Northside Hawk
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Quickly. Can't win with six in this conference.
Never thought I'd see Wisconsin beat us by being the deeper team.
Never thought I'd see Wisconsin beat us by being the deeper team.
I need Garza and JBo to play defense. I need Cook to to be able to correctly shoot a basketball. I need Moss to bring something to the table besides being a spot shooter. I need a coach who is smart enough to see that Cmac should be starting over Moss.Quickly. Can't win with six in this conference.
Never thought I'd see Wisconsin beat us by being the deeper team.
Our guys still need to learn how to defend when in foul trouble.I need Garza and JBo to play defense. I need Cook to to be able to correctly shoot a basketball. I need Moss to bring something to the table besides being a spot shooter. I need a coach who is smart enough to see that Cmac should be starting over Moss.
yup, fran's still salty about Dolph calling him out on losing CarltonI was at a high school game, so I didn't see any of it. We still need better guards. That about the gist of it?
That was one factor. Defense was good at times. Other times the ball was getting into the post way too easily. Then we would double the post and they would kick it back out. Badgers struggled from behind the arc most of the night but Pritzl and Trice both hit late daggers.I was at a high school game, so I didn't see any of it. We still need better guards. That about the gist of it?
They were not the deeper team, we were. The substitution patterns were again so helter-skelter. Baer and Garza are tearing it up, they go out together. Moss starts again, then Fran is forced to bench him after the turnovers start. Conner sitting for long stretches on the bench while Gaurd makes a brilliant move to post his guards up against our smaller guards and come back from 7 down. After the 60 tie, Iowa had all the momentum, then boom its gone. Moss turns the ball over and barely runs after the player who stole it. But the BIGGEST problem is Iowa has five players on the court, some have been playing together for a third year now, that seem to have different ideas on what to do out there. Wisconsin guards, both sophomores ran the plays exactly the way Guard wanted them run. They weren't always successful but they played as a TEAM. We can't have 5 go to players! Someone has to set the screens, someone has to draw the double team, and someone has to do the dirty work. It's called having defined roles on a team. If Fran doesn't clean this up soon, its gonna be a year-long problem. I was at the game and sometimes this team looks SO disorganized and I have no idea what they're trying to do. Either Fran's offense is too sophisticated or not sophisticated enough.Quickly. Can't win with six in this conference.
Never thought I'd see Wisconsin beat us by being the deeper team.
Fran had no confidence to turn to Moss, Dailey, or Kreiner the last ten minutes of the game. If he can only trust six players, that was what I meant by Wisconsin being deeper.They were not the deeper team, we were. The substitution patterns were again so helter-skelter. Baer and Garza are tearing it up, they go out together. Moss starts again, then Fran is forced to bench him after the turnovers start. Conner sitting for long stretches on the bench while Gaurd makes a brilliant move to post his guards up against our smaller guards and come back from 7 down. After the 60 tie, Iowa had all the momentum, then boom its gone. Moss turns the ball over and barely runs after the player who stole it. But the BIGGEST problem is Iowa has five players on the court, some have been playing together for a third year now, that seem to have different ideas on what to do out there. Wisconsin guards, both sophomores ran the plays exactly the way Guard wanted them run. They weren't always successful but they played as a TEAM. We can't have 5 go to players! Someone has to set the screens, someone has to draw the double team, and someone has to do the dirty work. It's called having defined roles on a team. If Fran doesn't clean this up soon, its gonna be a year-long problem. I was at the game and sometimes this team looks SO disorganized and I have no idea what they're trying to do. Either Fran's offense is too sophisticated or not sophisticated enough.
This.Fran had no confidence to turn to Moss, Dailey, or Kreiner the last ten minutes of the game. If he can only trust six players, that was what I meant by Wisconsin being deeper.
Those are three junior upperclassmen with experience. We need those guys. And we need them to contribute.
It's a coaching issue. It always has been. You have to set expectations and then have the will to enforce them. As a coach, you can't have a player(s) doing dumb things for 30 minutes a night, and continue to give that(those) players 30 minutes a night, all season long.They were not the deeper team, we were. The substitution patterns were again so helter-skelter. Baer and Garza are tearing it up, they go out together. Moss starts again, then Fran is forced to bench him after the turnovers start. Conner sitting for long stretches on the bench while Gaurd makes a brilliant move to post his guards up against our smaller guards and come back from 7 down. After the 60 tie, Iowa had all the momentum, then boom its gone. Moss turns the ball over and barely runs after the player who stole it. But the BIGGEST problem is Iowa has five players on the court, some have been playing together for a third year now, that seem to have different ideas on what to do out there. Wisconsin guards, both sophomores ran the plays exactly the way Guard wanted them run. They weren't always successful but they played as a TEAM. We can't have 5 go to players! Someone has to set the screens, someone has to draw the double team, and someone has to do the dirty work. It's called having defined roles on a team. If Fran doesn't clean this up soon, its gonna be a year-long problem. I was at the game and sometimes this team looks SO disorganized and I have no idea what they're trying to do. Either Fran's offense is too sophisticated or not sophisticated enough.
I didn't see the game but judging by the stats/FG%, Wisconsin played better defense than we did. Is that fair?We played good enough defense to win this game but we couldn't shoot even average on our home court, from the line, from 3 or from 2 ft.. Whisky took a lot of contested 3s and drained them. Simple as that.
They definitely did when it mattered. Down seven midway through second half, you better get stops if you want to win.I didn't see the game but judging by the stats/FG%, Wisconsin played better defense than we did. Is that fair?
How many transition buckets did we give up?They definitely did when it mattered. Down seven midway through second half, you better get stops if you want to win.
I still can't get over the individual play Davison made in the post. Guarding Garza, he saw a feed coming from Cook, got around Garza for fronting position, and deflected it.
Fronting bigs was a big reason Loyola made their final four run last year. Not pretty, just solid fundamental defense.
Both defenses dug in pretty good in the first half. Points were hard to come by. It was 27-27 at the break. We were doing a good job on Happ and it took Wisconsin some time to find plan B, which of course they did.
Heres another unsung fundamental aspect of Wisconsin's defense. They got back. Every time. Transition opportunities were limited at best.
I don't remember many, and Trice botched one the few opportunities they did get.How many transition buckets did we give up?