This team is missing Joe T's toughness and CJ Frederick's shooting. Two big portal losses.
Guard play is pathetic!
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While it couldn’t be worse , even these two wouldn’t save this team. Joe could defend but too inconsistent on offense, and Fredrick is apparently made of glass. Fran can’t recruit guards period.,
It's truly rough. They don't excell at anything.
None are plus athletes.
None are high IQ.
None of them can shoot.
None of them can create off the dribble.
And defense? lol. Oof...
Not a recipe for a good college team.
Fran recruits guards like Ferentz recruits QBs
I posted this in another thread and I'll paste it into this one. Our guard court is really, really, really - and I mean really - bad...
Ladies and Gentlemen; your Iowa backcourt...
PG - Ulis: 0-4 including 0-2 from 3pt land, 1 assist in 18 mins of play
PG - Bowen: 0-4 including 0-2 from 3pt land, 0 assists
SG - Perkins: 1-6 including the meaningless 3-ball at the end, 2 assists in 21 mins of play
SG - Sandfort: 0-9 including 0-3 from 3pt land, 0 assists, 2 turnovers, in 9 mins - WELL DONE!!!
This is not good boys. Even though I call out Bowen, we need more of him and Dix, less of the rest of the above...
P.S. To the OP, I don't think Joe T or CJF is the answer. I think it goes deeper than that...
Ladies and Gentlemen; your Iowa backcourt...
PG - Ulis: 0-4 including 0-2 from 3pt land, 1 assist in 18 mins of play
PG - Bowen: 0-4 including 0-2 from 3pt land, 0 assists
SG - Perkins: 1-6 including the meaningless 3-ball at the end, 2 assists in 21 mins of play
SG - Sandfort: 0-9 including 0-3 from 3pt land, 0 assists, 2 turnovers, in 9 mins - WELL DONE!!!
This is not good boys. Even though I call out Bowen, we need more of him and Dix, less of the rest of the above...
P.S. To the OP, I don't think Joe T or CJF is the answer. I think it goes deeper than that...
Yep we’re screwed .
U can’t win in college ball with guard play that bad.
It's amazing how bad our guards are. There are hundreds of good guards in college basketball.
There are literally dozens of mid major teams that have better guards than Fran has ever had at Iowa.......and yet he is unable to get any.
^^^Not even an exaggeration.
Joe T on offense is better than anyhting at guard now
I have zero, and I mean zero, confidence in Ulis. He's just too unstable out there. I can see where Bowen isn't quite ready but how about Perkins sliding to the 1 spot and Dix starting at the 2 spot???
Searching for answers here... Thoughts???
Searching for answers here... Thoughts???
Hard to wrap your head around stats like that. I mean Neb had a good game plan and played great D but ...yowza... That's just a hapless backcourt.
I'd put Bowen at the 1, Dix at 2 and let Tony sit for awhile. No clue what he has going on but his multiple back cut layups allowed tonight and net nothing on offense doesn't award him any minutes. Heck I was asking for Kingsbury earlier just to attempt something that may work.
I wouldn't mind that. Ulis looks like, well, the younger brother of a good college player.
Honestly, KM and PR are the only 2 players who deserve a start.
Fran getting exposed for not having a Garza or Keegan level talent on the team. What a pathetic performance. Iowa looks like Davidson and other gimmick teams that know they don't enough athletes so they live behind the arc. Ulis is flat out awful. The wrist injury that Fran told us affected his shooting last year clearly was not the issue. Perkins needs to burn the green shoes and quit playing like a clown. Pmac has no clue what he is doing and Sandfort is borderline unplayable.
This team may not win a B1G game.
This team may not win a B1G game.
Agreed. Ulis is a literal offense killer. He is no scoring threat and overdribbles 95% of the time.
Perkins played one of the worst games I’ve ever seen. Defense was especially offensive.
He has to still be injured. Only thing I can figure with the way he's playing. Not aggressive and just looks sluggish.
Joe T last year was a solid player and would absolutely help this team as a 4 year player. Against NCAA teams last year he was 2nd or 3rd in +/- on the team.
I agree. Can Kingsbury be worse than Perkins and Sandfort? Fran will be telling us in March that guys are lighting it up in practice and need to keep shooting. Iowa is so inferior athletically all over the floor that 3 point shooting is less of a strategy and more of a default. Other than Kris there isn't anyone capable of creating their own shot.
Hurt has nothing to do with all the defensive lapses he had and didn’t even try.
Seems like Perkins has sucked ever since there was a thread praising him. I even compared him to Dennis Johnson. Not sure if he isn't healthy or what, but he has been a totally different player the past few games.
The perimeter players for Iowa have all been awful the past few games. Way too much dribbling without a purpose, inconsistent defense, lousy spacing and shooting...
The perimeter players for Iowa have all been awful the past few games. Way too much dribbling without a purpose, inconsistent defense, lousy spacing and shooting...
And Kris gets pushed off the direction he wants to go, he bails on his drive and gives up the rock. Only to see PMac flat line a three pointer off the front of the rim or dribble drive to the top of the lane, jump up in the air then throw it either at the basket with a drive by shot or to a player cutting to the basket that’s deflected and the other team creates a turnover. This team has no identity. Football sucked, now bball with the two worst losses in a long time.
Don't worry guys....if you thought the guard play looked awful at home...it was 10x worse watching in person
Where is Amarion Nimmers? I don't ever see him dress out. I am not implying he is going to fix this mess but the dude is super athletic and per Fran, his stock rose towards the end of his high school season. Ulis is another Fran guard that can't score. Teams have figured out to get up on Iowa's ballhandlers, smother Rebraca and let others jack 3's. Nebraska shot out of their minds but so did EIU. When you play lazy defense it lets the other team impose their will and get whatever they want.
Nimmers is red shirting. Nebraska definitely double teamed Rebraca and he didn't do a great job passing out of them. When he did, the guards missed open shots.
Crazy thing is...and correct me if I'm wrong...didn't he have stud guard play at Sienna?
JoeT was the best point guard on the team AINEC.
Too many on this board equate offense to being a good basketball player.
Neither Ulis nor Bowen is an upgrade offensively and Joe was a beast defensively. I was hoping that one of them could fill the void but they haven't. Guard play is atrocious this year.
Are we taking about the same Joe T who had an EFg% of 45? That’s pretty much what we have right now. Iowa needs real guards, not one way players like we have/had.
But he played defense and passed the ball well. That's something Ulis and Perkins are not doing well at all.
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