He cant guard and he’s not a killer.
Not a secret, and its a fair take. He has to be hitting shots or TJ will sit him a lot.
Edit: @Coog1992 Jones is petitioning the NCAA for another year of eligibility and it’s 50/50. Not sure of the specifics as to why, but that’s the report.
Full list in article.
Rutgers w two top 3 NBA picks and might miss NCAA?
I had no idea.
Maybe not.
https://247sports.com/college/cincinnati/board/40/contents/fire-wes-243966569/?page=1
i actually think this houston team doesnt have that… neither jwan or tugler will shoot, you’ll be able to trap us… assuming no crazy offensive improvement for us, i expect a low scoring game
i wasnt talking in context to houston but just i general… that a team with true spread our offense have scored on iowa state…(i dont think that’s Houston)
ad i wasnt saying Lipsey is bad defenders, i actually think him and gilbert are very good…but i was talking more shut down defender, you put them on someone they are scoring 6pts on 23%fg% … a few matchups this year opposing pgs have scored on him and actually been the star of the game for their team… or worse the opposing pgs beats him off the dribble, help comes to makeup and the pg swings it to the open man… id classify both as around like a sharp level defender … i was more talking shead and tugler level defenders
That’s fine its fair to say we dont have a true on ball stopper.
I’d put Lipsey in that category, but only when you take his entire skill set into account.
Certainly not an NBA level stopper, and He’s not a Shead level true stopper, so that’s fair.
Sharp is a good comp.
Way to smash the purple kitties Tonight. Nice win. You guys must have been taking pictures of their huddles.
Drones.
Utah huge over OK St.
1/2 time. Baylor up 12 @ ASU
Unless CU upsets WVU tomorrow.
Cinn @ CU weds for last team without B12 win.
Chance for that “true road win” those are what really count.
Baylor may choke this game away to ASU.
They gave up a game-tying layup with 1 second left and are going to OT.
Now ASU can’t shoot at all, and their leading scorer fouled out. Baylor is up 7 with less than a minute left.
I thought we exposed byu and showed how to beat them. B12 coaches are smart. The Blue Cougars in trouble.
Lock down defender part? Somewhat true. The part about the doubles? What team have you been watching. We deploy them but are terrible at them, and it routinely jacks up our defense.
Our biggest issue “defensively” is rebounding. Jackson, Momcilovic, and to a lesser extent Chatfield do a poor job of anticipating, bodying up, and in some case simply going after the ball. Too many times we play good defense only to be done in with second chance points, off of very poor offensive rebound give ups. And these are guys, save Momcilovic, who show to be very adept at rhe same intangibles on the other end. Simply put, they arent aware.
On the doubles, we routinely pick poor times, spots on the floor, and or personnel to where its a losing sum game. Yesterday we had one nice trap near half court, but the rest were bad decisions that resulted in easy 3s and buckets. We literally need to (largely) stop trapping as its been a problem all year.
Defensively we have guys capable of locking down but thats not the biggest issue. Right now its the doubles and the quality of our anticipation and hedging of screens. Tech just kep running high screens/pick and rolls and the effort level wasnt nearly strong enough to stop it. We were getting killed wjth the same thing, over and over again even though we knew it was coming. That gets compounded when our bigs, like Dishon and Chat, stupidly peel off to double the inital ball handler. That hasnt worked all yesr and it certainly wasnt working yesterday.
Our limitations/issues are defensive rebounding, senseless double teams, and game management, with all being issues yesterday. I dont understand why Otz wasnt running our offense through J Jeff on the block. When we did? The results were good, but then wed have several possessions of hero ball drives (hence our guards having high TO numbers). Hard to go all the way in March if you “choose” to be your own worse enemy. The talent is there.
I think one of your #8-11 teams will step and get an 8th bid for the conference.
But, I agree you have a pretty good gauge on the conference.
Tech stole him away from Michigan at the last minute?
Yeah, I brought this up last week when we were discussing “Mocks”….
Bailey and Harper are both playing great as well….
Damn, how weak is the rest of the lineup!?
You missed the context of my post. I noted that traps are weak against teams that can spread the floor.
Darrion Williams, the starting PF for Texas Tech, is a great 3-point shooter.
Your point was that traps aren’t effective and not the strength of Iowa State’s defense, as shown yesterday. My point is that traps are less effective against teams that can spread the floor. Your struggles yesterday were part of my argument since Texas Tech can space the floor effectively.
Last year, the “post trap” strategy was the magic sauce for your defense—you were top 3 nationally in post defense despite not having a single top-tier shot blocker in rotation.
Here’s a tweet with an explanation:
https://x.com/rich_paquiot/status/1835750947395408207
Or, check out this blog that breaks it down further:
My larger point is that if you remove the ability to double team, Iowa State doesn’t have great individual defenders. Against a team with strong floor spacing and good shooters, you’re forced to either leave shooters open or rely on defenders in isolation.
Rebounding was an issue last game versus Texas Tech, but Iowa didn’t dominate the offensive glass and still scored 80 points. Dayton didnt offensive rebounds and still put up 84.
And just to clarify, “not elite” doesn’t mean “bad.” For example, Tamin is your best defender, but there have been multiple games where he’s been outplayed.
Again, I’m not saying the individual defense is bad—Tamin and a few others are really good. But there isn’t a single defender on Iowa State that I’d consider a true “shutdown” defender.
Looking ahead, in my opinion, ditching traps to play strict man-to-man defense would be disastrous. Instead, the focus should be on tightening up the traps and improving their efficiency. There will always be teams that can spread the floor and take advantage of this, like BYU did last year. However, very few teams in the Big 12 have this kind of spacing. WVU, Texas Tech, and BYU are the only true floor-spreading teams. UCF could also pose a threat if Keyshawn Hall is having a good shooting game (even though he only shoots 29%).
We aren’t a great shooting league, and with those 3–4 teams, the best approach is to try to outscore them.
WVU up 11 at 1/2.
Wins by 8.
No B12 Men’s hoop Monday.
Big Weds.
Jizzle James is 20/66 shooting over his last 7 games. That is God awful.
What is up with Cincinnati? I really thought they were gonna turn the corner this year. I don’t like Arizona racking up the wins in conference after the way they pooped the bed in OOC play. 
The main issue is with Cincinnati it’s that they struggle with the general concept of the “jump shot”
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