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HnB is bad luck
They also don't really have any statement wins. They've beaten ranked teams, but beating unc doesn't really mean anything anymore. Northwestern or minnesota? Doesn't move the needle.The reality is without Fredrick healthy, they are a Top 15 level team.
It's not like they have a truly bad loss. Indiana at home is close, but even they were ranked #22 after that game.
The trouble is they don't have any easy games the rest of the year except maybe Penn State at home.
@Indiana
Rutgers
@Michigan State
@Wisconsin
Penn State
@Ohio State
@Michigan
Wisconsin
Nebrantska??
One last pussy ass excuse making observation.... tonight is likely where not having a roaring crowd at home makes a huge difference. If that game between #7 and #8 is nationally televised with the ESPN A-Team on site and 15,500+ fans going apeshit, I'm guessing suddenly they might give more of a fuck and be locked in on defense. It also might have been a bit harder for Ohio State to hit like 5 threes in a row with the crowd going crazy.
Agreed, but that is the other side of the coin coming up. Every game is an opportunity at a really good to great win except maybe Penn State.They also don't really have any statement wins. They've beaten ranked teams, but beating unc doesn't really mean anything anymore. Northwestern or minnesota? Doesn't move the needle.
Well, it is sort of a pussy excuse. While it would be great for them to have fans at the home games, it's not like the opposite isn't true when they go on the road.Again, a pussy ass excuse, but imagine Carver-Hawkeye tonight late in the game with 15k+ going nuts chanting DE-FENSE!! and exploding every time Iowa hit a shot.
Fuck COVID-19.
Yeah, they don’t win at Rutgers. I don’t think the crowd makes difference in Indiana loss.Well, it is sort of a pussy excuse. While it would be great for them to have fans at the home games, it's not like the opposite isn't true when they go on the road.
Which is why I sad it is, but I think for Iowa it is clearly making an impact. This is a team that lost 1 game at Carver-Hawkeye last year after the DePaul game. They've lose 2 straight now. It matters.Well, it is sort of a pussy excuse. While it would be great for them to have fans at the home games, it's not like the opposite isn't true when they go on the road.
2 out of 3.Which is why I sad it is, but I think for Iowa it is clearly making an impact. This is a team that lost 1 game at Carver-Hawkeye last year after the DePaul game. They've lose 2 straight now. It matters.
FUCK! Was looking at the original schedule.2 out of 3.
I know what you're saying. But it's an unknowable impact to the final results overall.Which is why I sad it is, but I think for Iowa it is clearly making an impact. This is a team that lost 1 game at Carver-Hawkeye last year after the DePaul game. They've lose 2 straight now. It matters.
I’m not going to look this up but seems teams are taking even more 3s against us this season than years last but still hitting at the same rate.Last thing for the night. If defensive 3P% truly is based largely on luck, it would be cool if that would start to even out.
They rank 65th in 2FG% defense, best at Iowa since 2015 and 2nd best in the Fran era. Their rate of putting teams on the line is the best since 2016 and ranks 24th nationally. Turnover rate and DReb aren't good but not the real problem.
The biggest problem is teams are shooting 36% from 3 against us this year after being 32% the last two years. 38% in Big Ten games. The last two years were 33% and 34%. The rate at which we allow teams to shoot 3's is almost exactly the same. I don't think this 3P defense is substantially worse than the last couple years so hopefully there's some good fortune coming.
Well actually....there was a blizzard yesterday. Wouldn’t have been a very big crowd.Again, a pussy ass excuse, but imagine Carver-Hawkeye tonight late in the game with 15k+ going nuts chanting DE-FENSE!! and exploding every time Iowa hit a shot.
Fuck COVID-19.
The situations where physical limitations are the problem are understandable. See Suggs v. bohannon as Exhibit A.
The failures to adhere to basic defensive principles have three possible causes.
1. The players aren’t bright enough to understand what they are supposed to do.
2. The players aren’t taught what they are supposed to do.
3. The players DGAF.
Could you imagine watching that same shit over and over for fucking years and not making any changes?I refuse to believe they watch any film.
I fucking hate how many times a game 2-3 guys look at each other like, “I thought you were supposed to be there!” When in the zone.I’m not going to look this up but seems teams are taking even more 3s against us this season than years last but still hitting at the same rate.
I fucking hate our zone.
There was a possession in the first half where the wing (Murray, I think) and the top man (bohannon both guarded the ball for 3 seconds arguing over who should be there.I fucking hate how many times a game 2-3 guys look at each other like, “I thought you were supposed to be there!” When in the zone.
