Maybe the Cyclones.com? I had other commitments and just caught the post game on the radio on the drive home.
*** Official Grambling State vs #16 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***
- Thread starter CycloneRulzzz
- Start date
Meh. They're rim running bigs. I know it's probably too early to say this, but I'm liking them better than Jackson and Chatfield already.
After watching the entire game live and knowing the box score, but then reading through this entire thread after the fact, the first dozen pages of Buchanan hate is wild and hilarious.
I thought Buchanan had some great passes last night. Very underrated passer. This team is talented, but they are still trying to figure it out. This would have been a good year to have a cakewalk non-con to boost confidence and get the younger guys minutes, but this year's non-con is tough. I think we need to push to get the younger guys some minutes before conference play so they can develop quicker.
Cyclonepride
Thought Police
Watching the replay this morning and man, we do not seem like a fun team to play against. Everything looks difficult. Good to see Batemon and Buchanon looking more comfortable too.
The 3 bigs have different skill sets. I thought Mulder played well last night. He seems bouncy, very athletic. I think who of the 3 gets more minutes will be situational.
Mulder plays extremely hard, I think TJ will continue to play all 3 bigs. Minutes each game may change based on performance or matchup.
I also think Grambling was a good test. They were really physical, not typical for one of the low-major opponents. It was good to get hacked, bumped and pushed.
I was a little worried about Tamin out there, but he looks 100% healthy.
I was a little worried about Tamin out there, but he looks 100% healthy.
Jefferson had a quiet 20 last night. Watching these first 2 games live, it always feels like Tamin and Jefferson can both just take it to another level when needed.
They reminded me of Nebraska Omaha last year, just not quite as good defensively.
Certainly not a pushover and not there to collect a check.
Based on Foul issues.
You may end up being right. It will be interesting to see as TJ tightens up the rotations. One thing that stands out with limited stats is Mulder rebounding at a high rate which will continue to get him minutes.
Not a talented roster at all top to bottom but they had a couple of guys that could be playing P5 ball. They also were very old. It was a solid test in which we won by 40.
Also, our freshman guards were in the shorts full court and made life hell for them. That is going to be fun to watch this year.
Not sure if this is due to Tamin being healthier (finger issue healed), but he looks like he took another step as far as facilitating the offense.
Uh yeah I still do not believe this is a good 3 point shooting team. Shooting well in 2 scrub games in Hilton does not change my stance on that. I firmly believe we will have some MAJOR shooting clunkers in Big 12 play. The type that will lose us games.
I hope so!
The European scout on him last year was that his ceiling this season would be a 6 - 12mpg game. Seems about right so far.
So we cant believe that this is a good 3 pt shooting team because of 2 bye games, but we can deduce that they will be a bad 3 pt shooting team and lose some games, because of 2 bye games?
Just wanting to make sure I understand this correctly
Toure and Bateman both look fantastic as true freshmen. I could not be more excited about those two.
Buchanon and Mulder are FASTER than Jackson and Chatfield, though not as beefy. Speed probably better to recover on the PnR, and won't tire as fast probably.
Gonna be pretty good most nights, but they're still erratic offensively. It's like they play so hard and fast on defense, they can't relax on offense, and it ends up looking like they are playing too fast and out of control a bit. Settle for 3s a LOT. Gonna be nights when they can't hit anything and lose.
It's two blowout buy games, but I am more optimistic now than I was 2 weeks ago.
Buchanon and Mulder are FASTER than Jackson and Chatfield, though not as beefy. Speed probably better to recover on the PnR, and won't tire as fast probably.
Gonna be pretty good most nights, but they're still erratic offensively. It's like they play so hard and fast on defense, they can't relax on offense, and it ends up looking like they are playing too fast and out of control a bit. Settle for 3s a LOT. Gonna be nights when they can't hit anything and lose.
It's two blowout buy games, but I am more optimistic now than I was 2 weeks ago.
