-17 in 18 minutes tonight.Sox - that 3 spot has been an open wound all season. Give those minutes to Mal and let him shoot as he’s got the confidence.
My gosh whoever Luke guards seems to score at will.
Yeah, I am glad I wasn’t drinking something when I heard that!Pregame they called him a stat stuffer.
Do we this year? If it’s not Johnny, then we don’t.Well, except we had no point guard last year, …..
Not a superstar but I think that’s a little much. I get the frustration…..Do we this year? If it’s not Johnny, then we don’t.
2 of the last 3 unfortunately was bad against UIC when we could have used himPoindexter playing well these last two games. What’s up with Walker though?
Ya know I was really bummed after the last game. But this game actually gives me some hope. Poindexter played his rear off on both ends. JK looking for his shot was encouraging. Yea I know some are gonna hammer me cause it was another loss. But sometimes you can learn from a loss. We were definitely a better team tonight. We played really hard but came up short. Finally the refs didn’t do us any favors. Lots of elbows and push off but never called.
I like Johnny. He must weigh 160 pounds. He needs to get some meat to play effectively at this level.Do we this year? If it’s not Johnny, then we don’t.
I think he has lots of heart, lots of talent, but he is what his size allows him to be. With that said, coaches need to design both defensive and offensive schemes that play to his size. ISU is not Ohio State. ISU can get talent but the guards will have something the big boys didn’t like, such as they are 5’10”. So take that talent and put it into a system that can help manage the size differential. DO NOT have a defense that relies on him switching to guard a guy 6’11”. A 6’8” wing guard can do that but not a guy 5’10”. We are what we are and management needs to manage around that. I could list multiple other examples.I like Johnny. He must weigh 160 pounds. He needs to get some meat to play effectively at this level.
Duke Deen 5’8” 170 lbsI like Johnny. He must weigh 160 pounds. He needs to get some meat to play effectively at this level.
I would guess that Burford, Banks, Davis, Foster, Kinziger, Walker, Pence will be back. Poindexter, Lieb, and Kasubke maybe.We are missing that go-to person who is a true “stat sheet stuffer” the commentators talked about. It is not someone who could score 15-20 points (taking 15+ shots to get there). It’s someone we can consistently count on each game to anchor this team with good play.
If coming back in this game gives us something helpful going forward, that’s good. Lose by 3, lose by 30, it’s still a loss in the standings.
Talking to others before, I mentioned the “ISU thing to do” would be to get down by 15 but then hit enough shots to come close but ultimately fail.
I’m not sure what it is about this team’s ability to start, but I am always unsure if we’ll have more than 10 points in the first 10 minutes.
Players should be given an honest assessment of where they fit in next year, if their current play is indicative of their future play. Besides our freshman and maybe Foster, I can’t see anyone else poised to break in a significantly positive direction. I would love to be surprised. I would love to be wrong. But I can’t pretend it’s likely.