Just great. Better to get it healed up for next year I guess, or is this an ongoing problem that will even plague him then?
*** Official IOWA STATE Vs Texas Tech Gameday Thread ***
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Just great. Better to get it healed up for next year I guess, or is this an ongoing problem that will even plague him then?
Huh, we match up well? How so? Trae Young is going to penetrate big time, and the dunks will be plenty. Not much bench depth and OU has plenty. I don't see how you think we match up well with them, unless you're thinking that OU tends to have high scoring games so you're thinking we can go back-and-forth with them.
I'd expect that they will do just that for the most part. Nick plays that role really well (when healthy). I could see them switching it up to go small or to change the look and pace from time to time.
Be less reckless with the ball (how many TO's is he averaging), be under control on the drive so he can kick the ball out before he gets eaten up and work on free throws.
Yeah, but Lard has to be smarter than to commit the second foul he did, which kept him out of most of the first half. The tech player did a pump fake, and got Lard to land on top of him. I have to say that watching our players bite on pump fakes is one of the most frustrating things. Wigginton probably does it the most. I don't mean to rag on him because he's our top scorer, but man, I hope to see improvement on that.
Other observations:
* When Lewis came into the game, he immediately committed a couple of fouls because he couldn't stay in front of his man. I'm all for developing our young talent, but games like last night's are a reminder that it's not pretty to watch.
* Talley is probably shooting too much even with Babb out. He went 3-15 last night.
* We need to run more plays to get Jackson or Wigginton a three-pointer. That is our best offense, along with just feeding Lard in the post.
* We're actually a decent rebounding team. We outrebounded Tech 38-32 and had 15 offensive rebounds to their eight, and I believe we have a positive rebounding margin in our conference games. That's one nice thing to take away from some of these blowout losses lately.
That detail is a bit maddening. Some of that tendency should improve with more experience, although it seems like it ought to be fundamentally more-ingrained already.
It's just frustrating to see such a short bench year after year. Hopefully with CSP continuing his recruiting trends, this will be the last year.
