Iowa State

[jacobkdoyle]

Don't have a good feeling about this one, I think we play them tough but in the end fail to keep up with them on the scoreboard. Niang loves to sneak out and shoot the corner 3, we can't figure out how to guard it........I think he proves to be the difference.

IAST - 67
UC - 59

If we score 59, I might cry.

 

[WAITE HOYT 2]

In the limited minutes KJ does get, I expect that he'll be a real pain in the a$$ guarding Monte Morris. I bet we'll have a similar plan offensively that we had against VCU. We just better be looking for every opportunity to get easy looks. Time for Caupain to have a big scoring game. I'm hoping for 15+ from Cobb as well. Clark and Ellis need to stay out of foul trouble.

Would certainly be huge to see the good KJ tonight. He is due. Guard well and knock down some 3's

 

[cincrulz11]

Would certainly be huge to see the good KJ tonight. He is due. Guard well and knock down some 3's

I don't know if he loses confidence or what goes on with him, but when he starts picking up his dribble for no reason in horrible spots on the floor and then panics, I scream at my tv.


You can tell he's afraid to turn it over, but then that makes him scared to dribble or pass the ball.

 

[jacobkdoyle]

I don't know if he loses confidence or what goes on with him, but when he starts picking up his dribble for no reason in horrible spots on the floor and then panics, I scream at my tv.


You can tell he's afraid to turn it over, but then that makes him scared to dribble or pass the ball.

He needs to stand in the corner the entire time and do nothing but catch and shoot 3s. That'd help free up some space for everyone else too. Then on defense, pick up the PG full court and pester the hell out of him.

 

[WAITE HOYT 2]

He needs to stand in the corner the entire time and do nothing but catch and shoot 3s. That'd help free up some space for everyone else too. Then on defense, pick up the PG full court and pester the hell out of him.

For me he is one of the more frustrating players on the team. He can be very good at times and very bad.

 

[Bearcat513]

Hope everyone can make it tonight. Saw on twitter there are couple hundred tickets left. Student tickets sold out, only overflow now.

 

[waterhead]

I don't know if he loses confidence or what goes on with him, but when he starts picking up his dribble for no reason in horrible spots on the floor and then panics, I scream at my tv.


You can tell he's afraid to turn it over, but then that makes him scared to dribble or pass the ball.

He's afraid to put the ball on the floor because he's not very good at it. Unfortunately his passing is even worse. He should just run around setting pics, run the baseline, and make catch and shoot set shots. And play D of course...he's really good at that

 

[jacobkdoyle]

He's afraid to put the ball on the floor because he's not very good at it. Unfortunately his passing is even worse. He should just run around setting pics, run the baseline, and make catch and shoot set shots. And play D of course...he's really good at that

They'd just switch anytime KJ tried to set a screen. I like when we get Ellis, DeBerry, and Clark out top to try to keep Caupain moving towards the hoop.

 

[jacobkdoyle]

Hope everyone can make it tonight. Saw on twitter there are couple hundred tickets left. Student tickets sold out, only overflow now.

So we don't have to call out the students today? Lol.

 

[Bearcat513]

I hope not Jacob. Unfortunately, selling the tickets and students actually coming is a big difference.

 

[Bearcat_NTS]

From ESPN....

3. What will be the deciding factor in Iowa State-Cincinnati?

Katz: Late-game management. Both teams have been in close games lately. How each team handles decisions in the final possessions will determine what should be a final-few-plays type of game.

Brennan: Iowa State just has to make 3s. Typically, the Cyclones can survive cold nights from the perimeter on the strength of the easy baskets they generate at the rim. That would have been the case Saturday against Northern Iowa (ISU shot 3-of-17 from 3 but 29-of-44 from 2 en route to 1.14 points per trip) had Wes Washpun & Co. not made 13-of-22 of from 3 on the other end of the floor. Cincinnati is a different situation. The Bearcats are among the nation's stingiest 2-point defenses, and they will do everything they can to make Steve Prohm's team settle uncomfortably for perimeter shots.

O'Neil: It won't show up on the stat sheet, but toughness will be the difference. Cincinnati, in typical Cincinnati fashion, will get after Iowa State and make the Cyclones as uncomfortable on offense as possible. How Iowa State responds to the challenge will determine who wins this game.

