Looking at 2015-2016

[Kyle]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

I think Carlson will be able to develop a nice inside/out game.

[DownGoesKansas]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

If koch gets a 3 pt shot... be a fun 6'10 swing 4

If koch gets good down low. be a fun 6'10 quality 5.....

[domedays]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

If koch gets a 3 pt shot... be a fun 6'10 swing 4

This made me cringe at first. Like many I don't want my 6'10 guys focused on shooting threes. One of the things I like about Bennett is that he seems to have very good potential to score in the lane first. Now if he does that first and adds a decent 3 point shot as a compliment then I understand how that can open things up.

[Purrrrrfect]

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So it's not okay fir a 6'9 kid with no real/true post game to shoot 3s but not a 6'10 kid with a post game? That's why I was saying if he got a hot 3 hand...he'd be the culmination of Tuttle and buss put together if he keeps getting better.

[claw]

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So it's not okay fir a 6'9 kid with no real/true post game to shoot 3s but not a 6'10 kid with a post game? That's why I was saying if he got a hot 3 hand...he'd be the culmination of Tuttle and buss put together if he keeps getting better.

To take a kid who has shown nothing as far as being an outside player, at any point in his career, and try to turn him into one - especially at 6'10 is a terrible move by every stretch of anyone's imagination. However, to take a kid who has played the wing his entire life and let him use that skill set is a great move. HUGE differences in them. Though, based on reading your posts since I joined, I'm not shocked you don't see the difference.

[UNIChippewa]

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Regarding Luke McDonnell...I've seen a few different recruiting websites listing him as a 3-star recruit, which we don't get too often, whether or not it's deserved.

Going by that metric, is he our highest-rated recruit since You Know Who?

[ilovecats]

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To take a kid who has shown nothing as far as being an outside player, at any point in his career, and try to turn him into one - especially at 6'10 is a terrible move by every stretch of anyone's imagination. However, to take a kid who has played the wing his entire life and let him use that skill set is a great move. HUGE differences in them. Though, based on reading your posts since I joined, I'm not shocked you don't see the difference.

There was a coaches show during the season where coach said he expects Bennett to have the go ahead to shoot 3s by his junior year.

[Purrrrrfect]

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To take a kid who has shown nothing as far as being an outside player, at any point in his career, and try to turn him into one - especially at 6'10 is a terrible move by every stretch of anyone's imagination. However, to take a kid who has played the wing his entire life and let him use that skill set is a great move. HUGE differences in them. Though, based on reading your posts since I joined, I'm not shocked you don't see the difference.

Then you must not understand literature, satire, or logic and love to not read carefully. Simply put, if Koch develops a long range jumper. He will be quite good and a player at 6'10 that would be a force on both ends of the floor. That simple enough for you?

[claw]

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Then you must not understand literature, satire, or logic and love to not read carefully. Simply put, if Koch develops a long range jumper. He will be quite good and a player at 6'10 that would be a force on both ends of the floor. That simple enough for you?

You said

If koch gets a 3 pt shot... be a fun 6'10 swing 4

I again state - to take a 6'10 kid who has shown no real outside game at any point in his career and try to turn him into a "swing 4", you're freaking words, or take time out of a post game that still needs to develop is a terrible move no matter how you want to spin it. To use Buss as an example of why it would be okay and should happen is just asinine.

It's the same way Jake, and crew, really screwed up with Marvin his first 2.5 years on campus. They wanted him to be a wing. Once they realized he was a post he blossomed as a player. Leave Bennett and Dahl in the post. There are other players than be a "swing 4".

You can question my ability to read, but it's damn tough to read something that has the grammar of my 3rd grade nephew when it comes to where periods are placed, typed like my 15 year old niece with the use of emojis, and using phrases like "understand literature" when a single word can easily replace it and make it a much more coherent thought (since when is a 2 sentence post "literature"?), etc... but until you clean those issues up doing so makes as much sense as turning a back to the basket post player into a swing anything.

[Panthers to the Bone]

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A few years ago Rivals, Scout, and ESPN (I believe) tweaked some of their star ratings to make things a little more exclusive. UNI had guys like Ben Jacobson, Brooks McKowen, Adam Koch, and Eglseder were all 3 star types in various rankings.

