Are there less rebounds to be had because we aren’t as bad making baskets and shooting?
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Are there less rebounds to be had because we aren’t as bad making baskets and shooting?
I think Iowa State can lose to Houston and still get a 1 seed if Arizona drops one and we take care of the rest.
Not an impossible scenario, but I'm not sure what happens if ISU won out and Houston's only lose was to us. I think there would have to be two 1 seeds for the B12, but who gets put in the West?
Not an impossible scenario, but I'm not sure what happens if ISU won out and Houston's only lose was to us. I think there would have to be two 1 seeds for the B12, but who gets put in the West?
He works as an off ball option when the other teams double on the ball. Everyone does that. Kunc was used that way, but he wasn't a guard either. I wouldn't consider Watson a guard and that's how he's listed also. More a wing or SF. Anyway, it all doesn't matter what labeled position we call each player. The line between each position is kinda gray since good players are skilled in a lot of ways.
I’ve kind of adopted Arizona as another team because of a friend and they seem to be righting the ship a bit, they did pick up some crazy wins in non conf and their non conf schedule was ludicrous. They’d be tricky to seed right now in terms of 1/2/3, not sure how much weight recency has.
Their margin of error is smaller with how relatively weak the P12 has been (They don't have an Q1 games left in the regular season!) but like you said, they had some stellar non conference wins and the predictives love them.
I haven't watched any conference games cuz I don't have the P12 network but they definitely *looked* like a team that deserved a 1 seed when I watched them a couple months ago, whatever that is worth.
"somewhat inconsistent" is sugar coating it. One night in 3, he was very good offensively. The other 3, he was a dumpster fire, 4 points on 9 shots and 5 turnovers type of thing. At least, this is how I remember it. He was better in year 2. Good Gabe / Bad Gabe.
If you were high, and squinted a lot, Kunc is kind of a homeless man's Milan. Lanky, can drive, decent shooter. Milan has a lot more skill and moves, but will never be able to flop like Kunc.
It's remarkable how much small improvements have made big differences with Rob and Tre offensively. Also, Rob, Tre, and Ward are all such different players as posts, has to be tricky for the defender.
Are you able to make projections on the final chart? I'd be curious how dramatically the top two would shift if we win against Tech and @houston. I'd assume we'd become the heavy favorites at that point?
Having him and Gilbert as older more experienced guards is paying dividends. They've stepped up so much and the consistency with them is amazing. Gilbert knew he wasn't feeling it from deep, so he drove instead and it was paying off in killing some momentum shifts at times last night. CJ did it plenty with a couple 3's and some great drives with some pullups in the lane. He just seems like a silent assassin that is flying under the radar.
Dang this team is fun. Win in different ways. Experienced. Balanced. ISU is back to being a basketball school.
Getting transfer guards in Gilbert, Jones and Pav with multiple years of eligibility is like winning the lottery. I loved the strategy at the time, but thought it would pay off more next year.
Yeah, but his turnaround step back shot in the lane is almost dang near money all the time.
Maybe if we win the Big 12 tournament/make it to the finals. I just don't see the committee not giving the last 1 seed to either the winner of Pac 12 or SEC.. but we'll see how it all shakes out
I have to keep reminding myself that these guys have multiple years left, which is mind blowing to me. They're playing at a higher more experienced level. Having strong guard play for years to come means they can key in on a really really good transfer post player next year. Shouldn't take much to convince someone to join. Also, one can easily forget about JT Rock in the mold. I would imagine if Omaha stays, he'll get thrown into the fire. TJ is a mastermind in the transfer market. Man needs paid handsomely.
And people were complaining about not getting any bigs. Now we can pool the NIL money into getting a big or 2 the next portal cycle because those guys we got have multiple years.
Couldn't agree more. But, I wonder where Gabe would find minutes when noting the efficiency of Jones, the ball handling of Gilbert, and the mismatch that is Milan and more below
One difference I note is Curtis and Keshon help to keep the opposing offense out to 20-25+ feet from the basket and kalscheur/Holmes/kunz couldn't really help with that. Teams were able to attack us from closer in a year ago. This helps us trap as the cross court passes become longer leading to more turnovers and more time to recover on ball reversals leading to less wide open threes
This gif just has a person giddy about the team...just look at ISU, who would have thought?? This is fun. lol.
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Do the same thing next year with 2 big, strong paint enforcer transfers and we'll be set