Purdue/Iowa overview

[nagemj02]

When: Thursday, January 12th

Where: Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, IA

Tip-Off: 9 PM

TV: BTN


Head Coaches:

Purdue: Matt Painter (12th season)

Iowa: Fran McCaffery (7th season)


Iowa Team Statistics: http://www.hawkeyesports.com/cumestats.aspx?path=mbball&year=2016


Projected Starters:

Purdue:

1/2 #3 Carsen Edwards 6'0 185 (Fr.): averaging 10.4 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 1 SPG, 38% FG's (65-173), 65% FT's (24-37), 30% 3PT's (23-76), and 22.9 MPG in 17 GP this season

2/1 #11 P.J. Thompson 5'10 175 (Jr.): averaging 7.8 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 1 SPG, 3.6 APG, 47% FG's (47-100), 69% FT's (9-13), 40% 3PT's (29-72), and 27.9 MPG in 17 GP this season

2 #31 Dakota Mathias 6'4 195 (Jr.): averaging 9.8 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 4.1 APG, 47% FG's (59-125), 80% FT's (12-15), 50% 3PT's (37-74), 30.4 MPG in 17 GP this season

3/4 #12 Vince Edwards 6'8 215 (Jr.): averaging 11.9 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 3.5 APG, 2.1 TPG, 49% FG's (75-154), 79% FT's (26-33), 45% 3PT's (27-60), and 27.2 MPG in 17 GP this season

5/4 #50 Caleb "Biggie" Swanigan 6'9 245 (So.): averaging 18.3 PPG, 12.9 RPG, 2.7 APG, 3.4 TPG, 55% FG's (107-193), 78% FT's (83-107), 44% 3PT's (14-32), and 31.6 MPG in 17 GP this season


Iowa:

1/2 #3 Jordan Bohannon 6'0 180 (Fr.): averaging 8.8 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 4.8 APG, 2.3 TPG, 34% FG's (47-138), 89% FT's (23-26), 36% 3PT's (33-92), and 27.2 MPG in 17 GP this season

2/3 #14 Peter Jok 6'6 205 (Sr.): averaging 22.6 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 1.1 SPG, 2.2 APG, 2.2 TPG, 45% FG's (127-285), 92% FT's (76-83), 40% 3PT's (54-135), and 29.6 MPG in 17 GP this season

2/3 #4 Isaiah Moss 6'4 200 (RS Fr.): averaging 7.6 PPG, 48% FG's (49-103), 82% FT's (14-17), 38% 3PT's (18-47), and 18 MPG in 17 GP this season

4/5 #35 Cordell Pemsl 6'7 230 (Fr.) (left-handed shooter): averaging 10 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 66% FG's (66-100), 55% FT's (38-69), 0% 3PT's (0-1), and 20.7 MPG in 17 GP this season

5/4 #5 Tyler Cook 6'8 235 (Fr.): averaging 12.3 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 2.3 TPG, 54% FG's (49-91), 57% FT's (24-42), 14% 3PT's (1-7), and 25.4 MPG in 10 GP this season



Projected Reinforcements:

Purdue:

1 #55 Michael "Spike" Albrecht 5'11 180 (RS Sr.): averaging 1.9 PPG, 19% FG's (4-21), 100% FT's (9-9), 14% 3PT's (2-14), and 13 MPG in 10 GP this season

2 #14 Ryan Cline 6'5 190 (So.): averaging 6.8 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 43% FG's (29-67), 100% FT's (7-7), 44% 3PT's (24-54), and 21.1 MPG in 13 GP this season

3/4 #5 Basil Smotherman 6'6 225 (RS Jr.) (left-handed shooter): averaging 4.2 PPG, 57% FG's (29-51), 55% FT's (6-11), 30% 3PT's (3-10), and 12.8 MPG in 16 GP this season

5 #44 Isaac Haas 7'2 280 (Jr.): averaging 13.4 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 2.2 TPG, 61% FG's (78-128), 70% FT's (71-101), no 3PT's attempted, and 21.6 MPG in 17 GP this season


Iowa:

1/2 #10 Christian Williams 6'5 185 (So.): averaging 2.1 PPG, 2.1 APG, 28% FG's (14-50), 75% FT's (6-8), 20% 3PT's (2-10), and 14.9 MPG in 17 GP this season

