Smith and Jones only 1 each - not a team that can beat us if we can keep it under 10. We destroyed their press, made our FTs and just dominated rhem.
8 TOs!
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Well done. Iowa D looked so sub level B10 tonight. Pathetic.
11-16 from the line. 3 of the 5 misses were front ends of 1&1’s. Quick way not to see the court at the end of games, is not being dependable at the line. Easy targets for our opponents. Nit picking I guess. Great first 30 minutes though. Last 10 the foot was off the gas.
TKR is the one that is the biggest problem. Missed all of his today. If it wasn't for him, the team % is fine. I was hoping that he would improve, but there is a big enough sample size to say that probably isn't happening.
And they were mostly back-rimmed again. He switched it up at NW and missed the back-ends, which I suppose was better. It is a problem. I thought TKR played extremely well today despite that, although I wish he would dunk the ball more often. He missed an easy floater Friday. Made them today, but it's a whole lot higher percentage as a dunk.
I agree he played well except for the FT shooting. However, his FT shooting is so bad that it does become a big problem. For us to be at our best he has to hit more of them. He has the 2nd most attempts (30) on the team and has only hit 15 of them. The rest of the team is 73% without him.
and that (among others) is a big reason you see Mason Gillis down the stretch....Painter even has Gillis shooting technicals. The form for TKR is not bad, IMO.....you also get in that confidence issue as well - we saw that with Big Cat a little, too.
Form is not good he has slight lean back in it
I do think it probably makes sense to get Edey’s rest before the bonus if possible. Of course, Purdue often gets to the bonus so quickly that that may not be practical.
That's been Fran and the Hawkeye's MO for the past several years: great offense, minimal defense. The opposite of Hawkeye football, I guess. Iowa's a fun team to watch on the hardwood, but it has to be frustrating for their fans.
TKR is fine in open play but the line is such a liability that it takes away from even being able to play him and will be a bigger factor next year when Edey is gone. The whole offense is predicated on getting to the foul line and if you can’t hit, we can find somebody to play in your spot that can!
The foot wasn't off the gas, Myles and Cam where getting "EXPOSURE"! You know we need "EXPOSURE" to get ready for March! Until we lose, then Painter gets blamed for not getting some players "EXPOSURE"! When will some knee-jerk fans every figure out that WINNING is the best recipe for March. Myles and Cam are getting better and will be important tools for Painter to use, but some on here need to calm down, remove the wedge-y and root for the team!
Wow, don't see that. Bad last night sure, against a top 5 team that played well. But they are mid pack imo. Likely 50-50 on W-L.
Any team sharing the court last night with Purdue would have looked bad. We were just “on”. Iowa will do just fine in the BIG, and don’t expect an easy game for us if we play them again.
We'll know more.......January 20! Haha.
That's the return game in Iowa City. Fully expect it will be a tighter game. Purdue has somewhat had Iowa's number recently (eight of the last 10), but ironically, the biggest game in that stretch was the 2022 BTT championship, which went to the Hawkeyes, who outplayed the Boilers that day.
And going back a few years, some of us remember the "Rick Mount" game implosion in the second half.
Fun times with The Most Hated Rival!
One thing to do it against Iowa, another to do it against teams with quick, athletic, and/or high-level guards. We'll see what adjustments Painter makes!
That was living off the 3 first half (with Rick in attendance) and "Matt" forgetting how to break the 1-2-2 press before he remembered again.
He doesn't appear to be very athletic. His footwork and play in the lane on O is his O strength. He has done better I believe on D that were a concern of many. Imagine if Caleb has his skill inside or Trey had Caleb's athletic ability.
That was living off the 3 first half (with Rick in attendance) and "Matt" forgetting how to break the 1-2-2 press before he remembered again.
Flashbacks.....
I'd bet money his FT % goes up when he is finally really relaxed out there and starts shooting OTHER shots than the hook. He's looking better all the time. gonna have a break out game soon that cements in his own mind that he belongs out there and then he'll be that player we've seen glimpses of.
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Agree, I feel the more Gillis, Heidi, and Colvin play now, the better we are as a group come March.
Yes, especially Heide and Colvin. They'll face a learning curve in the B1G, probably some up-and-down stretches. Hopefully, they'll be making consistent contributions by March.
I agree with Gillis. He may end up being our best option at the 4.
After watching the first 8 games it appears our starters in the backcourt are so far ahead of our bench guys. Surprisingly to me there is a huge gap. Near the end of the game we had Morton, Colvin, Heide, Furst and TKR on the floor and it was painful to watch.
It looks like Painter is going to ride the starting backcourt as far as it will take us. These bench players are going to need to fill some minutes but up until this point I don't see them being as big of factors as I had hoped. The question is which bench guys get minutes in close games. Right now it appears to be Morton and Heide. As much of a disappointment as it may be, Colvin appears to be the odd man out.
Purdue up 35 close to the 30 mark, rightfully took out Edey and Smith the last 9 minutes and put in guys that need the playing time to be better positioned to help in March, won by 18. Foot off the gas in that game to invest in March. I’m not sure who you are asking to calm down, but maybe you should dig your panties out and calm tf down.
Furst also missed a front end w/ his line drive shot technique
After watching Illinois last night we are going to need some quickness to keep up with their guards.
Well you know CMP has fell back on his Morton man crush..........will that work?
He might be able to handle the Domask that scored 33 but ain't no way he can guard Shannon who also scored 33.
Smith and Jones better be ready for Shannon.
The question was sarcasm.
Morton, works situationally. Trouble is, not sure CMP knows that. Soon as we lose he falls back on his old tendencies of preferring SAFE player over high reward, mistake prone athletes. This leaves us not ready in March as athletism heats up....but does ok in the B10. Old dogs.....
He did OK with the nation's top teams in Maui.
People seem to have forgotten that last year he mad changes to the lineup during the final weeks.
Hopefully the March curse will end.
If Morton guards him all game and holds domask under 15, I will believe that he is a good defender. 😂
Morton has played single digit minutes in 3 of the last 5 games and the only games he's played more than 12 minutes are the blowout wins. His minutes are way down against better teams.
How exactly does that translate to CMP not knowing Morton works situationally?
It's like people are searching for things to critique. This is one of the poorest efforts I've seen.
Just discussing possibilities. I am just projecting knowing CMP past tendencies.
Hopefully, you are correct and the M minutes go back to what they were. That was perfectly fine.
We will see soon. Heaven forbid people have thoughts & discuss them on a discussion board. LOL
I think they’ll go back down. But I wish Colvin and Heide got more than 14 each and taken away from the 26 that Morton had. We know who Morton is, but we need Heide and Colvin to keep getting better, more experienced and comfortable to be ready later this year.
Agree. Works for me. Hope it works for CMP. Really important to get those frosh game experience.
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