To all the Cyclone fans that like to hedge bet against us, I will just say this: Last year you should have made a bundle. This year I hope you lose it all. 
*** Official IOWA STATE Vs Miami Game(Day) Thread ***
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Here is another reason why I don't put too much stock in so called sports analysts. The cbs article on the game tonight has this tidbit: some nameless "observers" didn't believe iowa state deserved an at large bid in the first place. Okay, then why didn't CBS put iowa state as a bubble team three weeks ago.. If they did, I didn't see it. It is easy to claim anything after the fact.
I'm guessing their fans are saying the same thing about ISU players.
I'll take it if it happens, but I wouldn't count on the wear em down factor. They are 19-24 year olds who have had 4-5 days to rest their legs. They aren't coming off something like 3 games in 5 days and flying in the night before. With all of the stoppages, you just need to bear down for 4 minute spurts.
To all the Cyclone fans that like to hedge bet against us, I will just say this: Last year you should have made a bundle. This year I hope you lose it all.
I hope I lose it too!
Land-Phil approves.
I am now hearing him with the doll, when Fink is going thru the fluid dynamics on Das Boot, "Frustrating!" Hope that's how Miami feels about our D tonight!
Rundown on who is who for Miami. As noted above, the starting 5 are all old (24, 23, 23, 22 and 20 I think) and all play a ton of minutes. They have three young guys that come off the bench for <10 minutes per game.
PG: Charlie Moore (#3): Small shooter and distributer has been around forever. He's a 6th year senior on his 4th stop (Cal->KU->DePaul->Miami) and played a couple minutes at Kansas against the '17-'18 ISU team. 13 ppg, 4.5 apg, 2 spg and 2 tos. His 3-pt shooting numbers are about identical to Grill's, 58 makes on 38%. His 72 steals are 10 more than Hunter and #9 in the country. His scoring is mainly 3s and fastbreak layups. Hunter should have a physical advantage, but Moore is very very quick. Reminds me of Nijel Pack a little bit, although not as physical and quicker hands
SG: Isaiah Wong (#2): Very good athlete that scores at all three levels, although not as prolific from 3 as the other guards (45 makes on 30% shooting). He's the highlight reel guy with impressive finishes around the rim. He gets to the FT line pretty well, shooting almost identical numbers to Brockington. He's the weakest defender ("only" 32 steals). Scores 15.5 per game. He goes 6'3" 180# - I'm guessing Gabe has this matchup. Reminds me of Johnny Davis at Wisconsin a bit.
SF: Kameron McGusty (#23): Veteran scorer at all three levels. Likes the mid-range game and shoots the 3 well (57 makes at 35%). Gets to the line more often than Brockington and makes ~80%. He's another 6th-year senior who started at OU for his first two seasons. At 6'5" 190# he matches up physically very well with Brockington. Has close to the same number of steals as Hunter on the season (62). Averages 17.5ppg, 5rbg and 2.5 assists. Reminds me of a poor-mans Agbaji.
PF: Jordon Miller (#11): The fourth guard who does the dirty work. He's their leading rebounder at 6'6" (sound familiar?) averaging 10 ppg and 6 rpg. Another high steals player with 62 on the season. Good athlete can definitely finish at the rim. Only has 19 3s (29%) on the season. Is really their only offensive rebounding threat, so he'll get some second chance points. They'll throw lobs to him if the defense overplays the ball. Probably has a quickness advantage against Kunc, but matches up well when we go small. Reminds me of any generic college 6'6" small 4 (Emmanuel Miller at TCU has almost identical size and stats)
C: Sam Waardenberg (#21): Another 6th year senior, he's played 4 years at Miami with 2 redshirt years. A prototypical stretch 5 big (6'10"), his numbers are strikingly similar to Kunc - very similar 3 pt rate and percentage, FTs and rebounding. He has slightly more blocks and assists and Kunc has more steals. He's energetic and mobile for a big guy - but not as frenetic as Kunc.
The main guy off the bench is Anthony Walker, a 6'9" sophomore from Brewster Academy (Niang reference). He's about what you'd expect from a 12mpg bench piece - rebounds and scores at the rim, fouls a lot, doesn't do much else outstanding.
