I think the 7 number is safe and could be 8. 7 out of 14 teams isn't really overachieving for what many people thought could be 10 teams.
I guess Iowa's collapse will start in March this year...
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Oklahoma is a curious case. They probably need to go 7-11 in conference (sitting at 3-9 right now). If they get close though you have to think the committee will like the non-conference Lon put together... They didn't play any juggernauts but went 11-1 against the 13th ranked non-conference SOS in the country. I see they do have 4 more opportunities for quadrant 1A wins as well. That's opportunity or demise.
It's probably a smart scheduling strategy on the whole. Then again you can never know exactly what you're up against.... they finished December with a 5 game stretch of Notre Dame, Wichita State, USC, Creighton, and @Northwestern. Basically everyone of those teams is down this year. Still, that allowed them to stack a bunch of Quad 2 wins while everyone else is playing Maryland Eastern Shore and Alabama A&M.
Don't think they can jump ISU unless ISU collapses. Iowa needs that ISU and Michigan win to stay up.
Good point. It would be a huge win if ISU can pull it off tomorrow. Iowa should win easily
Only Sullivan, McGee, Christopherson, and JVB have a higher career 3 Point FG% than JBo. Only 1 of those guys played all 4 years, so you'd assume the other guys were more refined when stepping on campus as well. He's .5% worse than Sullivan over his career so far.
This is all while playing in an offense that's pretty easy to prepare for apparently, so I would say he's definitely an elite shooter.
Elite 3 point shooter is different than elite shooter. He is a liability inside the 3 point line
I mean what’s our definition of “shooter” here. I mean we wouldn’t call a center who scores all his points on dunks and right around the rim an elite shooter
Shooter would be jump shots IMO. I mean you can't be an elite shooter if you don't even have a mid range game
True. I’m curious to see how many mid range shots he even takes though. I’ve watched most of the games and I honestly can’t recall how many mid range jumpers he even shoots
Same reason Cam Lard doesn't shoot 3's. It's not in his game
I think he's fine shooting from anywhere on the floor. I don't think you want him shooting layups. If he had a floater he could throw up with some accuracy from 10 feet I think it'd help him a lot. He'd be #2 all time for FT% in ISU history as well. The guy can shoot the ball.
There's a reason he doesn't make shots inside the 3 point line. He's short and unathletic. If he tried to have a mid range game he would struggle to create enough space to not get blocked unless they ran sets for him which they don't
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