Cats @ Trees (FSN, Comcast)

[clenz]

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Any one else think that we need to design some plays to help Carlton get into the offensive flow? Instead of letting him shoot outside, setup some isolation plays for him to attack the basket and maybe get some easier looks.

I think that would be great, but that doesn't fit Jake's offense. Maybe this is the reason Jake said he wasn't flowing in the offense and didn't get playing time. He doesn't do well in the stand at the 3 point line and pass the ball offense. He strikes me as more of a slasher

[Back2BackCats]

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I'm not giving up on Jake, I'm far from it. Do I think it is time to revamp the offense some? Yes. Am I calling for a complete over haul of it? No. I've infact stated that it hurts us not having a true PG out there most of the game. If we can get Haak some minutes and he plays well we will be much improved.

Good to have you back Clenz.

[clenz]

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Good to have you back Clenz.

Back from what? I'm still a smart ass

[Matt Trump]

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Dude for real, quit blowing Drake. You mean the half season Keno has coached?? Wow...

Drake beat us twice last year and look like they could take the Cats by at least 15 this year.

[BCPanther]

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Drake beat us twice last year and look like they could take the Cats by at least 15 this year.

New year, new teams...

I don't think its fair to either team to compare college basketball programs from year to year. That is what is great about College Sports, every year has a totally different dynamic. Each player gets 4 years and for the most part, every team has to retool every year...

[unigriff]

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coughs...10 wins so far... must be doing something right.

[panther91]

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Crawford was able to slash in this offense. Reed looked comfortable Saturday and tried going to the hoop more than once ... he just hasn't made anything. It looks like once the first shot goes down he might make several in a row. He just need to make a couple to get his confidence back.

[Panther-Sheik]

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Not cracking on Jake or saying the sky is falling, but I'd like to see us full court press more...especially when outside shots aren't falling. Let's get some "easy" points off of turnovers to spark the offense. We have about a 9 man rotation, so getting winded shouldn't be a problem. Let's create our own offense by using a great defense. Just my opinion, of course.

[panther91]

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Agree 100% on pressing from time to time. Indiana State has quick guards that can handle the ball and they were still caught off guard Saturday. Haak and Koch at the front end caused some confusion.

[joecooll6]

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New year, new teams...

I don't think its fair to either team to compare college basketball programs from year to year. That is what is great about College Sports, every year has a totally different dynamic. Each player gets 4 years and for the most part, every team has to retool every year...

Drake has got it going on this year. Ive watched a few Drake games, being from Des Moines Im a little bit of a Drake fan. They are good at all the things that we struggle against. Theyre always moving and they press a lot. They have the ability to score quickly and in bunches. If we want a chance to beat them we will need to play EXCELLENT perimeter D and get a hand in their face on every shot. If they start to get on a roll behind the arc we wont be able to keep up with them offensively and they will pull away. On offense I think we will have a height advantage inside. So Joecooll6's keys to victory would be to not let them get hot from the outside, and get Coleman, Koch and Big E workin it on the inside.

[Khan4Cats]

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that's actually a game that I can see us going a little smaller and having JJ, Kerwin, Carlton, Adam and EC to match-up with them. The negative for Drake is that they don't have a post-up center like Keita...so Big Jordan would have to defend the perimeter and that's a challenge for any 7 footer.

It will be a tough match-up because neither Coleman or Jordan match up well with Drake since they don't really have a post player. Cox is more of a big 3, he crashes the boards hard but he will step out and shoot the three and Korver is definitely a 3 though he plays the 4.

I would love to see us scrap some of the man-to-man defense in favor of a match-up zone or 1-3-1 and use Coleman or Koch at the top of the zone to make it hard to pass over.

[Matt Trump]

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New year, new teams...

I don't think its fair to either team to compare college basketball programs from year to year. That is what is great about College Sports, every year has a totally different dynamic. Each player gets 4 years and for the most part, every team has to retool every year...

Its not my intention to compare last years team to this one but you can't ignore history and believe it or not, teams watch film from previous years to gameplan as long as the same system is in place. UNI seems to struggled against their system. Yes, there have been wins in the years past but it has been ugly. My opinion is based on what I have seen from both teams this year. I can see it already...

Jake will try to go with the small lineup to defend their perimeter and once again go away from the inside strength of UNI. Meanwhile, their quickness at guard will force the Panthers to throw it around the perimeter until they chuck up a deperation shot with less than 5 seconds left on the shot clock. At the other end, we'll end up taking the "lesser of 2 evils" and give up wide open 3's.

[BCPanther]

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In thinking about it...

You're probably not too far off Matt...

[Kyle]

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Why do we struggle so much with zone defense? It's not just against Drake. Ind. State played zone for short spurts last weekend and we looked very confused.