Posted this in the game thread but I felt it deserved its own post.
I theorize that Dom Nelson takes this Iowa State team from a top 20 team with most likely a Sweet 16 peak to a legitimate national title contender. He is the most important bench player for any national title contender. And somehow, someway, he has single handidly taking this teams offensive efficiency through the roof.
After reading these facts, please try to make a counter argument.
Tonight, Iowa State scores 8 points in 8 minutes. Dom comes in, goes bull in a china shop, turnover, bad free thrown shooting and he goes out. 5 minutes of playing time. Iowa State on pace for a 40 point night. Enter Dom Nelson. After he enters, scores at a 78 point pace.
Mississippi State. 67 point game pace. Enter Dom Nelson. 101 point pace the rest of the way.
Creighton? Start the game at a 20 point pace. Enter DOM Nelson. 84 point pace the rest of the way.
Syracuse? Start the game at a 30 point pace. Enter DOM Nelson! Dom comes in for 3 minutes and the team scores 8 points, a 107 point pace. Next 7 minutes team scores at an 80 point pace. Re-Enter DOM Nelson!! Rest of the game is a 112 point pace. Gambling was very similar to those with a 115 point pace after Dom's seconds insertion into the game.
Iowa? 44 point pace before Dom, only plays 3 minutes. No cyclone points while Dom was in. 80 point pace the rest of the first half and the game. Poor coaching not to try the Dom Nelson effect a 2nd time.
Eastern Illinois? 64 point pace before Dom. 83 point pace after.
Purdue game Iowa State scores 16 points in twelve minutes. Enter DOM NELSON!!! Dom draws 2 fouls, commits one, has 2 turnovers and misses a shot and completely changes the momentum of the game. Dom only plays 9 minutes but before he enters, they are on pace for a 54 point game. From the moment he enters they are on a 93 point pace.
It's not every game, but the only games where this pattern doesn't hold, Iowa State hasn't struggled on offense at all. And there hasn't been a single time where the offense was struggling where the turning point was DOM FREAKING NELSON!!!! Entering the game. And these aren't minor improvements. They are massive improvements. Our offensive efficiency after DOM NELSON enters the game must be through the ******* roof. Can any CF staffer por through the data and give us complete stats on offensive efficiency bere Dom enters and after?
And it's not like he is generating all this offense. A lot of these games he barely plays. He just changes the vibe. If Tamin, Jefferson and Milan were replaced by decent Big 12 players and Dom was the main scoring threat, he would average 17 points a game on 20 shots, 6 boards, 1.5 assist and 4.7 turnovers a game and the team is on the outside looking in.
The Achilles Heel of all these good TJ teams has been offensive funks. It is what has limited TJ to having Top 15 teams to.having a Top 3 team. We all assumed the missing piece was more reliable offensive consistency. Maybe a Tyrus McGee or Donovan Jackson off the bench or a Georges Niang or Marcus Fizer who you could go to any time and know they would deliver. Turns out that missing piece is Dom Nelson, a senior transfer who plays sparingly and has middling stats, who just might be the most important bench piece on a Final 4 team
Vinnie Johnson was called The Microwave because he could come off the bench and heat up an offense quickly by scoring in bunches. That's not Dom. From now on, for me, Dom Nelson shall be known as "The Defibrillator". I need an NIL shirt of Dom using a defibrillator on Cy and I need it yesterday.
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