We just aren’t that level. We will never be Duke or Kentucky, especially now with NIL. We’re going to be watching games like this at least once a year
*** Official #9 IOWA STATE vs Oklahoma State Game(Day) Thread ***
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I guess I worded that wrong. Making excuses for a TJ led team instead of just being straight forward about what we are seeing.
They definitely aren't as athletic as most teams they play and are as good as the sum of the parts are playing.
I don't think the impatience with the ball is a talent issue though. You can be talented or not talented and still know to just hold up a bit and work for something to open up.
The comment responded to said we need a serious upgrade for our big men. Those are expensive. It’s a fact.
I think we finally wanted that San Diego State / Loyola Chicago final four historic run. And we can’t even get to that level.
i am not saying he will badmouth them. just might give some context on why this happened tonight.
Also wanted to add--where's the defensive intensity? That was TJ's calling card up until this year, with lesser players on board to boot. What's up with the D this year? NIL makes for lazy players?
Because you guys always think "the team is broken" and "there's something going one behind the scenes" conspiracy theories.
Milan will never sniff the NBA. He’s slow footed, an average defender, an average athlete, a bad rebounder, lacks hustle and is way too inconsistent as a shooter. Everyone got on that NBA boat because he did a Dirk Nowitski shot in his first or second game. He’s got potential to be a great shooter, but that’s all he has.
To me it's more about the bad teams. Houston and the others at the top of the Big 12 are absolutely drilling the bottom teams frequently. We are playing close games and losing to them.
demoncore1031
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Otz really needs to learn how to coach offense. There is no flow, no spacing, no ball movement. Seems like there is no gameplan on offense. Turning the ball over 18 times against a crap team is just awful, especially with Mr. Turnover out of the lineup. This team doesn't have what it takes to make it far in the tourney.
The amount of times they got their pocket picked was ridiculous! Should only happen once, then it should have woken them up!
Those runs were as much luck as skill. Loyola played 8 seed K-State in the Elite 8 and SDSU played 8 seed FAU in the Final Four. Maybe the chips will fall our way as a 4/5 seed this year but I doubt it
Meaning if being a 4 seed in the NCAA tournament is a disaster, I don’t know what to tell you.
He was an attacking player on Saturday. He was not doing much of that tonight.
He drew a lot of fouls Saturday
