As of right now I think Shayock, Jackson, Jacobson, Young and Lewis are playing and the others are not. Babb just got added to the unavailable tonight list. If I hear otherwise I will post it in this thread.
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As of right now I think Shayock, Jackson, Jacobson, Young and Lewis are playing and the others are not. Babb just got added to the unavailable tonight list. If I hear otherwise I will post it in this thread.
Monte mentioned having to talk a little trash to get him going.
As someone mentioned previously, you could see flashes of his ability in the Big 12 Tourney when his shots were falling and confidence was up. He had a couple passes that made me take notice, where he drove underneath the hoop, drew the defense, and fired a one-handed bullet right on the money to an open shooter. He could draw a lot of fouls if he's in the right mindset.
Sorry if it has already been mentioned, but what is the reason Lard hasn't been playing, except 1 night maybe? I realize Brase, Long, and Beverly are rehabbing.
Not sure. Could be a number of things - i.e nagging injury, class, etc. He just showed up in Ankeny and is playing now. Didn't know he was coming until last minute.
Shayok looked about the same as he always does. Pretty good. I think we are going to wish we had more than one year with him. I liked Lard. He got more into the game the longer he played and was OK. He won't set the world on fire, but I don't think he'll suck either.
Young looked fine. Its hard for a big guy to get involved in the CCL, but he was engaged once he did. I continue to really like Lewis. He's just smooth out there and has a nose for the ball. He seems like an old school small forward---like he kind of reminds me of the way Jeff Grayer played. NOT that I think he is as good as Jeff Grayer. But he sort of looks like him out there. One thing that I love is that he follows the shot, he's kind of always in the middle of the play. I think he's going to be a good player.
Donavon was Donavon. Once he starts hitting shots, he hits about 5 in a row. I appreciate that he has shown up to all of the CCL games. Jacobson looked fine.
Babb was the only one that has played that didn't show up. I'd recommend going to games in Ankeny. It seems more likely that the Iowa State players will show up there and the bleachers aren't nearly as uncomfortable as those at Valley Southwoods.
Also, I have a question for Thompson or someone else that follows the players closer than I do. There was a kid that was Monte's friend from Michigan who was on Monte's CCL team last year and played in the games on Sunday. I think his name is Trey. Anyway, this kid was around the team all last year. And he's been at the CCL a few of the nights and hanging around the team. I figured he'd be wherever Monte was now. I'm curious if he is sticking around Ames.
One ref called 4 Ts in the first game, including one on Lard for barely hanging on the rim. Then one in next game against a Drake guy who said "you get paid for this, right?" soft enough I couldn't hear it at the scorers table. Another on Matt Tiby for calling for a kicked ball in the next game. 6 total Ts by one guy on the night. I'd say thin-skinned might be an understatement for what was going on.
I sat behind the bench and I remember hearing the ref turn to the coach after parks was disqualified and saying something along the lines that they aren't here to talk.
And I wasn't there to watch the refs have a power trip.
I was sitting in the first few rows and could hear a lot talking but whatever was said wasn't loud enough for me to hear
Wow reffing the CCL must be serious business. Someone should tell him the NBA isn't going to call him up based on his CCL officiating.
My favorite part of the night was when Lard went up for a dunk and got called for a T for hanging on the rim. About two plays later another player dunked and hung on the rim longer than Lard did but he didn't get a T.
You could see Lard stand up from the bench and stare down the ref.
How do you know what he said?
Schlatter from Drake, the guy who said it, was telling everyone after the game exactly what he said. It was a bad call.
In fairness, it is pretty tough to ref these games. On one hand you want to keep the players safe and make calls but on the other the fans want to see the game flow, the players talk some junk, etc. Add to that the disparity between the size and strength of a Solomon Young vs. a high school big man which makes it hard to decide what is a foul and there you go.
Don't blame the refs for the T's as long as they are consistent. Maybe it was to get the players to focus on what they came to do which is to play. If I was a ref I wouldn't put up with any Tom Foolery.
