going forward and shoot with or without Jok in the lineup. Iowa is a much better team when BE shoots consistently.

 

[ICWestfan]

Do you realize how many players in college average over thirty minutes a game.

Lots. I think you missed my point.

 

[The Sleeping Dog]

The problem was he was getting open and not shooting. He's gotten much better at running his defender around and getting open. That's a skill like everything else.

The kid doesn't need much room or time to get the shot off but he does need confidence that it will drop. It looks like the green light is on. Good shooter's need to shoot.