smitharooney
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Hopefully we shoot better then we did against Texas Tech and The Aztecs . That was brutal offense . We need Syracuse to shoot like Texas Tech
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NikeHawk21
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You’re right. Iowa ranks number 9 in the country in adjusted offensive efficiency per kenpom because they are terrible on offense and can’t shoot.
smitharooney
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That stat is worthless . Only 2 players on the entire roster are shooting the 3 ball above 36 percent and one of them is our center . This team is full of lousy shooters .
NikeHawk21
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Bohannon and Wieskamp both are career 3pt shooters above 40%. Offensive efficiency is a meaningless stat now? You have zero clue what you are talking about.
smitharooney
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This years stats don’t lie . What happens in the past is irrelevant to this year’s team. Will it improve as the year goes on? Hard to say with the hip injury with JBo and Joe W confidence possibly being a little shaken . Free throw as a team is at 73 percent this season . That’s not too bad but what has happened to Garza at the charity stripe ? He is only shooting 57 this season . That’s a huge nose dive . The stat you put up is skewed because of some of the cupcakes we have played . The preconference stat with Kenpom doesn’t really mean much at this point
smitharooney
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We only shot 38 percent for most of the game until Frederick and Jbo hit some clutch shots from 3 late . We didn’t shoot very well as a team in Vegas
Who cares what the team shot in the previous game if what happens in the past is irrelevant.
I think it's still too early to deep dive into deciphering many stats yet. Garza will shoot better as the yr goes on just a rough start at the line for him. Once we get a couple games into the BIG season I think we'll have a better grasp of what we have to work with and should (maybe) expect.
MelroseHawkins
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I live on West Syracuse Road and if we lose, that damn street sign is going to come up missing.
You live in Utah?
BigD
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Yes, moved here about two and a half years ago after living in Georgia for 17 years.
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EstronHawkKing
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I have watched some Syracuse games so far, they do not look very good
BigD
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After watching the game tonight I would strongly second that. They suck. I honestly believe that our second line of players would have beat them. Due to the fact that Fran plays so many different players I wouldn’t know who the second line of players are. I wasn’t really impressed with either team tonight. The first half especially seemed lackluster. Their fan base seemed indifferent.
1977Hawkeye
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Yeah this is not your father's Syracuse team, that's for sure. They're pretty bad right now.
Not overwhelming, but a solid, workmanlike effort by Iowa. They did what they needed to do against a struggling team. Second half mainly.
I thought the same about the atmosphere.. People think Carver is lame but the carrier dome was a morgue. Granted, they didn't have a lot to cheer about.
BigD
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Here’s an article about Syracuse’s woes. Worst start in fifty years.
https://www.syracuse.com/orangebask...art-in-50-years-after-68-54-loss-to-iowa.html
Robowe
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Just listen to this report from what I can only say is a high school reporter?
I didn't see anything really wrong with it other than his baby face..........and then I hit the 57 second mark. Great find.
