I don’t see how we’d take him at this point unless we figure out how to ‘Amardi’ someone else. It’s already almost a logjam at the 4/5.
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I don’t see how we’d take him at this point unless we figure out how to ‘Amardi’ someone else. It’s already almost a logjam at the 4/5.
Don't need Lipsey to score more, I think with Williams and our freshmen we'll have enough scoring juice
If you’d have told me our best 3pt shooters shot .409, .396, and, .374 and we only losing .374 I would’ve lost that bet and would’ve wrongly identified each one.
My point is that he is very limited offensively. I hope he os a good defensive player
Why are we expecting to miss on Cluff, TJ has shown an ability to close with the best of them. Until the ink is dry on the Purdue commitment then don’t count TJ out.
Lipsey returning to Sophomore year form or taking another step forward will be key. He was too much off the ball this yr. Only avg 10ppg after 12 last season. Get back to 12-14.
He has a great, team needs a bucket gear. This is his team, similar to Monte and Georges. Monte was general, but Georges was the guy.
Blum and CW all but closed the door completely. When the bag ma. Talks as if you missed, you assume he knows a bit more than message board chatter.
And he was already offered the largest bag ISU has ever extended, so not like we can up the ante.
We don’t know the bags Matt A dropped
It went from early last week to, “stay tuned for a big week/weekend of exciting news!” to much more tempered. Still think it’s really solid group returning and honestly ISU has almost always done better when expectations are tempered vs high.
Ultimately LSFT LFG
Buchanan's FG% and FT% were nearly identical in 2024-25, on almost exactly same # of attempts per game.
Only 4 attempts per game, so it's possible the percentage numbers are harder to gauge.
With the assumption that Jefferson is going to take at least 80% of the minutes at the 4 (and may play some small ball 5), Buchanan, Pleta, and Mulder are all fighting for minutes at 5. Unless everyone is on board with 40 minutes of hell, I don’t know how you add Cluff. That also takes away a scholarship spot that could/should really be used for another guard.
That said, if Cluff really wants to come and the money works, I think you take him and figure it out.
Really fun seasons, but those two teams finished with one sweet 16 appearance, and a round of 32 appearance. I think most agree that's a let down given the opportunity that was at hand? Especially after all the final 4 talk. Yes, I understand injuries, but some other inefficiencies appeared late in the season.
I think a fair goal is to reach the Elite 8.
