Five Questions for Tuesday

sportstalent

sportstalent

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Ohio State is the best team Iowa will have faced this season, so some questions came to mind:

1. Can Iowa defend the three-headed monster of three point shooters Buford/Diebler/Lighty?
2. Will Melsahn Basabe be healthy?
3. Can Matt Gatens continue to score at the pace he has the last four games?
4. Is there any way Iowa can outrebound Ohio State?
5. Does Iowa shoot better from the FT line or 3-pt line?
 
1. Can Iowa defend the three-headed monster of three point shooters Buford/Diebler/Lighty?

Iowa needs to stop Buford and Diebler first. I would sag on Lighty's guy when they need to double down on Sullinger.

2. Will Melsahn Basabe be healthy?
- What is his injury? Iowa will need every single foul from their big guys.

3. Can Matt Gatens continue to score at the pace he has the last four games?
-Lighty is quite possibly the best wing defender in the Big Ten. Going to be a very tough game for Gatens.

4. Is there any way Iowa can outrebound Ohio State?
-Nope, Lauderdale, Sullinger, Thomas combo is not even fair with what Iowa has to go against them

5. Does Iowa shoot better from the FT line or 3-pt line?

- Not sure this will help this game

Indiana kept the game somewhat close even though OSU shot the ball great. However, Indiana is much deeper than Iowa especially down low. Indiana made the mistake of playing zone at the start of the game which let Diebler and Buford bomb away wide open three's. There is a reason some say this is the best team in the country with Irving out. Iowa's best chance is to be hitting three's and hope OSU either shoots poorly from the outside or just overlooks this Iowa team like they did in the second half versus Indiana.
 
sportstalent said:
Ohio State is the best team Iowa will have faced this season, so some questions came to mind:

1. Can Iowa defend the three-headed monster of three point shooters Buford/Diebler/Lighty?

No, just hope that they are all off. I am really most worried about Diebler of the three. Even if all three are off OSU has Sullinger, Lauderdale, and Thomas down low which trumps Iowa's down low guys. They are deep enough that they don't need to shoot lights out to win and they don't absolutely need one guy to carry them they are so deep.

2. Will Melsahn Basabe be healthy?

Yes, there is no reason he should not be fully healthy now. He has had a few days to eat, condition and should be perfectly fine. You underestimate how quickly 18-25 year olds recover from sickness. I think he just was really kind of out of condition during the Illinois game as he probably did not move around at all when he was sick. Iowa needs his lenght/athleticism on the boards to stand a chance. Also Basabe, Cole, Brommer, and Archie all get 5 fouls a piece!

3. Can Matt Gatens continue to score at the pace he has the last four games?

I guess he can. I don't know if it really matters. Iowa would be better off getting some more scoring out of Eric May and Cartwright. May, Cartwright and Gatens take the most shots of anyone on the team so they should be scoring, the issue is ALL three need to have a good scoring game. I think OSU could care less if Gatens scores 25 points as that will be a sign that no one else is scoring. Seems like there are times that Iowa morphs back into last years offense which is a lot of watching Matt dribble around the perimeter and taking a so/so shot. I don't think Gatens scoring a lot is really a recipe for success. I see him scoring more out of necessity as of late and OSU can shut everyone else down and let Matt try to carry the team and from watching Matt over three years he is not a carry the team type of guy. Others really need to step up.

4. Is there any way Iowa can outrebound Ohio State?

Humm.. I don't really see it, they are just WAY better down low than Iowa. I guess maybe there are a lot of long rebounds that our guards beat their guards to? Who knows it's hard to say about this. I would say OSU wins the rebound battle, not sure if it will be lopsided but who knows.


5. Does Iowa shoot better from the FT line or 3-pt line?
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I bet they shoot FT betters for some reason. Gatens will shoot fine from 3pt range if he gets open looks and shoots when he is open. He looked to pass up a few good shots against Illinois. I guess McCabe could step up and shoot well from 3pt land. He has a nice shot and passed up a couple good looks during the Illinois game. Eric May will probably hit a couple 3 point shoots as he seems to each game.



OSU is just so deep, it's like absolutely every break will have to go Iowa's way for them to win. Maybe OSU does not focus too much and Iowa gets lucky and it becomes a close game that Iowa wins. I don't like to bet on about 10 things having to break right for Iowa to win though.
 
storminspank said:
I just hope Iowa can keep it respectable.
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This is my goal.
I think that Iowa has to just gamble on Cole/Brommer trying to keep Sullinger below 40 pts,and guard the three point snipers. If they get off, it will be ugly.
I think out only chance is if Matta and the Bucks are more interested in the Sugar Bowl that will be going on at the same time and lose track of their task at hand...beating Iowa in BB,not Arkansas in Football.
 
1. No
2. Depends on how he plays. If he plays good then he's healthy, if he plays bad then he's still sick. It's a nice ready-made excuse.
3. No
4. Only if ....who am I kidding, no.
5. FT line by 5 - 8%
 
sportstalent said:
Ohio State is the best team Iowa will have faced this season, so some questions came to mind:

1. Can Iowa defend the three-headed monster of three point shooters Buford/Diebler/Lighty?
2. Will Melsahn Basabe be healthy?
3. Can Matt Gatens continue to score at the pace he has the last four games?
4. Is there any way Iowa can outrebound Ohio State?
5. Does Iowa shoot better from the FT line or 3-pt line?
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1. No way

2. Melsahn is not healthy but feeling better. He hadn't eaten in 5-6 days before the Illinois game.

3. Yes I think so but he might have to shoot it more if our offense struggles

4. Yes Iowa can out rebound Ohio State. If we have a lot more turnovers Ohio State will have more FGA's and possibly allow us more defensive rebounds (half joking)

5. I think we have to start shooting better from the FT line but we will probably be forced into more outside shots so I'll say no to 3.
 
sportstalent said:
Ohio State is the best team Iowa will have faced this season, so some questions came to mind:

1. Can Iowa defend the three-headed monster of three point shooters Buford/Diebler/Lighty?
2. Will Melsahn Basabe be healthy?
3. Can Matt Gatens continue to score at the pace he has the last four games?
4. Is there any way Iowa can outrebound Ohio State?
5. Does Iowa shoot better from the FT line or 3-pt line?
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1. No
2. Probably not 100%
3. Not against OSU
4. If Sullinger doesn't play
5. FT line
 
sportstalent said:
Ohio State is the best team Iowa will have faced this season, so some questions came to mind:

1. Can Iowa defend the three-headed monster of three point shooters Buford/Diebler/Lighty?
2. Will Melsahn Basabe be healthy?
3. Can Matt Gatens continue to score at the pace he has the last four games?
4. Is there any way Iowa can outrebound Ohio State?
5. Does Iowa shoot better from the FT line or 3-pt line?
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The answers are in
1. Sort of. We didn't do terrible, Sullinger was the real problem.
2. I know he lost weight but he looked healthy
3. Nope
4. Yes
5. Better from both
 
JDavis11 said:
The answers are in
1. Sort of. We didn't do terrible, Sullinger was the real problem.
2. I know he lost weight but he looked healthy
3. Nope
4. Yes
5. Better from both
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3. Didn't shoot enough. 5-8 from 2 and 4-7 from 3 and no free throws.
 
EddyP said:
3. Didn't shoot enough. 5-8 from 2 and 4-7 from 3 and no free throws.
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I'd definitely agree

I think part of the problem was that he didn't open enough as opposed to him passing up shots. Diebler was on him all game.
 
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