First of all HUGE win for the Hawks!! A couple of my notes for the game
- We need to start faster. We didn't score before the first media timeout and our slow starts are an alarming trend (we got down 11-1)
- Alabama pressed us and I didn't think we did a sensational job but you can tell this team was prepared and rarely turned the ball over against it. Huge improvement from last year.
- The newcomers played fairly well. Basabe struggled but had a good block and is still leading the team in rebounds. Marble made some big shots and Cartwright looked much improved from yesterday. McCabe was clearly the Player of the game leading us in pts, rbs, and steals. He only had 1 TO and had some beautiful passes.
- We are 11 deep which is hard to believe. I remember 1 1/2 years ago we didn't have enough players to scrimmage 5 v 5. Our bench outscored Alabama 31-5 and outscored our starters 31-24.
- We penetrated and got to the line. 32 FTA's was phenomenal but we need to make more than 63% of them.
- Archie is a huge surprise. He played 8 solid minutes and looked better than Brommer. He will be seeing more time and had a newfound confidence.
- I was at times disappointed with May's playing but he had Iowa's first seven points to start the second half and really made some clutch plays at the right time. For May to get to the next "level" on this team he needs to continue to do the things we need, even on tough nights.
- Our defense again was very impressive. I like the 3/4 court trap
Here's the Des Moines register article. Best quote "We’re so much better than we were a week ago" - Fran McCaffery. Keep it up coach!!
Iowa men beat Alabama in Virgin Islands | Hawk Central
- We need to start faster. We didn't score before the first media timeout and our slow starts are an alarming trend (we got down 11-1)
- Alabama pressed us and I didn't think we did a sensational job but you can tell this team was prepared and rarely turned the ball over against it. Huge improvement from last year.
- The newcomers played fairly well. Basabe struggled but had a good block and is still leading the team in rebounds. Marble made some big shots and Cartwright looked much improved from yesterday. McCabe was clearly the Player of the game leading us in pts, rbs, and steals. He only had 1 TO and had some beautiful passes.
- We are 11 deep which is hard to believe. I remember 1 1/2 years ago we didn't have enough players to scrimmage 5 v 5. Our bench outscored Alabama 31-5 and outscored our starters 31-24.
- We penetrated and got to the line. 32 FTA's was phenomenal but we need to make more than 63% of them.
- Archie is a huge surprise. He played 8 solid minutes and looked better than Brommer. He will be seeing more time and had a newfound confidence.
- I was at times disappointed with May's playing but he had Iowa's first seven points to start the second half and really made some clutch plays at the right time. For May to get to the next "level" on this team he needs to continue to do the things we need, even on tough nights.
- Our defense again was very impressive. I like the 3/4 court trap
Here's the Des Moines register article. Best quote "We’re so much better than we were a week ago" - Fran McCaffery. Keep it up coach!!
Iowa men beat Alabama in Virgin Islands | Hawk Central
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