It appears they are reversed from last year...appears to be more guard heavy than post. Advantage ISU? Match ups as of late haven't favored ISU...maybe this one will.
OU: A good match up for ISU?
- Thread starter larrysarmy
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Of course he will be back for our game. Thats how it works out for us. He will probably drill deep 3's like he did last year in Hilton. Hope our guys can some how pull it out down in Norman, and get this ship going in a positive direction.
Fair enough...but that is probably the case in any big 12 game. Only most of the teams we faced recently have had some downright studs in the post as well. OU doesn't appear to be that way. Advantage us...
still gotta take advantage
Conceptually I like it. I think we've seen it some too. DG at the point and IMO, you can technically play Gilstrap at the 2 if he's healthy.
The issue is, we have faced teams where we have a clear advantage inside but don't exploit it. Why I don't know.
I'm okay with it as long as we don't see a lot of pressure and we can close out on the shooters.
Only we wouldn't be sliding Gilstrap to the 2...We would be using that linup to give Gilstrap a blow...Just rotate the whole frontline...giving everybody a 5 minute(debatable) rest. Assuming no foul trouble too.
Honestly...I want to see:
Colvin at the 1
Gilstrap/SC at the 2
with Dendy, CB and Ham.
Its asking alot from a frosh...but CC adds some intangibles that we could use right now...
Let the horses run...well sort of:wink:
Makes sense. Need to start getting Gilstrap more rest with the cramping issues. Without him, we are screwed.
Not attacking Dendy's effort...He just flat out can't shoot freethrows. Maybe he should try banking them in.:wink:...but seriously, maybe.
I agree that we could see some benefits with this lineup. We could have some nice size matchups on offense and it couldn't hurt us with rebounding either. Of course the potential dangers would be as you said, closing out on shooters, or also getting beat up in transition if they go up-tempo against us. However, Dendy and CB are pretty athletic for big guys, so I think it would certainly be a lineup worth trying.
Agreed. I was sitting behind some lunatic that was ripping on Dendy every single time he hit the floor. Was screaming for Hamilton to come back in to replace him (even though Hamilton had to be out with foul issues). The guy just would not quit hammering Dendy, completely losing sight of what Dendy brings to this team.
Dendy must absolutely get more consistent on the defensive end (and be smarter there) and hopefully get some improvements in FT shooting.
