Marble, White, Basabe, May, Olesani, McCabe, JO have all played a season or more.
Oklahoma State is playing all Freshman and Sophmores (1 JR) as well. LOTS of teams are playing freshman around the country.
At this rate no way does Illinois make the tournament.. after starting 2 and 7 and losing games at home
Iowa sweeps at home and they have a great shot.
its a younger team, but not much younger than a lot of other teams around the country. Still plenty of sophomore and juniors getting minutes for Iowa.
Its not just the 3 freshman.
I wonder why he continues to play so many different guys , instead of getting his best talent a lot more minutes. Depth is nice, but it seems to take away from the ability of the team sometimes.
If Bucknell, Villanova, oregon state, xavier, Eastern Michigan can beat Purdue..... certainly Iowa should if they have NCAA hopes.
I really think Iowa pounds the crap out of them today.
Last year Josh was 14-20 in blowout losses to indiana, msu, and creighton. No pressure and playing against back ups.
The rest of the year he was 31-101 from 3.
This year most every game has been close and his numbers mimic those of last year.
For year 2, Im surprised how he doesnt play stronger. This is his 2nd Big 10 season. I did laugh a bit too when they said on TV he had only been playing the game for 5-6 years. I was expecting more out of him after what I had been told he was going to do.
Who gets more minutes next year...
JO has made a living by inflating his 3 point stats during blow out games. A bit surprised he is still considered a 3 point sniper.
He is the type of one dimensional player that Fran can do without. I take Clemmons in his minutes anyday.