Looking Forward

[Wxcpanther]

I've heard we're keeping the grays from last year and the new whites and purples aren't in yet (they didn't show up until late November last year). Not sure if we've got a 4th or not this year. Hopefully the script 'Northern Iowa' is gone...

Those got auctioned off. As far as using yellows, fire any yellow combination into the sun until the end of time after the debacle in Richmond.

[BrockLesnar]

Those got auctioned off. As far as using yellows, fire any yellow combination into the sun until the end of time after the debacle in Richmond.

I'm old school. I want either the home whites or purple road unis

[BobCat]

I'm old school. I want either the home whites or purple road unis

I like those too --- easy to see on games where the feed is low quality

[not a drake fan]

Kenpoms preseason rankings are out.

He's got Drake UNI BB Banquet
SIU Eric Coleman does well in All-Star game

And then Bradley, Belmont, UNI, Murray, Missouri, and InSU are all in the #124-135 range.

This article below only looks at the Big East, but it shows that Kenpoms preseason rankings have actually been quite good. Granted, if someone did this analysis for a mid major league, it would show that Kenpom has not been as accurate. Based on the fact that it's a near certainty that the majority of power 6 teams are going to finish in the top 100 (something that wasn't the case pre-2015ish).

https://painttouches.com/2022/10/19/...ason-rankings/

[sivert]

Kenpoms preseason rankings are out.

He's got Drake UNI BB Banquet
SIU Eric Coleman does well in All-Star game

Something weird happens on this forum when you put "#nn".

79 Drake
90 SIU
124 Bradley
125 Belmont
126 Northern Iowa
129 Murray St.
134 Missouri St.
135 Indiana St.
215 Illinois St.
216 Valparaiso
272 Illinois Chicago
337 Evansville

[sivert]

I believe Bowen will come out swinging and needs to avoid injury. If he tries to be the main scorer at the rim, I feel like there's too much risk of getting rotated on a layup and landing on his butt. So I'm hoping for him to drive and assist or to shoot 3s.

Between Bowen, Noah, Ty, Trey, Duax, we'll have a lot of quickness with some length. Defense needs to be a focus. With Bowen on the court a lot, I feel like straight-up defending doesn't work if he's guarding someone with good 3pt and midrange shots. They will shoot over him. I wonder if a greater emphasis on steals would work better. Remember Abilene Christian a year(s) ago? They seemed to run an attempt-to-steal and recover-with-switching defense. I wonder if our defensive rotation philosophy could be adapted to someone like Bowen trying for more steals and then rotating to cover when he get's beat.

[orangetennis]

Jake's media day press conference made it pretty clear that the order for bigs is: Henry, Betz, Krogmann, Courbat.

Henry fits the offense really well and you feel like he'll relax since he knows he's going to get minutes and try not to make a ten point play every time down the floor.

Said that (obviously) Born, Heise and Anderson are going to start and then most likely Henry and they're going to let Duax/Wolf/Ege/Campbell work itself out for the last spot with Duax and Wolf having a slight lead.

We're crushing Courbat's chances of becoming the best player in program history by burying him on the depth chart!

Pretty telling of his development if he's below Betz and Krogman on the depth chart.

[BCPanther]

We're crushing Courbat's chances of becoming the best player in program history by burying him on the depth chart!

Pretty telling of his development if he's below Betz and Krogman on the depth chart.

I can live with Betz because if he's figuring it out he's super unique but yeah....

[panther-state]

Did I hear from Coach on Media Day that Courbat has been battling hamstring injuries all summer and has sat out more practices than he's made at this point? That would help explain things.

[BrockLesnar]

Milwaukee up 1 in the 3rd. AJ has not entered the game.

[sivert]

Milwaukee up 1 in the 3rd. AJ has not entered the game.

Yeah. Grayson Allen is 2-5 from 3. Maybe they should give AJ a try!

[BrockLesnar]

Yeah. Grayson Allen is 2-5 from 3. Maybe they should give AJ a try!

I actually can't see him on the bench, though. He might not be in Philadelphia. Bucks up 9, now.

[sivert]

No. I saw him on the bench.

[Schack]

I looked, couldn’t see him

[BCPanther]

He was there, he'll travel with them until the G League season starts the first week of November. They do have games against the Rockets and Pistons before they send him out so there's a chance he sees some time.