2 #24 Brady Ellingson 6'3 195 (RS So.): averaging 5.3 PPG, 57% FG's (29-51), 100% FT's (16-16), 55% 3PT's (16-29), and 14.5 MPG in 17 GP this season

4/3 #51 Nicholas Baer 6'7 200 (RS So.): averaging 7 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 1.3 BPG, 1.4 SPG, 2.5 FPG, 44% FG's (40-90), 69% FT's (22-32), 35% 3PT's (17-49), and 22.6 MPG in 17 GP this season

4/3 #25 Dominique "Dom" Uhl 6'8 215 (Jr.): averaging 4.7 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 36% FG's (24-66), 65% FT's (26-40), 22% 3PT's (6-27), and 16.5 MPG in 17 GP this season

4/5 #0 Ahmad Wagner 6'7 225 (So.): averaging 4.4 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 46% FG's (26-56), 50% FT's (22-44), 0% 3PT's (0-1), and 16.1 MPG in 17 GP this season



Who Might Play:

Purdue: not likely anyone else


Iowa:

2/1 #1 Maishe Dailey 6'6 175 (Fr.): averaging 2.9 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 47% FG's (9-19), 25% FT's (1-4), 36% 3PT's (4-11), and 9.1 MPG in 8 GP this season

5/4 #15 Ryan Kreiner 6'9 240 (Fr.): averaging 2.7 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 55% FG's (12-22), 60% FT's (6-10), 0% 3PT's (0-2), and 6.9 MPG in 11 GP this season

 

[TC4THREE]

Worries me because we are coming off two big wins and we kind of embarrassed them just a couple weeks ago. If they have any pride, and I think they do, they will be looking for payback. Hopefully our team is mature enough to understand that we still owe them one more game because they swept us last year. Also if we want to win the conference we need to get every winnable road game we can get.

 

[nagemj02]

I believe this team is mature enough but I guess we'll see if they're ready.

 

[todd brewster]

I really liked the job Mathias did on Jok. Edwards is a good change of pace as is Smotherman.

 

[nagemj02]

I really liked the job Mathias did on Jok. Edwards is a good change of pace as is Smotherman.

Jok's almost certainly going to fare better at home, so I imagine that in addition to Mathias, Cline and maybe even VE and Smotherman will be guarding him for a couple of possessions. CE could guard him for a possession or two if Painter wants a ball-hawk on him.

 

[nagemj02]

Who would y'all like to see each Purdue rotation player defending in man-to-man for the majority of the game?

 

[todd brewster]

Who would y'all like to each Purdue rotation player defending in man-to-man for the majority of the game?

Our defense is best with man-to-man, because we understand off the ball defense, which works best with Haas in the game. When Haas comes out, I would not mind seeing a very quick 5 playing a full court press. Not much, but just to disrupt the flow of the game when needed. We have the depth.

 

[nagemj02]

Our defense is best with man-to-man, because we understand off the ball defense, which works best with Haas in the game. When Haas comes out, I would not mind seeing a very quick 5 playing a full court press. Not much, but just to disrupt the flow of the game when needed. We have the depth.

I didn't say that it wasn't but they don't practice any other defenses (except full-court press) so there's no way to truly know if that's their best halfcourt defense. I was just asking which Iowa players should each Purdue player match up on the majority of the time in tonight's game.

 

[Dakota Girl]

I didn't say that it wasn't but they don't practice any other defenses (except full-court press) so there's no way to truly know if that's their best halfcourt defense. I was just asking which Iowa players should each Purdue player match up on the majority of the time in tonight's game.

Again, you don't know what they have practiced. We may not know which is best but the staff has seen it. They know. Let's see how Purdue Is doing with its big slow post players and short slow guards playing man.
BiG Stats:
SCORING DEFENSE G PTS. AVG./G
1. Wisconsin 16 957 59.8
2. Rutgers 17 1096 64.5
3. Northwestern 17 1100 64.7
4. Michigan 17 1107 65.1
5. Purdue

SCORING MARGIN G OFFENSE DEFENSE MARGIN
1. Purdue 17 82.9 65.4 +17.5
2. Wisconsin 16

Purdue is in the top 50 nationally on scoring defense and we have played a decent schedule.
This D is getting better every game...just playing man. I guarantee there is a 2-3 in the arsenal. I just doubt we ever see it.

