Our backcourt is pathetic...

[skydog0784]

Ulis = a blistering 1-5 shooting performance with a total number of assists at 0. Let me repeat. 0 assists from our starting PG. Another weak, unremarkable performance from Ulis. He does nothing! He brings nothing to the table.

Perkins = at least came up with 33% FG, of course he committed more fouls than actual made FGs. Saucy is so inconsistent, you just never know.

We're in trouble unless we bring help in the backcourt next year. Almost as big of a need as a starting 5.

Edit: updated to reflect Ulis actually did score a basket at the end of the game, when the game was essentially over.

 

[Phenomenally Frantastic]

Difficult to recruit when good guards know the coach is going to play his own kid as much as possible. We could have used Joe Toussaint on D today.

 

[luvmyhawks]

This entire team is a bunch of soft ass pussies.

 

[KcTo]

This entire team is a bunch of soft ass pussies.

Incorrect.
rebraca, Ogundele, and CMac are guys I’d take with me in trench in Ukraine.

frans coaching style creates soft play, that’s the real issue

 

[CookyMonster]

This entire team is a bunch of soft ass pussies.

Rebraca would crack open your head and use your skull to chug beer

 

[Slim45]

Got a nice glimpse of the kid that should’ve been playing the whole season. But it would’ve been hard for his stat line to top Ulis’. But but but turnovers!

 

[ChuckBarkley]

Wouldn’t be shocked to see Ulis and Perkins transfer.

 

[the24fan]

This entire team is a bunch of soft ass pussies.

I’d leave Filip out of that observation

 

[Daisy Mae]

Sandfort played 23 minutes and scored 21 . Fran would rather lose and watch Connor hammering nails out front than winning. Thank God he is gone. Forever. No more redshirting / Covid bs.

 

[BlIIlken2]

Gets better next year LOLOLOLOLOL

 

[skydog0784]

Wouldn’t be shocked to see Ulis and Perkins transfer.

We can only hope - especially Ulis, Perkins I wouldn't mind staying but he is nowhere as good as people think he is nor as consistent as he needs to be.

 

[ChuckBarkley]

I really like the kid from moline but he’s really small.

 

[Mohawkeye]

Honestly, if Bowen stays I’m really excited about him and Dix. I think they are both good defenders and compliment eachother. Very excited about that combo.

 

[83Hawk]

Wouldn’t be shocked to see Ulis and Perkins transfer.

I hope they do. And Bowen. And Murray goes pro. Deplete the roster. Let Fran try to dig himself out of THAT hole.

 

[longliveCS40]

Honestly, if Bowen stays I’m really excited about him and Dix. I think they are both good defenders and compliment eachother. Very excited about that combo.

Me too. People expect way too much of freshman. I thought they both did well in the limited minutes they got. Can they make that jump next season will be the question and will Harding be a diamond in the rough.

I have zero expectations for Ulis. He's an average defender and an offense killer with over dribbling and not passing well. Perkins is streaky and seems to only do well when he can dominate other guards physically. If he's matched physically like today, he tries to force it and can't finish.

 

[luvmyhawks]

Rebraca would crack open your head and use your skull to chug beer

‘yeah, so? I’m soft as **** as well. Like charming soft and 25 years older, so I would hope so. It doesn’t change the fact that this team has zero fortitude whatsoever. They have failed to show up forever when it matters.

 

[HawkBall23]

Wouldn’t be shocked to see Bowen, Ulis and Perkins transfer.

fify

 

[Mohawkeye]

‘yeah, so? I’m soft as **** as well. Like charming soft and 25 years older, so I would hope so. It doesn’t change the fact that this team has zero fortitude whatsoever. They have failed to show up forever when it matters.

Except the 19 games they won to make the NCAAS, right? Guess you missed the MSU and Indiana games?

 

[83Hawk]

Except the 19 games they won to make the NCAAS, right? Guess you missed the MSU and India games?

You must have missed the EIU, Wisconsin, and Northwestern games.

 

[Slim45]

Except the 19 games they won to make the NCAAS, right? Guess you missed the MSU and India games?

now do the 14 games they lost.

 

[Bulldogs1974]

Honestly, if Bowen stays I’m really excited about him and Dix. I think they are both good defenders and compliment eachother. Very excited about that combo.

Agree but Perkins is taking someone’s minutes. He has a union card. I see the likelihood of Bowen staying at 10%.

