TJ needs to figure out a workable defensive scheme for this group to use against perimeter shooting. Whoever said they were worried that BYU would be kryptonite for ISU's defense was spot on.
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Keshon is doing what we need him to do by attacking, finishing and playing solid defense. He’s not a jump shooter, but I don’t think that was ever his role.
BYU is better than I thought. Road wins are hard to come by in the Big 12. Thought we might see a good shooting night when Tamin and CJones both hit their first 3 attempts. TJ needs to figure something out to get Milan open looks. Ward and Jones have provided good garbage buckets but we can’t run offense through them.
I think the offensive sets they run are not the best for a guy like Pavs, he is going to need open looks. He is not going to create his own shots.
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Let’s just say I’m looking forward to BYUs visit to Hilton on March 6th.
This and don’t blame TJ, they looked good on tape and fortunately most are young, but tough transition so far.
Keshon has been remarkably inefficient. He went 6/15 from the field, 0/3 from 3 and had 4 turnovers.
I don't know if it's the sets we run or the execution, but our guys run offense like robots. There's no purpose. Eventually we drive into the lane that is packed. Would love to see us spread the floor more. Not sure if it's lack of confidence, but I think we have guys that are more than capable of hitting 3s. They just have to pull the trigger.
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Omaha needs reps in practice to know where to stand on D. Unfortunately it sounds like he is a tweener on O, so I can't tell you if he is any of the correct positions, but it is pretty obvious that he is not on the same page with the other guys AND doesn't even freelance correctly. He'll get there, but asking for him to be in now, won't help him or the team.
He's not ready and the other people who MIGHT contribute get the reps. EOS.
OK, let me explain something to you. Jones has a chance of doing something useful for the team this year. As a matter of fact he has already shown he is a good defender and CAN hit 3s (not as many as we'd like, but has hit some.) He has a chance, Omaha has shown 10% of the opportunity to benefit this team as C Jones has. CJo should be in there, getting game experience so he can take the next step.
Omaha needs reps in practice to know where to stand on D. Unfortunately it sounds like he is a tweener on O, so I can't tell you if he is any of the correct positions, but it is pretty obvious that he is not on the same page with the other guys AND doesn't even freelance correctly. He'll get there, but asking for him to be in now, won't help him or the team.
He's not ready and the other people who MIGHT contribute get the reps. EOS.
Might have to make my way back to Ames for that one. Probably going to be a lot on the line in terms of b12 tourney/ncaa seeding. Crowd will be on fire.
What a freaking buzz saw that was. I have never seen an ISU team under TJ look so sluggish defensively. The trapping zone was a perfect recipe for a team like BYU. Wouldn't you think TJ would've switched to another defensive approach at some point. Or is that the base defense and only defense they know how to run? I guess they tried man to man and got picked apart that way too.
That loss to Oklahoma State…at home…where we scored 36 points…was pretty bad.
This game was a replica of Missouri last year who dropped 14 3's on the Clones.
17 point loss it was a Groundhog Day performance
17 point loss it was a Groundhog Day performance
I really don't think it was the 3 point defense that sunk us. We could have overcome that. They were 14-22 of two, which I am sure will drive TJ nuts. That, and we gave up way too many free throws, and didn't turn them over enough or rebound that well.
When we're operating well, we're getting to the line way more often than our opponent, and still getting about 10 more shots up than our opponent.
I'm not going to read a whole lot into this one. You have to be ready to go each game in this league. If you aren't, you'll lose and it can get ugly pretty quick. Way too many good teams in the Big 12, absolutely no gimmies.
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