I wondered about that as well. UNC did lose to Texas by 2, but has beaten Stanford, UNLV, and Charleston.
UNC played as good as they’re capable
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I think mentally that 16-0 run or whatever it was did them in. I think they knew they were beaten at that point. Just my opinion
That was not even close to as good as UNC can play. They will be so much better by the end of the season.
UNC has trouble shooting the ball from the outside, they had trouble again tonite. They pound the glass, they beat us on rebounds tonite. I don't think this game was their ceiling but it certainly wasn't the Hawks best game either.
This team is built that way if Garza is somewhat held in check. I think Jordan Bohannon in particular has taken 10 times (?) as many 3's in his career as 2 point shots. That's where he's most likely to be open, and he's good at it, so why not. The same applies to CJ & to a lesser extent Weiskamp.
If Garza is rolling, we won't take that many 3's, unless they are garbage time bench player scenarios, IMO. But we absolutely have the shooters to confidently take that approach, again, IMO.
Fair enough - but with Garza inside they will get plenty of open looks and they are good shooters. Do you think 40% and above for Bohannon, Frederick, and Weiskamp is out of the question when open?
I also feel like Iowa beat them "straight up." Iowa won by playing a solid but not spectacular game. In the past, when Iowa has beaten really good teams, it seems like it was because they overachieved with a superior effort. This looked like a BAU game.
About as often as Garza’s going to score 16.
If the opponent spends too much time in the lane around Garza and allows 40 attempts? Frequently.
Iowa has the best collection of shooters in the country.
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Agree with the first part, the 2nd not so much. We have had some good individual long range shooters, but not the volume we currently have.
I expect to see allot of similar shooting performances this year.
Garza didn't even make a 3 and I'll bet he'll shoot above %40 on the year.
That wasn't a well constructed paragraph by me.
"Frequently" was the answer to how often I expect to make 17 threes.
I would like Iowa to have an abundance of bigs like UNC. They will be very tough in the tourney.
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I'm guessing they will beat or come close to that number often if teams double Garza. The percentage was only 42.5% so it's not like they were hitting everything they threw up. That's what UNC game them and Iowa responded with 17 threes.
Agreed.. I would rather watch an Iowa team with less 'talent' but gamier because of experience versus a talented youthful team. We have got to watch one of the greatest shooters in Hawk history for over 4 years now. I would hat to watch 1 and done all the time.
Yeah, that's what I meant. It seemed every time Luka got the ball and attempted a shot, he had at least two guys swatting at him. Obviously, like you said, that was more help defense than double teaming.
We didn't need to make 17 - only 13. And that would put us at around 33%, which is way below what we will shoot.
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