His 'no regard for human life' on LeBron's dunk is an all-timer. Nevermind that this was shot on a potato in the olden days of 2008Kevin Harlan is the best. Legend.
His 'no regard for human life' on LeBron's dunk is an all-timer. Nevermind that this was shot on a potato in the olden days of 2008Kevin Harlan is the best. Legend.
I do wonder how we will match up with the quick guards Miami has. I like our chances, but that is one area that could be tough.
Miami only had 7 turnover total over their first two games. If they keep protecting the ball like that, it will be tough. Hopefully our defense confuses them like it has every other non-conference team.
Makes me wonder what the lowest opp TOs / steals we have in any game this year...
off to look at box scores for a bit
Perusing KenPom and other analytic sites this morning - EVERY defense in the BigXII is top 70. Miami is 123 (up from 141 before the Auburn game). Missouri is the only defense we've played this calendar year that is comparable. We still have to make shots - but the open shots are going to be there to make.
As always this team will live and die by whether they can make more threes (unless the other team is colder, see Wisky) - but it's amazing that we've won two tourney games with Grill going 3-14 and the team shooting 15-51 (29%). And even through two games almost half of those makes were just Hunter going crazy against LSU.
We're due for Brockington to go off and we're due for Grill/Kunc to string some 3s together.
I think there is something to teams playing better defense in the tournament when they are desperate and give more effort. Miami's defense looked a lot better against Auburn than their KenPom ranking would suggest. It could have also been Auburn just being really bad too, though.Perusing KenPom and other analytic sites this morning - EVERY defense in the BigXII is top 70. Miami is 123 (up from 141 before the Auburn game). Missouri is the only defense we've played this calendar year that is comparable. We still have to make shots - but the open shots are going to be there to make.
As always this team will live and die by whether they can make more threes (unless the other team is colder, see Wisky) - but it's amazing that we've won two tourney games with Grill going 3-14 and the team shooting 15-51 (29%). And even through two games almost half of those makes were just Hunter going crazy against LSU.
We're due for Brockington to go off and we're due for Grill/Kunc to string some 3s together.
What I am curious about is their conference defensive accolades. Is Miami facing our type of defense alot? Although I realize if their guards are good, they're good. I'm still impressed with a team like Houston for example. That team is legit even after losing two starters mid-season. Wonder if Miami is alot like them.
Maybe we will finish some of those bunnies in the paint, since no big rim protector in there to scare us off or block the shots.
I am struggling to not get my hopes up. Don't give me hope! We're playing with house money already, but it's not impossible to imagine they win another game. Or two.
Maybe we will finish some of those bunnies in the paint, since no big rim protector in there to scare us off or block the shots.
I am struggling to not get my hopes up. Don't give me hope! We're playing with house money already, but it's not impossible to imagine they win another game. Or two.
I think this first weekend, we were able to catch teams off guard. LSU through their problems on their team, Wisconsin due to them not being prepared for our physical style of play. I think when we face Miami, they will be ready and expecting a grueling physical game from us. If we are going to win, I think we need to play pretty flawless and clean.
Yes.They haven't faced anyone like us. The best team they played in the non-con was Alabama and they lost by 32.
Another interesting tidbit - they are very average in terms of 3pt attempts and percentage (34%) - but have been even worse than we have through the first 2 tourney games - combining for 4-29 (14%).
As almost every ISU game - this one will come down to which team can make more threes.
They've won because they have 22 steals and forced 31 TOs through 2 games.
We've won because we 24 steals and forced 35TOs through 2 games.
Perusing KenPom and other analytic sites this morning - EVERY defense in the BigXII is top 70. Miami is 123 (up from 141 before the Auburn game). Missouri is the only defense we've played this calendar year that is comparable. We still have to make shots - but the open shots are going to be there to make.
As always this team will live and die by whether they can make more threes (unless the other team is colder, see Wisky) - but it's amazing that we've won two tourney games with Grill going 3-14 and the team shooting 15-51 (29%). And even through two games almost half of those makes were just Hunter going crazy against LSU.
We're due for Brockington to go off and we're due for Grill/Kunc to string some 3s together.
How many times have we had Grill and Jaz string 3's together. It's happened maybe once all year.
Ticker on ESPN shows Miami a 2.5 favorite but Iowa State with a 56% probability of winning. How dow that work?
The answer is 9 - the losses @texas and the OT KSU loss at home we forced only 9 TOs
The KSU game was a season low in steals (3).