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

[NWICY]

Had a watchman put in earlier in the week and didn’t need the added stress.

Dumb question what is a watchman? Some type of security system?

 

[Gunnerclone]

Are you sure you want to see those numbers? They aren't pretty.

Leaving out 3-pt shots (Milan is 5-25 over the last 7 games); Milan has taken 37 two pt shots and BRE has taken 39.

Of course, Milan has made just 15 of those (41%) and BRE has made 24 (62%)

I’m not really concerned with the %’s, just the attempts. I think to max out we need Milan taking more shots.

My thought is that Milan is passing up looks he should be taking and it’s putting our offense in a tighter spot make or miss and that’s a weak point in our offense that other teams can exploit.

 

[Cloneon]

I’m not really concerned with the %’s, just the attempts. I think to max out we need Milan taking more shots.

My thought is that Milan is passing up looks he should be taking and it’s putting our offense in a tighter spot make or miss and that’s a weak point in our offense that other teams can exploit.

I agree, but only when he passes up shots later in the shot clock. The ones he passes on early in the shot clock give us latitude to get back into rhythm. Otherwise, it seems we're forcing it after that.

 

[quasistellar]

I’m not really concerned with the %’s, just the attempts. I think to max out we need Milan taking more shots.

My thought is that Milan is passing up looks he should be taking and it’s putting our offense in a tighter spot make or miss and that’s a weak point in our offense that other teams can exploit.

In the immortal words of Dave Chappelle pretending to be Prince (RIP) acting out a story by Charlie Murphy (RIP):

"Shoot the J. SHOOT IT!"

 

[I-stateTheTruth]

Ok the Citronaunt is a bad mascot (they actually had him walking around Saturday hahaha) but honestly I think they should have retained “Florida Tech” as the school name and just changed to the Knights for their mascot. I think Florida Tech sounds better than UCF IMO.

Their campus is situated next to A TON of aerospace and tech companies we drove by on our way to the game (Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, defense systems companies, etc).

There already IS a Florida Tech though.

 

[qwerty]

There already IS a Florida Tech though.

The mighty panthers of FlT.

 

[Dale]

There already IS a Florida Tech though.

Yes, but current Florida Tech didn't take the name until UCF changed their name from their original name, Florida Technological University, in the late '70s. If I remember the story correctly from one of my many UCF tours (my son's a freshman there), a lot of their non-STEM departments were expanding, and they thought a rebrand would more accurately reflect the university's wide range of academic programs. I don't doubt there's some regret over the name change...but they've also grown from barely over 10,000 to 70,000 since becoming UCF, so I doubt they're crying over it too much. They're still big into tech, with 14,000+ students in engineering/CS (including my son) and well over half the students in some sort of STEM major.

 

[NENick]

I’m not really concerned with the %’s, just the attempts. I think to max out we need Milan taking more shots.

My thought is that Milan is passing up looks he should be taking and it’s putting our offense in a tighter spot make or miss and that’s a weak point in our offense that other teams can exploit.

I agree that Milan is passing up some shots, but his release is kind of slow and I think he's cautious when being guarded by tall, athletic defenders.

 

[bos]

I agree that Milan is passing up some shots, but his release is kind of slow and I think he's cautious when being guarded by tall, athletic defenders.

And factor in hes a freshman going wall to wall with little stops throughout an entire season. Im fine with his production and to expect more from him is probably stretching quite a bit.

 

[Cyrealist]

My thought is that Milan is passing up looks he should be taking and it’s putting our offense in a tighter spot make or miss and that’s a weak point in our offense that other teams can exploit.

I kind of agree he has a reasonable chance to put up a shot every time he gets the ball. But he's a freshman. With time, he'll develop more confidence and a better feel for when he really needs to look for his shot and when to pass it up to look for a better shot.