Silver lining, the Arizona game doesn’t matter at all. One less thing to think about. Might not be a bad idea for TJ to experiment with lineups a bit more, get some rest for the high minutes guys.
*** Official #16 Texas Tech vs #4 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***
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Every ISU team ever.
He recruits. He’s rah-rah.
Where’s the actual in-game coaching? Does anybody have any evidence of in-game coaching beyond “try harder”?
And they just did things that this team doesn't. Attack the hoop, had an athletic rim protector and another big who could score in the paint and step out and hit a 3. It just had more pieces to work with. Tj has stretched this team as thin and to the max as he possibly can. Props to him for what he's done, honestly and truly, because the personnel is proving how limited it is down the stretch. Maybe the ceiling has lowered because Tamin has been quietly banged up. Maybe it's because Milan is being defended differently and returning to the mean. Whatever the case, TJ is like a pitcher in game 7 of the world series right now, and it's the bottom of the 9th, and after pitching a gem, the bases are suddenly loaded and his arm is shot. The curveball and slider are no longer options, all he's got left is his fastball and that's unfortunately not his strikeout pitch. It's gonna a lot to get this team to achieve what we all had once hoped. And that's OK. It's just another solid season of Iowa State basketball. Nothing special, but nothing wrong with it either.
demoncore1031
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TJ is a lot like Matt Campbell. Not quite as talented as other teams but has kids that fight hard and the teams probably win more games than they should (based on talent). There are things that both coaches do really well, and both refuse to fix the things that aren't working.
Schmidt = Mouser
Our defensive coach = Heacock
Bateman had a bad game along with others today but he has been playing a lot better offensively than Toure. He is a threat to score and Toure isn’t
Toure with 0 points hurts. Gotta make at least a few shots. Tech is one of those teams that can look like a national title contender when they’re locked in. Look no further than their wins against top 5
I’m not even trying to criticism him, he’s an incredible clone but between him and Toure having zero ability offensively is a huge problem. You can’t have two guards who’s ant score and then you toss in Heise who also can’t really score and it’s an issue.
I said the same thing. It isn't tolerated.
It does matter, you can go get a win on the road against a top 5 and it all but guarantees your 2 seed.
Need Toure for his defense, but who gets the most minutes between him and Batemon should be dependent on game script. Playing with the lead = Toure. Playing from behind= Batemon
Yeah everyone gets the matchup they want. It's just his philosophy. Listen, tj doesn't really worry about the other team, we do what we do and if it doesn't work then so be it. That's just how he is.
I didn't know it was a big secret that Greene is the x and o guy and recruiting/rah rah is what TJ does
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This team is soft.
Hope to see something better in a couple of weeks, but I’m not optimistic
I’ve said it’s not who you lose to it’s who you can beat, but playing like butt is frustrating.
Hope to see something better in a couple of weeks, but I’m not optimistic
I’ve said it’s not who you lose to it’s who you can beat, but playing like butt is frustrating.
You need a guard who can score and right now Toure isn’t that guy.
