We literally only play 2 freshmen and 2 sophomores, and one of those is a third year. Those guys have started 30+ games minimum. We ain’t “young” lol.
One player has NCAA tourney experience. Yes this team is young.
We literally only play 2 freshmen and 2 sophomores, and one of those is a third year. Those guys have started 30+ games minimum. We ain’t “young” lol.
We shot 27.3 from three.That is such a throwaway line. Ohio State shot worse than we did - not even 40%. They could say if they make a few shots it wouldn't have been as close...
not an offensive guru, but Billy KennedyProhm needs an offensive mentor on the staff. A former head coach that is a good offensive mind that can bring some fresh ideas in. Or any ideas at all.
I like Prohm and think the results under him so far have been acceptable. 3 tourney appearances, 2 conference titles, and a sweet 16 over 4 years is a nice place for our program to be. I don’t think Prohm is a good scheme coach or good game day coach so he needs to correct his weakness as a coach by hiring someone to help in that area.
Some people are getting angry about people "hating" on Steve Prohm and yet their defense for what he has accomplished at ISU is laughable.......he hasn't done a terrible job by any means......what he has done is mediocre.....if you are okay with mediocre then great but I'm not.......
We've had the same issue all year: take better shots than from behind the 3 pt. line so much, and attack the rim to draw fouls.We shot 27.3 from three.
I don’t buy the “false sense of security of a conference tournament championship” argument especially when you are basing it off the number of NCAA tourney wins Iowa State has in the years they’ve done it.
Show some evidence that your argument applies to teams across the nation and you might have an argument. Iowa State’s NCAA tournamanet wins/losses have been based around good/bad matchups and not being an elite team in any of those years except for Hoiberg’s last season and that ended in tragedy for other reasons.
The Kane team won the Big 12 tournament, went to the Sweet 16, and was a healthy Niang away from a likely Final 4.
We've had the same issue all year: take better shots than from behind the 3 pt. line so much, and attack the rim to draw fouls.
Oh and Ohio State shot their 3's worse: 25%
This just proves to me you know nothing about basketball. Dustin was a consistent outside threat.
No, no and yes if they chose to. I am sure we can review the tape and find mistakes made that went for ISU that OSU fans had a problem with. I saw a bunch of no calls on ISU players shoving that big Wesson kid around trying to fend him off. It's a contact game, having all fouls called would create a game that no one wants to watch.What about the 6 second out of bounds play? Or Shayoks foot still be in-bounds? Or Lard taking elbows to the face? Those review-able?
No, no, no! You either hate Prohm with the heat of a thousand suns or you love him unconditionally no matter what he does. There is no middle ground on CF.
This is the best defensive team we’ve had in years. I mean, Babb was a great defender, but under Fred defense was not a strong point, but we had George’s Niang to stretch the defense and knock down threes.
The thing is, we make a few shots we win the game.
I’ve felt that Lindell needed to on the floor and play two guard all year, but that’s not his position, and I am sure Prohm put out his best team.
We needed a shooter, and just did not have one.
I get the Prohm hate, because Coaches have responsibility, but this was a piecemeal team of transfers and freshman that had a ton of adversity. I can’t see it as a coaching failure. It’s not like it was a Senior laden team that had years together.
There were two senior starters. But only one of them had played significant minutes here and the other was a transfer. It wasn't exactly a young team, but it wasn't a team that was used to playing together.
That's fine - I don't think we challenged them around the basket enough. Make them play defense on you - make them foul you. Both teams had the same number of blocks - 2. That tells me we didn't go at them.Ok, but doesn’t change my point.
That's fine - I don't think we challenged them around the basket enough. Make them play defense on you - make them foul you. Both teams had the same number of blocks - 2. That tells me we didn't go at them.
Don't just jack up 3's, and then say "we had good looks, they just didn't fall."
To be fair that's not saying a lot, considering how bad the defense has been this last decade, especially during the Hoiberg era.
Fond memories of Hogue shooting the 3s, bringing the ball up court and initiating the offense as that stretch 4!
I've made this argument before and I'll continue to make it. If you're criticizing Prohm for underperforming based on the talent on the team, you have to at least recognize that Prohm put that talent together to begin with.
I also don't really understand how people are forming their expectations for what this program should be. I personally think that the program should expect to make the tournament, be a 4-8 seed most years, with every once in a while having a better year where we can be a 2 or a 3 seed, and occasionally being near the bubble. If you go by that, we hit the target on the money, with a team that had relatively little winning experience. I'd call this a successful season, especially relative to preseason expectations.
For those of you who want Prohm gone, what do you think program expectations should be? Who would be better at meeting those expectations than Prohm is?