He can be sure. I'm not comfortable with him handling the ball a ton out there. But as far as running him off screens to help get him open I'm all about it. Finding him in transition for pull up 3s or drives to the hoop I'm totally down with too. He's the main guy we have that can do it. JW does some as well but we need more of it. It puts pressure on the D helps draw fouls etc etc. He's a great free throw shooter so the more of those the merrier for him.
Isaiah Moss??
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Can't have too many lights out FT shooters.
IM played 5-6 minutes to start the second half.
Iowa won the game.
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Perhaps a healthy sign that Fran will shorten his bench for the good of the team more often than in the past. Also called, coaching.
There is a lot of maturity and team play, and dare I suggest coaching this year. This is very refreshing and a hopeful sign for Fran. In a selfish reflection, it is nice to have a "team" to watch and cheer for during the winter. For way too long we have been fed winter Iowa BB led by dysfunctional, arrogant, and inept coaches. So, thanks players and team, coaches, well done, good work, well deserved. Keep on pushing on. Now is your time. Will be exciting to see how the new water bug PG and the newest Little Fran do under the new team philosophy. The team has already proven to itself that it can without Cook, so if he bolts, well, the team will move on. It will soon be Kriener Country under the basket.
I am talking about Moss's overall game, not 1 specific game. Moss has some really good offensive games where he's lights out (@ minny last year). As PC Hawk mentioned, his game has better the last couple games, but with 4 years in Fran's system, I expect more hustle.
dahlhawk
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Ya late on D he absolutely whiffed on Penn St. player who shot past for a drink. Fran yanked him right after. Good for Fran!
dahlhawk
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I will say this about Moss, early this season I wanted Moss benched in favor of Wisecamp. Fran stuck with Moss and I have to admit his offense and defense has been much more consistent. He is a real X-factor on offense. His defense and ball handling in the second half forced Fran to take him out. Iowa needs Moss to be successful if they want to finish above .500 in the Big.
Spectator defense has been a hallmark of the Fran system, good sign he might be enforcing compliance to the new philosophy.
Hillcrest1981
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Things are going well now but I disagree with pulling Moss in the second half. CM is a solid player but his shooting is atrocious! 1-11 in 3 pointers attempted this year and 1-4 in free throws the last game. How can a guy be a 4 star player and shoot that poorly? We need a PG that can not only facilitate but to be a shooting threat as well. What we have is Jbo, a great shooter but not a great PG and CM a solid PG that cant shoot.
CM knows how to win.
The sample size on shooting is small, but he isn't yet a scorer.
He is fundamentally sound, helps out on defense, stays in front of his guy.
He is much less of a Helter-Skelter player, which Moss can be.
CM is a solid, low risk player, who makes the other players better, without flash.
I agree. Really like Connor. The ball moves when he's in the game. He has high bball IQ & makes good decisions with the ball.
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Thinking is vastly underrated in all types of sports, especially team sports.
Connor is a good free throw shooter who had one bad night at the line. Not sure how that would play into his high school star ranking.
Hillcrest1981
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I looked up Iowa stats and CM is shooting 80% so I give him that. Still though 1-11 shooting threes. Like I said, a great facilitator but he hasn't shown he can shoot yet. I'll wait........
BlackAndGold3
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I feel like Fran always takes moss out after he starts hitting shots glad I’m not the only one that noticed he gets the shaft more than any other player on this team
Without looking it up, I'd guess majority of Connor's 3 pt attempts were against non-conference. I only remember him shooting 1 recently & he was pretty wide open. Need a 3, give it to Garza or Kriener
