Wigginton is a true freshman who noted his adrenaline was through the roof before tip off, clearly affecting his shot and other aspects of play for his first game ever in Hilton. I'll stick with my prediction the Weiler-Babb will lead the team in turnovers, however we desperately need his athleticism for defense and rebounding.
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Wigginton is a true freshman who noted his adrenaline was through the roof before tip off, clearly affecting his shot and other aspects of play for his first game ever in Hilton. I'll stick with my prediction the Weiler-Babb will lead the team in turnovers, however we desperately need his athleticism for defense and rebounding.
No way this happens. Wigginton will lead this team in turnovers. He'll also lead the team in free throw attempts. That's his game.
I saw a group of guys trying to figure each other out. Wigginton is going to be really good, but you could tell he was getting really frustrated at times. They got pretty lackadaisical after they took that 15 point lead and then ES was right back in it. There are going to be a lot of growing pains this year, but w/o Lard and Lewis out there I think it is impossible to take a whole lot about the team from last night.
Not related to the article, but don't think it deserves its own thread, did anyone else notice they moved all the banners around in the rafters and the retired jerseys has one folded, like its prepped to add one..... We gonna see Ejim or Niang in the rafters this season? Someone else?
They will undoubtedly get better. Hopefully we’ll not lose too many in the meantime, but I’m guessing we will.
The path to success is playing like the ‘96-‘97 team imo
Wigginton will likely have more turnovers imo. He is a freshman with a game predicated on forcing the issue. His handle isn’t that tight yet, either, relative to Big 12 pgs.
Let NWB handle the more mundane pg duties, freeing up DJ and Wigginton to attack imo.
I'm not expecting Lard, Lewis and Brase to make this team exceptionally better, but those three bodies were definitely missed. I would expect better team effort against Missouri. Actually, I think they will look like a completely different team in 10 days.
Side note ... The worst thing that happened to Weiler-Babb was the outspoken hype given to him from Hoiberg and Prohm. Obviously, we don't see practice, but he isn't close to the player we're all expecting.
Side note ... The worst thing that happened to Weiler-Babb was the outspoken hype given to him from Hoiberg and Prohm. Obviously, we don't see practice, but he isn't close to the player we're all expecting.
According to Hines the one we were supposed to have (Jack Hutchison) quit. Either way I'd like to see us use those spots. Obviously it doesn't happen often but those guys turn into contributors sometimes and there's really no downside into using them.
That depends on what you were expecting. He stuffs the stat sheet, but isn't an aggressive scorer (though he was more aggressive last night than he was last year). I'd be thrilled if he can score 10-12 with several rebounds, assists and steals to round it out (on top of solid defense).
What were you expecting from Babb?
I really don't remember but could have.
Winning there was few and far between though. They also punked ISU at Hilton pretty often.
I remember the 00-01 team had a triple OT game or something there.
I think people people gotta realize that when Prohm mentioned NWB's NBA potential he was talking about David Nwaba and James Ennis moreso than Russell Westbrook.
He isn’t close to the player we expected? 12 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 steals, and 1 turnover in his first start as a junior more than matches the hype. He’s a 6’5” athletic guy that can play 3 positions. He also may not be a finished product.
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This is a team overflowing with role players. Donovan and LW are the lone exceptions and LW is just a frosh. There will be many lumps taken this year. I'm certain there will be steady improvement but the ceiling isn't that high.
Why didn't Lewis and Lard play? I get Brase, but what am I missing here? Didn't get to see the game.
Coach's decision. Might have been late to a practice or something.
Dodie Dunson with the game winner if I remember correctly, first conference game of the season that year
