2021-22 Games of Interest Thread

[DownGoesKansas]

He is a freshman, the rare third year freshman, but still a freshman.

Dont think he would be eligible for the All freshman team. But that is just an assumption I guess on my part

[Khan4Cats]

Dont think he would be eligible for the All freshman team. But that is just an assumption I guess on my part

Maybe Bowen can win it for a second straight season. That would be unique.

[not a drake fan]

Not a real interesting slate of valley games on night 1 but I'll be checking in on Richmond/Wofford tonight before Richmond heads CF on Sunday.

I think that any gambling addicts out there should take a good look at Wofford this year. First of all they were picked 5th in the Southern this year so the public opinion is them is low.

They are 15th in offensive/defensive shot quality this year. This stat is a great indicator of success, the teams ranked above/around them are basically the best teams in college basketball. 88% rim & 3 rate, 31st in CBB.

They are not experienced which probably explains the preseason ranking, but they are top 100 in minutes continuity and that is usually a better indicator than experience. Their Kenpom has been on the upswing which makes me believe that last year's Kenpom numbers (still impacting this seasons numbers) are acting as an anchor. Finally they are #279 in Kenpom's luck rating and their record so far is also low if you compare it to their expected record based on the shots they've taken/allowed.

They are #111 in Kenpom today, I think they have a lot of room to grow there. It's a program that has shown they can put up a really good year every 4 or 5 years, and they're about due for that this year.

And a lot of what I just said about Wofford can be said about UNI as well though I would like to see a few more games of good offensive action out of UNI. And that defense out of UNI is quite concerning imo. #334 in shot quality allowed.

[ceaser150]

1-9 Coppin St. leading St. Bonaventure at the half.

[Wxcpanther]

Tonight I watched a team make UNI look good at executing against the press. Purdue turned it over on 5 or 6 straight possessions, had multiple 10 second calls, just ridiculously bad execution. Shocking such a well coached team couldn't handle it.

[PurpleCatFan]

Give some credit to Iowa’s coaching staff for putting on a 3 quarter press to disrupt Purdue’s offense. Wish Jack would be smart enough to make changes like that at times throughout a game.

[PantherAlum09]

Give some credit to Iowa’s coaching staff for putting on a 3 quarter press to disrupt Purdue’s offense. Wish Jack would be smart enough to make changes like that at times throughout a game.

Yeah. That was as impressive a performance as I can remember in a loss. That team battled the whole night. There were multiple times I thought they were getting run out of the building, and they just kept fighting. They are going to be a feisty group in the B1G.

[Wxcpanther]

The press itself didn't appear to be suffocating, it was moreso how Purdue chose to go at it. They were so slow moving the ball up the floor the clock was at 22 and they hadn't really even tried to get across half court. Then they'd either throw a bad pass out of necessity or finally force the issue dribble it off their foot. Execution defensively will always get beaten by better execution offensively, Purdue just didn't execute at all.

[SteinPizza]

Drake’s Roman Penn fractured a foot in yesterday’s win against St. Thomas. Not sure how long he’s out, but has to be weeks at least. Drake has depth, but still a big loss. According to the DMR he was leading the team in assists and minutes played. Also a really hard nosed, competitive guy.

[BCPanther]

Drake’s Roman Penn fractured a foot in yesterday’s win against St. Thomas. Not sure how long he’s out, but has to be weeks at least. Drake has depth, but still a big loss. According to the DMR he was leading the team in assists and minutes played. Also a really hard nosed, competitive guy.

6-12 weeks was the rumor. That's an awful loss for them, especially when you can tell Hemphill still isn't right from his foot last year.

What a massively disappointing start for the league.

[Born-a-Panther]

Drake’s Roman Penn fractured a foot in yesterday’s win against St. Thomas. Not sure how long he’s out, but has to be weeks at least. Drake has depth, but still a big loss. According to the DMR he was leading the team in assists and minutes played. Also a really hard nosed, competitive guy.

My son fractured his foot last year playing basketball. It was a full 8 weeks of no sports before he could even begin to try to workout again.

[DownGoesKansas]

6-12 weeks was the rumor. That's an awful loss for them, especially when you can tell Hemphill still isn't right from his foot last year.

What a massively disappointing start for the league.

on a positive not, because of our start I don't care. The one positive of the season ha

[UNIpanther99]

Watching Iowa State in the CyHawk game last night made me very jealous. We used to play like that (not necessarily the above the rim part), but defensively and lots of great ball movement in front court.

[06panther10]

Watching Iowa State in the CyHawk game last night made me very jealous. We used to play like that (not necessarily the above the rim part), but defensively and lots of great ball movement in front court.

I thought the same exact thing. Watching how those teams play in comparison to how we have looked is tough to comprehend. Iowa State was was one of the worst teams in the country last year and they have all new coaches and all new players and they are already a top 25 team that plays harder, smarter, and more cohesive than our talented veteran team.

Pretty frustrating..

[BCPanther]

The defense is what sticks out to me. They play so damn hard and we.....don't.

I work in a pretty Cyclone-y office and they're all booking Kansas City this morning and here I am dragging my feet on St Louis....