Rankings - Iowa State Basketball: Associated Press #19 - Coaches #23 (11/29)
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if we make it through Creighton and Iowa unbeaten, NCAA might as well crown us champs right then and there lol
I hate this train of thought. The guys won the games they've needed to so should be rewarded with a ranking. And I have no doubts they will continue to bring it.
Did Matt Campbell prepare that statement for him?
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I love being ranked but how is Memphis 18 and is 19 lolNCAA College Basketball Rankings: AP Top 25 Basketball Poll
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The reality of it is that the team just needs to keep striving to be the best version of themselves. Elite consistency throughout the whole season will be the key.
It's been at least 20 years since we saw defense at this level. If they can play like that consistently they won't win every game but they'll be in all of them.
Are Campbell and TJ the same guy? Sort of a Face/Off situation going on here?
I've never seen the two of them together in the same room at the same time.
I've never seen the two of them together in the same room at the same time.
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Memphis feels like a team that could thrive by turning a team over with their defense and then going on large demoralizing runs. There is definite talent there, but they aren't organized yet to go against a truly pesky defense. I'll be surprised if they don't end up with a decent seed in the tourney when all is said and done.
From our standpoint, TJ's ability to avoid those same demoralizing runs in the 2nd half has been remarkable. That will keep us in a lot of games if we can sustain it.
I didn't think they looked like a team that would even play meaningful basketball in March. 2 things on that though, 1) the season is still very young, players are still gelling and Memphis has a lot of young players and 2) maybe TJ and this new ISU just have that effect on other teams. I didn't think Xavier or Oregon St looked very good either!
If the defense keeps up and the 3 point shooting has truly stabilized then I think we've got a legit shot at the bubble. The defense will keep us in games, and consistent shooting will win us a lot of them. Just depends if that consistency can stay. Early on it didn't look good but we've shot better as the competition has gotten tougher, which leads me to believe the early shooting woes was more the players finding themselves.
That'd save a lot of heavy-lifting to remove grind of the Big 12 schedule and an extended tournament run, wouldn't it?!
Memphis game was first I saw this season. Could. Not. Believe. My eyes. The ball was flying around on offense. The guys were flying around on defense. And this guy Kunc, he just made play after play after play.
Honestly I don't even know if I'd call Memphis an incredibly talented team after watching them. I'd call them an insanely long and athletic team. I didn't really even see their problem as figuring out how to play team offense. It looked to me like a roster full of guys that were extremely limited in terms of offensive skill.
I think this is something that if I was a basketball recruiting service I would try to address. Ranking a guy like Duren that high as a college recruit seems like a huge mistake. I absolutely don't see him being a great college player unless he stayed 3 years, which one way or the other probably isn't happening.
As far as college recruiting goes, bigs that are athletic but raw probably should not be ranked nearly as high as they are, as they are probably not going to have a big impact in the college game. By the time they put it together they are already going to be in the NBA or G-League.
