Up Next: Maryland

[Kyle]

Re: Up Next: Maryland

Is Friedman really the best of the three freshman big men? This is a very big problem IMO.

[run&blade]

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7-29 shooting threes. Two many shot and not enough made.

[06panther10]

Is Friedman really the best of the three freshman big men? This is a very big problem IMO.

Probably. I think he is probably a lot better player than what he has shown on the court thus far as well. He's just a freshman thats having trouble adjusting to D1 play, which is normal. But that comes with the territory when you have to rely on freshman playing big roles...

[Kyle]

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Gotta keep getting better...

We have talent, just have to play smarter/better basketball.

Yes, we have some legit talent at a few positions, but we have a huge gap between our top 3-4 and the rest of our team.

It's frustrating to watch high major talent like Deon/Tuttle/Washpun and some promising young talent like Bohannon/Morgan when we have nobody to fill in the gaps. Let's hope Jesperson can play the 4 next year or we find a transfer.

[Khan4Cats]

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Yes, we have some legit talent at a few positions, but we have a huge gap between our top 3-4 and the rest of our team.

It's frustrating to watch high major talent like Deon/Tuttle/Washpun and some promising young talent like Bohannon/Morgan when we have nobody to fill in the gaps. Let's hope Jesperson can play the 4 next year or we find a transfer.

Jesperson is definitely a 3. Not big enough to play 4 (height or bulk). Smooth, though. He is a nice talent to have though.

[06panther10]

Yes, we have some legit talent at a few positions, but we have a huge gap between our top 3-4 and the rest of our team.

It's frustrating to watch high major talent like Deon/Tuttle/Washpun and some promising young talent like Bohannon/Morgan when we have nobody to fill in the gaps. Let's hope Jesperson can play the 4 next year or we find a transfer.

Thats probably true as well, but idk if I'd say thats something thats uncommon for basketball teams, especially at the mid-major level.

[UNIDebo]

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Let's hope Jesperson can play the 4 next year or we find a transfer.

a 4? uhhhh..

[BCPanther]

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All in all we played pretty well. Three or four really bad turnovers was the difference in the game. Learn from it, move on and get a W tomorrow night.

Friedman is going to be fine, he's adjusting and well be nice to as the year goes on. Washpun still looks like a guy that hasn't played in 18 months and that'll get better too.

[9YRPLAN]

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The scariest thought is that mid major big men take a couple years to develop, but next year is tuttles last. We are looking at a huge drop-off.

[Khan4Cats]

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Congratulations at least to Deon Mitchell who recorded his 200th assist and Seth Tuttle who scored his 800th point tonight.

[Panthers to the Bone]

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Friedman will figure it out. A lot of teams have cupcakes to get things worked out, but UNI doesn't have that luxury this year. He should get good minutes against Milwaukee and Savannah St, prior to MVC play.

[Kyle]

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The scariest thought is that mid major big men take a couple years to develop, but next year is tuttles last. We are looking at a huge drop-off.

I actually think our guard play will be better in 2015 despite the loss of Deon (we'll still have Washpun/Morgan/Bohannon/Jesperson/Lohaus/Knar).

However, you are right, the future of our front court looks bleek. And I'm not sure much can be done baring a defection. Isn't Koch taking Rank's scholarship and Carlson taking Morrison's scholarship? This doesn't leave us with any open rides in the spring unless I'm missing something.

[Khan4Cats]

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I actually think our guard play will be better in 2015 despite the loss of Deon (we'll still have Washpun/Morgan/Bohannon/Jesperson/Lohaus/Knar).

However, you are right, the future of our front court looks bleek. And I'm not sure much can be done baring a defection. Isn't Koch taking Rank's scholarship and Carlson taking Morrison's scholarship? This doesn't leave us with any open rides in the spring unless I'm missing something.

Koch is already on scholarship. Lohaus is taking Morrison's and Carlson will get Rank's (more or less since we have 13 to give out and they aren't exactly named per se to specific players)

[UNI MadCat]

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Congratulations at least to Deon Mitchell who recorded his 200th assist

And his 167th turnover. That's a 1.19 Assist-to-Turnover ratio for his career. For reference, the best PG in college bb are right around the 3.50 range, or three times better (to be fair, early on this season he has marginally improved to 1.70).

This of course doesn't include the countless times running into the lane with no plan -- often times going 1-on-2 or 1-on-3 -- and throwing up a terrible shot which has the effect of a turnover.

I dont blame Deon. I blame the coaches. Clearly this kid is a talent with skills on the ball no one else on the team can match. But I hold my breath every time I see a drive to the lane because you really don't know what is going to happen. I was ok with it two years ago because he was a freshman and still gave us energy we needed. Last year I started to get more nervous having not seen much of a change. And now this year it seems like more of the same. My sense has always been the coaches don't know how to harness his skills and creative energy enough to help mitigate some of the crazy out of control stuff so they opt to just let him do his thing. That might be fine if we had a lot of other playmakers that played at his high energy level. But we don't. We're a possession-focused team that wins by valuing the ball and taking fairly measured shots. Carelessness counteracts that type of play.

I would never consider him a liability; however, more effective individual coaching could turn him into much more of an asset.

[Mudrafan]

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7-29 shooting threes. Two many shot and not enough made.

This is a rerun of the past three years & a flaw in the style of play he is trying to employ. We have never been the same as a program since O'Rear went down to injury. This program needs the following: 1) need to start recruiting rebounding "enforcers" like O'Rear that can also defend the inside game 2) Need to commit to some type of inside game play instead of relying almost entirely on 3's. 3) need to recruit better overall shooters as a team.