I'm curious what Hawk fans think too, but personally compare it to Iowa State "holding" Kansas to 64 points last weekend. Did Iowa State play hard-nosed defense? No, Kansas just couldn't hit water if they fell out of a boat for most of the game.
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I don't. Those are three of the worse shooting teams in the Big 10. I'm not buying it.
He hates that Bohannon played 35 mins and had 0 turnovers. He doesn't understand that even when Bohannon is not shooting well, the other team still makes it a priority to guard him. Iowa played a lot of man defense last night and Trice was 3-15 with Bohannon guarding him. All CyTwins looks at is the box score, so points are all that matter. That's why Bolton is his hero.
Where did I say Connor played well last night? Bohannon did play well. He had 0 turnovers in 35 mins and his defense on Trice was actually pretty good.
Connor did not have a good game and didn't play as much as he normally does. Bohannon played a good floor game just didn't shoot well.
He was 1-7 from the floor. A bad shot is basically a turnover right?
I'm glad you admit Connor was terrible last night
I do. I think it hit its low point after the ohio state game and after that it improved pretty significantly. A lot less ussage of the zone. We probably played zone 75 percent up to that point. Since then 180, probably play zone 25 percent. Thats biggest x's and o's adjustment we've made and it was the proper 1. Then intensity has picked up especially from Bohannon which ill credit him with. We gave up 81, 75, and 78 to Indian, Rutgers and Michigan state first time we played. In 2nd matchups which all took place after the previously mentioned ohio state game we gave up 67, 66, and 58. Throw in 62 as well to Wisconsin last night. I think it's obvious its improved. A lot less layups and dunks
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Wisconsin has the 41st best offense according to KenPom. That would put them at 4th best offense in the Big 12.
Most efficient offense but with their Adj Tempo it's kind of silly to look at total points in their games
He didn't take a bad shot. He took a long 3 before half and he shot a 30 footer with 15 secs left in the game up 15 points as the shot clock was about to expire.
Indiana, Michigan State and Wisconsin aren't in the top 40 in offense per KenPom though, so although it's good you didn't give up a lot of points, the defensive performance isn't exactly eye opening all things considered.
And yet Iowa still managed to win a conference game on the road against a ranked opponent by 15 points.
You've made it very clear you are not interested in efficiency. You're more of a volume guy.
We gave up about 50 combined less points to the same teams from first go around i don't know how you can't at least acknowledge the defense has improved. I'm not even saying we're good defensively I'm just saying we've improved which was the question
Bohannon doesn't get open shots. Everything is contested.
Connor player 24 minutes last night and is averaging 22.8 on the year. You would call someone a moron with that take.