I think you may be hallucinating that image because Ben had a grand total of 17 turnovers all last season — by far the lowest on the team by those with significant minutes.
Are you sure you're not thinking about Kasparas with regards to the turnovers? He was the #1, #2 and #3 violator. Ben didn't turn it over much.
I was referring to rebounding. The game that sticks out for me was the game in Welsh Ryan when Ben had better position for the ball multiple times and just got out muscled/hustled for it. Those situations wouldn't be scored as turnovers.
ISU is accustomed to playing before small crowds; they normally get about 3,000 for home games, sometimes smaller on the road, depending on the opponent. They will relish a game at SFC. You never know how coaches approach exh. games. Often they don't prioritize winning, but the opportunity to give major minutes to backups. Different player combinations can be a pretty high priority.
I'm more of a Ben believer than most probably, but I definitely had to double check this one- interestingly enough, he actually had the 39th best TO rate in college basketball (according to KenPom), so he not only was the best on our team, but was also one of the best generally at not turning the ball over.
Wasn’t Ben essentially catch and shoot or pass immediately? Not a lot of chances to give the ball to the other team.
I mean, there are definitely opportunities for turnovers when swinging the ball around the wing, either throwing it away or getting trapped. Also, if you compare other catch-and-shoot guys from years past, none of them really get close to as low a TO rate as BH. This is probably why his efficiency numbers are high.
I know I like options and I assume so does coach underwood
This made me LOL, but let’s also not pretend like KJ didn’t have some particularly frustrating and bewildering turnovers.
This is funny but to be fair KJ had a Curbelo-level turnover rate, and definitely turned it over way more than a typical primary ballhandler, especially on a top 25 team.
This made me LOL, but let’s also not pretend like KJ didn’t have some particularly frustrating and bewildering turnovers.
Many of KJ’s turnovers were just so maddening because a defender would be super close and he’d just nonchalantly keep dribbling and the defender would easily poke the ball away. But to be fair, KJ was a freshman. Had he stayed multiple years, I would expect him to improve on that each season.
KJ’s problem was he tried too hard to get his imaginary teammate involved in the offenseThis made me LOL, but let’s also not pretend like KJ didn’t have some particularly frustrating and bewildering turnovers.
He took over the primary Coleman Hawkins responsibility in that regard.KJ’s problem was he tried too hard to get his imaginary teammate involved in the offense
Bens weakness was defense not turn overs
I also think his very "smooth" playing style too often came across as INFURIATINGLY casual, which then made he turnovers the types that cause your eyes to bleed.KJ’s problem was he tried too hard to get his imaginary teammate involved in the offense
To be fair at the d1 level there are hundreds of guys limited to being spot up shooters so sporting a top 1percentile TO rate is still nothing to sneeze at
Turns out making it look effortless is Not Great when you give the ball away a lot.
| November 3, 2025* | Jackson State |
| November 7, 2025* | FGCU |
| November 11, 2025* | Texas Tech |
| November 14, 2025* | Colgate |
| November 22, 2025* | LIU |
| November 24/25, 2025* | UTRGV |
| December 28, 2025* | Southern |
Which one is the okay? FGCU? FWIW, Jackson State, FGCU, and Southern are all preseason 150-200 on Torvik. Colgate, LIU, and UTRGV are 250-300 so not quite as bottom feeder as a lot of the opponents they’ve had recently.
