*** Official Oklahoma vs #8 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***
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There are a lot of variables here - such as transfers, big leaps forward by other players, redshirts etc. - but I had been thinking for some time how natural it would be for Watson to step into Tre King's role next year.
Their games are not identifcal but are similar. Watson is a bit quicker and springier and Tre has a more consistent mid-range game (and occasional 3pt daggers). But they're both junkyard dogs who do most of their best work on defense and score predominantly from close range. If Demarion could take a Lipsey-like step forward on his mid-range shot (and, ideally, on 3s), it's not hard to see him as next year's starting 4. Omaha could have something to say about that, certainly, and I guess you could got with 3 guards and Milan playing the 4 more, too.
Now the 5 position for next year seems a lot more unclear to me ...
Their games are not identifcal but are similar. Watson is a bit quicker and springier and Tre has a more consistent mid-range game (and occasional 3pt daggers). But they're both junkyard dogs who do most of their best work on defense and score predominantly from close range. If Demarion could take a Lipsey-like step forward on his mid-range shot (and, ideally, on 3s), it's not hard to see him as next year's starting 4. Omaha could have something to say about that, certainly, and I guess you could got with 3 guards and Milan playing the 4 more, too.
Now the 5 position for next year seems a lot more unclear to me ...
Well.... This is what I hoped Demarion would be last year. So.. maybe Omaha figures it out in the middle of his Sophomore season too. Watson looked kinda lost a lot last year as well and has really switched it up this year. I feel like his progress is about 6 months behind Ejim's similar rise to greatness. If he can keep on that trajectory, he will be a big help for a couple years.
A lot of those wild drives and point blank misses were the result of OU's length and athleticism (imho). That's my point. Against a smaller and slower team (e.g. Iowa) they finish 90% of those bunnies.
yeah, he has to learn to anticipate the contact without leaning into it. I don't think he is trying to hammer guys (usually, anyway) but just leans into contact to absorb it.
Maybe a combination of Fish for strength and JT Rock for height?
Otherwise they gotta go find Jared Homan part 2 in the portal.
What's also encouraging is OU had already seen ISU's defense and ISU was still able to find success any old way they could.
Add in that OU is a problem as a match up and all in all it was a highly successful night and what could be looked back on as a really important and underrated win.
*Of course if ISU gets beat in the first round of the tourney this will all be a waste of time and it's time to burn the program down and I'm never watching sports again until football August practice highlights of 'violent' lineman and receivers catching unguarded routes.
*/S because fun can't be fun.
Well.... Let's see. My Daughter came to Hilton to see Jamaal play when she was 3 months through about 18 months old and she is now 24 years old. That would have made Lipsey approximately -38 months to -22 months old when he was watching Tinsley. So... he got double exposure to Tinsley's greatness becuase.... technically he was two pieces of genetic material in two autonomous humans at the time. That is why he really absorbed the lessons so well.
If Jess said this I can totally understand. He is pretty sure that Washington crossed the Delaware during the time he was playing at Iowa.
It's not a matter of finding one. It's what is it going to cost?
When he didn't sit last wk, I'm pretty sure he's not sitting. I'm guessing him and the staff have talked about it and he (Tamin) called go time.
No insider knowledge just a fan giving his own take.
I'm hoping for one really good experienced big man in the portal (and that we keep everyone we have returning). Between Demarion, Omaha, Kayden and that big man (with Milan's ability to fill the 4 at times), I think we'd be an extremely tough team again.
I presume that as a trade-off for all the extra eligibility, Jess Settles now has to perform as an announcer for Cyclone games during a successful stretch of Iowa State basketball...
Completely agree. With the expanded roll Demarion should have next season, I would be surprised if he transferred. Demarion should average 20 minutes a game next year with R. Jones, Ward, and King gone.
I hope that he doesn’t, but TJ is most certainly going to hit the transfer portal for at least one big. If he doesn’t next year could be rough. Watson surely knows this and could factor into a decision.
The who he watched at Hilton had me chuckling. I was waiting for him to drop a Hornacek reference.
Jess Settles always looks like he has a horrible hangover.
Ward, R. Jones, and King collectively average 60 minutes a games. There should be plenty of minutes for Watson even if TJ brings in one or two bigs.
I think TJ will do everything he can to keep Demarion. He has been in the system for two years and knows the expectations. Guys like him are critical to the team’s future success. They know the culture and teach the new guys what it takes to get minutes.
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