Someone Explain Why Ulis Gets More Minutes Than Bowen?

[Buffalo43]

Ulis better ball handler correct me if I am wrong but i think you need that aspect for your point guard

 

[sbhawk64]

Unlike Ferentz, Fran is not one to play guys based on the union card (other than his sons). So what exactly has Ulis done in 3 years at Iowa to deserve to be a starting point guard and play ahead of a talent like Bowen?

Aside from Bowen clearly winning the eye test, their stats make it clear that Ulis has no business getting the majority of the playing time:

Bowen: Mins 12 pg; PPG 6; FG% 56%; 3pt 33%; Assists 1.6; Steals .4
A Ulis: Mins 24 pg; PPG 6; FG% 41%; 3pt 29%; Assists 2.8; Steals .5

It's like when Fran was playing a young Connor over CJ Frederick or Isaiah Moss back in the day. Clearly Bowen earned more minutes. It's time to make the switch and let Ulis work on his layups.

Bowen is a better scorer but ulis is better pg with the ball. Now you know

 

[The Deplorable Sleeping Dog]

Bowen plays pretty out of control. Silly turnovers. He's got some work to do before starting, but the upside looks pretty high.

It would be nice to see Ahron's Assist/TO ratio improve in both parts. The guard rotations seem kind of erratic so I am not sure any guard but Tony feels comfortable on the floor.

 

[Slim45]

Bowen needed more minutes at the beginning of the year to get acclimated. Fran not giving him enough minutes then, will hurt us down the stretch. Ulis doesn’t provide much of anything besides defense and ball control. And those 2 are pretty much our only options at the 1. Perkins also isn’t the answer there.