I just took the team over 79. Safer.
****Kansas City vs Iowa Game Thread****
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Getting smoked by Sam Houston 😂
Way to take care of business Hawks! How about only 5 TO’s for regular contributors?
just lookin' at the box couldn't get the broadcast. Rebraca w 9 pts on 4/5 and 13 boards.
Nice line.
Nice line.
Shut down the Roos’ best player too. Had a really strong game without forcing anything
Fun game added BTN plus to watch the games this month. Easy money Iowa -19.5
On the flip side, box score says 17 TOs for KC. That's a good stat to see too.
Our defense was really good. Would’ve held em to 50 or less if we didn’t empty the bench the last few minutes imo
Hes a good deal more mobile than I anticipated.
Seems to be very well rounded and looks like there's more to his offense than hes showing but I like that hes not forcing it yet.
Keegan showed a few signs of trying too hard, then calmed down and did what he does, which is more or less of everything you want a player to do. Keegan has to adjust his role to team star, which everyone wants but not everyone can do. Keegan can really do it. Keegan will get better as that role becomes natural. The kid really does have a high ceiling.
Love the new backcourt. It is admittedly two of my favorite Hawks of recent vintage but there is more to it than that. You could see more possibilities tonight. The old give and go from Joey to Jordan and back would be a thing of beauty. Watching Joey play is just plain fun.
Peyton's gotta dial back the timing. Too eager to shoot. Get your timing down son and you will rain threes.
Filip showed a little more low post presence and some good work on the boards. A young Dave Cowens on that lefty jump hook.
Kris, Patrick and Aaron all played well.
Tony's ball handling and shooting need to improve and they aren't improving. We could see line ups of smothering defense with Tony but he's got to become a threat to score.
Love the new backcourt. It is admittedly two of my favorite Hawks of recent vintage but there is more to it than that. You could see more possibilities tonight. The old give and go from Joey to Jordan and back would be a thing of beauty. Watching Joey play is just plain fun.
Peyton's gotta dial back the timing. Too eager to shoot. Get your timing down son and you will rain threes.
Filip showed a little more low post presence and some good work on the boards. A young Dave Cowens on that lefty jump hook.
Kris, Patrick and Aaron all played well.
Tony's ball handling and shooting need to improve and they aren't improving. We could see line ups of smothering defense with Tony but he's got to become a threat to score.
Nice to see the team respond to their first adversity of the year.
I wouldn’t say from a pure basketball standpoint that anything different came from this game. Obviously much different team when they shoot it like they did against Longwood.
Like the team’s mentality a lot. When UMKC cut it to four and the guys were about to head to the bench, I saw Joe T huddle everyone up and lay into them. Fran laid into them shortly after, but leadership needs to be player led like Joe showed. After they broke huddle with Fran, Filip led another huddle. Like seeing the newcomer feel comfortable speaking up in that role. Love Jordan’s approach on both ends right now despite his obvious limitations. He’s defending harder than he has before unquestionably.
I wouldn’t say from a pure basketball standpoint that anything different came from this game. Obviously much different team when they shoot it like they did against Longwood.
Like the team’s mentality a lot. When UMKC cut it to four and the guys were about to head to the bench, I saw Joe T huddle everyone up and lay into them. Fran laid into them shortly after, but leadership needs to be player led like Joe showed. After they broke huddle with Fran, Filip led another huddle. Like seeing the newcomer feel comfortable speaking up in that role. Love Jordan’s approach on both ends right now despite his obvious limitations. He’s defending harder than he has before unquestionably.
No doubt that much bigger tests will come, but Iowa played bad defense against bad teams all the time. Help defense was non-existent and everyone was a step slow. Not this year so far. It's gonna be fun to see how the year plays out. I don't think that Iowa ever ranked higher than 75th on defensive efficiency last year. I'd put $100 right now that they beat that mark by a good margin.
May be related to his health as well in regards to JoBo. Love his shooting thus far will be critical to opening up space against tougher opponents.
Yeah Mulvey and Ogundele should never be on the floor together when things count
Everyone seems to live Big O and they love the big body that can bang but I feel like Mulvey has a much bigger upside.
I think if Josh O accepts what kind of players he's gonna be, and then stemming from that.......commits to the weight room............he's gonna be a force over the next two years.
But until he does that, he is just another big body that can come off the bench.
#facts
He either needs to get ripped in the weight room and become a physical beast inside.....or accept being relegated to 3rd string center on the depth chart.
That's where he's at right now based on what I've seen.......
Murray has shown si far the pre season hype was real. Kid has turned into a stud.
I know it's a small representation and he's playing in his first two college games, but I hope he shoots better than 20% from three. I expect he will. Doesn't want to be included in that "great shooters" file with Ellingson and Oglesby. He certainly doesn't lack for confidence and I expect better things from him once he gets settled down.
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I’d agree. I haven’t seen a lot from him other than a big body but I’m guessing a lot of that has to do with conditioning. He doesn’t seem in a lot better shape than last year.
Neither one has shown much of anything really so far but Mulvey looks more agile, mobile, and long. Mulvey did have a really nice move around the basket last Gabe and shot went in and out. I’d love to be optimistic about Josh but I haven’t seen much in his limited time last year or this year other than he was willing it bang with Kofi in a short spurt. Maybe that is what he will bring - big body to D up in short spurts.
This is what I questioned about folks wanting TP to be our starting 2 guard. Makes no sense at this point. He's a tweener and is not an offensive producer at this point anyway. He may be more athletic then Cmac but neither of them really fill that roe.
He does look a little leaner than last year, but yeah he needs to get with the football team's S&C program and put more muscle on.
He's got Garza speed, so he just needs to accept that and focus on transforming his body to be a bull inside on both ends. That's where he's gonna best fit on the court.
While I hope you are right, why do you think so? Tony has bad shooting form from jumpers to the real high velocity layups, etc.. His ball handling is also poor.
Other than athleticism Tony has not shown good offensive skills.
He showed much better skills last year in conference. He'll be fine.
Its similar to what Toussaint was going through last year. Pressing because of lack of PT.
Perkins will be a solid contributer.
Well hope everyone is right. I'm not saying his shot might not come around but it has looked awful thus far. The defensive upside is already evident.
Not really. He showed hustle, grit, and tenacity. He doesn’t have the skill-set Touissant does. He doesn’t have a good shot, his handle is suspect, his passing isn’t anything special we gave seen. At this point, he’s a hustler.
Perkins and Toussaint don't play the same position, so....
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