Originally Posted by arganbright2 
I wonder if McDermott feels he HAS to play all these players, sometimes going 10 guys deep in his lineup. When he was at UNI, he had a solid nucleus of 7 guys that would see all the minutes. I understand guys like Ceasar play good defense and provide a spark but you can't win games if you don't outscore the other team with some offense. I also understand guys get in foul trouble like today with Clark and Taylor. Anybody else have thoughts on this.
I think
ISU's offense is set up to score enough points to win a typical Big 12
MBB game. With a better shooting and perhaps some better shot selection, the 'Clones would have had over 70 today. I'd like to see more scoring in the paint, but
ISU just doesn't have the players at this time to do that. I think the problem in this game was the first half defensive effort.
If I were a coach, my "philosophy" for the Big 12 would be to recruit and design the offense and defensive schemes to score 70, and give up 60, with the key being holding the opponent in the 60-point range. If the scheme can get it going and score 80 or 90 on a few nights, so be it. But the defense always has to be there.
