Creighton Closed Scrimmage
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Well, if it was Iowa, a couple of bleachers under a tent would probably not sell out.
Good post. And while it’s tempting to say next year will be even better because we will return most of this year’s young team, you just don’t know. There’s only 200 minutes to split across a lot of capable players so some are probably going to be disappointed in their role. In today’s college basketball you have to look at each year independently.
This is very likely to be TJ’s best team so far. Unless injuries or some type of fit/chemistry issue comes up we should be a top 30 team.
The OL thing is real. And I think we are all excited, but we will be young and SO much different this year. None of us are sure of how good we are going to be because of it.
True. Just as true for all but maybe 5 to 10 teams in all of NCAA basketball. Most of which have far less going for them in the positive side.
Youth sure. There's definitely potential to have too much youth and not enough experience or grown man strength at times.
Change? I really don't think you can use change as a negative word anymore in college basketball. If a team doesn't change at all it could mean they're getting passed up these days. Turnover isn't bad anymore it's almost required to not get passed up.
My guess is we don't have any more change than any team has that hopes to be top 25 caliber needs in this new era...and our freshman/transfer class we're changing with is better than most on paper at least for this year.
My main point is that a lot of people have a mindset where no fan of any cbb team should ever be optimistic of any team ever again...or they could change expectations to reflect the new world of college sports.
Even that isn't some sort of guarantee.
A lot can happen over the course of a 4-5 month season and hopefully people are able to understand that this season (likely wishful thinking).
It's more of a random guess than ever...and by every metric available that matters for making that guess, ISU is in really solid position right now this season. Not down the road. Now. (I mean hopefully down the road too, but it doesn't have to be.)
Not saying we are KU, but there aren't dozens of teams in better position on paper. We're talking more like maybe a dozen singular.
If I were an EIU fan, I would have this mindset about my team as long as Fran is coach…..
All your points are good ones, and I love talking BB, even when the FB season is still going and has plenty of excitement of its own!
I love this year's roster. A lot of depth and lineup combinations available for TJ.
Feel like there is no reason to be pessimistic because TJ has developed a hard nosed mindset that emphasizes defense and rebounding. Over a 30+ game season, I think TJ's culture will win a lot of games with solid talent.
We were an NCAA Tournament teams his first 2 years, with less depth and overall talent. No reason to expect the Clones aren't a top 20 team.
I'm jonesing for some Cyclone hoops!! Feel like a 10 year old on December 23.
We are on record for the opposite. Just sayin'.