[hoopfan]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

You said


I again state - to take a 6'10 kid who has shown no real outside game at any point in his career and try to turn him into a "swing 4", you're freaking words, or take time out of a post game that still needs to develop is a terrible move no matter how you want to spin it. To use Buss as an example of why it would be okay and should happen is just asinine.

It's the same way Jake, and crew, really screwed up with Marvin his first 2.5 years on campus. They wanted him to be a wing. Once they realized he was a post he blossomed as a player. Leave Bennett and Dahl in the post. There are other players than be a "swing 4".

You can question my ability to read, but it's damn tough to read something that has the grammar of my 3rd grade nephew when it comes to where periods are placed, typed like my 15 year old niece with the use of emojis, and using phrases like "understand literature" when a single word can easily replace it and make it a much more coherent thought (since when is a 2 sentence post "literature"?), etc... but until you clean those issues up doing so makes as much sense as turning a back to the basket post player into a swing anything.

Well said. No need to put him out on the perimeter. Let him be a true post. If he has the ability to face up and hit a 15 foot jumper, let him, but no need to have him out hoisting 3's. We have enough guys who can already do that.

[catsize]

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I again state - to take a 6'10 kid who has shown no real outside game at any point in his career and try to turn him into a "swing 4", you're freaking words, or take time out of a post game that still needs to develop is a terrible move no matter how you want to spin it. To use Buss as an example of why it would be okay and should happen is just asinine.

It's the same way Jake, and crew, really screwed up with Marvin his first 2.5 years on campus. They wanted him to be a wing. Once they realized he was a post he blossomed as a player. Leave Bennett and Dahl in the post. There are other players than be a "swing 4".

You can question my ability to read, but it's damn tough to read something that has the grammar of my 3rd grade nephew when it comes to where periods are placed, typed like my 15 year old niece with the use of emojis, and using phrases like "understand literature" when a single word can easily replace it and make it a much more coherent thought (since when is a 2 sentence post "literature"?), etc... but until you clean those issues up doing so makes as much sense as turning a back to the basket post player into a swing anything.

Well said. No need to put him out on the perimeter. Let him be a true post. If he has the ability to face up and hit a 15 foot jumper, let him, but no need to have him out hoisting 3's. We have enough guys who can already do that.

LOL at people who apparently have never watched a Ben Jacobson coached team.

Number of players who saw/have seen regular time under Jake: somewhere around 40
Number of players who did not have the 3-pointer as a part of their arsenal: Coleman, Pehl, Rodenberg, Friedman-to this point, Koch-to this point

[NortedeIowa]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

I again state - to take a 6'10 kid who has shown no real outside game at any point in his career and try to turn him into a "swing 4", you're freaking words,

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You can question my ability to read, but it's damn tough to read something that has the grammar of my 3rd grade nephew when it comes to where periods are placed, typed like my 15 year old niece with the use of emojis, and using phrases like "understand literature" when a single word can easily replace it and make it a much more coherent thought (since when is a 2 sentence post "literature"?), etc...

As long as we're being insecure and nitpicky about grammar, you used the wrong version of your.

[PantherHawk]

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A few years ago Rivals, Scout, and ESPN (I believe) tweaked some of their star ratings to make things a little more exclusive. UNI had guys like Ben Jacobson, Brooks McKowen, Adam Koch, and Eglseder were all 3 star types in various rankings.

Doesn't matter what the rankings are, they are skewed by who is recruiting you. If a kid is a 3-4 star and all of sudden gets offered by Kentucky, he is immediately upgraded to a 5 star.

Likewise if kid is a 4-5 star and commits to UNI/Iowa/Drake his stars will go down. Its bound to happen.

Tyler Ulis was something like high 3 maybe low 4 and then blew up on the AAU circuit and signed with Kentucky, his star rating changed to a 5 star after he signed.

personally star rankings mean squat, if the kid is committed to working hard, they can become a great basketball player regardless of their ranking.

[BCPanther]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

Luke McDonnell was consistently listed as a 2-star, had a great summer after committing to UNI and got a 3rd star added.

The system has gotten much, much better.