Glad we won this one. Looked like I expected. Don't realty understand the criticism of Woody. He is playing the best he has in his career. He is a solid influence in the middle, steadying the team with his presence. Playing strong D, directing the team on D and rebounding well. Bails MikeG out when he is stuck by the opponents' defense. And he is playing within his zone on offense. We do need him to be successful this season.
The Dayton loss was hard to take, but when our number one point guard only plays the first 2 minutes of the first half, and gets his third foul called early in the second half, we are going to have problems especially with an extremely athletic team like Dayton.
Jarroyd wasn't ready for the lockdown D the Flyers used to stop him. The best D he has faced as a Hawkeye.
The rally against Dayton and the Irish was encouraging. Nobody expected us to go undefeated this season. Better to get the losses out of the way early especially to quality opponents.
The reserves will come around on an as needed basis. There is a lot of potential there. However we will need our experienced players to be ready to play every game.
All that said, I am Very Worried about winning at Iowa State. They look extremely athletic and seasoned.