WILL MAY START?

[DexterMorgan]

I also think May provides an important energy lift when he comes off the bench. If you swap Josh into the second unit, that bunch will struggle to score even more than they do now.

This.

 

[WindsorHawk]

The thing is the majority agree that Illinois has to make 3s to win. Iowa can win in multiple ways...defend the 3, rebounding advantage, attack and score or make FTs. We certainly could lose but we should win...if things hold true to form. Again, our only home losses are to Indiana and Michigan State. Illinois is neither of these teams.

 

[hawktransplant]

The thing is the majority agree that Illinois has to make 3s to win. Iowa can win in multiple ways...defend the 3, rebounding advantage, attack and score or make FTs. We certainly could lose but we should win...if things hold true to form. Again, our only home losses are to Indiana and Michigan State. Illinois is neither of these teams.

But we should have beaten Nebraska too.

 

[aaronzuriel]

May is better off the bench. Period. End of sentence.

Having said that, this is what I would do on Saturday. Start May. Maybe even have him jump. (Nah .. that's going overboard.) At the first stoppage in play, sub in for him. That way, he gets the honor of starting his last regular season game at CHA, but you pull him so he can now come in off the bench as part of the second unit.

I know, a bit convoluted, but in my warped mind .. the logic works.

GO HAWKS!!!

Against Nebby... have Eric jump center... call time out immediately at first possesion and replace him with Josh. Fran can then pull Eric in last 2 minutes with 20 point lead. Iowa may lose against Illianoy... they will NOT lose against Nebby on Saturday.

I guarantee it... because

IOWA is BACK

 

[Foval21]

It also makes sense to place Clemmons in the starting lineup. JO has averaged 24 minutes in his two recent starts. That's far too much time on the floor for a guy who brings what he does. May has averaged just a tick over 25 minutes (51 minutes in two games). Meanwhile, Clemmons is averaging 17 minutes.

I'm sorry, but Oglesby's play doesn't warrant 24 minutes per game, not when there are others who would benefit the team more with some of those minutes. Clemmons is at least as good a ballhandler as JO, and he's capable of making something happen (see steal and breakaway dunk vs. Purdue, literally 12 seconds after subbing in).

I don't disagree with you...I just see the reasoning behind starting jo instead of may. I think clemmons should be getting more min but I don't think his play warrants much more either as he has struggled. I think him and jo should both get about 20 min. The only reason I have them both that high is because we really don't have anyone else. You could give ingram more time but he doesn't really seem good enough (yet at least) to warrant more than a handful. I get that jo has had a bad yr but he brings a lot more to the table than most realize. Most everyone is focusing on his shooting and I get that when fran talks a guys shooting up that is what you focus on but he is a very well rounded player.

 

[BasketballMan]

See, this is another example of how you know nearly nothing about basketball. It isn't so much about what josh brings to the starting starting line up, but what May contributes from the bench. Now insert your inappropriatly curios question about my underwear.

really? do me a favor and check out the starting lineup and then STFU.

 

[sioux34]

I won't shut up, but I am big enough to admit that you correctly predicted May getting the start.

 

[1hawkeye1]

May will start in my opinion. Where scoring will come from in that second group is anyone's guess.

^^^This guy was right^^^

 

[sioux34]

And I was wrong. I did notice that Fran mixed up the first and second units a little more than usual last night. He left Marble in to provide some fire power when the normal line substitution started.

 

[sportstalent]

And I was wrong. I did notice that Fran mixed up the first and second units a little more than usual last night. He left Marble in to provide some fire power when the normal line substitution started.

What made it work was Marble playing with the same aggression at the wing as he did playing the point.

That has been missing all year, by far his best game of the season.

 

[sioux34]

I agree, Marble was playing angry last night in my opinion. We have not seen enough of that this season.

 

[Bigtenchamp]

may starting or josh starting is really not that big a deal.... may has played great this year but may isn't much of a threat to shoot the ball which allows the defense to sag more...

JO as much as he has struggled - the defense still has to guard him because he is a threat to get on a streak.

 

[LASBUR]

I agree about RM, I also liked the way he was leading out there. He was talking to his guys when they made mistakes. This team needs that.

I agree, Marble was playing angry last night in my opinion. We have not seen enough of that this season.