Oh man Fran I’m Having flashbacks to moss psu with that one. Be classic if he plays that card again.
watch the game…..who do you think made the difference at the back ot our zone?????????? your hate overshadows what little BB knowledge you might have
You really think Connor was the difference in our zone? I’ve played bball and in the set in the zone it’s laughable to think even if he was the one barking out orders he wasn’t irreplaceable. Plus it was Rebeca who was technically playing in the back end. Also you notice how many shots they got off on his side by their bench that they luckily missed or how about his stellar rebounding effort…. Plus first half mr defense comes in and Maryland hits 2 3s during the start of their run. Can give you one guess whose guy it was. My dislike is because we have a kid who has made 4 shots all year playing more minutes than he should because of the name on the back of his jersey. It’s a joke.
Connor shot 58% from the ft line last year and so far 60%. He fit well last year on a team starting 4 other guys who could all shoot. Or 2 years ago with a short handed team could play a multiple spots. But he’s a shell of himself from 2 yrs ago. Not sure if injuries caught up with him or what. He is literally gun shy on shooting passing up multiple shots under 10 sec on the clock where he’s wide open and who ever is on the floor needs to take that shot.
If you recall...in part of the first half and a good part of the second the Maryland PG was driving down the lane and either getting to the rim with good results or dumping it off to their big guy at the front of the rim for an easy score. They did that repeatedly.........we couldn't stop them. As good as Joe T was in last night's game, he couldn't stop their PG.
Russel was dominant in the first half where I think he had 12pts…he finished with 16, i think Joe did pretty well on him the 2nd half. Ayala was the one doing most of the damage in the 2nd half iirc.
I think that was more to the switch to zone from man personally which we went to few min prior. Which I give fran credit to making the switch. I’ll give that group their credit for playing well as a collective unit including connor. But I thought ulis and perkins on the top really set the tone. Switching off keeping guys out of the lane and evident when jbo came in for perkins under 4 the difference it made. But as a group rotated well which for why fran plays zone so much more effective with quicker guards out front and Maryland wasn’t doing good enough getting the ball into the middle of the zone. something announcer butch mentioned Iowa needed to do after few empty possessions.
joe plays well in man or zone by comparison to all of our other players. Connor just happened to be in when they went to zone. Correlation does not mean causation.
I absolutely agree with you, and this is more than likely where Frans head was. BUT I think its a bit if a confidence killer for Joe to play the way he did, especially in the 2nd half, then get to crunch time and get benched. IMO he earned the opportunity to close last nights game out. Hopefully he’s ok with it. He seemed engaged on the bench which is good sign.
The starters played great in the first half until they were all pulled for the bench. That was when Maryland and Tuggs gained momentum. Fran put the starters back in and Maryland/Tuggs continued to make everything.
That could apply to each of them right? I was not talking about correlation...I gave a very specific example of what was done (direct evidence) and what the results were.
Joe's best game to date IMHO. He was off early but stuck with it and played a great game.
Certainly you could be correct. Difference is you can see it with your eyes and stats. Joe had 3 defensive rebounds (4 total) and 3 steals. Connor had 1 and 1.
