Hilton Last Night...

Curious what the visiting team thought about this compared to their home intros:
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Lard averages 7.3 fouls per 40 minutes. He would foul out if he played 27 minutes. If he can stay on the court that long would be considered great progress.

He has a long ways to go with defensive help position and just making the smart defensive play. To much gambling at this point and taking himself out of the play.
per 40 minute stats are dumb. He'll be fine, he's a ball of energy when he's on the court, and he got screwed with that charge call to force him to the bench. We'll need him to play 20+ consistently going forward to get him ready for the Conference gauntlet. And I think he can get there.
 
I showed my wife this clip. She brought up a great point. What multimillionaire coach reaches into the team cooler, grabs a blue gatorade, hands it to his son then plops his son on his lap during a P5 Division 1 press conference?? .............And that is why Steve Prohm is awesome in our house.
He only does it for Nationally Televised Games, too :)
 
He plays with a ton of maturity...and he's a freak athlete. I hope he stays for at least 2 or 3 years, but he's developed way past where I thought he'd be at this point...

I agree. I initially thought he would stay to improve his jumper, but it's already as good as anyone else on the team. He does, however, need to work on his handle to the point I was wondering if his hand size may be contributing to this. (I have no idea what his hand size is, BTW.) Additionally, he needs experience playing the point. He does make some nice passes already and Prohm seems to be giving him the reigns a bit more when Barb is resting.
 
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I agree. I initially thought he would stay to improve his jumper, but it's already as good as anyone else on the team. He does, however, need to work on his handle to the point I was wondering if his hand size may be contributing to this. (I have no idea what his hand size is, BTW.) Additionally, he needs experience playing the point. He does make some nice passes already and Prohm seems to be giving him the reigns a bit more when Barb is resting.
If he wants to play point, he'll stay at least 2.
 
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Idk this game just didn't seem as loud to me as the other Iowa and KU games I've been too. There was a couple loud moments but they died out pretty quickly.
It always dies out quick though after a timeout. They probably showed the smile cam or your dive home weather.
 
per 40 minute stats are dumb. He'll be fine, he's a ball of energy when he's on the court, and he got screwed with that charge call to force him to the bench. We'll need him to play 20+ consistently going forward to get him ready for the Conference gauntlet. And I think he can get there.
Agree with everything, but he is ultimately the one taking himself off the court. Most of his fouls are easily avoided.

We need him on the floor for 20+ minutes in B12 play and hope he can get there too.

p.s. Stats are used to provide support and context. Dumb is arguing something that you cannot support with evidence.
 
I thought it sounded great on TV. It wasn't loud the whole time, but it was crazy enough that my in-laws, who weren't even watching the TV with me, looked over and asked if there were already big playoff or tournament games on. There were definitely times where Fran had to speak up to be heard over the crowd.
 
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Lard averages 7.3 fouls per 40 minutes. He would foul out if he played 27 minutes. If he can stay on the court that long would be considered great progress.

He has a long ways to go with defensive help position and just making the smart defensive play. To much gambling at this point and taking himself out of the play.

Right... but hes also a guy with 6 career games under his belt. The fact that he's this good playing on raw ability is impressive.

The gambling and out of position will be coached away. See Solo last year and his adventures defending screen roll.
 
Iowa had so many crowd silencers that didn’t allow Hilton to fully go bananas, but it was a pretty good environment.

Completely agree. Every time we'd start a "mini" run (in the first half), they would come down and hit a three. Which cut the lead in half, or tied the game. Kept the crowd in check.
 
I'll agree with what others have said... Iowa did a great job of stopping big runs last night. I think the biggest reasons were 1) Crowd silencing answer shots and 2) As many faults as I find with Fran's coaching philosophies, the mixing up of defensive looks definitely through us out of rhythm. Crowd seemed loud as always after the back to back DJack & Wigginton threes though on TV.
 
Agree with everything, but he is ultimately the one taking himself off the court. Most of his fouls are easily avoided.

We need him on the floor for 20+ minutes in B12 play and hope he can get there too.

p.s. Stats are used to provide support and context. Dumb is arguing something that you cannot support with evidence.
Sure, but the "Per 40 minute" statistic is one of the worst "stat" there is, IMO. It isn't a true representation of a players play, it's more an inflation than anything.
 
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I gotta say, Hilton sounded loud as heck last night on the TV. I think a lot of the new guys got introduced to just a taste of what Hilton Magic has to offer, and you could tell how jacked they were. In one of the post-game interviews, Lindell gushed about how the Hilton crowd got him fired up, and it's just so cool to see the pure excitement and happiness on his face. This makes me happy as a Cyclone fan.

Good job everyone that was there. Any insights on the atmosphere from you guys?


I didn't think it was a particularly loud game from my cheap seats.
 
I showed my wife this clip. She brought up a great point. What multimillionaire coach reaches into the team cooler, grabs a blue gatorade, hands it to his son then plops his son on his lap during a P5 Division 1 press conference?? .............And that is why Steve Prohm is awesome in our house.

Great point. It's genuine and who he is.

But I think this could also be a great recruiting angle from many points. Cass is so well behaved and shows Prohm as the family man he is. A great environment to send your son to.
 
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Lard averages 7.3 fouls per 40 minutes. He would foul out if he played 27 minutes. If he can stay on the court that long would be considered great progress.

He has a long ways to go with defensive help position and just making the smart defensive play. To much gambling at this point and taking himself out of the play.

That was my point, once he learns how to play without fouling it's a game changer.
 
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I showed my wife this clip. She brought up a great point. What multimillionaire coach reaches into the team cooler, grabs a blue gatorade, hands it to his son then plops his son on his lap during a P5 Division 1 press conference?? .............And that is why Steve Prohm is awesome in our house.

Maybe it's because I'm now older and have kids, but that might be my favorite thing about Prohm. And that's saying something, because I'm a pretty big fan of his
 
I thought Iowa played above average because of the enthusiasm of the crowd. All teams want to play when the crowd is into the game. Carver is like playing a pick-up game at the Y.
 
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