We would have had 113 if we can make those non defended shots from the foul line...
*** Official Grambling State vs #16 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***
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And I also know you are all smart enough to know that when I posted that we were shooting 29% from 3, and then in garbage time in the last 5 minutes we went 5 for 7.
I think you are way off base on Jefferson. TJ has talked about how underrated and important he is on defense. I think most fans get hung up on 1on1 defense. Jefferson is not elite ther, but he does know where he is supposed to be, gets his hands on the ball and is elite in the team defense. Buchanan, Mulder and Pleta will improve with that as well. Every big man playing for TJ has struggled with the team defense concepts early on but 5 or 10 games in, they are far better. Those 3 are well ahead of Jackson and Chatfield at the start of last year.
The fact is, TJs defenses have continuously improved during every season. This one is not the worst one to start a season by a long shot.
Thru these 2 games it seems like our guys are playing some really unselfish basketball.
But we had at least two putbacks off of missed FTs, so we actually scored more because we missed those FTs.
I think they are all smart enough to know that you have a reputation for wildly overreacting.
could this be the first year of the modern era that we don’t see a freshman transfer down? It’s only two games against low majors but really like this class. Mitchell looks like he can be a dude too if he has time to develop
I know a lot of earlier comps were being made for Toure but he "glides" like Shayok. Like the game doesn't look too fast for him.
If we get 4 years from Toure, he's going to be another all timer at PG. What a string from Monte to Tyrese to Tamin to Toure
I thought it looked like there was a snippet of 'growing up' for a few guys.
Buchanan had 9 rebounds, 8 points, 4 blocks and 2 assists in 21 minutes. I'm not sure what people expected out of him but that's not a bad game. If you thought he was going to be a primary scorer I don't think you were paying attention. He's averaged 4 points a game for his career. I get that was at Virginia but still, he was brought in for defense and rebounding and he did a good job of that tonight.
PGU
I remember the stat of ISU having an NBA player on their roster every year for a long time but maybe Prohm killed it or maybe not. He had NBA dudes too.
10 minutes in it was 16-16. I didn't have 102 points on the bingo card I was playing at that point of the game.
If 11 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals and 33% from three in 21 minutes is an off night for Milan is an off night, we are in great shape. Extend.that out to his average minutes and you've got 15 pts, 7 boards, 4 assists and 3 steals. Based on minutes played, that's a hell of a stat stuffing night for him.
A backcourt lineup of Lipsey, Toure and Batemon is going to terrify any offense in the country. And Nelson and Heise are no slouches at all.
We all know what Jefferson and Milan are.
Buchanon, Pleta and Mulder are a nice threale headed monster at the five. We may legitimately see a 10 man rotation this yeah. It might be 8 man but I think it'll be more matchup based. I think there will be some nights when Mulder, Pleta, Batemon and Nelson only get a handful of minutes. Not because the don't deserve to play, but matchups and the hot hand may dictate that.
Lipsey has been amazing, but we honestly don't look that awful when he is not on the court.
Fun 2 games.
Things get real Monday night.
Things get real Monday night.
