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  1. EarthIsMan

    Scouting the Ohio State matchup

    Overall, I think Ohio State is a favorable matchup for ISU. Defensively, I expect ISU to switch screens 1-4 against tOSU's heavy ball-screen continuity offense. tOSU is patient on offense and is constantly setting ball screens to "muddy" up the floor & confuse opposing defenders. tOSU is not a...
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    So what will the reaction be IF this season gets turned around?

    Will we see the fan mood swing as dramatically in the other direction IF the season gets turned around? On the players? On Coach Prohm? Future of the program?
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    Living and dying on the defensive rebound

    This team lives and dies on the defensive rebound. It is the #1 way to beat this team and the data supports this assertion. 1. This home loss vs. Baylor is frustrating to the same ilk as @iowa, @Baylor, KSU, and TCU. The common thread is the inability to get defensive rebounds. 2. If this team...
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    Breaking down Iowa State’s 2019 recruiting class (Boyd)

    Anything football related from Ian Boyd is always a good read. Here is his take on the ISU's 2019 recruiting class and looking ahead to the 2019 season under Matt Campbell.
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    ISU Individual Player OFF vs. DEF ratings

    Offensive and defensive ratings (points per possession x 100) for each individual player as of 1/15/2019. For reference the farther right on the x-axis and lower on the y-axis, the better. These are using estimated point per possession for each player while they are on the court. The size of...
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    2nd best defense since 2002...without 4 contributing players

    Maybe not too much of surprise, but at this point in the season ISU has the 2nd best defense of all other ISU teams during the KenPom era (2002-present). #1 was the Wayne Morgan-coached team from 2005 that ended year 9th nationally in adjusted defense efficiency at 0.901 points per possession...
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    What offensive play calling do you expect to see vs. OU?

    Other than the first drive, the offensive play calling seemed quite vanilla vs. Iowa. It appears that Noland will make the start vs. OU unless Kempt leg injury is much improved. I don't think who plays at QB will make the difference in this game as both QBs (while different) give ISU a similar...
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    The Secret History of the "ISUs" Unstoppable Play

    Thought some of you would enjoy this: The Secret History of the Golden State Warriors’ Unstoppable Play (WSJ)
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    Some perspective on offensive performance (after 3 games)

    ISUs offense has looked and performed dismal so far this season, but vs. App. St. was a welcome sight. Against App St. ISU had an offensive point per possession of 1.28. ISU's 2016-2017 team only had a greater offensive PPP than 1.28 four other times: The Citadel (H)- 1.41; Baylor (H)-...
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    “Dilly dilly” needs to die

    That’s all, goodnight!
  11. EarthIsMan

    Detailed Nevada scouting report....if you like to read

    Nevada Wolfpack- scouting report I watched a few of Nevada's games from the latter part of their season and here are my notes and observations. In summary, Nevada is a talented offensive team. For a recent ISU reference imagine a team made up of a bunch of Deandre Kane's and Dustin Hogue's...
  12. EarthIsMan

    ISU not getting as much national attention....

    ....even after winning the B12 tourney, and I THINK IT IS GREAT. I am bit surprised how little attention the B12 tournament received from national sports writers. It seems as soon as Kansas lost the attention went elsewhere. Looking through various twitter feeds from national NCAAB writers not...
  13. EarthIsMan

    Good read: Examining the data and thinking in Burton’s mid-range game

    Good read on Deonte Burton's shot selection and mid-range game from Travis Hines: Examining the data and thinking in Burton’s mid-range game A summary:
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    Top 32 teams in KenPom Adjusted Offensive AND Defensive Efficiency

    Here are the teams ranked 32 or better in both KenPom adjusted offense and defense efficiency: The top 32 was more or less an arbitrary chosen number, but I am figuring it is "half" of the NCAA tourney field (yes, I am not counting the first 4). The greater point is it is promising to see...
  15. EarthIsMan

    Searching for an offensive identity in the post-Niang era

    Unlike previous years, ISU’s defense is formidable. While the prospect of an opposing post presence is worrisome, so far it appears to that this team’s can manage it in regard to rebounding and guarding opposing posts despite usually being undersized. However, our post defenders need to defend...
  16. EarthIsMan

    Quran Hafiz to make commitment announcement on Friday

    Per Alex Halsted, Quran Hafiz is to make is commitment announcement on Friday: https://twitter.com/AlexHalsted/status/748286655224680448 The timing of the announcement in relation to his ISU visit this past weekend has to be good news for ISU, right?
  17. EarthIsMan

    Controlling pace and ISU wins when its defense "overperforms"

    Disclaimer 1: If you are entertained by advanced sports analytics and looking at data, you may enjoy this. If this disgust you, you may really despise this. This is long....I've warned you. Disclaimer 2: correlations are not causations. They simply describe events that have occurred, but...
  18. EarthIsMan

    How to beat Virginia's pack line defense

    Since many are making this game out to be ISU's offense vs. Virginia's defense I thought some literacy on Virginia's defense would be valuable. Here is a must read film session breakdown on how to beat Virginia's pack line from Rob Dauster at NBC Sports. I like Iowa State in this game. Iowa...
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    Visualizing the 2016 NCAA tourney field with past champions using KenPom AdjO/AdjD

    Interesting visual found on a recent reddit post. KenPom AdjO vs. AdjD plot: Comparing 2016 NCAA tourney field to 2002-2015 NCAA Champions: Important to note, the 2002-2015 data is all pre-tourney data. Once teams starting winning in the tournament their KenPom values improves simply because...
  20. EarthIsMan

    Shot volume wins championships + Do people realize how good is ISU's offense?

    For my analytic friends.....interesting read from Gasaway's Tuesday Truths: "Final Four teams are way better than taking shots than making them" This is probably nothing new to anyone who has been following this team. ISU has a narrow margin to win games due the inability to grab offensive...
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