Idk, even last year he was like 2-14 shooting and it still didn't stop him from running his mouth.
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Less. I’d guess 6 wins. Not only is there a coaching problem, there’s a talent problem and a culture problem.
This is gonna get way worse before it gets any better, especially with Covid.
Wow, it's bad when we are only 2.9 point favorites over KSU, they are awful this year.
CycloneErik
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Less. It was a chance at 8 with DePaul, depending how that went, or maybe it was 7.
However this season goes, barring the kind of turnaround that Prohm isn't really capable of, we're at the low point.
I know a lot of people are down on the team while and from the first two games the concern is valid. It may take bit but the talent on this team is higher than last year (especially after TH injury) and there is alot of new faces to integrate. Adding in the COVID offseaon limiting practice and injuries time I guess I sort of expected seeing the play being disjointed.
I am not defending last years cratering that shouldn't happen at ISU, but to the credit of the staff they didn't accept it and brought in a bunch of new pieces. Let's give the team time to jell and I believe they will be better and get some W we don't see right now later in the season.
I am not defending last years cratering that shouldn't happen at ISU, but to the credit of the staff they didn't accept it and brought in a bunch of new pieces. Let's give the team time to jell and I believe they will be better and get some W we don't see right now later in the season.
Not disagreeing. Most winnable games:
Chicago State
Jacksonville State
Kansas State
@ Kansas State
TCU
@ Mississippi State
@ TCU
next best chances
OU
@ OU
OSU
@ OSU
Win all 7 of those and we still only win 8 games total. Any other win would be of the upset variety.
CycloneErik
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Good point.
I think I gave us a shot at K-State at home but not on the road. I'm writing off all the road games.
Mississippi St. still has Howland coaching, so I wrote that off.
All good points and probably true. Plus I think it’s safer to bet around 5-7 wins than 8+ also because we don’t even know how many of these games will even get play. We could easily end up only playing 13-20 games.
The key isn’t how you guard Garza, it’s how you attack him on offense. Have to go at him and get him in foul trouble. Sad thing is that I don’t think Prohm has that tactic in his repertoire.
To be fair, I’m not sure we have the horses in the post to attack him. Solomon best moves are square up baseline jumper and the jump hook. He isn’t going to get Garza in trouble off the bounce.
I really think it’s using Johnson and Coleman lands to be the instigators in the plan. Going super small might be another option to pull Garza out but I won’t be shocked if Iowa plays strictly zone against us. I know that’s what I would do. In that case were ****** barring some eruption from 3 that I don’t see happening.
This is a case where once Foster is healthy/playing his skill set would cause Garza issues. His ablity to strech out to 3pt line would force Garza outside of the paint and move laterally leading to fouls etc. Not his or Prohms fault that Xavier at 18 isn't ready by game 3 to provide that threat. Solomon and George can do some good things but unfortuantely it plays into Luka's skill set.
I'm certainly not predicting road wins over TT, KU, BU, WVU, but sometimes teams like this year's version of the Cyclones perform better on the road than at home.
I may have totally missed this, but is there anything signaling that Foster is injured?
It was reported that he had to sit out the practices leading up to game 1 due to injuries.
He was riding an exercise bike during the first game and the announcers mentioned illness and injury I think
Agree that getting Garza in foul trouble would be good.
But the key to guarding Garza is putting pressure on the ballhandler so that the entry pass is contested. To beat Iowa our guards/wings are going to have to play intense on-ball defense.
i don’t think we have the guys for it.
He'll figure it out in time to give one hell of a post game quote im sure. Then he'll forget it by the time Garzas clowning us again next year
