sportstalent
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Bryce Cartwright lead the Big Ten in assists this year at 6.83 apg.
Iowa was 6th in the conference in scoring and 7th in FG percentage.
Iowa overall was 7th in the Big Ten in Assists.
However, Iowa had two players in Jarryd Cole and Melsahn Basabe that were in the top 5 in FG percentage.
When was the last time a 4 win team had the assist leader? Looking back to 2002-2003, the bottom two teams in the league assist leaders were less than 4 apg.
Typically, the teams at the top of the conference have the assist leaders.
What is perplexing is how low as a team Iowa finished in offensive categories despite having the assist leader.
It would be interesting to see the breakdown of who Cartwright's assists went too, given Cole/Basabe are so high in FG percentage.
In watching the Iowa offense, it looks like Iowa wants to play outside in and seeing the Cole/Basabe numbers that would seem to translate.
All season, my thought was, wait until Iowa gets some elite post players that can run the floor. Basabe looks to fit the mold and hopefully Olaseni will eventually as well.
As the season went along, my thought changed too, with all the droughts Iowa went through and as many good shots that Cartwright was able to create, Iowa needed more guys that could just shoot. Oglesby and White are those kinds of players that, hopefully, will give Iowa some shooters to compliment the driving ability and inside play of Basabe.
The wild card is still Hubbard...if he can create as people believe he can then ball movement should not ever be an issue.
So what is really perplexing is, was the rest of the roster that bad of shooters? How many assists could Cartwright have averaged if Iowa could have shot better? Then how much better would the record have been if Iowa made 5 more shots a game?
More stats: Iowa shot 29% as a team from 3 pt range, but gave up 36% to opponents. Iowa gave up 47% FG's to opponents and converted 44%.
The 3-pt difference can be made up with the additions of White/Oglesby and freeing up more room for Gatens. McCabe can improve and so can Cartwright and Marble, that gap should take care of itself.
The FG% overall can be made up as well with Olaseni and Basabe contesting many more shots...White can add to that as well with his size.
Iowa was not as far from being a better team record-wise than how they finished the season and remember folks, that was year one of the Coach Fran era. Year two should be fun, if Cartwright leads again, Iowa could be looking at the postseason in a big way, given all the additions to the roster.
Iowa was 6th in the conference in scoring and 7th in FG percentage.
Iowa overall was 7th in the Big Ten in Assists.
However, Iowa had two players in Jarryd Cole and Melsahn Basabe that were in the top 5 in FG percentage.
When was the last time a 4 win team had the assist leader? Looking back to 2002-2003, the bottom two teams in the league assist leaders were less than 4 apg.
Typically, the teams at the top of the conference have the assist leaders.
What is perplexing is how low as a team Iowa finished in offensive categories despite having the assist leader.
It would be interesting to see the breakdown of who Cartwright's assists went too, given Cole/Basabe are so high in FG percentage.
In watching the Iowa offense, it looks like Iowa wants to play outside in and seeing the Cole/Basabe numbers that would seem to translate.
All season, my thought was, wait until Iowa gets some elite post players that can run the floor. Basabe looks to fit the mold and hopefully Olaseni will eventually as well.
As the season went along, my thought changed too, with all the droughts Iowa went through and as many good shots that Cartwright was able to create, Iowa needed more guys that could just shoot. Oglesby and White are those kinds of players that, hopefully, will give Iowa some shooters to compliment the driving ability and inside play of Basabe.
The wild card is still Hubbard...if he can create as people believe he can then ball movement should not ever be an issue.
So what is really perplexing is, was the rest of the roster that bad of shooters? How many assists could Cartwright have averaged if Iowa could have shot better? Then how much better would the record have been if Iowa made 5 more shots a game?
More stats: Iowa shot 29% as a team from 3 pt range, but gave up 36% to opponents. Iowa gave up 47% FG's to opponents and converted 44%.
The 3-pt difference can be made up with the additions of White/Oglesby and freeing up more room for Gatens. McCabe can improve and so can Cartwright and Marble, that gap should take care of itself.
The FG% overall can be made up as well with Olaseni and Basabe contesting many more shots...White can add to that as well with his size.
Iowa was not as far from being a better team record-wise than how they finished the season and remember folks, that was year one of the Coach Fran era. Year two should be fun, if Cartwright leads again, Iowa could be looking at the postseason in a big way, given all the additions to the roster.
