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One consistency with this team is that it has a defense that never travels (it often doesn't show up at home either). No matter what you do offensively, unless you constantly shoot yourself in the foot with unforced errors or miss a truckload of open 3s, you're gonna score a lot of points. |
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03-19-2019, 07:31 AM | #15 | |
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But, Nsoseme is simply insane on the boards. He currently leads the team in Total Rebound Percentage (TRB) at 17.6% and Defensive Rebound Percentage at 25.0% - that means when he is in the game he grabs 1 of every 4 defensive rebounds (10.4% ORB). In conference play he has dropped off a bit, but I think that is mostly due to his ankle injury that he seems to be full recovered from now. He still leads the team in conference DRB at 20.2 (4th on team with 12.4% TRB). Brooks leads the other category Offensive Rebound Percentage at 13.9% and is at 19.2% DRB and 16.5% TRB. In conference Brooks leads in ORB (15.5%) and TRB (16.9%). Scott is at ORB 9.0%, DRB 18.2%, TRB 13.6% Iowa's two bigs Cook and Garza are at 14.6% and 11.0% TRB on the season. 8.4% and 9.0% ORB. In short, Brooks and Nsoseme are both excellent at rebounding the ball (and Scott/Diarra are no slouches either). Both are responsible for more rebounds then they are credited for as the box out and make havoc and create opportunities for other players (or the other loses the ball out of bounds fighting them off). But on the season Nsoseme has been better on the defensive end and in total - though Brooks has dominated the offensive boards (his conference ORB would actually put him at #8 in the country if he had maintained it the entire season). In conference Brooks has been better, but I think that is largely due to injuries to Nsoseme that he seems to be fully recovered from the last couple games. Either way, having one or the other of the in the game means the opponent is going to have to fight for every board. Edit: For fun, here are Gary Clark's senior season numbers. ORB 12.1, DRB 22.3, TRB 17.3. If Clark was a problem on the offensive glass at 12.1%, what is Brooks at 15.5%? Last edited by skyblade; 03-19-2019 at 08:08 AM. Reason: More to add |
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Sounds like Iowa has a lot of shooting weapons. We don't really have what I would call a lot of weapons but Cumberland has made weapons out of some of our other players by getting them open looks. You can either go man to man and watch him carve you up or you can double him and take your chances with our other players making open shots. I would choose the latter every time if I were playing us. Cumberland WILL make you pay for leaving him open or playing relaxed D on him and our other players are less of a sure thing. Scott, Jenifer, and recently Broome have been hitting some of those open looks lately. If Iowa doesn't have a lock down guy they are going to have to double for sure or Cland will put up 30.
We have been defending the 3 better late in the season and I think this will be a game we have to extend the D which should be to our advantage. What usually kills us are penetrating guards with 3 point shooters waiting on the kick. If we don't have to worry about penetration we can guard the perimeter better. If we can keep it reasonable with the 3 point D...we should be able to win this one unless we go cold...which has been a 50-50 proposition at times. But in our tourney we were able to score a little better and we put together two of our best offensive games since January game against Tulsa. I hope the trend continues as we often times are not playing our best ball come the Dance. The end of regular season was rough to watch on offense but the tourney gave me a little additional hope as a fan that we can put up a fight. |
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its one of those games im intrigued to see how it plays out. we can't defend the 3, our defense against 3 point shooting is basically leave them wide open and hope they miss. it works out when 40% 3 point shooters go 5-25 like vs houston on sunday. however when they aren't off it can spell trouble. on the flip side iowa doesn't appear to play very good defense. they can't stop 2 point shots, but we can't make them. they give up a ton of offensive rebounds and offensive rebounding is how we score. should be a good one. |
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03-19-2019, 07:51 AM | #18 |
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We have played 14 games since January against Tulsa. SMU and Houston tourney games were our most efficient since then on offense. Surprisingly the WSU tourney game would rank 5th of 14 if T-rank is correct.
Here is to hoping that is a continuing trend rather than a flash in the pan spurt. If Keith Williams is reading this...now would be a good time to step it up. |
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And here, I agree completely as well. Iowa cannot handle Williams athleticism or Cumberland (who can). These 2 could create a lot of easy opportunities or fouls. But keith will have to play much better. |
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03-19-2019, 08:00 AM | #20 |
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As for why Brooks is so good on offense, but not so much on D my guess is it's a product of our defensive scheme. Bigs are expected to guard any position and often pulled away from the glass. On offense though, Brooks tends to stay near the glass.
As Madman81 said, if Brooks can block out he can hold off just about anyone. He's also very good at getting inside position. But on D if he's pulled away from the basket he as good at crashing the glass. Nsoseme is the opposite - he makes a living crashing the glass. He is okay at getting position and boxing out, but it's not his strength. If he's guarding a man on the 3 point line on D, he is still going to be able to track the ball down and make the rebound. Also a second side note: Diarra's numbers are very good as well. In conference he is ORB 10.8%, DRB 22.0% and TRB 16.2% and on the season ORB 9.7%, DRB 24.5% and TRB 17.0% Last edited by skyblade; 03-19-2019 at 08:11 AM. |
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