 

[UCalum08]

To add, UC must establish an inside game. With ISU having a short bench we must take advantage of that. Play aggressive, go to the hoop strong and hopefully get them in foul trouble.
Unfortunately, we get homered in our own gym but we can not make this game about the refs. I thought UC did that in the 2nd half of Butler and it ruined us.

Clark, Ellis and Deberry need to establish post position and be freaking strong with the ball. That would open our offense up.

 

[justinhub2003]

So we don't have to call out the students today? Lol.

Actually my nephew is in high school and is in the student section. Bc the students are on break they invited high school kids for free tickets in the student.

 

[rogerOH]

Cobb City tonight ... 25 pts or more

 

[kskenyon4]

To add, UC must establish an inside game. With ISU having a short bench we must take advantage of that. Play aggressive, go to the hoop strong and hopefully get them in foul trouble.
Unfortunately, we get homered in our own gym but we can not make this game about the refs. I thought UC did that in the 2nd half of Butler and it ruined us.

Clark, Ellis and Deberry need to establish post position and be freaking strong with the ball. That would open our offense up.

To your last point, all 3 have never put together a strong game together on the same night against any of the 5 meaningful opponents thus far (GW, NEB, Butler, XU, VCU).

Most notably, Clark and Deberry have underperformed against the better competition. Clark on the season averages 10 and 8.1, but in those big games averages 6.8 and 7.4. Deberry on the season is 6 and 4.3, but in bigger games is 2.6 and 2.4.

To my slight surprise, is Ellis has played well under the spotlight, even with his VCU numbers hurting him. Averaging 10.8 and 8.2 in big games, vs 10.1 and 7.8 on the season.

It would be big if Clark and Ellis can combine for 25 and 18 boards tonight.

 

[UCalum08]

To your last point, all 3 have never put together a strong game together on the same night against any of the 5 meaningful opponents thus far (GW, NEB, Butler, XU, VCU).

Most notably, Clark and Deberry have underperformed against the better competition. Clark on the season averages 10 and 8.1, but in those big games averages 6.8 and 7.4. Deberry on the season is 6 and 4.3, but in bigger games is 2.6 and 2.4.

To my slight surprise, is Ellis has played well under the spotlight, even with his VCU numbers hurting him. Averaging 10.8 and 8.2 in big games, vs 10.1 and 7.8 on the season.

It would be big if Clark and Ellis can combine for 25 and 18 boards tonight.

Totally agree. Those guys need to be able to post up, gain good position, and either make a strong move to the hoop or when the defense collapses on them, dish it out for an open 3.

A lot of times they don't do a good job getting position, I see their defenders easily front them or playing on their side. It would sure help our guards get open 3's or open up dribble penetration. I know I see a lot of comments saying our guards aren't good at feeding the post but a lot of it falls on our big's ability to gain position. It's not rocket science, its bball 101 for offense but something these guys struggle to do consistently.

 

[jacobkdoyle]

I don't know if the inside-out halfcourt approach is going to work as well as we hoped. I think we'll continue to see our big guys screening more and trying to run things through getting Caupain more room to operate. I trust him to get guys like Evans and Cobb in catch and shoots more than our big guys passing back out, and that's after assuming we can even get it to them first. Ellis is a TO machine and DeBerry doesn't have the ability to pass out of the post.

 

[waterhead]

To your last point, all 3 have never put together a strong game together on the same night against any of the 5 meaningful opponents thus far (GW, NEB, Butler, XU, VCU).

Most notably, Clark and Deberry have underperformed against the better competition. Clark on the season averages 10 and 8.1, but in those big games averages 6.8 and 7.4. Deberry on the season is 6 and 4.3, but in bigger games is 2.6 and 2.4.

To my slight surprise, is Ellis has played well under the spotlight, even with his VCU numbers hurting him. Averaging 10.8 and 8.2 in big games, vs 10.1 and 7.8 on the season.

It would be big if Clark and Ellis can combine for 25 and 18 boards tonight.

Fyi...our point totals in those games average 22 pts less as a team than the other games. Which means our possessions were likely down too. I would,however, love see Clark assert himself more because I think he can be effective in most any game. The Xavier game obviously killed Clark's numbers in points when he had 0. Also Deberry is averaging 5 less minutes in those 5 games.

In short...i think they are doing fine considering the tougher competition although it would be awesome to get more out of them

 

[jds513]

Turtle ball.

 

[BCM]

Ellis looked bought on that turnover.

They are prepared to run, we aren't