Well, you can see how I spend the interminable time of a big game day afternoon...
PG: Charlie Moore (#3): Small shooter and distributer has been around forever. He's a 6th year senior on his 4th stop (Cal->KU->DePaul->Miami) and played a couple minutes at Kansas against the '17-'18 ISU team. 13 ppg, 4.5 apg, 2 spg and 2 tos. His 3-pt shooting numbers are about identical to Grill's, 58 makes on 38%. His 72 steals are 10 more than Hunter and #9 in the country. His scoring is mainly 3s and fastbreak layups. Hunter should have a physical advantage, but Moore is very very quick. Reminds me of Nijel Pack a little bit, although not as physical and quicker hands
SG: Isaiah Wong (#2): Very good athlete that scores at all three levels, although not as prolific from 3 as the other guards (45 makes on 30% shooting). He's the highlight reel guy with impressive finishes around the rim. He gets to the FT line pretty well, shooting almost identical numbers to Brockington. He's the weakest defender ("only" 32 steals). Scores 15.5 per game. He goes 6'3" 180# - I'm guessing Gabe has this matchup. Reminds me of Johnny Davis at Wisconsin a bit.
SF: Kameron McGusty (#23): Veteran scorer at all three levels. Likes the mid-range game and shoots the 3 well (57 makes at 35%). Gets to the line more often than Brockington and makes ~80%. He's another 6th-year senior who started at OU for his first two seasons. At 6'5" 190# he matches up physically very well with Brockington. Has close to the same number of steals as Hunter on the season (62). Averages 17.5ppg, 5rbg and 2.5 assists. Reminds me of a poor-mans Agbaji.
PF: Jordon Miller (#11): The fourth guard who does the dirty work. He's their leading rebounder at 6'6" (sound familiar?) averaging 10 ppg and 6 rpg. Another high steals player with 62 on the season. Good athlete can definitely finish at the rim. Only has 19 3s (29%) on the season. Is really their only offensive rebounding threat, so he'll get some second chance points. They'll throw lobs to him if the defense overplays the ball. Probably has a quickness advantage against Kunc, but matches up well when we go small. Reminds me of any generic college 6'6" small 4 (Emmanuel Miller at TCU has almost identical size and stats)
C: Sam Waardenberg (#21): Another 6th year senior, he's played 4 years at Miami with 2 redshirt years. A prototypical stretch 5 big (6'10"), his numbers are strikingly similar to Kunc - very similar 3 pt rate and percentage, FTs and rebounding. He has slightly more blocks and assists and Kunc has more steals. He's energetic and mobile for a big guy - but not as frenetic as Kunc.
The main guy off the bench is Anthony Walker, a 6'9" sophomore from Brewster Academy (Niang reference). He's about what you'd expect from a 12mpg bench piece - rebounds and scores at the rim, fouls a lot, doesn't do much else outstanding.
Well, you can see how I spend the interminable time of a big game day afternoon...
With their starting PF being who he is, got to wonder of Tristian gets the nod over Jaz? Just to have a little more quickness out there on D?
Jaz will still play >20 mins
I ripped a hole in the back of mine, took a basement corner too quick, running back from the bathroom during the LSU game. It's still around and unwashed.
wearing the same thing today as I did last friday.
I'm good with it let's play the game!!!Every single CBS Sports reporter picks Miami straight up
Another Gonzaga season ends without a title and the Bulldogs' window to win an NCAA Tournament may have closed
After Arkansas ended Gonzaga's dreams of a title, did we just see the end of Gonzaga's best chance to ever win it all?www.cbssports.com
I think Gabe primarily on McGusty seems to make the most sense. What they do with IB and Hunter vs. Moore and Wong is going to be interesting.
This happened to me during our tournament game against Nevada a few years ago. It got caught on the door handle when I went for another beer and the toilet at a commercial break.
ISU scored 74 and 63 in regulation time against KSU this season, so 67 or more tonight could be very attainable. Good stuff. Should get some better looks tonight. As always, shots got to fall. Here's hoping they do! Go Cyclones!
