*** Official Cincinnati vs #10 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

ClubCy

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Here are the Big 12 teams ranked-ordered by their KenPom home court advantage (points per 100 possession better at home relative to hypothetical neutral floor):

1. West Virginia +4.6
2. TCU +4.3
3. Texas Tech +4.3
4. Utah +4.3
5. Colorado +4.0
6. BYU +4.0
7. Oklahoma State +3.9
8. Iowa State +3.9
9. Kansas State +3.8
10. Kansas +3.8
11. Baylor +3.8
12. Cincinnati +3.6
13. UCF +3.4
14. Arizona +3.4
15. Houston +3.2
16. Arizona State +3.1

Why is our supposedly-top-tier home court advantage actually middle-of-the-pack in the Big 12? Because we get jobbed by the officials. Here they are rank-ordered by one of the model inputs, the disparity in personal fouls called, home-vs.-away:

1. TCU -5.8
2. West Virginia -5.2
3. Texas Tech -5.0
4. Baylor -4.9
5. Oklahoma State -4.7
6. Kansas -4.5
7. Kansas State -4.4
8. Cincinnati -4.3
9. BYU -3.9
10. Iowa State -3.2
11. UCF -3.0
12. Colorado -2.8
13. Utah -2.8
14. Arizona -2.6
15. Houston -2.6
16. Arizona State -2.0

So anyone thinking we get a particularly favorable whistle at Hilton, statistically speaking, no we do not, it's in the bottom half of the league and nowhere near the top tier.
Cool but how does any of this help stopping Jizzle James?
 
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There's so little off ball movement on this team that doesn't involve screens.

That and we just don't have clutch passing guards like we've had in the past to hit guys when they're open under the hoop.
 

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If we had a Monte type point guard that was an assist to turnover ratio guy. We would be killing everyone. Out guard just struggle hanging on to the ball and turn it over to much
 
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Another game where they don’t value the ball and let teams that they should handle easily hang around and get in trouble. Hopefully TJ chewed ass and explained the importance of this game and they listened
 

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What exactly would you like them to when it’s literally guys hitting shot after shot with hands in their face, most of them while the shot clock is running down?

They shot 48% from the field and 40% from 3. It’s not some lights out shooting effort by them. That would be us…60% from the field and 57% from 3. And the game is tied.
 

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If we had a Monte type point guard that was an assist to turnover ratio guy. We would be killing everyone. Out guard just struggle hanging on to the ball and turn it over to much

Man if you replace tamin (sorry but it's true) with Monte and this team would be unstoppable