**Nebrantska vs Iowa - 1/6/19 - 4:30 pm - BTN**

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When bohannon is on, he can almost make up for his other shortcomings. But when he's not, he's hot garbage.
 

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"Iowa basketball will be better without bohannon and Moss"
 

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I know Nebrantska had foul trouble, but they were basically giving bohannon open 3s at the end there. Great win, everyone played pretty well today. Garza off the bench was huge.
 

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At some point Connor will have to start shooting. Multiple times he picked up his dribble at the 3 point line and the defenders backed off to block a passing lane. Even when he ball faked like he might actually shoot, they barely closed out on him.
 

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Moss has matured a ton as a player. His dumb mistakes are way down and he’s attacking the basket more.

I’m sure he’ll have some moments in the future but the last 5 games he’s seemed like a different player.
 

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Moss has matured a ton as a player. His dumb mistakes are way down and he’s attacking the basket more.

I’m sure he’ll have some moments in the future but the last 5 games he’s seemed like a different player.
yep. hes a key to this season
 

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Let’s hope this gets Jordan out of his slump. If he’s hitting threes Iowa can play with most douche teams.
 

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At some point Connor will have to start shooting. Multiple times he picked up his dribble at the 3 point line and the defenders backed off to block a passing lane. Even when he ball faked like he might actually shoot, they barely closed out on him.
he's a brick layer from 3. He will be a solid role player.
 

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At some point Connor will have to start shooting. Multiple times he picked up his dribble at the 3 point line and the defenders backed off to block a passing lane. Even when he ball faked like he might actually shoot, they barely closed out on him.
Even Mike Gesell had a long two point jumpshot to make defenders think twice.

A point guard who can't shoot. Excellent!
 

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The next 4 games are all winnable. They need to go no worse than 3-1 to get to 4-4 in conference. 5-3 would be huge.
 
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At some point Connor will have to start shooting. Multiple times he picked up his dribble at the 3 point line and the defenders backed off to block a passing lane. Even when he ball faked like he might actually shoot, they barely closed out on him.
he's a brick layer from 3. He will be a solid role player.
I think he’ll get better. Classic 4 year contributor and has some attributes that we desperately need.
 

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The next 4 games are all winnable. They need to go no worse than 3-1 to get to 4-4 in conference. 5-3 would be huge.
Can you please break down the implications of all the w/l scenarios over our next four games, including what our record would be in each case and then rank them from best to worst case?
 

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The next 4 games are all winnable. They need to go no worse than 3-1 to get to 4-4 in conference. 5-3 would be huge.
Can you please break down the implications of all the w/l scenarios over our next four games, including what our record would be in each case and then rank them from best to worst case?
Sure thing.

If they beat all the teams they will be 6-9, which happens to be your mother's favorite.
 

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The next 4 games are all winnable. They need to go no worse than 3-1 to get to 4-4 in conference. 5-3 would be huge.
Can you please break down the implications of all the w/l scenarios over our next four games, including what our record would be in each case and then rank them from best to worst case?
Sure thing.

If they beat all the teams they will be 6-9, which happens to be your mother's favorite.
Nice
 

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Connor shot the same 3pt% as a high school senior as Jordan.

He’s in his own head right now. Given his lack of elevation on his shot I wonder if it’s the longer college arc.
 

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Fran is Frank's special needs cousin. So it checks out.
 

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Connor shot the same 3pt% as a high school senior as Jordan.

He’s in his own head right now. Given his lack of elevation on his shot I wonder if it’s the longer college arc.
Fran said in the postgame they have to get him going from 3. It's been an issue this year but today was the most obvious example of teams just daring him to shoot it and him refusing even when wide open.
 

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Really good offensive game overall. That stretch midway through the 2nd with 3 straight turnovers (holy shit Maishe) and probably 4 out of 6 trips was brutal. Other than that they got the transition going more than they have and were balanced. Kriener is frustrating as hell but he can score. Hopefully this is the game that gets bohannon looking to shoot more. Still have to get Joe more looks other than just a few corner 3 attempts.

