NikeHawk21
Well-Known Member
So watching Indiana-Purdue and I got to thinking, several B1G teams are playing “small.” Many of these teams are playing traditional 3 men at the 4 position and others are even playing 4s at the 5. Lets take a look.
Purdue: Vince Edwards playing the 4.
Indiana: Playing Juwan Morgan at the 5 and a smaller player at 4.
Nebraska: As we saw last night, going extremely small with a 4 at the 5 (Roby) and a 3 at the 4 (Copeland).
Penn State: Playing small with a 6’6 player at the 4 and several minutes with Lamar Stevens at the 4.
Maryland: basically starting 4 guards.
Rutgers: goes 6’7 / 6’9 on the frontline
Wisconsin: starts 6’5 Khalil Iverson at the 4
Michigan: 6’7 Livers starts at 4
So Iowa is basically doing the exact opposite by playing 4 men at the 3 position. The lack of foot speed has been fairly glaring. We are a bad defensive team and we know that, but we have been so unbelievably bad this year there has to be more to it. I really think this has been a big part of it. I just don’t think Fran is giving this team the best opportunity to succeed on the defensive end.
Purdue: Vince Edwards playing the 4.
Indiana: Playing Juwan Morgan at the 5 and a smaller player at 4.
Nebraska: As we saw last night, going extremely small with a 4 at the 5 (Roby) and a 3 at the 4 (Copeland).
Penn State: Playing small with a 6’6 player at the 4 and several minutes with Lamar Stevens at the 4.
Maryland: basically starting 4 guards.
Rutgers: goes 6’7 / 6’9 on the frontline
Wisconsin: starts 6’5 Khalil Iverson at the 4
Michigan: 6’7 Livers starts at 4
So Iowa is basically doing the exact opposite by playing 4 men at the 3 position. The lack of foot speed has been fairly glaring. We are a bad defensive team and we know that, but we have been so unbelievably bad this year there has to be more to it. I really think this has been a big part of it. I just don’t think Fran is giving this team the best opportunity to succeed on the defensive end.