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Justin VanLaere
Iowa did fine against 6'10" Berggren from Wisconsin and 6'11" Sampson from Minnesota.
Keep that in mind.
Keep that in mind.
Well, he's 30-42 (71%) this season. If what you said is true, that means he is 12-24 (50%) outside of that streak.
FWIW, he shot 80% last season from the line. Who drops 10% on FT one season to the next?
The point of the thread is we need the interior defense at times against bigger teams.
Robbie Hummel has done it twice in his career.
"Outside the streak" isn't applicable. The majority of his FT attempts were "inside the streak".
He's a good FT shooter.
That dude must suck.
Or Jon Lickliter
Switch defenses often. Zone them as much as we can get away with. Leonard and Zeller are good enough to pass out of it if we stay in it long,tho.
The odds of upsetting IU and Illini at their gyms is not good anyway. Penn St was physical with Leonard at PSU and got away with it. In Champaign,he probably gets the call.
The good news? I think Leonard will be going to the NBA in the draft this June. This kid's family needs financial help and the NBA loves his potential.
Could try to go small with McCabe on them if we are in a zone and make them chase him to the perimeter on defense. Run the ball. And pray for a bad shooting nite from the arc for their teammates.
I believe that a big key to iowa pulling off upsets against these teams with scoring 7 footers is going to be getting Archie in the game to defend them. He's done a great job defensively all year and I respect him for accepting that role. Basabe is a good shot blocker as a help defender but Archie is the only guy on the team that can square you up and stuff you and we'll need that on Leonard and Zeller. Archie shut down Sampson III this year and I remember last year he completely shut down JaJuan Johnson. That's really Impressive and we'll need him to continue doing his thing blocking shots and rebounding as he is the only true center we have that can affect a game defensively (brommer is too soft and we haven't seen much of Gabe)
This.
Indiana is a good 3 point shooting team, so Zone would be best against them regardless.
Zone is not normally thought of as the best defense against a 3 point shooting team.This.Indiana is a good 3 point shooting team, so Zone would be best against them regardless.
Exactly what I was thinking when I read that.Zone is not normally thought of as the best defense against a 3 point shooting team.This.Indiana is a good 3 point shooting team, so Zone would be best against them regardless.