In no way did I think we had a chance to miss the tourney that year but then again I'm not a moron
Need to go big vs certain teams
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In no way did I think we had a chance to miss the tourney that year but then again I'm not a moron
Isn’t that what we do on out-of-bounds plays?
So we should be prepared is the answer to your question.
I agree with this. People also forget that we didn't go small early enough to beat a big Purdue team in the tourney. Reality is it comes down to effort and execution
The minutes come from LW and THT if you go two bigs. As good as those two guys can be, they can be absolute black holes at times. One stretch last night, LW had missed 3 (it was forced), leaves man wide open for 3 pointer, followed by a turnover while forcing the action. Those bad stretches happen with regularity and kill momentum.
I'd like to see ISU roll with 2 bigs at the same time too, but that's not a sure thing to solve the problem. Rebounding isn't about size, it's about position and effort. The Baylor game last night really highlighted how much this team is missing Solomon Young and his size/effort/hustle.
I think this is key. If we put two bigs in but are completely out of position on defense then we won't be improving our rebounding at all.
It is what it is. Whether it's good or bad we are not gonna change. We will win when we shoot well and we will lose when we don't. Precisely because we don't rebound well or play great defense. We had 1 starter in double figures last night, but we are not gonna play 2 bigs. We are not gonna play a zone. We are not gonna draw up a play to score with 2 seconds on the shot clock. We are what we are.
Good news is if we get hot we could go deep into the tourney. Bad news is if we don't we'll be out quickly.
Good news is if we get hot we could go deep into the tourney. Bad news is if we don't we'll be out quickly.
I've seen fan posts across many threads stating they are happy with 19-6 and now 19-7 records. (I guess it is because of how bad last year was). Do you think that was the goal of the team set at the beginning of the year? I'm certain their goals included championships and not just making the NCAA tourney field. Making the NCAA field is a better result than last year but, like football, winning championships is the goal.
Also, at times, ISU defenders seemed to lose their guys after BU put up a shot, and were just standing and watching BU rebound. ISU simply didn't adjust to BUs style of play. The troubling thing is that ISU should know that BU crashes the boards (at least they seem to do it everytime they play ISU). Just executing basic fundamental rebounding could have gone a long way last night.
Ironically everyone on this board was complaining about Prohm not playing a 4 guard small ball lineup against Purdue in the NCAA tournament a few years back... IMO our lack of energy at home is hurting us just as bad if not more than our lineup.
I just wish that CSP would realize Baylor is a terrible match up for Jacobson and that he should have thrown Conditt out there when Lard needed a break.
Just like Baylor @ Waco, Iowa, TCU, and the K-STate loss we flat out got beat by guys working harder than us. We have too much damn talent for us to get beat by teams because we refuse to match their intensity. It's one thing when this happens on the road but to lack energy in Hilton make me want to puke.
Rebounding aside, we had two really long stretches without a basket last night and that isn't being talked about enough. We could have survived the massive rebounding disparity if it wasn't for those terrible offensive stretches. That just can't happen at home.
IMO our fan base is way too obsessed with this.
We would absolutely lose our ability to switch on all screens. MJ would get eaten alive on those switches.
I suppose we can all agree that rebounding is a problem with this team, currently we are 117 in the nation in rebound margin. We are ahead of KU and Ok, stopped looking after that.
I would love for this team to have someone like Hogue or the Murphy kid from Minnesota, that 6" 7' kid, who understands my job is to rebound every missed shot and take it back up.
Some have mentioned that our guards are leaking out and trying to get into the fast break instead of staying at home and rebounding. I have not noticed, but we sure do seem to get killed on the boards some nights.
I would love for this team to have someone like Hogue or the Murphy kid from Minnesota, that 6" 7' kid, who understands my job is to rebound every missed shot and take it back up.
Some have mentioned that our guards are leaking out and trying to get into the fast break instead of staying at home and rebounding. I have not noticed, but we sure do seem to get killed on the boards some nights.
They shouldn't need to go big to keep from giving up that many offensive boards. There were too many guys standing there instead of finding a body to block out. You aren't going to keep Vital totally in check on the glass but the other guys were getting them as well and that can't happen.
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Larry wore the guys out to win a Big 12 title and got bounced in the 1st round or the Big 12 tourney and got beat as a 2 seed by Hampton in at the time a monumental upset that highlights of that ******* coach were shown at tournament time for a number of years. But the Big 12 title was nice. Just remember it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows then either. However the loss last night was inexcusable.
Yes I said Hampton
Yeah you are, Im not the one wasting thousands of hours of my life I'll never get back arguing with Iowa fans about meaningless stats.
