Official Iowa v Drake Game Thread

Good win for Iowa tonight. I had a bad feeling going into this game, looks like it was for no reason. Iowa took care of business, hopefully they do that in the BIG against the teams they should beat.
 
Blew out a team that made a dozen 3's, all the while only hitting less than 20% on your own. That has to say something doesn't it?
 
HawksMN said:
Blew out a team that made a dozen 3's, all the while only hitting less than 20% on your own. That has to say something doesn't it?
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Made 14 more free throws and had 19 more rebounds. This game was a blueprint of how we thought Iowa would win this year.
 
sportstalent said:
If there is no reason to pass it to score.....
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I know that. I think we have a lot of players on the roster that are good at passing the ball (non PGs). White, Uthoff, Jok, Marble and even Woody has shown that skill. We are going to get into some games where the extra passes will open up the half court offense. That's what we were doing really well at the end of last season.
 
Remember when Iowa was 6th in the nation in assists per game? I do, because it happened this year.
 
lightning1 said:
I know that. I think we have a lot of players on the roster that are good at passing the ball (non PGs). White, Uthoff, Jok, Marble and even Woody has shown that skill. We are going to get into some games where the extra passes will open up the half court offense. That's what we were doing really well at the end of last season.
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So what was your original point then????

Enlighten me please...Iowa shares the ball well, no need to worry about it in a game where every player went where they wanted off the dribble.
 
sportstalent said:
So what was your original point then????

Enlighten me please...Iowa shares the ball well, no need to worry about it in a game where every player went where they wanted off the dribble.
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I would like to see more passing in the half court offense. Post players benefit the most from that extra pass or 2 because that's when they are open around the rim, when their defender leaves to help defend. In case you haven't noticed, our post players average 5 ppg, 6.8 ppg and 6.4 ppg (Woody, Gabe and Mel, respectively).
Extra passes to our post players do several things: It causes fouls on other teams post players. It increases offensive efficiency by providing higher percentage shots. It provides better looks for our perimeter players and it makes us a better team. In college basketball, all things are not equal. If you have elite talent, you can have a lower assist/TO ratio and still win lots of games. We have a lot of good talent but not enough elite talent to get to where I (and hopefully, you) want us to go. That is deep into the NCAA tournament, after we win a BIG title.
But what do I know? I will let some of these links "enlighten" you.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CC4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.82games.com%2Flevbot.htm&ei=nxGkUoziFM_eyQHW9oCIAQ&usg=AFQjCNHqtYA1qgBPYEqt3JE2j4jH8vqWEQ&sig2=Nr-NlC7-jkn7B0bj_6nlhw&bvm=bv.57752919,d.aWc

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...=u118GldsL8eGExSUYSb6jw&bvm=bv.57752919,d.aWc

Here's a link to Fran McCaffery's book and an excerpt "

  • [*=left]Use your forwards in the short corner as feeders and scoring options to create easy scores from the low post"........I could have sworn I heard something similar to that in this very thread. Can anyone help me recall who said that? No??? Nobody???
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...=cxKEP9E1qfByTwT-xpAyDg&bvm=bv.57752919,d.aWc

I could go on and on providing links and quoting hall of fame coaches, in an effort to "enlighten you" but I'm tired. Maybe tomorrow I will provide some more, if Fran mcCaffery's own book doesn't convince you. Have a good night.
 
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lightning1 said:
I would like to see more passing in the half court offense. Post players benefit the most from that extra pass or 2 because that's when they are open around the rim, when their defender leaves to help defend. In case you haven't noticed, our post players average 5 ppg, 6.8 ppg and 6.4 ppg (Woody, Gabe and Mel, respectively).
Extra passes to our post players do several things: It causes fouls on other teams post players. It increases offensive efficiency by providing higher percentage shots. It provides better looks for our perimeter players and it makes us a better team. In college basketball, all things are not equal. If you have elite talent, you can have a lower assist/TO ratio and still win lots of games. We have a lot of good talent but not enough elite talent to get to where I (and hopefully, you) want us to go. That is deep into the NCAA tournament, after we win a BIG title.
But what do I know? I will let some of these links "enlighten" you.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CC4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.82games.com%2Flevbot.htm&ei=nxGkUoziFM_eyQHW9oCIAQ&usg=AFQjCNHqtYA1qgBPYEqt3JE2j4jH8vqWEQ&sig2=Nr-NlC7-jkn7B0bj_6nlhw&bvm=bv.57752919,d.aWc

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...=u118GldsL8eGExSUYSb6jw&bvm=bv.57752919,d.aWc

Here's a link to Fran McCaffery's book and an excerpt "

  • [*=left]Use your forwards in the short corner as feeders and scoring options to create easy scores from the low post"........I could have sworn I heard something similar to that in this very thread. Can anyone help me recall who said that? No??? Nobody???
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...=cxKEP9E1qfByTwT-xpAyDg&bvm=bv.57752919,d.aWc

I could go on and on providing links and quoting hall of fame coaches, in an effort to "enlighten you" but I'm tired. Maybe tomorrow I will provide some more, if Fran mcCaffery's own book doesn't convince you. Have a good night.
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Iowa's Assist % is 60.3% good for 3rd in the BIG and 31st Nationally.
Iowa's Assists per game is 17.9 good for 2nd in the BIG and 9th Nationally.

Last year Iowa's Assist % was 63.5% good for 2nd in the BIG and 22nd Nationally
Last year Iowa's Assists per game was 15.9 good for 1st in the BIG and 30th Nationally

You can quote all the hall of fame coaches you want. Iowa gets a lot of Assists, and high % of the points we get are on Assists.

Please bring you next stupid complaint, so I can knock that sh!t out of the park as well.
 
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