Neither one of us really know, but Monte was really small when he got to town too.
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Neither one of us really know, but Monte was really small when he got to town too.
Morris stood in the corner taking threes while Kane dominated the ball? I'm not sure what you were watching his freshman year.
Monte attempted no more than 4 threes in a game and only reached 4 attempts 3 times all season. But how could he have assist games of 12, 10, 9, 7 and 7 with a third of the games of 5 or more if Kane was dominating the ball? I think you are misremembering that year.
Yep, if I remember right (and I've been wrong before), Monte did a lot of point guard that year and Kane played off the ball some.
If you've recruited a player not good enough to ever be worth a scholarship, then sure. But if he's a project you want to invest in, then the only logical reason to not redshirt is if it will hurt a fragile ego, leading to transfer. If you can talk a player of that archetype into accepting the redshirt, it's stupid not to for all parties because both player and team get another year of potential return on investment.
And to those that see college bball as an obstacle on the players' way to going pro, they don't have to use that eligibility. But if you're not going to be a factor your first year, why not give yourself the option of having a longer go?
I'm not some old man (I'm still at ISU) who wishes everyone would redshirt like the old days, and believes everyone should stay five years. But I believe redshirts are stupidly overlooked by many basketball players specifically whose egos can't handle the label. They'd rather get 20 meaningless minutes than redshirt. If you transfer, your eligibility clock is the same regardless. In that scenario, the player still sat on the bench two years, regardless of the year they took the redshirt.
Edit: To be totally clear, I'm not denying the empirical fact that most true freshmen don't redshirt in modern basketball. I'm 100% saying that many of them, specifically the portion that play very little as freshmen, are stupid not to do so.
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Here are the highlights from last night's playoff games! Horton-Tucker and Tremell Murphy from Drake were really going at it in game 2, some great back and forth between the two.
Here's Haliburton's first run in the Skills Challenge as well:
Man it's good to see what looks to be 90% of next years cyclone team jumping up to congratulate him.
Everyone was there including Babb, except for Wigginton and Lard (who obviously has other things going on at the moment). Very good to see.
There was also a game of knockout for the kids in attendance between - and a couple of big kids who decided to join in lead by Zion Griffin. Kids went nuts when Griffin got knocked out.
Steps into knock out line, sees Terrance Lewis line up behind him, steps out of knock out line.
The final game highlights from the season! In the next week or two, I'll also try to put together some full-season player highlights for the Iowa State guys if people are interested in that. Thanks for watching all summer!
I was skeptical of Haliburton's ability to play PG. I always considered that a stretch and assumed he would grow into a SG or SF.
From what I've seen in his recent videos though, he may be a true PG.
From what I've seen in his recent videos though, he may be a true PG.
THT’s non dunk finishes around the rim are amazing. That’s how I measure a real feel for being an offensive player. If you can complete some of those reverses and tough layups then you’ve got a great natural talent.
Yeah, it's something that some NBA execs take a real close look at in detail. A huge part of why Donovan Mitchell played so far above his draft stock was because he changed how he finished at the rim after college, and actually had a better FG% at the rim in his first year in the NBA compared to his last year of college. His thing was that he learned to jump off of either single foot rather than two. It's less powerful, but is a big advantage when every step counts.
We call it "feel" now, but I think a lot of it can be broken down and identified and taught as a newish type of fundamental. Naz is an example of somebody who developed the ability to finish at the rim over time.