*** Official IOWA STATE vs Villanova Game(Day) Thread ***

[Darius Bieber]

I hope playing Nova today reiterates the importance of finding pure shooters either through recruiting or in the portal for ISU. Nova was outmatched in every facet of the game but was on the verge of winning due to basically drilling threes.

 

[CloniesForLife]

Also I hope to never see a lineup like we had on the court when they started their run again. Can't remember the exact lineup but zero threat on offense. No Osun, Holmes or Gabe.

 

[thisISnextyear]

Yep. Wide out. Punt and kickoff returner.

Junior Season

Junior Season

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For those of you who haven’t seen this before. There’s a lot of great clips here but the run at the 3:00 mark. I think 8-9 of the defenders had some sort of contact with him on that run.

 

[CloniesForLife]

I hope playing Nova today reiterates the importance of finding pure shooters either through recruiting or in the portal for ISU. Nova was outmatched in every facet of the game but was on the verge of winning due to basically drilling threes.

I wouldn't have minded dialing back the help side defense and the trapping a little bit and played a little more straight up. Seems like it lead to quite a few open looks on cross court passes in the second half. But that's nit picky and the staff is way smarter than me.

 

[JP4CY]

I just love how some people expect every freshman to be an automatic stud right away. Just because some do it right away doesn't mean it applies to every freshman.

Naz looked terrible as a freshman.

 

[inCyteful]

Look. Bottom line is, when your offensive plan is to try to get guys open for 3s who shoot under 30%, then you have a bad offensive plan. We have other options this year. We have pick and roll game. We have inside game. We have cutters. Why do we need to do this pass around the perimeter looking for Gabe and Grill to chuck up a bunch of airballs. Please for the love of god let that not be the ******* plan again.

No ****, if TJ thinks he is just going to waltz in here and take us to another Sweet 16 and expect us to take it as a fan base, he is sorely mistaken.

 

[JM4CY]

Look. Bottom line is, when your offensive plan is to try to get guys open for 3s who shoot under 30%, then you have a bad offensive plan. We have other options this year. We have pick and roll game. We have inside game. We have cutters. Why do we need to do this pass around the perimeter looking for Gabe and Grill to chuck up a bunch of airballs. Please for the love of god let that not be the ******* plan again.

I would hold on to your nuts.

 

[JM4CY]

Naz looked terrible as a freshman.

I would of still let him have my babies

 

[alarson]

No ****, if TJ thinks he is just going to waltz in here and take us to another Sweet 16 and expect us to take it as a fan base, he is sorely mistaken.

Who wants to play on the second weekend anyway?

 

[Clone95]

I hope playing Nova today reiterates the importance of finding pure shooters either through recruiting or in the portal for ISU. Nova was outmatched in every facet of the game but was on the verge of winning due to basically drilling threes.

TJ’s looking for guys that play D and gel together quickly, which is way more important than just looking at 1 facet of the game. The results are there to prove it’s successful. You said it yourself, we outmatched Nova in almost every facet of the game and WON, by the way.

 

[madguy30]

Naz looked terrible as a freshman.

Remember 'Stome Hands' Ejim?

 

[Clone95]

I hope playing Nova today reiterates the importance of finding pure shooters either through recruiting or in the portal for ISU. Nova was outmatched in every facet of the game but was on the verge of winning due to basically drilling threes.

Would you rather have shot better from 3 but been outmatched in every other facet of the game?

 

[CoKane]

Wins a win! But boy, was that frustrating.

Thats what we refer to as a fun memory when May roles around

 

[CoKane]

Love that we won that game and still have a lot to clean up and improve on. A good game from us but not an A game so that's awesome there is room to grow.

Exactly. Basically everything that was a problem today can be coached as well

 

[Prone2Clone]

Really nice diversion today. Can I have a 2:30, maybe even 2:00, game every Thanksgiving?

 

[CycloneErik]

Naz looked terrible as a freshman.

I believe the phrase was "a turnover who walks like a man."

 

[singsing]

Watson may not play a big roll this season especially with King eligible at semester, but I'm excited to see him a couple years down the road.

 

[xboxfever]

Also I hope to never see a lineup like we had on the court when they started their run again. Can't remember the exact lineup but zero threat on offense. No Osun, Holmes or Gabe.

The lineup was Gabe, Grill, Jones, Lipsey, and Watson(?). Not a single scoring threat there. Yes, Gabe had a day, but he shot 19 times and 15 three pointers. He’s is not a good shooter, and 90% of the time he does that, it’s bad news for ISU. He was the one shooting the majority of those possessions. Not sure why Ward didn’t play much today either.

 

[NWICY]

Because then I’m not looking at 3pt percentage and still saying his playing bad. Lol

And joking aside. Chucking up 3s is basically a turnover because we rarely get the rebound and we lose a possession. So continuing to shoot when you don't have it is not valuing the basketball.

I'd suggest taking another look at our rebounding stats.

 

[NWICY]

I hope playing Nova today reiterates the importance of finding pure shooters either through recruiting or in the portal for ISU. Nova was outmatched in every facet of the game but was on the verge of winning due to basically drilling threes.

Only if they play defense.