White not enough touches in 2nd half, Marble to many?

HaydenHawk56

HaydenHawk56

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White blew some chances at the rim at times in this game, but did not give him enough chances to create in 2nd half. To bad we leaned on McCabe for the key 3 shots at the end (instead of White). Marble did not have it today.
 




Seems like Marble "feels" like its up to him to win a game. Maybe pressure from being his Dad's kid. But there are so many kids that can win a game.. pass the fking ball
 


twinlaker said:
Seems like Marble "feels" like its up to him to win a game. Maybe pressure from being his Dad's kid. But there are so many kids that can win a game.. pass the fking ball
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Other then that last shot he toook I didn't think he forced to much today. Missed a ton of good looks.
 






The takeaway for a lot people from today's game will be that Marble played poorly for us. I thought he played about as good a game as a guy can when his hoop's got a lid on it:

14 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and only 1 turnover against a ballhawking Oladipo.

He impressed me today. I know I'll be in the minority.
 


I have no problems with Marble's shot selection today. He took a lot of shots that he normally makes, just couldn't get them to fall today. Iowa didn't play incredibly well today, but we were still in it til the very end. We aren't quite "there" yet, but I have a feeling by the end of the year we will be.
 


wundergrape said:
The takeaway for a lot people from today's game will be that Marble played poorly for us. I thought he played about as good a game as a guy can when his hoop's got a lid on it:

14 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and only 1 turnover against a ballhawking Oladipo.

He impressed me today. I know I'll be in the minority.
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I disagree because he missed so many wide open shots. He didn't play bad, just missed good shots.

There were some dribble drives that were a bit ill-advised, but he didn't take advantage of Oladipo's aggression. Oladipo gambles and relies on his athleticism to make up for it, Marble didn't take advantage of that.

The other thing is, IU made it a point to throw everything at Marble, including having a bigger Watford guard him at times.

Iowa has to learn how to win without Marble hitting, they almost did today, but good learning experience.
 




sportstalent said:
I disagree because he missed so many wide open shots. He didn't play bad, just missed good shots.

There were some dribble drives that were a bit ill-advised, but he didn't take advantage of Oladipo's aggression. Oladipo gambles and relies on his athleticism to make up for it, Marble didn't take advantage of that.

The other thing is, IU made it a point to throw everything at Marble, including having a bigger Watford guard him at times.

Iowa has to learn how to win without Marble hitting, they almost did today, but good learning experience.
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How could you disagree, then? You pretty much just echoed what my post said - which was that he played about as well as one could without being able to hit any shots. He drove to the rim, got fouled, hit his 'fros, rebounded, and didn't turn the ball over. I'm not saying he played well - you can't when you're 1-14 - I just saying he made up for it about as well as you can.
 


wundergrape said:
The takeaway for a lot people from today's game will be that Marble played poorly for us. I thought he played about as good a game as a guy can when his hoop's got a lid on it:

14 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and only 1 turnover against a ballhawking Oladipo.

He impressed me today. I know I'll be in the minority.
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Missing makeable shots counts as playing poorly.
 




wundergrape said:
How could you disagree, then? You pretty much just echoed what my post said - which was that he played about as well as one could without being able to hit any shots. He drove to the rim, got fouled, hit his 'fros, rebounded, and didn't turn the ball over. I'm not saying he played well - you can't when you're 1-14 - I just saying he made up for it about as well as you can.
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Because to beat a team like IU, you can't miss wide open shots, therefore, he didn't impress me, but a learning experience.
He didn't make up for it on the defensive end either.
 


sportstalent said:
Because to beat a team like IU, you can't miss wide open shots, therefore, he didn't impress me, but a learning experience.
He didn't make up for it on the defensive end either.
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I dunno, he played Sheehey pretty well when we were in man-to-man, and did a decent job in zone. Of course his shot needs to be there, but he didn't give up on himself and made himself a factor.
 


wundergrape said:
I dunno, he played Sheehey pretty well when we were in man-to-man, and did a decent job in zone. Of course his shot needs to be there, but he didn't give up on himself and made himself a factor.
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Don't disagree, he has to make the wide open ones and get to the line with the rest like he did.
 




If the shots fell like they normally do for Marble, we would have handled IU with no problems. The dude was just not on at all. Some of his shots even went in and shot back out. He will come back from this. Still, I would rather see Marble take a shot at the end of the game than Mccabe. That dude was tossing bricks all over at the end.
 


I just wonder where all the Woodbury haters are tonight? I thought he was going to be pushed around all season and have no impact in the game?

He played a fantastic game and you were all WRONG!!!! The future of Iowa basketball is very strong with him as our center piece.
 




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