There may have been some FB recruits at the game - I'm glad we were able to make a good showing (and win another super-bowl).
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There may have been some FB recruits at the game - I'm glad we were able to make a good showing (and win another super-bowl).
The halftime presentation couldn't have hurt anything with recruits.Quote:
Originally Posted by hoosman
The ESPN U announcers actually said 4 steals in a row for Diante. Also a couple shots of Lucca and his grandparents, Lucca was cracking a smile at the end when Jiri fouled out and was coming off the floor, but definitley looked sad at not being out there.
Today I saw a team who was very well coached, and made strides of progress over the past week. You could tell McD worked with his team on boxing out and rebounding (as it was needed).
I was most impressed with the improvement of ball movement by our guards, and could also tell McD had some emphasis on this in practice.
I believe we are seeing Garret start to take over Peterson's role, and he is going to be great if he can develop his shot.
I post this mainly because what I saw today was an indicator of us having a great coach, and for people to watch the Drake game, and watch the change in the team. To all of you who are already questioning McD (I saw this all week), I hope you think twice. McD is working with very little, and no coach in the entire NCAA could do anything more with our talent and loss of players.
I give mad props to our Cyclones, and our coaches for a great win, and their hard work.
Practice hard...hustle and stay the course will/should be the themes to this season.
For me, the biggest thing today was the play of the guards. Not a lot of scoring, but did a much better job of getting the ball up the floor quickly and getting into the offense with plenty of time on the shot clock. They didn't do a whole lot wrong.
Garrett didn't really do much stastically on offense, but he didn't make mistakes and played very good defense. Our point guards combined for 6 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 0 turnovers.
To put that into perspective, against Drake they combined for 0 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 10 turnovers.
What was the halftime presentation?
Yup, guard play was solid and we got a win. If we continue to play defense like that and eliminate mistakes on offense, we'll do ok this year. Not great or even good - but ok.
However, we still need to score better. Making the easy ones would help.
A celebration of our football win over Iowa. Pollard gave the Cy Hawk trophy to Chizik.Quote:
Originally Posted by lennon3
Pollard presented the Cy-Hawk trophey (football, not the Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk series one) to coach Chizik, who held it up for the crowd :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by lennon3
They showed a highlight reel of the Iowa vs ISU football game and presented Gene Chizik with the Cy-Hawk Trophy. HUGE ovation once everyone saw Gene.Quote:
Originally Posted by lennon3
The scoring will come. Glad to see a fire in this team, I hope they play that hard all year. The 2 freshman that are playing are going to be special players.
Also congrats to the Mens basketball team on their 400th win at Hilton
Cy-Hawk trophy presentation with Chizik and JPQuote:
Originally Posted by lennon3
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Originally Posted by hoosman
Yes, there were a bunch of recruits in for the game. They sat very close to me behind cyclone alley on the west side. They were there with Chizik and several of our coaches. The recruits appeared to be very impressed and a great time, except for one guy who wore a burnt orange jump suit, dark sunglasses, and had a Stevie Hicks hair cut - he just slept through most of the game, if that's possible. He looked like a Univ of Iowa gansta recruit.