The ball movement alone was ten times more than what it was with Fran. They were flying around. The faster pace just looked more like a B1G team. Fran's squads always seemd like they were trying to force a square peg in a round hole and when we had standout players like Weezy, Garza, Jok, Uthoff, Murrays etc. it could work. But once NIL hit the scene and Fran didn't have stars like that it finally succumbed.
Definitely. It is kind of hard to fathom for me, how a bunch of Drake transfers, a Robert Morris transfer, seem so much more athletic than a big 10 Iowa team from the previous year/s
Exactly!
Kind of pizzes ya off when thinking about it.
And he's done it at three different levels of ball, which proves his system works. I mean many of these guys came up from Div 2 for gawd sakes.
I always argued around here that Fran's strength and conditioning was not as good as it could/should have been. I think we are quickly seeing the difference. I thought we would see this more than it being hard to fathom.
I've said this on like 5 different posts. How did we get 8 Drake guys and somehow become way more athletic? I don't remember an Iowa team dunking the ball as much as I saw the other night. Maybe they were just fired up.
They spaced the floor and made cuts to the hoop. Fran's teams I feel played more outside in and relied on shooting % more from the outside.
right, but Fran's teams didn't look very athletic against the Robert Morris's of the world either. We're all trying to think of a PG that could dunk.
I thought McCaffery's teams could easily play with these guys on offense. They were athletic enough to finish second in the country (to Gonzaga) in assists, tenth in FG %, 36th in Fast Break Points, etc. Unfortunately, it is when you flip the page to Defensive stats that the problem becomes apparent. I've always believed that the majority of our players could play effective defense, they just weren't pressured to do so, even though we were told over and over that they were working on team defense.
I feel like the defense was scheme philosophy, coaching and effort. You should read how upset Creighton fans are RN about how South Dakota just attacked the shit out of the rim and destroyed Owen Freeman a couple nights ago. After having Kalkbrenner there for 5 years, it was eye opening, even against a school like South Dakota.
To be fair Fran's teams were built on perimeter shooting and if they were athletic it was a huge plus but definitely not a priority. I loved the fact that I saw different player builds and styles out there the other night. I know it was beaten like a dead horse, but Frans guys all essentially fit the same mold with similar skills sets. Ben seems to have a multi-dimensional roster that's made up of more well rounded players/athletes. It was a change I was more then ready for.
Don't know how accurate this was as I watched the game while somewhat distracted, but in the postgame interview, Dolph mentioned to McCollum that there are three of his players (one was Banks, for sure) who all seemed to be the same size with the same skill set.
Yeah, I thought that even if his pt total wasn't better than OF the other night, he showed way more value and rebounded well, played good D and played within the offense. I don't know why I am watching this shit tho lol
