Baylor will lose Omot, Acuil, Lacomte, and Maston. They are headed for the Big 12 cellar real soon (If they don't finish there this year).
*** Official IOWA STATE Vs Baylor Gameday Thread ***
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I'll overstate the obvious - Basketball really is about making shots. I don't give a crap about rebounding / athleticism / depth - make shots and you win.
I agree for the most part, though I think teams that do all the little things well can make that matter less.
There comes a point where we are what we are.
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They extended the zone out. More of a 1-1-3 look than a 2-3.
DJack and Wiggi had way fewer open shots from the outside in the second half.
Maybe Prohm knew what he was doing by trying to work defense so much early this year.
Typical foul trouble sure. Tonight’s instant double bad call is nothing to worry about at all because it happens maybe once every 100 games and zero players in the nation would be completely unphased by that.
We've had more success since Prohm has started substituting more, and giving more players minutes. The last 2 games is the most we've seen of Lewis and Long, and it's been a good thing.
We went cold, and our inside presence was on the bench.
We went cold, and our inside presence was on the bench.
I'm not banging on Lard. But I and I'm sure the coaches would too, for him to realize in the moment what is happening and to take control of his emotions and to channel it so that he overcomes the adversity. What Lard needs to do is like a microcosm of what the team needs to do.
Good thing is that if Lewis gets more time and gets going, it's one more thing to look forward so long as everyone sticks around, etc.
Bad is that it's such a sign of a young/bad team that literally every player is taking most of the season to figure out the game and their roles at the same time.
Would be pretty unique to be able to tell a 19/20 year old to just channel his emotions and then have him be able to do it*, and then have a whole group of 18-21 year olds to all do the same thing.
*I swear to god if someone comes out with a freshman Michael Jordan NC game shot reference for comparison...
ISU's overall rhythm was better Wednesday night which led to many players getting 'their' shots which led to made shots. Wiggs got shots tonight but also kept having to alter vs. their footer, and I don't recall anyone else getting comfortable in their shot.
Being more fundamentally sound in rebounding may have gone a long ways tonight to get out and run a bit more.
Comparing Wednesday’s game to this one is silly. Iowa state ran in transition pretty much the entire night vs wvu. Tonight they were forced to play offense which has been god awful 90% of the games this year.
...which is why getting out in transition would have been helpful.
Just as I predicted. Lose the game, team bashers unite.
The team fought like hell for rebounds all night. I haven’t called out the team it was a good defensive effort most of the game and they got a ton of good looks that just didn’t fall. But people who thought out running the mountaineers gimmicky defense=playing real offense had themselves fooled.
Who thought it was more than getting out in good transition Wednesday.
The team's strength all year has been transition. They couldn't find it tonight.
Yeah, usually you have at least two or three players who are doing that. This year, it's pretty much everyone that is learning either how to play at this level, or how to be a starter at his level. That makes for some struggles.
Hope Lewis gets more playing time the rest of the season - if he does I think we will see a big improvement by the conference tournament.
This biggest positive I'm taking from last night's game is Lewis. Not only was he aggressive and productive, he came face to face with the fact he needs to get stronger to compete at this level.
I was happy with the effort. Just couldn' get shots to fall to at least keep it close. Don't get me started on the technical. A ref has to realize the situation that he was trying to call a timeout and let it slide. The 4th foul on Lard was a ringup ******** call nothing more nothing less. But above all these kids keep competing and I like that.
