Yeah Uthoff is solid against soft teams. I think he's really going to struggle Friday. Maybe in couple years you could say that about him but he's not there yet.
ISU vs Iowa Matchup Math
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Yeah Uthoff is solid against soft teams. I think he's really going to struggle Friday. Maybe in couple years you could say that about him but he's not there yet.
I do think ISU wins this one, but I think it would also be a fair statement to say that most ISU fans have not watched Iowa outside of the game against Drake, and possibly the ND game. In their heads, ISU views Iowa as a bunch of pale, redhead, nonathletic, beanpoles that some hot head with a girls name gave a chance to play D1 basketball. While this may be the case, they are playing very well this season and I think it will be a great game.
Hogue 12.7ppg, 10.4rpg, 59.3% FG, 42.9% 3P.
McCabe 9.5ppg, 3.4rpg, 50% FG, 50% 3P.
Give me Hogue 6 to 4 at least.
McCabe 9.5ppg, 3.4rpg, 50% FG, 50% 3P.
Give me Hogue 6 to 4 at least.
No, the new rules don't really recognize "taking a charge" as a legitimate basketball play. About 90% have been called a block this year.
The surprises for me this year on the Cyclones include:
1) Hogue - an absolute beast on the boards ala Ejim last year, and more than servicable on offense, neither of which I expected.
2) Kane - what a solid all round player and better rebounder than I expected.. If they don't have Marble guard him using length, Fred will post him continually.
3) Ejim's 3-point shooting - I expected him to rebound and score more, but I thought it would be off putbacks and his nice elevated 10-12 ft. jumper. I didn't expect the consitent breakout from 3.
4) Naz has become a more consistent threat from distance than I expected.
My three keys to this game include:
1) A closely called games with lots of fouls favors Iowa as they have a deeper bench. Even with few fouls called in the first half versus UNI, we still had foul issues in the 2nd half.
2) Can we stay even on the boards with Iowa? I like our rebounding team. Iowa doesn't shoot that well, so offensive rebounds giving them 2nd and 3rd looks and are key for their offense.
3) Both teams shoot average from distance.
If we get those three, I believe we win. One or two of those go south and its a completely different ballgame.
1) Hogue - an absolute beast on the boards ala Ejim last year, and more than servicable on offense, neither of which I expected.
2) Kane - what a solid all round player and better rebounder than I expected.. If they don't have Marble guard him using length, Fred will post him continually.
3) Ejim's 3-point shooting - I expected him to rebound and score more, but I thought it would be off putbacks and his nice elevated 10-12 ft. jumper. I didn't expect the consitent breakout from 3.
4) Naz has become a more consistent threat from distance than I expected.
My three keys to this game include:
1) A closely called games with lots of fouls favors Iowa as they have a deeper bench. Even with few fouls called in the first half versus UNI, we still had foul issues in the 2nd half.
2) Can we stay even on the boards with Iowa? I like our rebounding team. Iowa doesn't shoot that well, so offensive rebounds giving them 2nd and 3rd looks and are key for their offense.
3) Both teams shoot average from distance.
If we get those three, I believe we win. One or two of those go south and its a completely different ballgame.
You're comparing statistics and leaving out one critical stat. Minutes per game. Hogue is averaging 28.6 min/game while Zach is only averaging 17. If you takes Zach's current production and figure it out over 28.6 minutes he would be averaging 16 ppg and 5.7 rpg.
I bet if Zach was better he would play more...just a thought. I mean Marble averages the same amount of minutes as Hogue
Kane is averaging the same amount of points with 2.5 less shots a game plus 4.4 more rebounds and 1.8 more assists all while being a better defender. 7 to 3 might be a bit much but Kane is a lot more efficient
Kane 6 Marble 4
The hype about Niang is nothing. I've watched multiple games and he isn't a match up problem for anybody on this team. He shoots 25% behind the stripe and IDGAF about what he did last year behind the stripe. That right there makes him a on dimensional player limiting him to inside the arc. Olaseni will rip him apart. He is more athletic and long than Niang. And if you wanna talk about his shooting % last year, Niang was 6-14 from the field and 1-5 from 3 last year. Bad stat line.