*** Official Kansas City VS IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

[bosco]

Not well known given your horrible definition of Hoiball and allusion to its defense bring inferior.

We’d be lucky to have Hoiball defense right now.

CW has remarked about how little attention was paid to defense during Fred's tenure.

 

[HFCS]

Never.In.Doubt.

FLAWLESS VICTORY!

 

[Doc]

After all that, we pretty much ended up at what KenPom predicted (81-61).

 

[CloneGuy8]

I hate to read into things, but the walks-ons coming in and not Lewis speaks volumes.

 

[alarson]

I bet this thread was a **** show tonight.

our guys can’t hit in Hilton!

Take the win and be happy. Or at least not angry.

A win is a win, but man are there some worrying signs when you're struggling to put away a team that sits around #250.

 

[CloneGuy8]

Also, great finish

 

[LindenCy]

At least the final score will look good.

 

[GlenEllynClone]

This lineup - Haliburton, Jackson, Conditt, Bolton, and Nixon should start. Not a big Nixon fan, but he plays good D.

 

[iowastatefan1929]

anyone know a good therapist?

 

[FinalFourCy]

I bet this thread was a **** show tonight.

our guys can’t hit in Hilton!

Take the win and be happy. Or at least not angry.

I hope this team is one in which it’s worth having strong reactions to the games. 2017-18 got really quiet by February and March

 

[Doc]

He needs a bench coach, like Fred had his first year. An X's and O's guy.

Prohm has someone similar in Hobbs who has about 30 years of coaching experience and was head coach at Alabama when Prohm was a manager.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Wasn't pretty but a win is a win.

 

[cyclonedave25]

anyone know a good therapist?

Beer.

 

[stormchaser2014]

So what's the status of the basketball program?

 

[LanningIsBakersDaddy]

Ahhh yes, the team looks a little better when they make shots....

 

[madguy30]

Yeah, when i think "hoiball" offensively i'm thinking more about the spacing and ball movement than the types of shots we were taking, which was evident even when we didnt really have the horses to win in year 1. It wasn't just about being a team that chucks up shots

Interestingly 'hero ball' was thrown out there during Hoiball and Deandre Kane wasn't known for switching the ball side to side. The 'spacing' with Royce White was give it to Royce, and get out of the way.

Who knows what this team will do.

Could win both but I can also seem them getting buried too.

 

[Cat Stevens]

I hope this team is one in which it’s worth having strong reactions to the games. 2017-18 got really quite by February and March

But everyone on here knows the season is already over. So why punish yourselves?

and, again to paraphrase Johnny talking about Stanley Reynolds, if you aren’t on duke’s staff next season, it will be a crime.

 

[kentkel]

Defense-wise, we have a few REALLY good defenders. However, we need our entire team to play defense. For as much as we heard about Zion in the pre-season, I am probably the most disappointed in his play. If he was a Tyrus or Naz type of shooter, you could overlook some of his head-scratching defensive lapses. I haven't given up on the young man, but he has to bring a MUCH better defensive effort - especially when he isn't hitting shots. For as confident as I was about a win vs Iowa during the pre-season, that confidence level has dropped quite a bit.

 

[bosco]

So what's the status of the basketball program?

There is talent but currently confusion on how to use said talent.

 

[FinalFourCy]

CW has remarked about how little attention was paid to defense during Fred's tenure.

Right, yet it was on average as good as any we’ve had over the last 15+ years. To portray it as inferior is wishful thinking.