You watch the Iowa offense without Freeman and everyone seems to be pushed further away from the basket. Mulvey, Dimbele, and Braun--none of these guys are paint scoring threats other than putbacks or layups. Braun looks to be the best of the bunch.
Without post threat, just put bodies on Dix and Sandfort and they can't handle physical play--both lack muscle and athleticsim. Dix is the guy that should be throwing up 20 shots instead of Payton---at least Dix hits the rim on all his shots.
The one positive is our rebounding and toughness in the post has improved---Braun, DImbele, Mulvey all give maximum effort. . KIngsbury is a good story for a Walkon to get PT on a terrible team.
If Fran sticks around, there is no hope for next year given the current talent, lack of guard talent coming in, and good chance we lose Dix and Freeman.
