Graham Couch: Iowa Basketball is a mid-major roster
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Well you didnt disagree with this post or respond to my point about Jackson being ahead of Bohannon so yes pretty much.
Putting up similar stats against much better competition while battling multiple injuries basically season-long and winning the head-to-head could lead one to do this.
I don't want to see it either, but sooner or later the natives will get restless so just trying to prepare them ahead of time. We all love Mad Fran pictures and need to see more every year!!
What do other systems say?
Too bad Sagarin doesn't take into account s*** coaching. I think your ranking could be boosted tenfold on there, if you had something resembling a basketball coach at the top. I hope Fran stays forever. Clear the bank accounts for him.
Sometimes you need to turn on the rocket boosters and put five shooters out there.
This would be a fun lineup in that regard...
Wigginton
Bohannon
Horton-Tucker
Lewis
Shayok
Might get slaughtered on defense and on the boards, but it would score.
Holy **** dan you still may be the stupidest person in the world.
The time away did not improve your cognitive function.
I wish the reporter, I think it was Dochterman, would have pressed Fran a little more on the "body of work" response. I would say, "Your body of work shows you are barely above .500 overall in 8 years and below .500 in conference play over that time". "You have missed two straight tournaments in your 7th and 8th season." What about that body of work shows that you shouldn't be on the hot seat?
RPI has ISU slightly ahead of Iowa and KenPom is blocked at my work for some reason so cannot answer for them.
Sometimes you need to turn on the rocket boosters and put five shooters out there.
This would be a fun lineup in that regard...
Wigginton
Bohannon
Horton-Tucker
Lewis
Shayok
Might get slaughtered on defense and on the boards, but it would score.
Is Shayok really considered a "shooter"?
He has only made 55 three pointers in 103 career games and is a career 44.7% shooter.
RPI is the odd one out then, as Pomeroy has ToE a good 15 spots up.
I'm glad you guys were able to reach your season's hype expectations by ranking above ISU. Add that one to the body of work. That's what an experienced, well-coached team looks like.
He is a career 37.4% (even if it has somehow declined over the years).
He is not outstanding but fills out the lineup between the two rosters.
For comparison, here is Melvin Ejim, who never cracked 35% even as as senior...
Hoiberg still had him bombing away from outside in all-shooter lineups.
Well Ejim shot almost as many threes his senior year than Shayok did his first 3 years combined at UVA.
I just think if you were going to put a set of 5 shooters on the floor there would be better options.
I am open to other suggestions from the combined roster.
I just figured Shayok is an acceptable shooter, has a reputation preceding him as a UVA guy as a defender, and has the size, length, and versatility to play a ultra-small-ball 5 in short bursts even if, yes, better posts would beat him up on the block.
I do not know who else you would put there.
Putting Lard or Garza there is not an all-shooter lineup, too.
My bad, I was interpreting your original post on this topic as putting 5 guys out there that can light it up from 3 and not worry about anything else.
Kind of a fun hypothetical to think about.