It all runs together on defense. The turnover rate is 17% which is in the 250 range. Allowing about 32% Offensive rebounds. Again around 250. And then the three point shooting allowed is also around 250. While three point shooting can be random, I’d bet there is a correlation between offensive rebounds allowed and three point percentage. That stretch we got the d up into the 60s gives me a little hope they can turn it around, but the last four games have been the worst stretch since 2018 (242 at KenPom that year).Last thing for the night. If defensive 3P% truly is based largely on luck, it would be cool if that would start to even out.
They rank 65th in 2FG% defense, best at Iowa since 2015 and 2nd best in the Fran era. Their rate of putting teams on the line is the best since 2016 and ranks 24th nationally. Turnover rate and DReb aren't good but not the real problem.
The biggest problem is teams are shooting 36% from 3 against us this year after being 32% the last two years. 38% in Big Ten games. The last two years were 33% and 34%. The rate at which we allow teams to shoot 3's is almost exactly the same. I don't think this 3P defense is substantially worse than the last couple years so hopefully there's some good fortune coming.
KuzmashovingLebron.gifThere was a possession in the first half where the wing (Murray, I think) and the top man (bohannon both guarded the ball for 3 seconds arguing over who should be there.
First off, if your zone leads to two people on the ball countless times a game, there’s a problem.
Secondly, if you’re where you know you should be and your dumbfuck teammate isn’t, you literally shove their ass to the right spot. You don’t engage in debate over it in a live ball situation.
I'm not sure why you quoted my post with that when I gave you those numbers in that post.I’m not going to look this up but seems teams are taking even more 3s against us this season than years last but still hitting at the same rate.
I fucking hate our zone.
It’s all in their heads at this point. Garza and Wieskamp are elite shooters and just look uncomfortable at the lineHow can a team of unathletic whites suck so bad at shooting free throws? This part pisses me off more than anything.
I said it a couple of weeks ago, but Wieskamp’s free throws look flatter. Maybe that’s not the case, but it seems that way to me based on how I remember prior years.It’s all in their heads at this point. Garza and Wieskamp are elite shooters and just look uncomfortable at the line
I was thinking this as I was watching the game. I hate it being so quiet.The reality is without Fredrick healthy, they are a Top 15 level team.
It's not like they have a truly bad loss. Indiana at home is close, but even they were ranked #22 after that game.
The trouble is they don't have any easy games the rest of the year except maybe Penn State at home.
@Indiana
Rutgers
@Michigan State
@Wisconsin
Penn State
@Ohio State
@Michigan
Wisconsin
Nebrantska??
One last pussy ass excuse making observation.... tonight is likely where not having a roaring crowd at home makes a huge difference. If that game between #7 and #8 is nationally televised with the ESPN A-Team on site and 15,500+ fans going apeshit, I'm guessing suddenly they might give more of a fuck and be locked in on defense. It also might have been a bit harder for Ohio State to hit like 5 threes in a row with the crowd going crazy.
Hard to get fouled shooting 35 ft shots and fall away 3s.Jbo never gets to the line anymore. He used to be a guaranteed wad of FT points every game.
Watching garza miss the front end of 1-1’s over and over and over and over is poop.
Well, to be fair it's tough to make 3's when someone is actually guarding you.Hard to get fouled shooting 35 ft shots and fall away 3s.
Not when this is how you look defensively.Connor played 27 minutes and had zero rebounds? Hard to do
That is a remarkably accurate picture of how they look in the zone.Not when this is how you look defensively.
Last years team won their home games then mostly got crushed on the road. But they also knew that the offense went through Garza every possession. They still were bad defensively.It feels like there is also a chemistry that’s lacking this year that wasn’t last year. It’s always tough to lose a starter but these losses aren’t on CJ being out.
it seems like a few on the team drank the kool aid early in the year and don’t know how to dig out of that. Others look somewhat resentful about it.
JBO looks like he couldnt care less most game’s and maybe that’s grating on the rest of the team?
I don't think it's a reach. Listen to a recent episode of Bohannons podcast. The guy is more concerned with NIL and getting money from playing for Iowa than he is any bad performance. He admits that water will find it's level and they'll win some games and lose some games.Probably a reach, but I would guess that combining pathetic defense and piss poor effort with attention whoring on social media probably doesn’t sit real well.
The effort in the defensive end points to an obvious character flaw.I don't think it's a reach. Listen to a recent episode of Bohannons podcast. The guy is more concerned with NIL and getting money from playing for Iowa than he is any bad performance. He admits that water will find it's level and they'll win some games and lose some games.