Wow. We just flexed our potential!
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Defensive team got the Hawks back in the game ... pressure caused TOs and got opportunities. Fun to see.
All grit from our boys tonight. I was worried we couldn't keep up the intensity, but it seems like we ramped it up as the game progressed. Way impressive.
There was some hellish defense played tonight. Hellish.
I don't remember seeing defense that good since Fran has been here, ever. Hope we can keep it up, and if we do...watch out, we will surprise some people.
Josh isn't a good defensive player. Just big. Most likely will foul out against Ill. if he gets any minutes? Hopefully I'm wrong but....
Actually, Josh did a great job moving his feet and staying in front of his man, which is 90% of defense. He forced PU's big stars into some TOs and some ugly shots. IMHO, that's pretty damn good defense, especially for a kid who had never played a meaningful minute of basketball at Iowa until last night, and that came against what they say is the best damn team in the country.
He looked waayyyy better than I thought he would. If he looked that good against those legitimate PU bigs he's definitely ready for an increased work load. He had some nice tough rebounds in there..very impressed with his performance and can tell he's been making nice progress...
Like others have said. Very encouraging performance.
He looked much more in control of himself than before.
I was pretty happy with his patience on offense too.
The couple times he had the ball he made good composed decisions on when to hold it and when to go at the basket.
He looked much more in control of himself than before.
I was pretty happy with his patience on offense too.
The couple times he had the ball he made good composed decisions on when to hold it and when to go at the basket.
I love the improvement we have seen on defense from the Hawks this year. I really think the overall mindset of this team has changed from past McCaffery squads. The 3/4 court press is what allowed us to stay in the game last night. Pure and simple. It disrupted Purdue's flow and affected their half-court offense even when they broke it.
I have to admit that I was highly skeptical off how the Hawks could replace over 100 playing minutes per game from last years line-up. With newcomers Rebraca, Sandfort & Mulvey only accounting for about 40-minutes per, the bulk of those minutes have been filled by inexperienced returnees. And essentially EVERY one of them has stepped up and shown that they can play.
Good job guys!
I have to admit that I was highly skeptical off how the Hawks could replace over 100 playing minutes per game from last years line-up. With newcomers Rebraca, Sandfort & Mulvey only accounting for about 40-minutes per, the bulk of those minutes have been filled by inexperienced returnees. And essentially EVERY one of them has stepped up and shown that they can play.
Good job guys!
What would a defense 1st starting lineup and rotation be like?
The Iowa team needs to play against a real team. The defensive metrics so far against terrible teams are not good. The raw #'s have been decent for Iowa's D, but adjusted for the absolute horrific teams they have played so far it has them 80th in defense according to Pomeroy. Iowa will likely...iowa.forums.rivals.com
Great post....here it is with Josh. Wonderful production from him and he is only going to get better and better.
Against teams that want to post bigs Josh will be more valuable.
Against teams that want to play 5 out and set a lot of screens Philip will be valuable.
I still think Keegan and Kris is our best 4 and 5 combo.
He sure made Williams work his ass off to get anything. He consistently kept the All BIG player from getting to his spots. I call that pretty good defensive work.....
He didn't let Williams just bully him around the basket, which is what Williams wanted to do. He fouled 3 times in 16 minutes. That's just fine. If Iowa can get 15-20 decent minutes out of him against Coburn that would be fantastic.
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