And those of us who predicted a bubble team are correct. The difference is being a glass half full person vs a glass half empty person.
You say realist, I say pessimist. Most bracketologist have Iowa solidly in the field with the average seed as an 8. 7 or 10 would be my preference but beggars blah blah blah
Yea, Ulis went up and scored on 6 7” battle who had measured and timed his block, that’s an impressive finish at rim, probably shoulda been and AndOne for AHron
But we have shooters….
I know, it’s a bit simplistic how I put it. what I was meaning to say was that last year we mostly had a collection of great shooters but were largely not a threat (outside Joe W), who could also take a guy off the dribble. This year is MUCH better in that regard, but now we have 3 guards - Ulis, Perkins, and Toussaint who arent major threats to shoot at this point, so teams sag off them and clog the lanes. It’s a big reason why Keegan and Kris have been so good, they can do both. Patrick can as well, but a bit more streaky from outside.
I agree to an extent but part of it is that we aren't playing the shooters we do have many minutes. (Kris and Sandfort specifically.) Instead, we're starting Perkins and JBo at the guards despite their lack of outside shooting and we're playing CMac big minutes when he's healthy despite complete lack of outside shooting from him. Keegan and PMac do both but get most of their points from slashing to the hoop.
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Kris should start and play Keegan type minutes unless fouls become an issue. He's our second best player by stats and by the eye test most of the time. Argument could be made for PMac as he's really come in in the last several games. But Keegan, Kris, PMac are the core of who should start and get big minutes.
Its not that I totally disagree, but if you’re bumping Kris up 12 minutes/game from 18 > 30, those minutes are being taken from somewhere else. main one I disagree with is Payton, buts as much as I don’t know where you find those additional minutes come from.
sag off. They sag off cmac, there is no real difference in how the defense plays the other three, including jbo. Some see a guy running off screens and someone chasing them and think see, they're really paying attention to jbo, when they are just playing man defense. Nothing more, nothing less.
But watch how teams chase players. If you worry about a guy attack the basket coming off a screen, you’re likely to go under a screen to cut off the line. If you’re worried about a shooter, you’ll try to fight thru the screen to give him less space.
You are correct. I bet Rebraca who has an extra year if he wants stays. Plus with Keegan 99.99% chance of going pro Fran would be wise to hit portal for a veteran big man. I think Rebraca would be a lot better served at the 4 instead of the 5. Same with Kris. Have Dix and Bowen and we have Connor, JBo and Ash as Seniors.
Yeah we need Josh O or Mulvey to step up next year. Like I said would benefit kris and rebraca alot. It looks like it could be a down year losing Keegan but you never know. Just takes getting one guy in the portal. Iowa fans can say what they want but look what Brockington has done for ISU. They are going to be a tourney team and without him would be a .500 or below. Maybe Fran can convince someone to come to Iowa to be the go to guy, not holding my breath on that, but you never know.
Sure but Sandfort isn't a two.... I want Keagan Kris & Patrick on the floor 28+ mins per game each. I think Uhlis, Joe T and Perkins have potential, but aren't quite there yet. Need a post player who can rebound and play some D to compliment Rebracca. Need a scorer at the off guard. Too many holes this year, but in all honesty this team has exceeded my expectations.
Nope. Fran benched Joe and gave his PG spot to Jbo. Taylor said the same after the game I believe.
I just hope come Thursday we see either JoeT or Ulis starting instead of Perkins. Especially with their guards being the strength of their team. Because I know Fran won't bench his other son Jbo, but we don't need him at PG anymore.
Maybe. I honestly don't see many changes going forward with Fran's reticence to change starting lineups in the first place. IMO this change at PG had less to do with Joe and more to do with seeing if Jbo could break out of his season long slump. I think this thing is pretty much baked with Joe not getting any starts going forward. Fran has Jbo penciled in at PG now and Joe really isn't a 2 so his hours are going to be limited going forward. Maybe flip Perkins and Ulis. I really don't have much of an idea what he does there.
You have your opinion. I have mine. IMO this was all about getting JBo more opportunities with the ball in his hands.
Huh. I'd call it realistic and completely logical based upon how the year has gone. Up to this point it's been Joe and Ulis splitting the point. Jbo hasn't been productive at the 2, so instead of cutting his minutes a decision was made by Fran to move Jbo back to the point to see if it helped his game. It certainly wasn't done to see what Joe and Ulis could do at the 2. They are both pure point guards. What's nefarious about it exactly?
Joe is dribbling too much...? What does he think about patrick? A conduit for information can still spread bad information that someone wants out there.
Seems pretty clear to me that Sandfort is a guard. Listed as such on a lot of sites and position-wise, he's playing on the perimeter taking outside shots mainly. He's taken 90 FG attempts and 61 of them are three pointers...
