*****Official NC Central (#343 per KenPom) at IOWA (#20 per KenPom) Game Thread. 8 pm CT, BTN*****

[LetsGoHawks83]

Defense leaves a lot to be desired...

 

[NevadaHawk]

Rebound guys!

 

[BigDogHawkFan]

Still can’t defend against the dribble and our rebounding is poor.

 

[flaiawis]

Josh O sighting.

 

[iahawks10]

Josh O sighting.

Need his rebounds and for him to occupy some space underneath.

 

[DougERot]

Interior post defense and dribble drive defense will be the keys to a good season. Tonight the Hawks are failing at both miserably. At least so far.

 

[unoHawkeye]

The amount of looks Central is getting at the rim is disconcerting, to say the least

 

[KcTo]

3 point guards in at once isn’t going to protect rim or get Def Rebounds

 

[SotaHawk87]

Franny being stubborn and making them play through it.. I’m ok with it but I think we’ll see zone soon. NCC is god awful from 3

 

[NevadaHawk]

The longer we let them hang around....well, you know.

 

[83Hawk]

As many have already stated, our defense is awful, awful, awful. Won’t win many Big 10 games this way.

 

[HawkLogic]

3 point guards in at once isn’t going to protect rim or get Def Rebounds

neither did the starting unit with 3 guys 6'8 or better. Iowa guys just aren't great individual defenders.

 

[KcTo]

Rebraca with his 2nd early foul, and banished to the bench…

 

[denmar81]

No scorer in the game

 

[HawkLogic]

cmac with a deep 3....when he makes one I am surprised. The clank off rim is the expected result.

 

[SotaHawk87]

As many have already stated, our defense is awful, awful, awful. Won’t win many Big 10 games this way.

Lol have you seen Minnesota Penn State Nebraska and NW.. we have 7 games there at least 6 wins

 

[HawkRose]

This lineup needs extended play

 

[iahawks10]

Welp. That was quick for Josh. Two quick fouls will sit him for the half.

 

[SDHawkDoc]

Really putrid start to this game defensively.

 

[KcTo]

cmac with a deep 3....when he makes one I am surprised. The clank off rim is the expected result.

But 1st dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble and settle for oblong 3…

 

[NevadaHawk]

3 for PMAC.

 

[LetsGoHawks83]

Need Jbo to hit that 3, so they can remove that damn graphic. He's not even in the game and they have it up.

 

[KcTo]

neither did the starting unit with 3 guys 6'8 or better. Iowa guys just aren't great individual defenders.

Al least the 1st group wasn’t giving up Off Boards…

 

[fivecardstud14]

First time seeing the group of Ulis/Perkins/Sandfort/P. McCaffery/Murray

 

[flaiawis]

Mother said there would be nights like these.

 

[HawkRose]

Hell yeah perkins

 

[HungryHawk]

Perkins for 3!

 

[Pepperman]

Need Jbo to hit that 3, so they can remove that damn graphic. He's not even in the game and they have it up.

Stop game for celebration I hope!

 

[denmar81]

well, another year of shitty defense.

 

[NevadaHawk]

Perkins for 3.

 

[DirtyJohns97]

Make a 3 pointer already Jorbo so I can get my 5% of screen space back

 

[unoHawkeye]

Perkins bringing some energy to the game! Glad he saw one go in from deep too

 

[flaiawis]

This has to be the smallest lineup we could possibly put on the floor. Murray at the 5.

 

[HawkAssassin]

This is the kind of defense we haven’t seen so far and makes you think it’s same old same old. Gotta pick up the intensity.

Perkins shot just looks better. I wouldn’t overreact to his poor shooting the first few games.

 

[LetsGoHawks83]

Keegan = beast mode

 

[HawkRose]

This has to be the smallest lineup we could possibly put on the floor. Murray at the 5.

Yeah but better defensively with Perkins and ulis at guard.

 

[KcTo]

Rebraca with his 2nd early foul, and banished to the bench…

Never forget, you won’t get benched at Iowa for giving up layups.

but if you prevent layups and get 2 fouls

you get benchEd…

just ask Rebraca

 

[unoHawkeye]

Looks like Bohannon can suit up at the 5

 

[HawkAssassin]

We ran that set for Bohannon in the last game to post him up. Don’t think that’s going to work like it did when we ran it for White/Uthoff/etc.

 

[nbanflfactory]

Still can’t defend against the dribble and our rebounding is poor.

Typical Fran team it appears. Gotta make lots of shots to win