They are not d1 pg level handles. His movements/dribbles are slower and higher. Nowhere near as tight as they need to be if you are guarded by the opposing pg.
Hate to break it to ya, Fran, but the defense has needed to be hella better ever since you started here about a decade & a half ago.
I think it was Fran’s second year where there was a noticeable string of games where they played pretty damn good defense. But then they gave up like 120 points at Oregon in the NIT
Ask Fran if he's going to bench someone for poor effort on defense.
Freeman is good defender vs most teams. At 6'10, he might have a problem vs some 7ft'es out there. He also tends to have foul trouble which limits is avaialbilty. I guess Dimbele can back him up, but Dimbeley struggles on understanding how to defend.
so don't get forced to the baseline. A good pg knows this. And it's not just when he drives baseline. He'll jump in the air to pass over someone at midcourt. Not ideal.
Someone mentioned earlier he was injured in the offseason & he's put on weight. He seems slower & looks to have less lift off the floor. Hopefully he works it out. Need an all out effort to improve team defense.
I agree with above. Freeman, Payton & Ladji each had 8 rebounds. Seems like a decent stat. But team gave up 10 offensive boards to Iowa's 5 offensive boards. Need to reverse this trend.
There was talk out of high school that he'd be a better version of Payton, which would be great. Still without better consistent guard play on both ends its another Fran type team.......
you see it in every game, he is not unique. At elite levels, things are done a little differently than hs.
So you're claiming Iowa guards are elite? lol. And this was against SOUTHERN! Not exactly UCONN now is it?
no, d1 college players are elite by comparison to hs.
Yup. I do think that Thelwell and Dix S/B the starting guards just based on what I saw last night. I didn't watch the previous games so not sure if they would provide the same opinion.
you really don't know what you're talking about or you had a sh!tty HS coach.
Would you tell a player not to pass while they are running? WTF is the difference.
The more you talk, the more you prove you know nothing. A wise man once said "it is better to be silent and thought of as a fool, than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt", Comprende that?
Disagree. Iowa 14-16 place in Big. Will not be surprised to see South Dakota beat them
Owen's response to a question was a lot better than his defense has been. Dembele seems to be the whipping boy, but he isn't the only one who is supposed to be guarding the basket.
