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    Might as well keep these posts going…that was a HUGE win!

    And cruised despite shooting 28% from 3 while Cincy shot 39% and Cincy nearly doubling up our offensive rebounds. This team is well-rounded enough and good enough to make sure that an opponent usually can't beat them by doing just one or two things well.
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    Might as well keep these posts going…that was a HUGE win!

    Maybe people already know, but for those that don't, predictive metrics like Kenpom and Barttorvik had this game as the second most difficult left, only behind the game at Houston. Definitely a huge win.
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    Bracketology 2024

    It looks like he had Wisconsin at #9 on Wednesday afternoon before they lost to Michigan. So he dropped them a total of 2 spots for two losses to bad-to-middling non-NCAA tournament teams.
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    2023-2024 MBB computer projections thread

    Not just Jones and Gilbert coming into their own, but Momcilovic is getting much more comfortable with the intensity of Big 12 play. Small samples of course, but he was 26% from three in the first 4 Big 12 games and is 43% in the last 5 (starting at TCU). In those 5, the only game where MM...
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    Cam Lard

    Yeah, I would agree with this. They also beat a #17 OU team at the time (the Trae Young year), which helped propel OU down their end-of-season slide. There were just a lot of things that happened that season, with the injuries that nagged NWB until he was finally shut down. Young being out at...
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    Bracketology 2024

    Only 2 of the 5 can get Omaha, but Marquette, Wisconsin, and Illinois are all closer to Indy than Omaha. So we can presume that the best of those 3 gets the second Indy spot (Purdue gets the first, of course). Then Iowa State just has to be ahead of 2 of the other 4.
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    T J

    I think it would have worked in terms of that group of players being successful. But I'm not necessarily sure it would have worked for Otz the way it's working now. For instance, I doubt that group of players would have been as ready or able to play the hard-nosed style and defense that has been...
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    Holy **** that’s a big win

    I didn't mean to imply that Pav can't develop. I'm a fan of his skillset and think he can. I'm just thinking about how his development would lead to playing time, and I think it could best come by being a more aggressive shooter, which would also help open up the driving ability and passing...
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    T J

    If Otz can maintain the success that we think is possible, Greg McDermott might end up having a significant net positive effect on Iowa State basketball in the long term simply for bringing Otz on staff.
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    2023-24 Former Cyclones Now at Other Schools Tracker

    According to this article, looks like Grill probably could get a medical redshirt. It says the requirements are a season-ending injury that happens in the first half of the season, with fewer than 30% of the season's games played. Grill played 9 games and Missouri has 31 regular season games...
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    Monte to the Wolves!

    If he gets back to 100%, he'll be a great fit there. He probably won't compete with Conley, but with Conley's age, Monte will get a lot of opportunity to spell him and keep him fresh for the playoffs. I've seen some discussion wondering how much of Monte's success in Denver was Jokic-based, but...
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    ****Official Class Of 2024 Recruiting Thread****

    I'm curious what kinds of evolutions we'll see in play style (especially offensively) moving forward. If Rock develops, he can be by far the most offensively skilled post that TJ has had at Iowa State. If MM doesn't leave early, he'll be capable of being the centerpiece of the offense in a way...
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    Holy **** that’s a big win

    I agree with all of this. I would expect Pav will need to become a more aggressive spot-up shooter in order to get more minutes next season. Assuming everyone comes back as expected/hoped, it's definitely not obvious where any more minutes for him would come from, and that's before we even start...
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    Christy Johnson-Lynch signs extension

    Yeah, in the Facilities Strategic Plan approved in 2022, it was marked for demolition (couldn't find the official ISU document, but here's a page from the company that helped with the plan). I love the Armory, but if it were re-repurposed, the main issue wouldn't be parking, the issue would be...
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    live from Austin

    I think this hypothetical is really interesting to think about. I'm confident Hunter would be better if he had stayed than he is right now. But the question is whether he and/or Lipsey would have developed in a way to make them more complementary to each other, since at this moment they'd have...
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    Coaches getting Technicals

    It's good to crack down on coaches staying off the court and staying within their area. But it does need to be called consistently if they're going to call it, which should improve as we move forward. My biggest takeaway from the posted article is that the Big 12 was the last major conference...
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    Holy **** that’s a big win

    I think it's accurate that Baylor would have been a bigger road win. But this one was definitely big. Besides for Houston, it was the hardest road game left. Now it's mostly road games against the bottom half of the conference and home games against the top. Every game we'll be favored, except...
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    Coach K gushes about TJ and ISU in interview

    Coach K is certainly not the most polished interviewer, but very, very cool to hear. You could tell that Coach K has respect for not only TJ but Iowa State as a whole.
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    Stop underutilizing Ward

    Maybe I didn't find this site until towards the end of last season, but I recommend cbbanalytics.com. There's a subscription tier that gives access to all teams, but with a free account you can get all of Iowa State's stats. I do remember posting some of Jones's on/off stats from there, but...
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    Stop underutilizing Ward

    Ward's on/off numbers are great right now in conference, and BRE's are not great. I'm not going to disagree with you there. But this definitely feels like a tone change from you when last season you denied the idea that the team might play better with Jones on the court, despite the on/off...
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