We played horribly almost across the board, and were there at the very end with a chance to take the game (against a tourney team). I think that says something about our talent level. If we come to play, and are on, we can beat anyone.
Question for ISU fans
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We played horribly almost across the board, and were there at the very end with a chance to take the game (against a tourney team). I think that says something about our talent level. If we come to play, and are on, we can beat anyone.
Here's the thing on Babb his guy may get some points, but he will have to take a lot of shots to do it. He's really, really good on defense. Maybe Lamb is too good for him to slow down. We'll see. I haven't seen Babb struggle too much defensively.
On White, I see a lot of you guys talking about how he only averages 13 points per game. Iowa State is actually better when he doesn't score as much. He is hard to guard because he is a guard in a power forward body.
It's going to be a tough game. I am convinced we have the toughest 9 seed to play. UConn is very expirenced in the tournament and Iowa State played very nervous in their tournament last week. I fear they will come out extremely nervous on Thursday.
On White, I see a lot of you guys talking about how he only averages 13 points per game. Iowa State is actually better when he doesn't score as much. He is hard to guard because he is a guard in a power forward body.
It's going to be a tough game. I am convinced we have the toughest 9 seed to play. UConn is very expirenced in the tournament and Iowa State played very nervous in their tournament last week. I fear they will come out extremely nervous on Thursday.
So many interesting questions about this game. But to me the biggest questions will be
(1)whether allen and scotty can play enough defense to hold down the "other" guards. Babb will do a nice job on Lamb, but if Lamb is smart enough to not force his game and let the other guards score, ISU could give up a lot of points and our bigs could get in foul trouble playing help defense.
(2) can Ejim stay out of foul trouble. He is a strong rebounder and probably our best post defender. He is also Royce's favorite person to pass to. Not because he always catches Royce's passes, but because he knows how to find the open spot so Royce can get him the ball in the position to score. Royce's passing game was off against Texas because he never got into a rhythm with Ejim.
(3) will the refs call lots of charges? Royce has become timid in his attempts to score because of all the charge calls. If the refs aren't calling charges than Royce can be a bull down there.
(1)whether allen and scotty can play enough defense to hold down the "other" guards. Babb will do a nice job on Lamb, but if Lamb is smart enough to not force his game and let the other guards score, ISU could give up a lot of points and our bigs could get in foul trouble playing help defense.
(2) can Ejim stay out of foul trouble. He is a strong rebounder and probably our best post defender. He is also Royce's favorite person to pass to. Not because he always catches Royce's passes, but because he knows how to find the open spot so Royce can get him the ball in the position to score. Royce's passing game was off against Texas because he never got into a rhythm with Ejim.
(3) will the refs call lots of charges? Royce has become timid in his attempts to score because of all the charge calls. If the refs aren't calling charges than Royce can be a bull down there.
They laid an egg because tejas over defended the perimeter and our support shooters never picked up the intensity to find a way.
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Lamb's problem is not shooting enough. Seriously frustrating. He scores most of his points off of curls/shots with 1 dribble or less but sometimes decides not to shoot when he is open off the screen/curl. It can get very frustrating because they are shots he should be taking.
I agree wholeheartedly. Can we also agree that if ISU comes out and plays like against Texas in KC or @ Baylor and they can be beat by anyone? I think they can win, but there are too many posters taking a similar line as they did before Texas and saying that UCONN doesn't have a chance or that ISU WILL beat UCONN. This team has laid too many eggs to have that level of confidence. Part of it may be relying on the 3 (which I am okay with) and part of it is losing focus and sloppy play. That's just the way it is.
It's no wonder there are so many melt downs on this forum. We pump sunshine up each other's *** holes that the team is unbeateable and then are crushed when the team has a bad game.
It seems like at least once or twice a game Royce will go for the "SportsCenter" pass instead of the simple pass and it bites him in the ***. There's a time and a place for the spectacular play, he just needs to do a little bit better job picking his spots. He knows it too. You can see it on his face when he makes those turnovers.
No doubt.
Lamb is good, but the OP has thick homer glasses on to believe that a good defender can't take Lamb out of his game quickly.
Lamb tends to get into stretches where he gets content to bomb contested 3s. Could be a very long game for him if he doesn't want to work to get closer to the rim.
What makes Lamb tough to D closer to the rim is that his arms are inhumanly long, and he has a quick release type floater that nobody can get off the floor to block.
But like I said - if Babbs gets in his grill early, he may fold and be content to bomb low % 3s.
The best thing about White is that ISU doesn't depend on him scoring a ton of points to have success on offense. He isn't the type that will force things if they aren't there. That is what makes him so much different then most star players on their respective teams. The really difficult thing about defending ISU is that the opposition never knows who is going to go off for the Clones. Ejim has blown up in games, Scotty, Chris Allen, Royce, McGee, etc.... have all lit up teams this year. All it takes is one guy to get stuck on automatic and then the opposition has real problems. The K-State road game is a great example. How many open shots did McGee, Allen, Babb, Royce, Ejim, and others get simply because Scotty was on fire? A bunch... and even with K-State shifting their defensive focus to stopping Scotty they still couldn't do it.
This is why ISU is so dangerous. It takes 1 guy... 1 guy to start filling it up and ISU's offense becomes extremely difficult to defend and ISU has plenty of guys to pick from that can fill it up. :yes:
Cyclone nation says "I told you so"
Lamb was shut down by Babb(granted he beat other defenders for a few points), and Royce was dominating.
Napier and Lamb both got theirs. Babb did fine and didn't let Lamb take over the game, but nobody had an answer for Royce and that freed up everyone else to fill their niche. UConn held their own after our first big run, but that was a body blow that is so tough to recover from.
I don't watch many Big East games, but for the first half I was a little worried for Calhoun's health. That was a mad mad man on the sideline.
I don't watch many Big East games, but for the first half I was a little worried for Calhoun's health. That was a mad mad man on the sideline.