He isn't very good. But every once in awhile he gets hot (which is what we saw tonight).
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He isn't very good. But every once in awhile he gets hot (which is what we saw tonight).
This one is going to hurt our seeding for the tournament for sure, put this one in the bad win column.
That should tell you it was a hell of a lot more than bad D by ISU. Texas has played other defenses that were worse than ISU and haven't done that. A lot of that was just luck. Obviously the D is part of it, and failure to hit free throws, but you can't discount the fact Texas had an unbelievable streak to close the game. It reminded me a lot of the comeback of WV a few years back.
Thirty minutes of basketball beauty. Then a monumentally poor defensive effort! Wow. Glad for a Cyclone victory. A win is a win. It does help manage my expectations though that's for sure.
Texas totally abandoned their game plan on both offense and defense. Defending them inside is the right call , and when they're hoisting threes for 23', not much you can do. Those are the shots you want them to take. I was disappointed that we weren't blocking their path to the basket late. All in all, a much needed win against a very talented team.
There was really only one "long range" 3pt shot during the comeback. Most of the rest came because the 3pt shooters were left wide open. Seems unwise to leave 3pt shooters open when that's precisely what the opponents want and need, yet that's what ISU did. And ISU wasn't doing that earlier in the game.
Would you be willing to go back and screen shot the looks that were "wide open"?
Chris Williams @ChrisMWilliams 2m2 minutes agoAmes, IA
Hoiberg: "I've been miserable for 48 damn hours. I'm going to enjoy this one."
Hoiberg: "I've been miserable for 48 damn hours. I'm going to enjoy this one."
Coach Hoiberg is without question the best coach we have had in program history. The is no argument there. I found it really comical with the posters that were burning him at the stake after the Texas Tech loss. Come on people, we had a bad game against Texas Tech there is no doubt about it. But when you blame the coach for one bad loss it is really absurd.
I think a huge reason we weren't blocking their path to the basket was because guys on the outside weren't helping inside on the penetration. They were guarding the corner 3. It may have been an adjustment by the coaching staff that they should not have made considering the shooters Texas had in the corners.
Monte's A:TO ratio continues to boggle my mind. It's absurd. 2:1 is solid. He is sitting at 5:1 on the season. Inconceivable
What do I mean by heroball? Well I'm glad you asked:
I Think the biggest issue this team is having on offense is that we are no longer making extra passes. It has been awhile since i have seen the ball swing all the way around for the wide open 3 like other teams are doing to us. We continue to just focus on the mismatch and try to go 1 on 1 against it. Occasionally it is in the post and we dump it to the other post but beyond that we are just playing pick up gym hero ball.
I think this is rubbing off on the defense as well. They aren't playing together. I still don't understand double teaming crappy players just because, which is on the coach. It was one thing when we had less talent than the other team to double team, but we have more talent at every position and we still double team? doesn't make sense to me. And it is burning us every game.
The things above are what Chris Allen does, every time usually.
