I just spoke with Iowa State center Justin Hamilton. He told me that he plans on playing against Texas on Wednesday night. He practiced today. I'll have a full report on the front page later today.
Hamilton will play on Wednesday
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Maybe I just expected way more out of Hamilton this year, but I would argue that he has not been playing well at all this year. Defensively he is doing decent on guarding the opponents big man, but other than that, I have been pretty disappointed in him this year.
Yikes - the good news is that Ham is healthy and recovered from a concussion vs Duke.
The bad news is he's got to guard Pittman in his first game back from a concussion.
If you thought guarding Zoubek is a tough assignment, just wait till he sees Pittman.
I mean this with the most respect - would it really matter if Ham was able to play,or not? This could get ugly, and as one poster said earlier, this means we'll only get out-rebounded by 27!!
It will be interesting to see how many Offensive Ribbies UT gets; considering North Dak State had something like 18 against us.
The bad news is he's got to guard Pittman in his first game back from a concussion.
If you thought guarding Zoubek is a tough assignment, just wait till he sees Pittman.
I mean this with the most respect - would it really matter if Ham was able to play,or not? This could get ugly, and as one poster said earlier, this means we'll only get out-rebounded by 27!!
It will be interesting to see how many Offensive Ribbies UT gets; considering North Dak State had something like 18 against us.
Maybe we should just call Texas and forfeit. IMO, we should at least play the game before the whining starts.
Here is the complete story with quotes from JH.
Hamilton will play vs. Texas on Wednesday | Cyclone Fanatic
Hamilton will play vs. Texas on Wednesday | Cyclone Fanatic
Watch the NDSU game again (if you can stomach it). Our guards struggle to stop dribble penetration and in that game there was nobody to slide over on defense. That is what Ham is so good at it. He is always in the right place defensively. Dendy? Well let's just say after watching the replay of the NDSU game I would hope that McDermott is making him run stairs. He walked on defense!! So lazy on the defensive end it makes me sick. But he sure does run hard down on the offensive end!!
People are saying it's going to be ugly because the same problems we were having from the 1st game of the season, we are still seeing right now; mainly rebounding. Why would one think it's magically going to improve against a good rebounding team in Texas?
Coach talked about it before the NDSU game. He said they didn't think it was anything at first, he was elbowed just beneath the eye. But then after the game he showed concussion symptoms and still had them on friday. He also said Ham has a history of concussions, going back to age 14.
So it certainly could turn into a long term thing, lets hope that he never gets another one.
I agree, we are doing a lot of walking/running trying to play defense...instead of sitting down and sliding.
