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maybe they have turned the corner so to speak I think it helps that we match-up well with Wisconsin. Especially, if they are missing shots from the outside. The double team was a great game plan. Another night of balanced scoring. 4 players in double figures. We had 4 assists on 23 makes. McVeigh struggled with his shot, but I thought his defense in the 1st half when White was on the bench was a huge key to this win.

He played a whale of a game defensively, tonight. Especially, with Drew in foul trouble in the 1st half.

Interesting stat: Wisconsin with 6 assists on 7 field goals. Nebraska with 2 assists on 10 field goals.

I think we match up very well with Wisconsin.

I will agree with that for the first half. I would mix up the defenses, not always double team the post, play some zone, and then show a little press at times in the 2nd half.

The sad part was I think Wisconsin was trying to foul, but the refs wouldn't call it.

Then, they go on to show a terrible call on Benny.

It's only 7-2 in fouls with Nebraska having the 7 fouls.

Wisconsin with 1 foul in 13 minutes. Seems pretty typical for a Nebraska Wisconsin game.

Our defense is very active tonight. Need to get some shots down.

It was one of the rule changes this year. Each team only gets 4 timeouts.

He tells it like he sees it. I like that he doesn't sugarcoat it.

I was comparing body types and jump shots. I then looked at stats for their freshmen years, which are very similar. I don't know how much Watson can improve, but like you said if he does, this team will have won it's first NCAA tournament game.

The only problem with your argument is that outside of one and done players, there will be very few teams who play freshmen 40 % of the time that will make the tournament. That means we have inexperienced talent.

I looked up Lue's sophomore year stats and he led the team in scoring in 13 of the 16 conference games. He averaged 21 PPG in conference play. If Watson can do that, this team will be dancing next year.

Ever since I saw Glynn Watson play, I keep having images of Tyronn Lue. He seems to be a dead ringer for Lue. Glynn is 6' and 165 pounds. Lue as a freshmen was 6' 165 pounds. Lue averaged 8.5 PPG, 3.0 RPG, and had a 1.5 A/TO ratio. Watson is averaging 8.3 PPG, 1.8 RPG, and has a 2.58 A/TO ratio. The reason I thought about the similarities is because of that jumpshot of Watson. It is almost identical to Lue's mid range jump shot.

This is 2 out of the last 3 years that Iowa has tanked going down the stretch. Nebraska got hot right when Iowa went cold 2 years ago. They went from NCAA tournament lock to playing in the 1st four that year. They started 19-6 and 8-4 in the Big 10, finished by losing 5 of their last 6 regular season games, and loss to Northwestern in the Big 10 tournament. Last year, they loss their first game in the Big 10 tournament to Penn State.

Thank you, that is exactly what I was referring to. Miles had no option to not play Benny this season. You said in a previous post that Bakari was a better point guard than Benny. At this point in time that is not true. Now, you are saying he had NO option but to play Benny. That make NO sense. You are saying Bakari isn't an option to play this year, but he is the better point guard? I'm saying Miles can't not play Benny from the stand point that it kills team chemistry and divides the team. Not something you can take a chance at after what happened last year with the team. I think we are arguing over two different things. Right at this very minute, in Parker's senior year, and Bakari's freshmen year, I am saying Parker is a better point guard than Bakari. I believe that by Bakari's senior year, he will be a much better point guard than Benny was at Nebraska. I will even say that Bakari as a freshmen is better than Benny as a freshmen. Experience is a great teacher. Benny brings quite a bit to the table. He is a floor general, but limited offensively, but a pest on the defensive end. He handles the ball really well (has a 1.86 A/TO ratio) His size limits his ability to get to the rim, and he isn't a great shooter. However, he was better than he has been in previous years shooting where teams had to respect him. ​ Watson is a scoring point guard. He is much more aggressive, can get to the rim. Has a little more height. One thing Watson needs to do is work on his shooting and get more arc on his shots. It seems he has worked on it this year, but at times his shot still is flat. He is a great ball handler and can distribute the ball (has a 2.58 A/TO ratio). He has to add some muscle, and be able to score through contact. Bakari has struggled this year in a lot of areas. He has been dreadful from 3. He has 4 assist to 8 turnovers (part of that is playing in mop-up minutes with players who struggle to score). He also needs to get stronger, and develop a game to get to the rim. I think he very much could be a player similar to Gessell by the time his career is over.

I'm one of those fans that really want to see Hammond turn it around next year, much like Webster did between his sophomore and junior campaigns. I see flashes from him like against Tennessee and Penn State, where he just took over some games. Let's look at last year, not knowing about this year and rank the players. Petteway Shields Pitchford Rivers Benny T. Smith L. Smith Webster Fuller Abraham Hammond Webster would be down towards the bottom last year, now he is 3rd or 4th on the team depending on how you rate them. Granted, it hurts this year's team for our tallest player to be 9th or 10th on the roster, but Tai shows what kind of turnaround one can have in a year's time.

Thank you, that is exactly what I was referring to. Miles had no option to not play Benny this season. You said in a previous post that Bakari was a better point guard than Benny. At this point in time that is not true. Now, you are saying he had NO option but to play Benny. That make NO sense. You are saying Bakari isn't an option to play this year, but he is the better point guard?

Shields White Webster Watson Morrow Parker Jacobson McVeigh Hammond Fuller Bakari

I bet you'll like them more when we win the tournament.

We just need to hit some shots. We started by hitting only 1 of 7 from 3, ended by hitting 6 of our last 9.

Benny's defense on Sanders was huge. Limiting him to 3 of 12 from the floor, one being a ridiculous step back 3 against Tai is pretty good defense. I think Bakeri will be a very nice player for us if he sticks around. Benny is a good role player. He could guard, but has his limitations. Benny was a point guard, and he is a power conference point guard. I don't know if he is a starter on an NCAA tournament team, but he would provide most power 5 teams, with a decent 15-20 minutes a game.

Working on his jump shot would make him almost lethal at the 4.