We likely did not see Creighton at their ceiling last night. They had an awful start to the season a year ago, and then when we saw them firing on all cylinders toward the end of the year, they were able to make a Sweet 16 run. I suspect that happens again this season.
Perkins is probably their best defender, but I think he'd be like 4th or 5th best on ISU. Reaches too much and uses his body, results in fouls called on him and he is one of their best whiners.
They all have potential for sure, but I also know not many recruiting classes have all members make it all four years either for a lot of different reasons.
Nice observation! I think Payton Sandfort has a little fake tough guy in him, but definitely did not see a lot of that last night in the 10 min. or so that I watched. I have long felt that losing a couple of those big minutes eaters and replacing them with better talent would result in a net positive for Iowa. Will be monitoring this.
Not sure about that. Alexander looked really good with the ball in his hands albeit against Iowa's defense.
This is true, and yet I don't have a statistic to back this up but would wager a guess that Fran's retention level is better than what it is across the sport.
Not always for good reasons though. He is commendable in a way that he doesn't seem to cut players from the roster and honors the scholarship, but that also isn't a winning formula in today's game. So far this freshman class all seem to be able to contribute to the team, which is something you couldn't say a lot about past classes with guys like Mulvey eating up a scholarship.
The name "Farabello" was a blast from the past. Think TCU had a Farabello at one point in time, might be the same guy. Silky smooth guard for them.
