Tough day for EIU hoops hopes
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Thing is they won't have to because they will be in the zone all night. I think we will struggle to get past Iowa, just because we have to hit a 3 or 2 to get them out of the zone. Something Tech couldn't do to save their life.
Based off their athletes I would guess the middle of the zone is pretty soft. Just need to attack it
Yeah, the middle is soft, but also has Garza in the lane. I love Bolton's ability to finish, but I have yet to see an easy bucket off a pass from him driving the lane. Best look is probably a high low with Jacobson and Young or Young and Conditt.
Whoever has joblow guarding them needs to drive. He is too slow and Garza would need to bust the cement blocks off his feet to contest it. Spread people to stretch the zone and joblow comes to guard a guy just have them blow by him and go for a layup. Hawks are one slow team.
Tech did a terrible job at attacking the zone, rather they just passed the ball from side to side and jacked up a poor shot because the shot clock told them to. The key against Iowa will be to get into the middle of the zone and make a good decision. Iowa baits you into there at times and will then play the passing lanes to the perimeter, so getting in there and knowing what to do after is the key. There were many times a Tech player would get around an Iowa defender and did not know what to do. Most of the time they would take a terrible floater or contested pull up jumper and those never seemed to work.
Getting Iowa out of the zone will be the key offensively because they cannot play man to man defense well at all. Hitting a couple of outside shots will be the difference maker in that zone and I'm sure Iowa is going to let us shoot it all night long.
Garza in the lane is one of the biggest reasons the middle of their zone is so soft. They don't have a rim protector
Connor was not the first guy involved in the Jacobsen offensive charging issue. He still got himself involved. Loose cannon,
Bolton impressed me in the Bahamas against top competition. He'll be a nice piece for the next couple years. Here's a nice dish to Solomon off a drive during the Alabama game..
"Also has Garza in the lane" is supposed to be a good thing?
I don't care what kind of shot blocker someone is, but a 7 footer who isn't afraid to give a little contact alters shots. Altered shots don't go in very often.
You don't have to hit three's to beat a soft zone... Find the middle of the zone and we should be in good shape. With their ability to knock down the jumper, Young and MJ could absolutely destroy that zone. IMO the key will be to not be too quick to fire the three. Work Iowa side to side and the lane will open up.
I've seen enough layup drills against Iowa over the last two seasons to disagree with you...
Michigan beats us and gets ranked, SDSU beats Iowa and is still unranked........
TT is ranked 11, loses to Iowa and falls out of the rankings......
I follow advanced statistics just fine, but you are trying to make a case that Moss is a more efficient ball handler than Connor by using "Turnover %" which is flawed in so many ways it's laughable. Did you know that Shaq has a lower career turnover % than Magic? Why would that be? Magic is one of the best pgs of all time. How could a guy that can barely dribble the ball have a better turnover rate than the best pg in the history of the game? If you can answer me that, then you have your answer as to why Connor is more efficient than Moss with the ball.
Michigan beat North Carolina who was #6 and Gonzaga who was #8 which is why they are ranked. TT lost to Iowa and Creighton after losing their best player halfway through the 2nd half of the Iowa game. He did not play against Creighton.
