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First analytics site (besides Torvik who updates all off-season) I've seen that's came out with their pre-season rankings. Iowa starting at #30 overall, they're the 6th highest in the Big Ten.
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I think the Hawks have a chance to beat that #9 rating.
In the last few years, they had a star - Garza and the Murray's. I imagine that there was a fair amount of deferring to the star on the floor. Shouldn't be any of that this year.
Also in the last few years, Iowa had some guys on the court that were not "complete" players, namely JBo, CMac and Ulis. I think there is a good chance the Hawks will have 5 guys on the floor most of the time that have more of a complete skill set. Not stars, but maybe fewer big gaps in skill set.
Rebounding should improve. Defense? IDK - fingers crossed.
Shooting? Same as always - sometimes good, sometimes not so good.
Last year the Hawks were 24-5 when shooting +40% from the floor. 19-2 when shooting 44.4% or better.
They were 21-4 when shooting +30% from 3.
I'm ready to see this team in action.
In the last few years, they had a star - Garza and the Murray's. I imagine that there was a fair amount of deferring to the star on the floor. Shouldn't be any of that this year.
Also in the last few years, Iowa had some guys on the court that were not "complete" players, namely JBo, CMac and Ulis. I think there is a good chance the Hawks will have 5 guys on the floor most of the time that have more of a complete skill set. Not stars, but maybe fewer big gaps in skill set.
Rebounding should improve. Defense? IDK - fingers crossed.
Shooting? Same as always - sometimes good, sometimes not so good.
Last year the Hawks were 24-5 when shooting +40% from the floor. 19-2 when shooting 44.4% or better.
They were 21-4 when shooting +30% from 3.
I'm ready to see this team in action.
Iowa's starting lineup should hopefully be a really good 3 point shooting group:
Perkins 33%
Dix 40%
Patrick 34%
Payton 34%
And Payton's shooting percentage will hopefully be better this season as he had that massive slump at the start of last year. I've been pleasantly surprised in my rewatch of last year just how often TP hit 3s when he had defenders sag on him. If he can maintain that and be someone that defenses have to at least respect, that will help a ton with spacing. And of course the X factor here will be Krikke--he didn't shoot a great percentage last season (27%) but it sounds like this has been a point of emphasis this offseason for him. Would be fun if he and Tony could have a pick n pop game with 3 other lethal shooters to kick to if the defense starts to switch/help.
Agree, The thing about Krikke, or whoever if playing the 5, is that they don't have to rotate up to the top of the key. Stay around the paint where someone will have to guard him.
Payton was 59/172 last year from 3 for .343%. Take out the 0-19 stretch and he was .386%
Edit - my above stats were 2021/22. The Hawks were 18-2 when shooting 3's better than 30% in 2022/23
Michigan, wow, just wow. Could not be happier to see that coach take that team down the tubes
1 thing that Fran and company have earned is respect. Every year we are projected in the lower half of the conference and Fran has usually put us in the top half. We will be better than the 9th spot, I'll give that to Fran.
I think PG play will determine whether the Hawks exceed expectations by much. We are deep and experienced at the rest of the positions, although they haven't played together a lot. The overseas trip and extra practice time should help. I think the freshman class will contribute more than any recent class.
Power rankings or the end of the season?
I really don't know anything about the B1G teams for 23/24. They change so fast.
jNW lost Audige but added a good transfer in from Princeton. I think they definitely punched above their weight class last season. Tough to tell.
Wisconsin added a sophomore guard from St. John's who looks like he can score. And they return a lot of guys from last season.
I'd say Iowa probably ahead of jNW but not Wisconsin.
Yeah I think Northwestern is going to take a step back this year--I think losing Audige is going to really hurt them.
Here's what I have it as now that we are a month away from the start of the season:
Championship contenders: Purdue & Michigan St.
Solid Tournament teams: Ohio St, Wisconsin, Maryland, Illinois
Bubbly teams: Iowa, Indiana, Northwestern, Rutgers
Teams that could surprise, but likely bad: Nebraska, Michigan, Penn St.
Dumpster: Minnesota
I do think that the most likely outcome is that teams 3-10 are a giant cluster again and the double bye is most likely to come down to tiebreakers. You could put those 3-10 teams in any order and I probably wouldn't question you at this point. I feel really confident in those top 2 and feel decently confident at the moment with the bottom 4--though I do think we could see 1 team in that 4th tier be a surprise.
I think this team will surprise some folks. Balance, depth, not reliant on the performance on one or two people and building some defense capability as well as rebounding.....don't get me wrong we are still going to push but I think we have a couple of rim protecters and a few guards that can stick their nose in there.
Purdue has to be #1.
What has Ohio State done to rate in the top half of the B10?
I am guessing that the Hawks finish 7th at the lowest….
What has Ohio State done to rate in the top half of the B10?
I am guessing that the Hawks finish 7th at the lowest….
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