Iowa is going to struggle...

[storminspank]

I think Clemmons is much better than what he showed in the exhibition.
Gesell is just a really, really solid player.

 

[GhostofBTT]

So far in this thread, MG has been compared favorably to Andre Woolridge, Ronnie Lester, Jimmer Fredette, and Trey Burke.

But we're not reading too much into one exhibition game against a DII school.

 

[BasketballMan]

So far in this thread, MG has been compared favorably to Andre Woolridge, Ronnie Lester, Jimmer Fredette, and Trey Burke.

But we're not reading too much into one exhibition game against a DII school.

The voice of reason has awoken.

 

[CPHAWK82]

So far in this thread, MG has been compared favorably to Andre Woolridge, Ronnie Lester, Jimmer Fredette, and Trey Burke.

But we're not reading too much into one exhibition game against a DII school.

I'm not going there just yet. I watched the game just to see how the new pieces move together and the competition was horrible. What I did take away regarding MG did get me excited. He's a pg that can score and distribute and doesn't fall down or lose the ball when he gets going in transition. What he turns into is up to him. However, I don't think there's any doubt the kid is going to be at least a decent ball player.

 

[GhostofBTT]

I'm not going there just yet. I watched the game just to see how the new pieces move together and the competition was horrible. What I did take away regarding MG did get me excited. He's a pg that can score and distribute and doesn't fall down or lose the ball when he gets going in transition. What he turns into is up to him. However, I don't think there's any doubt the kid is going to be at least a decent ball player.

There is space between saying you're excited to see what he can do (this is what I would say), and saying he'll be the best PG ever to play at Iowa, which is a completely absurd declaration after one exhibition.

 

[RocknRollface]

Bringing up Lester is absurd.

If not for his injuries he would have been in the Magic Johnson Isiah Thomas category.

 

[RocknRollface]

clemmons looked a lot worse than he is because of the line-change strategy used yesterday. the 2nd unit struggled to score for awhile.

in the pre-game interview, fran said that marble will be playing some PG this year, perhaps even with gesell playing off the ball a bit.

i am fairly certain that we will be looking at a main rotation of:

gesell
marble
white
mccabe
woody
basabe
oglesby
may

with clemmons and gabe getting 5-8 minutes per game each. i dont think you will ever see a situation in a contested game where gesell or marble are not on the floor like you saw yesterday.

I think your underestimating the role Gabe will play. I would imagine he gets at least equal minutes with Woody.

He can play the ball on the front end of the press or play the back end.

 

[rschneider]

All of you are right! I'm going to go watch some Hawkeye youtube clips.

 

[3GHawk]

If preseason football scheduling is a joke, what is preseason basketball? We played a who?