Yeah, our zone is pretty porous. I suppose we could go to that if our strategy is to just pack it in and hope TCU misses open jumpers. Either way, being very shorthanded and small isn't a recipe for great defense.
*** Official TCU Vs IOWA STATE Gameday Thread ***
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Remember their pg, Robinson, broke a record for assists in our last matchup. Zone might negate him some at least. But yeah, I get it causes plenty of other issues, especially rebounding.
My guess is Beverly gets the start in place of Young. I don't tthink that necessarily means Long and Lewis will play less than B, though.
Torn on what to expect from Jackson. You want to believe he'll light it up to honor Dad tonight. But we've seen him press before, to put up points, and the results are usually not pretty. He tends to hang his head and disappear on both ends of the floor when things are going rough, too. The fact he is playing at all tonight is a surprise. Hopefully it's a pleasant surprise.
Torn on what to expect from Jackson. You want to believe he'll light it up to honor Dad tonight. But we've seen him press before, to put up points, and the results are usually not pretty. He tends to hang his head and disappear on both ends of the floor when things are going rough, too. The fact he is playing at all tonight is a surprise. Hopefully it's a pleasant surprise.
It's mostly mental though- I'm curious when the last time was that we've had 3 players foul out in a single game? It's probably been a long, long time.
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Bradziansky really likes going off against ISU. I assume Lard will have to guard him, hopefully he doesn't pick up a few quick fouls.
Hope to see Lewis get some more minutes (he will even by default).
Our ball pressure really needs to be on point. I think Fran Fraschilla said the other day that the first step to guarding the post is ball pressure. We have to make it tough for them to see him in there. Easier said than done.
I assume Beverly gets to start tonight but really wish we'd just roll with a 4 guard line up (Talley a G/F).
The fouls situation is a little overblown. Iowa St just doesn't foul much, 328th in the country. They've only gone over 20 fouls 3 times in conference play.
In the big 12:
Wigginton fouled out 3 times, and avgs 2.8 per game
Lard 2 avg 3.2
Talley 0 avg 1.3
I know with less guys, there's more fouls to go around, but even Young and Babb didn't foul much.
Young fouled out once and avgs 3
Babb 0 and avgs 1.5
So spread them out to Beverly, Long, and Lewis, and should be fine.
The key is to keep Lard out of foul trouble, but that's been the key for every game this year.
If I was coaching, I'd start Long and Talley, with Beverly and Lewis off the bench. Lard has to guard Williams, and I'd much rather have Talley's length and athleticism against Brodzianski, than Beverly's bulk(?). Plus Long can matchup size wise with their wings.
In the big 12:
Wigginton fouled out 3 times, and avgs 2.8 per game
Lard 2 avg 3.2
Talley 0 avg 1.3
I know with less guys, there's more fouls to go around, but even Young and Babb didn't foul much.
Young fouled out once and avgs 3
Babb 0 and avgs 1.5
So spread them out to Beverly, Long, and Lewis, and should be fine.
The key is to keep Lard out of foul trouble, but that's been the key for every game this year.
If I was coaching, I'd start Long and Talley, with Beverly and Lewis off the bench. Lard has to guard Williams, and I'd much rather have Talley's length and athleticism against Brodzianski, than Beverly's bulk(?). Plus Long can matchup size wise with their wings.
If Paul Janssen referees tonight, Lard will pick up a few quick fouls.
Easier said then done, but also easier when you start four guards and play another off the bench to keep guys fresh.
On another note related to ball pressure/defense and how it can help or hinder the defense as a whole, I watched our game against KU from two years ago (?) and Monte said after the game (paraphrasing) that "Coach told me that I needed to go out in the second half do the job on defense because if I wasn't doing my job well enough, I put everyone else at a disadvantage". Something to that effect. At any rate, it proves the point that a break down out top leads to break downs everywhere else.
We are going to be small either way, so may as well go all out small ball with Long starting. That way we at least have 1 big and 1 small on the bench.
These games can be fun when there are zero expectations.
These games can be fun when there are zero expectations.
Yeah, and I’m sure Prohm has lost his voice saying similar things to the guys this year.
Raw numbers like points per game don’t show it, but our perimeter game that’s killed us all year on both ends imo, including forward action out there. Maybe that gets better having four guards on the floor, albeit without our best one in NWB.
I wasn't going to read the gameday thread, but with all the players out I have to read what will surely be a ****show.
