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- Pittsburgh, PA
garza back. can’t wait for the iowa matchups
garza back. can’t wait for the iowa matchups
I'm fairly certain Wisconsin will be one of the ones we do not visit this year - Illinois has been to Madison the last 3 years straight.
Anyone who has Iowa ranked above Illinois at this point is seriously delusional. If the season happens, we are
going to run teams off the court. BANGING COOL! Congrats fellow Illini fans.
https://www.mlive.com/spartans/2020...y-in-nba-draft-end-michigan-state-career.html
Big Ten belongs to Illinois or Iowa this year.
I think Tillman is also coming backWe will miss Dre but expect more improvement from the rest of the team than Iowa will get from their players and expect similar situation from Whisky. MSU without Tillman and Cassius will have a steeper hill to climb. Don’t think these games will be easy but Kofi from a frosh to soph is going to improve more than Garza and it was a great matchup last year. Men on a mission with some great additions.
The link above is him announcing he is not coming back.I think Tillman is also coming back
he said today that he is staying in the draftI think Tillman is also coming back
FIFYI love how there needed to be a press conference for that 15 second announcement . Hope we stomp the Hawkeyes EVERY season.
garza back. can’t wait for the iowa matchups
garza back. can’t wait for the iowa matchups
Anyone who has Iowa ranked above Illinois at this point is seriously delusional. If the season happens, we are
going to run teams off the court. BANGING COOL! Congrats fellow Illini fans.
Maybe they don't realize that Iowa will basically be the same team they were last year, except with the re-addition of Bohannon they will be worse defensively.
Iowa finished 11-9, 3 games back from the top of the B10 last season. Wisconsin and Illinois are both returning basically everyone and adding some decent recruits, so if you're going to put teams that are basically the same in the rankings Wisconsin and Illinois should both be ahead of Iowa. Iowa should be ranked similar to Rutgers as both finished 11-9 and essentially return their rosters from last year (neither will be easy to beat, but neither are necessarily top 10 teams).
Coaching problem may be more about dealing with egos and playing time than BU has ever experienced.
Wood played 10 guys double figure minutes/game in his one year at OSU. No reason he can't do that this year too.
Heard an interview with Curbelo where he stated a goal of FOY in BIG. Certain that Miller would have a similar goal and you have two transfers eligible that were stars at their previous schools. Then they are competing with five guys who all started games on a very successful team last year. Surely the reason Griffin left was his desire to be the guy and it wasn’t going to happen. Not trying to say this is a problem, just saying it requires some footwork on the coaches part. Last year was a great example of coaching vs talent in that the same talent that lost to Miami, Mizzu, and Arizona were a completely different team against Iowa. Remember also a interview with Deron where at the end of the 2004 season the Team realized that they could really be special and they were. My point is the chemistry is not automatic with talent but must also be developed and the greater the talent the more difficult it is. Think this is where BU’s emphasis on character comes into play.
Last season, Feliz was the "glue" guy...nothing profound there. But who will be that guy who can get the tough hoops when everyone is looking at the other guy cause no one can get it into the net? Who will be the glue guy who can grab the ball when 6 others are leaping/scrapping/digging for it? Who will get a steal when down 3 in the final minute? Who the heck will be the "GLUE" GUY? If we had Feliz, we would all know. But we don't. Gotta be a "glue" guy to win it all and that roster spot, and his minutes, is vacant. We all hope someone claims it.Heard an interview with Curbelo where he stated a goal of FOY in BIG. Certain that Miller would have a similar goal and you have two transfers eligible that were stars at their previous schools. Then they are competing with five guys who all started games on a very successful team last year. Surely the reason Griffin left was his desire to be the guy and it wasn’t going to happen. Not trying to say this is a problem, just saying it requires some footwork on the coaches part. Last year was a great example of coaching vs talent in that the same talent that lost to Miami, Mizzou, and Arizona were a completely different team against Iowa. Remember also a interview with Deron where at the end of the 2004 season the Team realized that they could really be special and they were. My point is the chemistry is not automatic with talent but must also be developed and the greater the talent the more difficult it is. Think this is where BU’s emphasis on character comes into play.
Last season, Feliz was the "glue" guy...nothing profound there. But who will be that guy who can get the tough hoops when everyone is looking at the other guy cause no one can get it into the net? Who will be the glue guy who can grab the ball when 6 others are leaping/scrapping/digging for it? Who will get a steal when down 3 in the final minute? Who the heck will be the "GLUE" GUY? If we had Feliz, we would all know. But we don't. Gotta be a "glue" guy to win it all and that roster spot, and his minutes, is vacant. We all hope someone claims it.