Will Iowa State make postseason play?
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This is the correct take here.
I have said for several months that this team has a higher March ceiling and lower early season floor than the last two years teams. Just due to the new faces and youth. We will be fine.
I don’t live nearby, so for me it’s a way to engage. That **** isn’t just venting, it’s actively attempting to ruin it.
Uh, because he's super smart and everyone needs to read his thoughts on attacking the same players over and over.
You didn’t know, complaining CF posters saved the football season. Campbell would never have opened things up offensively without their incessant negativity.
There's definitely a mix. There's people like Darius\ZRF\Zuri etc that are trash, and others that come on to vent.
My idiot eye test says bubble team. Either just sneaking in, or NIT. Right now I'd bet NIT.
We don't have the experience this season, nor the crazy athleticism to make up for it. It's a young team who needs development and an NBA-caliber transfer next year.
Also, I realize he's a freshmen, but Omaha's 5 star rating is currently a bit head-scratching. There hasn't been even a glimmer of star power against these real teams.
We don't have the experience this season, nor the crazy athleticism to make up for it. It's a young team who needs development and an NBA-caliber transfer next year.
Also, I realize he's a freshmen, but Omaha's 5 star rating is currently a bit head-scratching. There hasn't been even a glimmer of star power against these real teams.
I think so. I think we probably missed Hasan a bit. Can’t tell if I should worry about Lipsey being our most prolific rebounder or maybe just chalk that up to what a complete player he is.
The offense isn’t pretty and we have scoring droughts of great length, but then I look at the score and we have more points than it feels like.
I haven’t really analyzed the conference schedule enough to know if we got a good or a bad deal on our games with the newcomers.
Hoping someone has a big game from the outside against a decent team to open the floor up more for us.
The offense isn’t pretty and we have scoring droughts of great length, but then I look at the score and we have more points than it feels like.
I haven’t really analyzed the conference schedule enough to know if we got a good or a bad deal on our games with the newcomers.
Hoping someone has a big game from the outside against a decent team to open the floor up more for us.
I voted NCAA tourney, and was also someone posting critical things about today’s performance in another thread.
Just because a fan is critical doesn’t mean they think the world is ending or that a coach should be fired. But the performance in Orlando was very concerning. Any time you give up a 21 point lead should be cause for taking a look at things - obviously, you got up by a big margin against a good team, so how did you collapse so much?
I trust that TJ and the staff will figure things out, they have done more with less talent, but there is a huge amount of teaching to do and the Big 12 is unforgiving. I also agree with other posters that our non-con SOS will be worse than the last two years and there is no signature win opportunity left. Wins over Iowa at home and VCU neutral may only be Quad 2 at the end of the year. The Big 12 offers a ton of great opportunities to build a resume, but the league is going to be just as tough this year as any in the past. Unlike in football, the newcomers appear more ready to pull weight and the returning schools are elite. If we can get 9 wins in the league, I think we’ll be dancing. But a losing record this year, with our non-con resume being weaker (at best), could leave us out on Selection Sunday.
Just because a fan is critical doesn’t mean they think the world is ending or that a coach should be fired. But the performance in Orlando was very concerning. Any time you give up a 21 point lead should be cause for taking a look at things - obviously, you got up by a big margin against a good team, so how did you collapse so much?
I trust that TJ and the staff will figure things out, they have done more with less talent, but there is a huge amount of teaching to do and the Big 12 is unforgiving. I also agree with other posters that our non-con SOS will be worse than the last two years and there is no signature win opportunity left. Wins over Iowa at home and VCU neutral may only be Quad 2 at the end of the year. The Big 12 offers a ton of great opportunities to build a resume, but the league is going to be just as tough this year as any in the past. Unlike in football, the newcomers appear more ready to pull weight and the returning schools are elite. If we can get 9 wins in the league, I think we’ll be dancing. But a losing record this year, with our non-con resume being weaker (at best), could leave us out on Selection Sunday.
I do not think this is an NCAA tournament team. Against anyone with a pulse, we have not look good, and that includes the win over VCU. Love the grit, but even the "good" teams we have played, how good are they really? I don't think VT or VCU make the tournament and of course A and M was without two starters. Seems we have a long way to go.
All kinds of opportunity but they’ve got to develop an identity. We play like a team who wants the game to be in the 70s or 80s, but our ability hasn’t backed that up. We either need guys to make plays or go back to the plodding, motion until 8 seconds on the shot clock and run iso offense that’s kept us in games in years past.