Thats not how it works though. I’d rather have 1 NBA stud and a bunch of try hards than 4 guys lucky to get a 2 way deal and one NBA journeyman. “NBA guy” isn’t some catch all.
Anthony Davis and Georges Niang are both “NBA guys”, but I mean…
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Thats not how it works though. I’d rather have 1 NBA stud and a bunch of try hards than 4 guys lucky to get a 2 way deal and one NBA journeyman. “NBA guy” isn’t some catch all.
Anthony Davis and Georges Niang are both “NBA guys”, but I mean…
Yep. And then injuries happened and things got out of sorts
Not trying to make an excuse, but this team was never as good defensively as last year. The offense was much better, but the 3 point defense was not good the second half of the year. Some of it is luck, some of it is just poor execution.
Tonight was just a night where the opposing team was making their open looks while ISU was throwing up bricks on their open looks
With that said, our expectations have changed under TJ. We know what his teams are capable of doing. And this is all positive.
I’d rather have a disappointing R32 exit than being like KState where you miss the tournament more times than making it
You are remembering the Gilbert from early in the season, not the one that was a turnover machine once teams figured out to let him drive and then stop him from getting to the hoop. Without a doubt we were a better team with him, but he was also part of the problem with his turnovers before he got hurt.
I think tonight really shows how much our defensive intensity relies on hitting shots on the other end. Our defense sucked once we cooled off a bit. And we just never got that defense back.
Something I remember thinking about at one of our first couple games, we weren’t much improved on offense. Yeah we had some dudes but we still didn’t have much of a plan. I don’t consider chucking up a bunch of threes as having a plan.
Something I remember thinking about at one of our first couple games, we weren’t much improved on offense. Yeah we had some dudes but we still didn’t have much of a plan. I don’t consider chucking up a bunch of threes as having a plan.
Untimely injuries to a well constructed roster that couldn’t afford to lose the pieces it did. Nothing more nothing less. It’s unfortunate but it happens….move on.
Copy-pasting from my post in game day thread. I may have more to add, but need to "gather" after that train-wreck game.
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4 straight tournament appearances. I won't take that for granted.
Advanced beyond seed line only once (2022).
Injury problem s***ed this season, but still managed to maintain a 3 seed.
A bummer that elimination game each tournament, ISU has gotten shredded, regardless of the round. It's up for debate if this was the worst, or the Pitt game. Miami we were in "all else is gravy."
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4 straight tournament appearances. I won't take that for granted.
Advanced beyond seed line only once (2022).
Injury problem s***ed this season, but still managed to maintain a 3 seed.
A bummer that elimination game each tournament, ISU has gotten shredded, regardless of the round. It's up for debate if this was the worst, or the Pitt game. Miami we were in "all else is gravy."
Yes!! You should embrace the negativity of coming off an 11 win season and playing in the Conference Championship Game and being one win away from the College Football Playoff. Be really bummed out about the upcoming season!! Believe that we are going to be terrible!! We need more fans like you!!
Well, two of our guys from that team are STILL in the league so I’d say they aren’t “lucky”. I would put Niang’s NBA career up against anyone else who was on a roster of a B12 team that finished ahead of us that year with the exception of Buddy Hield.
He's been hurt since January and tried to play through it. Yes teams made adjustments, but he also was far from 100%.
With Jones and Keshon gone, I’ll ask.. where is the scoring coming from next year? I’m pretty concerned for our returning offense
I wonder if the coaches know about the transfer portal and have had a plan since like last year.
Ouch! I was at the UVA game. Ugh!
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We need to bring in guards with midrange game. Our offense was either drive to the basket or 3 pointer.
