I was at the game yes. Agree to disagree. I was just happy he came in and knocked down that first shot
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I was at the game yes. Agree to disagree. I was just happy he came in and knocked down that first shot
I saw a lot of defensive issues last night, except on the Iowa side. I trust SP’s judgement on talent. Just not in shooters. I believe we have had one night of good shooting. One night out of 10 games. Let that sink in.
Is 2019-20 Terrence Lewis better than 2019-20 Jackson and Grill? Maybe.
will playing Lewis more help ISU win games? No
happy he made some shots but i don’t see how him, Jackson, or Grill are going to make enough of an impact in conference play for ISU reach the goal of NCAA tournament this season
He had a steal and a weak side block. His defense was no more terrible than anyone else's. Bolton can't play D to save his life.
The 3pt shooting has been beyond awful. If you take out the Alabama game, ISU is 57 of 217 on the year from 3 (26%) with only Halliburton shooting above 30%. It’s only going to get tougher in the Big 12. I cringe thinking about Baylor’s zone and us hoisting 40 3’s in that game and making maybe 6 or 7.
He was the worst on defense by far last night. He had no idea what he was doing
Every team is going to play zone against us once they watch that film.
No one had any idea what they were doing. You talk like we are jeopardizing our amazing defense by having him on the court. Our guys can't stay in front of Connor fn McCaffrey for the love of crap.
Last night? He's been playing like this all season. His defense was abysmal the entire year last year also.
That's not much worse than barely having an idea what you're doing like everyone else. If he can shoot, play him. Prohm has to do that right now because he's got a team with one shooter on it.
The whole "Lewis can't play defense" thing is stupid. No one's played defense at ISU for like 6 years. Then, last year, as soon as he comes in and really seems to get into the flow of things, he just stops seeing the court. He's one of few guys that can shoot. He needs to be playing a few minutes.
But he’s a senior so you’re not allowed to mess with his minutes or starting position.
Possibly, I honestly have no idea. Ive never seen a player regress this bad this late in his career. He was bad on defense last year but this year he's just lost in every aspect of the game.
Winning cures all. Hopefully we can get on a winning streak going forward and forget last night ever happened.
Nixon is an excellent defender.
I dont think Lewis is the answer to our problems, nor do I think he should be starting. I do find it comical though if thats the reason he cant get minutes. Plenty of players have been horrendous on defense the last few years but Prohm has no issues playing them. I also find it comical that Griffin, Grill, and Jackson are getting minutes over him.
A winning streak is out of the question once Big 12 starts. They just don't have any consistency to beat Power 6 teams on a nightly basis. Im just hoping they can piece together enough to get to 9 wins in the conference.
What's obvious is that Lewis, unlike many of the posters here, hasn't given up on himself. I agree his defense was not good, but he played hard and, given the circumstances, I was proud of that. A player of his caliber (coming out of high school, anyway) who has been relegated to an afterthought could have easily phoned it in, or transferred. Lewis has done neither, by all accounts kept working hard, and has earned at least a chance to prove himself.
Iowa couldn't miss for the first 10 minutes, and we couldn't hit sand if we fell off a camel. Falling behind by 14 points in the first 6-7 minutes isn't a recipe for winning basketball.
Iowa outscored us by 14 points at the free throw line. The final margin was 16. And they were on the road. Let that sink in.
Iowa outscored us by 14 points at the free throw line. The final margin was 16. And they were on the road. Let that sink in.
