Big East/Big12 Battle 21
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Not part of the challenge, but 4-0 if you count our win against Xavier.
Oky State is going to lose on their home court to Xavier. Their fan support is awful. Must have about a thousand fans in attendance.
It's 2-2 now, all the road teams have won. Okie St is loaded but man Boynton is in over his head, he can bring in studs but doesn't know what to do with them.
Oky State is a poor perimeter shooting team. Their 3 point percentage is poor but they keep hoisting them up. I like our chances against them. We beat Xavier handily on a neutral court and Xavier just beat Oky State handily in Stillwater.
Their fan support for basketball is 180 from the Big 8 days.
Although after the Big 12 Championship GM, I’d be avoiding sports too if I were an Ok St fan.
Okie St reminds me a bit of Memphis and Oregon St, long, athletic but poorly coached and lots of 1 on 1, they are a good matchup for us.
So far I’m confident we are a top 4 team in the Big 12. Will be interesting to see what happens.
I still think with the way we hustle that the long B12 schedule could tax their gas reserves.
I do worry about that. Playing this hard would burn you out.
That said, I think TJ is managing minutes very well. Brockington, Kalscheur, Hunter all average close to 30 MPG, then it's Grill at 24, then really everybody is is 20 or less. Guys should be able to hang all season IMO with that kind of load. Big, big, big risk to the team right now is just if somebody gets injured.
We do play 9 guys though which will help. There's some teams that only go 7 deep and don't have fatigue issues. I've also noticed the last couple games Tre and Grill have been playing just as much as Brockington and Gabe. That should help keep everyone fresh.
I think our Elite Eight team went 6 deep, and got after it like that. We're 9 deep, and 10 if Jaden comes around. We'll be fine.
I know you guys can't really answer this with certainty but I wonder if our Hilton attendance would similarly decrease if the NBA had a franchise in Des Moines?
Or are our fans that much more loyal in general to Cyclone athletics? I'd like to think that Hilton would still see a great attendance, but I'm sure a Pro sport franchise would cut into the pie bit. How much, not sure.
Yes, an NBA team in DSM would put a hurt on ISU MBB attendance.