Defense certainly wasn't fixed but the zone looked competent for good stretches.
 

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Joe and to a lesser extent Connor are still deferring too much.

Joe doesn’t seem to be too aggressively looking for that rip and drive move he has.
 

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Great win. There's something about Tim Miles I don't like and great to see bohannon carry in the 2nd without anything from Cook or Garza. Hawks are making the tourney.
 

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Did Garza even play the second half? I hope he didn’t have a setback.
 

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Really good offensive game overall. That stretch midway through the 2nd with 3 straight turnovers (holy shit Maishe) and probably 4 out of 6 trips was brutal. Other than that they got the transition going more than they have and were balanced. Kriener is frustrating as hell but he can score. Hopefully this is the game that gets bohannon looking to shoot more. Still have to get Joe more looks other than just a few corner 3 attempts.

Defense certainly wasn't fixed but the zone looked competent for good stretches.
I think Fran sits Joe too much in the 1st half. He seems to forget he’s on the bench for 5-7 minutes.
 

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Really good offensive game overall. That stretch midway through the 2nd with 3 straight turnovers (holy shit Maishe) and probably 4 out of 6 trips was brutal. Other than that they got the transition going more than they have and were balanced. Kriener is frustrating as hell but he can score. Hopefully this is the game that gets bohannon looking to shoot more. Still have to get Joe more looks other than just a few corner 3 attempts.

Defense certainly wasn't fixed but the zone looked competent for good stretches.
I think Fran sits Joe too much in the 1st half. He seems to forget he’s on the bench for 5-7 minutes.
This has been a fran issue with multiple players over the years
 

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Moss had 10 rebounds and 5 assists. I think you have to let him play through his mistakes, he's got a high ceiling. Seems like the tendency is to yank him and sit him as soon as he makes a mistake or two. I think he's like Jok, in that the light will finally come on this year.
 

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Moss had 10 rebounds and 5 assists. I think you have to let him play through his mistakes, he's got a high ceiling. Seems like the tendency is to yank him and sit him as soon as he makes a mistake or two. I think he's like Jok, in that the light will finally come on this year.
To this point it has had to be that way because Moss goes into a shell if he makes a mistake. Fran can’t leave someone out there like that.

Staying engaged through the ups and downs is part of mental toughness. I think he might be getting it, he seems better this year.
 

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Moss had 10 rebounds and 5 assists. I think you have to let him play through his mistakes, he's got a high ceiling. Seems like the tendency is to yank him and sit him as soon as he makes a mistake or two. I think he's like Jok, in that the light will finally come on this year.
He’s been playing down the stretch of games. Fran hasn’t really sat him for a few games now. He just seems much more comfortable on the floor. He also missed 3 shots in a row and didn’t turn into a spaz like he used to.
 

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Really good offensive game overall. That stretch midway through the 2nd with 3 straight turnovers (holy shit Maishe) and probably 4 out of 6 trips was brutal. Other than that they got the transition going more than they have and were balanced. Kriener is frustrating as hell but he can score. Hopefully this is the game that gets bohannon looking to shoot more. Still have to get Joe more looks other than just a few corner 3 attempts.

Defense certainly wasn't fixed but the zone looked competent for good stretches.
I think Fran sits Joe too much in the 1st half. He seems to forget he’s on the bench for 5-7 minutes.
It feels like Fran just gets caught watching the game sometimes instead of using his timeouts and the media timeouts to get his best players the most rest strategically.

Maishe should really only come in for a couple minutes stretch before a media timeout in each half. This is my biggest issue with the assistants. You would think one of those dumbfucks would speak up when Fran sits Cook or Weiskamp too long.
 

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Moss had 10 rebounds and 5 assists. I think you have to let him play through his mistakes, he's got a high ceiling. Seems like the tendency is to yank him and sit him as soon as he makes a mistake or two. I think he's like Jok, in that the light will finally come on this year.
Over the last 8 games since Wisconsin he's averaging 28 minutes per game. 33, 31, 31, 31 in the four vs. Big Ten teams plus ISU.
 
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