*** Official #8 IOWA STATE vs #16 Kansas Game(Day) Thread ***

BigLame

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Get that 45-degree angle & bounce that ball off the white square on the glass. Should get > 50% on those
 

arcoog

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C'mon guys! Terrible shooting. Hopefully they wakeup otherwise, this is not looking good. Playing decent defense though but kansas is getting a few too many open shots.
 

cyfanbr

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How do we lead the Big 12 in scoring? HOW?! Was that stat correct?
At this rate we won’t be for much longer lol.

In all seriousness though… mathematically the shots have to start falling right? Right?
 

madguy30

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How they go from avg 87 ppg to now cant score from anywhere?

Is it just, flood the paint and if they cant make 3s then they just cant do anything?

The book is out to press the perimeter on ISU's guards and converge if the ball happens to get inside.

Oddly the combination of Cujo, Lipsey and Gilbert seems to work best when it's 2/3 out there, but not all of them. But I don't know what the answer is since they're also the best chance for any offense.

To boot, right now their confidence looks shot and it's going to take some time to work back to finding it.
 

1TwistedCyclone

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When the ball goes into the post, to Jefferson or Jackson, is there some mandate that says our other 4 players must stop moving!? Seriously, movement creates opportunities to kick the ball out for better looks!
 

KCyclone2010

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It honestly only take one person to step up and stop being a *****. Someone step up and be that guy.
 

Clonehomer

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How does the coaching staff even make adjustments on offense here. They are just missing everything. Even the easy ones

I’m not even sure adjustments make a difference. They’re getting good shots. Everyone just seems to have gotten the yips at the same time.
 

Malone

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Honest question. Are we actually worse than last year and first part of season was just a mirage?
It’s a fair question.

The mid-season scouting catching up to our offense has really hurt every single TJ team.

This team is particularly susceptible to it because it doesn’t defend the same as the first three years.
 

Cychl82

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ESPN doing an accurate job of describing our current offensive issues. So, we know this, so let's do something about it. Extra passes, no driving into double and triple teams, and Heise and Watson need to hit some outside shots.
Lol if Heise was willing to look at the basket now
 

cincinnaticyclone

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I don’t think this is a hot take but this year’s team is better than last year. The only reason they look worse right now is because last year’s team had Milan for the entire season and we don’t have him right now.