Dustin Hogue - No rebounds
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He now has 1 rebound in his last 3 games. Very odd for sure. You think almost by default of being on the floor 25-30 minutes, you'd get a few.
Naz, Georges, and BDJ all had several. So that might be contributing to it. But it has definitely been puzzling to me.
I'm sure Hogue is due to bounce back. Hopefully he plays great against Iowa.
However, his seat has to be getting warm around December 20th with McKay coming back. Right now, between Naz and Hogue, you have to start Naz. He's bringing way more.
However, his seat has to be getting warm around December 20th with McKay coming back. Right now, between Naz and Hogue, you have to start Naz. He's bringing way more.
He was a better rebounder from the 3 with Ejim around than he is from the 4 on his own.
This team has struggled rebounding, though--not Niang's natural strength and Hogue has cooled down on it. I'm sure having McKay back is going to help a lot with that and clean up on big statistical weakness of the squad.
This team has struggled rebounding, though--not Niang's natural strength and Hogue has cooled down on it. I'm sure having McKay back is going to help a lot with that and clean up on big statistical weakness of the squad.
Completely agree with the post above on him guarding the 4. He's a natural 3 and having the two bigs box out the other big men allows for him to soar in and grab the board. He's just in the boxing out the other bigs and clearing the bigs so the guards an get it.
This was the ISU team I was waiting to see since the season started. When McKay gets here it will be real fun to watch. No reason with McKay the this team can't stay in the top 20 all year. Beating Iowa woild solidly that. I liked the move down low by Nader and that was a designed play to get him going. He didn't do much else offensively but I thought Nader played good D and rebounded well enough. With McKay and Niang I can see Nader getting more and more ISO plays and he looked quick and smooth on that post move,
I wouldn't go that far yet...we've got a defensive rebounding efficiency of 77%, which is good for 30th out of 351 teams. We've not done as well with offensive rebounds, but that is likely a product of a small sample size due to us not missing a great deal of shots (if it weren't for that Maryland game, we'd easily be among the top teams in FG% this year).
I agree - Hogue is a great player and his energy is amazing, and I think that he will turn a corner soon to an even better level that he showed last March, but if he doesn't then he will find himself as a 6th man.
Morris, Long, Dejean-Jones, Niang, McKay could the starting five for conference play. Hogue, Thomas, Nader, maybe Edozie and Custer getting some minutes off of the bench would be great depth.
I am not going to panic about Hogue, he has proven he is MORE than capable of performing quite well at this level. He will get his, I am sure of that. Offensive rebounds are going to be tough for him if ISU continues to shoot this well. Guess what, I am ok with that!
He also gets a lot of offensive rebounds. There were not many of those to be had the last 2 games.
I think its because he wears his socks twisted.
But seriously I think teams are keying on him more now due to the fact that he was so good last year. But mark my words, when McKay comes in and Georges moves to the "4" (I know no positions in Hoiball but the other teams will put their 4 on Georges) and Hogue moves to the 3, Hogue will eat his defenders alive on the boards. Hougeybadger won't stop.
But seriously I think teams are keying on him more now due to the fact that he was so good last year. But mark my words, when McKay comes in and Georges moves to the "4" (I know no positions in Hoiball but the other teams will put their 4 on Georges) and Hogue moves to the 3, Hogue will eat his defenders alive on the boards. Hougeybadger won't stop.
Bingo. To me, it looks like he and Georges and Edozie (when in) work hard to get good position and some of our rangier guards are relied on to track down rebounds. I've loved Hogue's play all year, he's definitely our "glue guy".
Agree. He's stronger than last year but that may not be enough to overcome the height/size advantage of players he's guarding at the 4 position. He does seem to be forcing things a bit, but I'm not concerned. I think he continues to start after McKay is eligible. Teams in the Big XII are going to have players Naz will not be able to handle on D.
Did anybody else hear Hogue screaming for the ball when he got the smaller defender on him last night? Right before Fran said he was a piranha. Could have sworn I heard him yell "Oh my, oh my get me the ball." I was cracking up.
On the rebounding items, I agree with most that he and Georges are focusing on boxing out and letting the guards sky in and grab them.
On the rebounding items, I agree with most that he and Georges are focusing on boxing out and letting the guards sky in and grab them.
I prefer the team rebounding as a team vs Hougue and Ejim last year doing it all. I think this helps get the fast break going better when Monte, Naz or Georges grabs the rebound. Let Dustin, BDJ and McKay start running for a dunk.