 

[boilerzz]

I didn't say that it wasn't but they don't practice any other defenses (except full-court press) so there's no way to truly know if that's their best halfcourt defense. I was just asking which Iowa players should each Purdue player match up on the majority of the time in tonight's game.

If they don't practice a zone, how do they practice against a zone?

 

[todd brewster]

I didn't say that it wasn't but they don't practice any other defenses (except full-court press) so there's no way to truly know if that's their best halfcourt defense. I was just asking which Iowa players should each Purdue player match up on the majority of the time in tonight's game.

I would put: Haas on Pemsi; Caleb on Cook; PJ on Bohannan; Vince on Moss; Mathias on Jok.

Iowa will be taking everything to the rim to start the game and we can't have Haas too aggressive on D, but he will have to come out on the pick and rolls and we need the weak side D of mainly Caleb and Vince to be there and they have been. We need to get Iowa to shoot jump shots and then we can adjust.

 

[tjreese]

Again, you don't know what they have practiced. We may not know which is best but the staff has seen it. They know. Let's see how Purdue Is doing with its big slow post players and short slow guards playing man.
BiG Stats:
SCORING DEFENSE G PTS. AVG./G
1. Wisconsin 16 957 59.8
2. Rutgers 17 1096 64.5
3. Northwestern 17 1100 64.7
4. Michigan 17 1107 65.1
5. Purdue

SCORING MARGIN G OFFENSE DEFENSE MARGIN
1. Purdue 17 82.9 65.4 +17.5
2. Wisconsin 16

Purdue is in the top 50 nationally on scoring defense and we have played a decent schedule.
This D is getting better every game...just playing man. I guarantee there is a 2-3 in the arsenal. I just doubt we ever see it.

 

[lbodel]

Turnovers need to stay at least average and shooting, particularly outside the paint, needs to be decent.

Iowa isn't great, but they aren't bad either and have been in a good number of close games.

 

[tjreese]

Jok's almost certainly going to fare better at home, so I imagine that in addition to Mathias, Cline and maybe even VE and Smotherman will be guarding him for a couple of possessions. CE could guard him for a possession or two if Painter wants a ball-hawk on him.

Since Purdue tends to switch everything between 1 through 4 whether horizontal or vertical "if" not switching puts Purdue at a disadvatage as opposed to fighting through and so forth, it is conceivable that all of those will be guarding Jok at some time. Where some at times confuse things is when they don't differentiate on ball defense versus off ball defense as they are different, one leaning more physical and the other more mental generally. The little I've seen, Jok needs someone starting out as the ball comes down the court as the better off ball defender or primary defender since it seems that Jok scores off the pass and a dribble or two to get into a gap or short distance opening.

IMO, most team's scorers are NOT the pg and there are obvious reasons for that...although there are some advantrages with a scoring pg when efficient. What "may" be as important as who guards Jok is the job PJ or Carsen do on the PG that will need to make the pass to Jok more times than not. Others disrupting the timing, by jamming to the degree that the refs allow on cuts and just making "some" contact to disrupt angle and timing on off ball scores is important as well as shading his movement as much as possible by teammates and still not giving up too much positional D away from Jok are key. It could be just getting some hands into a passing lane enough to make jok take another step before he gets the ball...but again can't get caught out of position. PJ and Carsen making the PG work to get in position to make a pass with the "correct" timing (not early or late) and in a decent angle may be just as crucial as Dakota busting his a$$ to stay with him with all the screens Iowa will set. The flexibility of man allow so many adjustments to tailor the task at hand that others may help out in guarding JOk as well.

 

[Dryfly88]

1. Keep turnovers to low double figures (11 will do).

2. Keep IH and CS out of foul trouble. They have some very nice advantages against this Iowa team and as long as they play big minutes I like our chances tonight.

 

[JEDN]

As an Iowa fan I expect a fairly competitive game but predict a 10 point Purdue victory.

 

[SIBoiler2]

If they don't practice a zone, how do they practice against a zone?

Practice???? You talkin' 'bout practice????

 

[Dakota Girl]

View embedded media

Ha! I did that to my phone last night.

 

[tjreese]

As an Iowa fan I expect a fairly competitive game but predict a 10 point Purdue victory.

we shall see...

 

[Feace]

We SHOULD win but I expect a tough fight. No easy games in league play, especially on the road.

 

[Dakota Girl]

If they don't practice a zone, how do they practice against a zone?