If only we had a point guard.

[DanL53]

Iowa currently has the 45th best Offensive Efficiency on Kenpom. I'd say for a young team that's a pretty decent start.

Meanwhile, our Defensive Efficiency is not good, at 174. A few things.

Northern Iowa's Offensive Efficiency is 175. Man, they must really need a traditional point guard! Who's their guy up there?

It's a better bet we can get good at defense much quicker than we could suddenly be a good shooting team. I'm still very excited about the talent and potential of this group. Not just persons often mentioned, but ones that may be a week or two behind in development.......like Moss was at the start of the year.

 

[David1979]

Iowa currently has the 45th best Offensive Efficiency on Kenpom. I'd say for a young team that's a pretty decent start.

Meanwhile, our Defensive Efficiency is not good, at 174. A few things.

Northern Iowa's Offensive Efficiency is 175. Man, they must really need a traditional point guard! Who's their guy up there?

It's a better bet we can get good at defense much quicker than we could suddenly be a good shooting team. I'm still very excited about the talent and potential of this group. Not just persons often mentioned, but ones that may be a week or two behind in development.......like Moss was at the start of the year.

Actually, UNI does need a PG. Their guard play is really bad this year.

 

[HellaHawk]

Comparing Bohannon's stats against Mike Gesell's Freshman stats are interesting.

Bohannon: 8.4 PPG; 31% FG; 38% 3PG; 87% FT; 4.8 AST; 2.4 TO; .6 STL
Gesell: 8.7 PPG; 40% FG; 32% 3PG; 79% FG; 2.6 AST; 1.7 TO; 1.2 STL

These are pretty comparable profiles. Gessel was a better shooter within the arc. Bohannon is a better 3 point shooter and free throw shooter. Gesell was the better defender, and stole the ball more often. Bohannon's better assist to turnover ratio surprises me.

Bohannon's FG % is a bit odd. He's taking 75% of his shots behind the arc so he must have missed almost every 2-point FG for his overall FG% to be dragged down so low.

We won a lot of games with Mike Gesell. If Bohannon can be a Gesell that spreads the defense out more with his range and makes late game free throws, that's pretty good.

 

[DanL53]

Positionless basketball.

 

[HawkAttackDial911]

If Marcus LoVett qualified academically and came to Iowa we'd be sitting pretty. 18.8 ppg, 47% fg, 44% 3s, 78% ft, 4.1 rb, 3.8 ast, .8 stl, 2.3 to

 

[ScoutRefugee]

Iowa State has a traditional PG. So does Kentucky. So does Alfraud at UCLA.
Should be interesting to see how our "position less basketball" does against the Cyclones and their traditional PG.

 

[Legend12]

Bohannon's FG % is a bit odd. He's taking 75% of his shots behind the arc so he must have missed almost every 2-point FG for his overall FG% to be dragged down so low.
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He is 3-21 from 2.

 

[DodgerHawki]

Iowa currently has the 45th best Offensive Efficiency on Kenpom. I'd say for a young team that's a pretty decent start.

Meanwhile, our Defensive Efficiency is not good, at 174. A few things.

Northern Iowa's Offensive Efficiency is 175. Man, they must really need a traditional point guard! Who's their guy up there?

It's a better bet we can get good at defense much quicker than we could suddenly be a good shooting team. I'm still very excited about the talent and potential of this group. Not just persons often mentioned, but ones that may be a week or two behind in development.......like Moss was at the start of the year.

Why is it easier to get good at defense? Not trying to be difficult, but I see no evidence to support that. This team will be challenged to play good 2-point defense due to having no inside presence to block shots or deter penetration. The team will be challenged to rebound all year due to lack of size. Jok's defense in Year 4 pretty much is what it is at this point. Bohannon will have trouble staying in front of quick guards all year. He will get better over time, but long slog of a conference season will be tough.

Playing defense as a team is hard, especially if there aren't 1 or 2 things that the team really excels at and can fall back on. Team will improve as guys get to play more, but the competition will get better and other teams improve too.