 

[Steamboat529529]

Except the 19 games they won to make the NCAAS, right? Guess you missed the MSU and India games?

March matters. That’s it.

 

[Slim45]

Agree but Perkins is taking someone’s minutes. He has a union card. I see the likelihood of Bowen staying at 10%.

Man, if Ulis stays and Bowen leaves…id be left speechless!

 

[jonesy5960]

Agree but Perkins is taking someone’s minutes. He has a union card. I see the likelihood of Bowen staying at 10%.

No reason for Bowen to leave right now. He'll just be a sophomore next year and he wasn't good this year. Where else is he going to go and have a good chance of starting without significant improvement in his play anyway? It wouldn't take a ton of improvement to unseat Ulis at Iowa.

 

[Millerlikehawks]

Auburns team could probably play on some D1 football teams. They are grown dudes. Our guys need 4 years to grow from boys to men. Wish we could recruit out of that full grown man bucket some of these teams do.

 

[iahawkeyes17]

Agree but Perkins is taking someone’s minutes. He has a union card. I see the likelihood of Bowen staying at 10%.

Disappointing thing about Perkins tonight and last 2 losses is he played very lackadaisical D but even more so got beat out on so many of the those 50/50 hustle plays. Just too inconsistent on both ends.

 

[jonesy5960]

Man, if Ulis stays and Bowen leaves…id be left speechless!

Why wouldn't Ulylis stay? How many other P5 schools would use him as the starting point guard?

 

[kwik44]

Don't expect to stack a bunch of bowen types on a Fran team. More uninspiring length and slowness is on the way.

 

[QChawks]

worst backcourt of any power conference team

 

[Iafootballfan]

Incorrect.
rebraca, Ogundele, and CMac are guys I’d take with me in trench in Ukraine.

frans coaching style creates soft play, that’s the real issue

Cmac is not tough, he just acts tough because he can get away with it being the coaches son. Rebraca is the sole tough dude we have on the roster.

 

[Slim45]

Why wouldn't Ulylis stay? How many other P5 schools would use him as the starting point guard?

Well the logical reason would be the reigns being passed to Bowen and Ulis being told that. Do i expect it to happen, not a chance. Ulis has tenure and fran values that

 

[cleotishaywood]

You must have missed the EIU, Wisconsin, and Northwestern games.

Throw Nebraska in there too..

 

[DewHawk]

I’d leave Filip out of that observation

I agree and Sandfort and Perkins (but he melts down).

 

[jonesy5960]

Well the logical reason would be the reigns being passed to Bowen and Ulis being told that. Do i expect it to happen, not a chance. Ulis has tenure and fran values that

Why would he do that if Bowen hasn't progressed? I'd hand the reigns to Dix before Bowen right now.

 

[skydog0784]

Man, if Ulis stays and Bowen leaves…id be left speechless!

If Bowen leaves, I'll be disappointed as I think he has potential.

If Ulis leaves, I'll be overjoyed.

 

[Daisy Mae]

Ulis = a blistering 0-4 shooting performance, which pathetically equalled his total number of assists at 0. Let me repeat. 0 assists from our starting PG. Another weak, unremarkable performance from Ulis. He does nothing! He brings nothing to the table.

Perkins = at least came up with 33% FG, of course he committed more fouls than actual made FGs. Saucy is so inconsistent, you just never know.

We're in trouble unless we bring help in the backcourt next year. Almost as big of a need as a starting 5.

Correction…….our back court “was” pathetic. This season is over.

 

[DewHawk]

Man, if Ulis stays and Bowen leaves…id be left speechless!

well, you might want to start working on your sign language

 

[Bulldogs1974]

No reason for Bowen to leave right now. He'll just be a sophomore next year and he wasn't good this year. Where else is he going to go and have a good chance of starting without significant improvement in his play anyway? It wouldn't take a ton of improvement to unseat Ulis at Iowa.

Every other coach would have played him 2-10 minutes a game getting him some experience. Why do you think he played against tcu and auburn (athletic teams) but wasn’t trusted in the big ten?

 

[Bulldogs1974]

Cmac is not tough, he just acts tough because he can get away with it being the coaches son. Rebraca is the sole tough dude we have on the roster.

100%. He’s had this his entire life.

 

[Bulldogs1974]

Why wouldn't Ulylis stay? How many other P5 schools would use him as the starting point guard?

He would drop to a lower level for pt. He could pick a midmajor that will make the tournament when Iowa won’t.