They missed the DeVries bus but just in time to catch the McCollum one (if they're smart).
(Iowa is not smart.)
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They missed the DeVries bus but just in time to catch the McCollum one (if they're smart).
(Iowa is not smart.)
I think their next coach is sitting on their bench right now. They are very not smart.
McCollum is the real deal. I hope you are right. Having someone like Fran at Iowa is the gift that keeps on giving.
I think McCollum might be out of their price range before they know it.
Gatens has been tossed around by the hawkeye faithful. I'd be good with that.
My friend (Iowa fan) is convinced if they get rid of Fran they'll be able to get DeVries.
I’ve been saying for weeks that it’s only a matter of time for this team to gel defensively. They are getting there. We won’t be a Houston, but we don’t have to be either. Our offense is night and day different from the last couple of years. Special indeed.
Kenpom has us as the number 8 offense and number 8 defense right now. I think we were 14 on defense before the game. Huge defensive jump. We went down three spots on offense though.
I think these movements show how closely grouped some of these teams are analytically right now.
We were all over the Baylor players today. No open looks. Jefferson, Jackson, and Chatfield have the size and athleticism to be really good, Heise is a plus defender and Milan has improved his d. There’s no reason we can’t be a top 10 D this year.
That's the beauty of March Madness...you never really know how it will play out in a one and done scenario. History has shown though if you're efficiently good on offense and defense your odds to win games in the tournament are better than if you're only efficient in one but not the other.
Relatedly, it's odd to me how our "offensive efficiency" seemingly gets worse relative to other teams after a game where we scored 74 points on 49 shots with 49/48/67% shooting.
It's adjusted for opponent and Baylors defense is not great. It's also why our d rating went up a lot since baylors offense coming in was very good analytically and we smothered them.
Exactly right - the difference between #5 and #8 in AdjO is ~0.3 ppg. We actually went up slightly in KenPom AdjO - but Florida, Kentucky, Gonzaga and Villanova all put up monster offensive games and jumped up hugely.
On Defense there's only a 0.8 ppg difference in AdjD between #8 (us) and #15 (WVU).
We are now one of two teams (Duke) with KenPom Offense and Defense in the Top 10 - there are 7 teams with both in the Top 20 - basically the Final Four contenders at the moment:
- Auburn
- Duke
- Tennessee
- ISU
- Gonzaga
- Illinois
- Marquette
Bruce Underwood is a crazy underrated coach - he lost EVERYONE from the team that beat us last year, started over from scratch with a bunch of transfers and eastern European players and is back in the KenPom top 10.
Best quote of the weekend was from the Wi player saying we knew we had them when they didn't want to play defense.LOL
That is a indictment of a SOFT team