 

[Jumpshot00]

I get what you are saying DanL. I lot of people have complained about lack of a pg and Fran's inability to land one. Mike G. was a really good pg in many areas, however, breaking a guy down off the dribble and/or taking control the last minute of a game/half was not one of the areas he excelled. This got magnified every close game. Sometimes he did well, but too often he was the guy who missed the shot, turned it over, or went to quick with a straightline drive to the bucket. Bohannon may be similar in that he does some things really well, just maybe not the ability to control a situation and the end of a game. He may have an advantage over MG in that he should have 3-4 other people on his team on the court that are threats to score in these situations. Gesell was often left with only 1-2 teammates who had a legit opportunity to do something with the ball in their hands....also maybe had some guys who didn't want any part of a big situation. I don't think that will be the case going forward.
Also..I like the idea of positionless basketball-outside of the pg. Having long, interchangeable parts that can defend and are threats to score is a tough matchup for the opposition. It allows you to put the best basketball players out there without regard to who is the 2, 3, 4, or 5 in a traditional sense.

 

[Hawkdogwoof]

JBo can flat out play, you can see he's a baller, not afraid or timid, he just goes out and competes. He may not be a true pg but it's better than having someone who is a true pg that is overwhelmed.

So many sound like Nebby FB fans where they think it's our right to win games. Know who we are and enjoy the growth process. Go Hawks!

 

[hawk-i bob]

Joks assist #'s last night were PG like...7-0 T's I believe JB was 5 & 2
I also thought Moss looked pretty good on those occasions he ran the ball up court.

 

[DanL53]

Joks assist #'s last night were PG like...7-0 T's I believe JB was 5 & 2
I also thought Moss looked pretty good on those occasions he ran the ball up court.

That's the idea behind it. Combo Guards and guys that can play many positions.

 

[24 so far]

That's the idea behind it. Combo Guards and guys that can play many positions.

That formula works real well for the Chicago Cubs, not so much for the Iowa Hawkeyes...........................

 

[ScoutRefugee]

That formula works real well for the Chicago Cubs, not so much for the Iowa Hawkeyes...........................

It gets you a losing record if you're the Iowa Hawkeyes. But some people really like that.

 

[Ronman]

It gets you a losing record if you're the Iowa Hawkeyes. But some people really like that.

Idiotic Comment of The Day! Congrats!

 

[HawkTex]

Comparing Bohannon's stats against Mike Gesell's Freshman stats are interesting.

Bohannon: 8.4 PPG; 31% FG; 38% 3PG; 87% FT; 4.8 AST; 2.4 TO; .6 STL
Gesell: 8.7 PPG; 40% FG; 32% 3PG; 79% FG; 2.6 AST; 1.7 TO; 1.2 STL

These are pretty comparable profiles. Gessel was a better shooter within the arc. Bohannon is a better 3 point shooter and free throw shooter. Gesell was the better defender, and stole the ball more often. Bohannon's better assist to turnover ratio surprises me.

Bohannon's FG % is a bit odd. He's taking 75% of his shots behind the arc so he must have missed almost every 2-point FG for his overall FG% to be dragged down so low.

We won a lot of games with Mike Gesell. If Bohannon can be a Gesell that spreads the defense out more with his range and makes late game free throws, that's pretty good.

Out of 9 games Bohannon has shot the ball well twice. Outside of those 2 games things have been pretty ugly. Struggles on layups.

 

[ScoutRefugee]

Idiotic Comment of The Day! Congrats!

Yep. I can't explain why they like it but they do.

 

[nu2u]

Out of 9 games Bohannon has shot the ball well twice. Outside of those 2 games things have been pretty ugly. Struggles on layups.

Which is what you might expect of any true freshman. Inconsistency is a hurdle he still needs to clear but the Notre Dame game showed me he has what it takes to be successful --23 points, 7-15 3PT FGs, 2-2 FTs, 7 assists against 1 turnover..... all of that in South Bend, Indiana, against a very good Big East team. He's got the goods.

 

[Suterman]

JBo will be a fine PG. He will score a LOT more than Mike Gesell, his assist t/o ratio should be similar, and he will learn to not throw the ball away as much. He may never be as good as Mike Gesell as a defender, but JBo will be a fine PG for us. You'll see.

 

[ScoutRefugee]

JBo will be a fine PG. He will score a LOT more than Mike Gesell, his assist t/o ratio should be similar, and he will learn to not throw the ball away as much. He may never be as good as Mike Gesell as a defender, but JBo will be a fine PG for us. You'll see.

He's capable of being an average BIG point guard. Like Gesell. And because he'll have another combo guard playing next to him in Connor Mc. Bohannon and Connor Mc won't be as good on the defensive end as Gesell and Sapp but they'll score more points.
So, it all comes down to what you want out of your basketball team. The combination of Gesell/Sapp didn't get us a BIG title. Likely Bohannon/Connor won't either. Only time will tell.