I was in attendance:
Oglesby: He made his first shot attempt which was a wide open 3pt shot. He has a good looking stroke. I never got a feel for the quick release they say he has as he only attempted two shots both were 3pt shots. He made one and missed one. He does appear to be a pretty good passer in that he delivers nice crisp passes that hit people in the chest. I get the feeling he has a good feel for the game. He seems decently athletic we will get a better feel for his athleticism once Iowa starts playing better teams. He is not going to wow you but he is not a slow footed guy either from the look of things.
White: He did some nice things and some bad things. He has a nice looking shot and seems to be able to handle the 3 or 4 position. He puts the ball on the floor good enough to get around 4 guys on the perimeter and he has some nice length. He does not look like a string bean but you can tell he needs to get stronger. He lost the ball occasionally on defense and got beat back door and what not. He looked to be a step slow on the defensive end. I think he probably will need to focus more on the defensive end. I noticed he was playing with a little splint from the thumb injury he suffered. Hard to tell how much it affected him since he had a nice baseline dunk and looked to have good rotation on a few of the shots he took. Obviously he would like to not have the brace on but it did not seem to affect him much.
Marble: He looked awful just seemed out of it and made some terrible pass attempts. I would think he might be getting over the concussion and being out of practice. I hope he is able to shake that and pick things up as he did not look good doing much of anything. He did have nice step back mid range jump shot he created but the shot rimMmed out.
Archie: He is athletic I guess. I just hope he provides some energy and does not make mental mistakes. He is 6-9 and has some decent bulk so lets hope he can be a hustle guy, rebound, block a few/disrupt shots and get a couple dunks each game. This is about all I can hope he does.
Basabe: He just never got into the flow of the game. Had a charging call and a couple of over the back calls. He never really got that many touches in good post position. I am not too worried about him so I will not really say much.
McCabe: He looks a bit leaner but he still looks pretty slow afoot. He lost his guy defensively a few times and just did not look very good at all this game. Just think of him last year but a bit leaner.
Cartwright: Looked pretty similar to last year. Not much to note with him. He hit an open 3pt shot but took a couple shots that missed pretty badly.
Gatens: Looked like last year. Don't need to tell you about him just a real solid player.
May: Looks to handle the ball with more confidence than last year, however he did not really get anywhere with the dribble. Not much to say about him.
Olaseni: Made a nice looking post move but it was waived off due to him getting called for a travel. He looks long and pretty athletic. Looked like he was trying to get into the flow of his first college game. I don't know I hope he brings what Archie does but Olaseni definitely looks to be better offensively than Archie, but he did not play many minutes. If he gets some confidence/strength maybe he can take more of Archie's minutes and provide Iowa with someone who can make somewhat of a post move and score more than 3 feet from the hoop.
That is all I got right now. If you want to get my opinion on something just ask I might have a take.
Oglesby: He made his first shot attempt which was a wide open 3pt shot. He has a good looking stroke. I never got a feel for the quick release they say he has as he only attempted two shots both were 3pt shots. He made one and missed one. He does appear to be a pretty good passer in that he delivers nice crisp passes that hit people in the chest. I get the feeling he has a good feel for the game. He seems decently athletic we will get a better feel for his athleticism once Iowa starts playing better teams. He is not going to wow you but he is not a slow footed guy either from the look of things.
White: He did some nice things and some bad things. He has a nice looking shot and seems to be able to handle the 3 or 4 position. He puts the ball on the floor good enough to get around 4 guys on the perimeter and he has some nice length. He does not look like a string bean but you can tell he needs to get stronger. He lost the ball occasionally on defense and got beat back door and what not. He looked to be a step slow on the defensive end. I think he probably will need to focus more on the defensive end. I noticed he was playing with a little splint from the thumb injury he suffered. Hard to tell how much it affected him since he had a nice baseline dunk and looked to have good rotation on a few of the shots he took. Obviously he would like to not have the brace on but it did not seem to affect him much.
Marble: He looked awful just seemed out of it and made some terrible pass attempts. I would think he might be getting over the concussion and being out of practice. I hope he is able to shake that and pick things up as he did not look good doing much of anything. He did have nice step back mid range jump shot he created but the shot rimMmed out.
Archie: He is athletic I guess. I just hope he provides some energy and does not make mental mistakes. He is 6-9 and has some decent bulk so lets hope he can be a hustle guy, rebound, block a few/disrupt shots and get a couple dunks each game. This is about all I can hope he does.
Basabe: He just never got into the flow of the game. Had a charging call and a couple of over the back calls. He never really got that many touches in good post position. I am not too worried about him so I will not really say much.
McCabe: He looks a bit leaner but he still looks pretty slow afoot. He lost his guy defensively a few times and just did not look very good at all this game. Just think of him last year but a bit leaner.
Cartwright: Looked pretty similar to last year. Not much to note with him. He hit an open 3pt shot but took a couple shots that missed pretty badly.
Gatens: Looked like last year. Don't need to tell you about him just a real solid player.
May: Looks to handle the ball with more confidence than last year, however he did not really get anywhere with the dribble. Not much to say about him.
Olaseni: Made a nice looking post move but it was waived off due to him getting called for a travel. He looks long and pretty athletic. Looked like he was trying to get into the flow of his first college game. I don't know I hope he brings what Archie does but Olaseni definitely looks to be better offensively than Archie, but he did not play many minutes. If he gets some confidence/strength maybe he can take more of Archie's minutes and provide Iowa with someone who can make somewhat of a post move and score more than 3 feet from the hoop.
That is all I got right now. If you want to get my opinion on something just ask I might have a take.
