**Iowa at Notre Dame - Tuesday 11/29 - 8pm - ESPN2**

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Iowa will probably be double digit underdogs. KenPom has ND winning 84-74. Notre Dame is 6-0 with two wins over top 250 teams. They beat Colorado 89-83 and Northwestern 70-66 both on a neutral court.

Their offense is 9th best in the country which is obviously huge trouble. Lowest turnover rate in the country while being a very good shooting team and good offensive rebounding team. They rank 83rd in experience, Iowa is 342nd.

Iowa has no statistical advantages when ND has the ball and only a few small ones when Iowa has the ball. This could be another rough one.
 

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I'm hoping to see improvements. Fran has hinted at lineup changes.

My guess is bohannon starting at point is one of them.
 

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I'm hoping to see improvements. Fran has hinted at lineup changes.

My guess is bohannon starting at point is one of them.
Lol. Oh, yeah, that is what you need to worry about Fran. More bohannon!
 

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Fran needs to stop trying to get Williams to run a team like a traditional PG and instead get him to be aggressive to score and play defense. That is pretty much it.
 

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Williams hasn't been as good as bohannon in my opinion. He's basically a threat to do nothing which is exactly what you would expect from a late signee with no other high major offers.
 

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Williams hasn't been as good as bohannon in my opinion. He's basically a threat to do nothing which is exactly what you would expect from a late signee with no other high major offers.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/2294/iowa-hawkeyes

bohannon is turning it over more and has a lower fg percentage.
Devan Bawinkel didn't turn the ball over at all. Put him at PG.
he could shoot though
 

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Williams hasn't been as good as bohannon in my opinion. He's basically a threat to do nothing which is exactly what you would expect from a late signee with no other high major offers.
I don't think they have been using him right. He has been sort of pounding the ball without much purpose. They need to use him like they did Marble.
 

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Williams hasn't been as good as bohannon in my opinion. He's basically a threat to do nothing which is exactly what you would expect from a late signee with no other high major offers.
I don't think they have been using him right. He has been sort of pounding the ball without much purpose. They need to use him like they did Marble.
No they don't. He's not good.
 

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Williams hasn't been as good as bohannon in my opinion. He's basically a threat to do nothing which is exactly what you would expect from a late signee with no other high major offers.
I don't think they have been using him right. He has been sort of pounding the ball without much purpose. They need to use him like they did Marble.
No they don't. He's not good.
This coming from the guy who said over and over that Marble sucked and would never be anything.
 

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I don't think they have been using him right. He has been sort of pounding the ball without much purpose. They need to use him like they did Marble.
No they don't. He's not good.
This coming from the guy who said over and over that Marble sucked and would never be anything.
Iowa had a tendency to go through terrible droughts with Marble because everyone stood and watched instead of moving without the ball. Fuck that.
 

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Williams flashed towards the end of last season. He was aggressive on offense. He doesn't look anything like that so far this season.
 

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Williams flashed towards the end of last season. He was aggressive on offense. He doesn't look anything like that so far this season.
He was mostly playing off the ball when he came in last year.
 

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Fran mentioned in his presser he thinks Williams is playing too conservatively. Wants him to get more aggressive. Fran making him play a certain style doesn't sound like the issue.
 

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Someone from TOS claiming Cook broke a finger against UVA and is out a month?
 

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Someone from TOS claiming Cook broke a finger against UVA and is out a month?
It might hurt him on offense but we could still use him on defensehahanevermind.
 

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Cook is going to be out for a few weeks
Not a terrible thing actually if he is back by the Big Ten season. They are sort of what they are in the non-conference and will force some others to step up.
 

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player development year, sub-.500 team.

pemsl's going to get a lot of time for the next few games

hopefully moss gets more minutes.
 

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I'm not sure how much of a difference Cook might've made, but this game is going to get ugly unless ND elects not to defend Jok.
 

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Is this a "mow your lawn" Tuesday night?
 

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bohannon
Jok
Pemsl
Baer
Moss

That's your lineup tonight.
 

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Three freshmen, a former walk-on, and Jok.

Gonna get rapey in South Bend.
 

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Well, I guess Fran is going to throw shit at the wall and see what sticks.

LOL at Moss going from not playing in the second half to starting.
 
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