Game 18 - Vs Illinois State

[Big Cats]

All of the speculation about next year's minutes are based on none of the guys entering the transfer portal. At this time last year, nobody knew that Noah Carter would not be a member of this year's team. It's still fun to speculate but temper that with a dose of reality.

[BCPanther]

I mean this with all due respect to Drew Daniel, I've no reason to not believe he's a great person, I'm sure we could hang and play some Smash Bros together, he was a better basketball player than I've ever been by the time he was only 13, but holy cow I do not want him seeing significant playing time next year. If he is, it means that Rubin and Pock are not nearly as good as they appear to be, which is bad news for the future of the program.

Correct. He's done a great job this year when we've needed him in a pinch but he can't be a real part of the plan next year.

Minute distribution will be interesting and challenging which is a great problem to have.

[Username]

Betz probably doesn't have much for minutes if Rubin is as good as advertised from day 1. I'm not sure how much Wolf sees with Heise coming back and Duax probably having a significant role off the bench.

That being said trying to speculate what the roster would have looked like this year at this time last year would have been pretty useless in the end.

[sevelev711]

I mean this with all due respect to Drew Daniel, I've no reason to not believe he's a great person, I'm sure we could hang and play some Smash Bros together, he was a better basketball player than I've ever been by the time he was only 13, but holy cow I do not want him seeing significant playing time next year. If he is, it means that Rubin and Pock are not nearly as good as they appear to be, which is bad news for the future of the program.

[FOTY]

I was thinking about the Luke McDonnell situation. Played nearly 23 minutes a game in 18-19 due to injuries, etc. The next season we’d rarely see him, only played in a dozen game, a couple/few minutes a pop.

With this recruiting class, it’s quite possible we have someone getting significant minutes this season who will disappear next season.

[Wxcpanther]

I was actually thinking about this the other day that we could have a bench mob situation sans 14-15 where we had a guy, Max Martino, who was a good player but wasn't good enough to see the floor that year. I'm predicting a similar outcome for Drew Daniel next year with the freshmen coming in.

[UNI Ka-Bullseye]

We could legitimately have two quality starting fives to rotate through.

I love the fight and tenacity of this team.

Like 2010? (For both of these comments). Line changes for substitutions and O’Rear and Johnny Moran types to get after it.

[Purrrrrfect]

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Eric Coleman was the same way on FTs...almost always made the 2nd. The first was a guess and wish and house money if he made it

[sivert]

Shooting is the next step in Duax's game. Time to live in the gym over the summer and just get shots up.

I'm also guessing the banked in 3 on Wednesday night wasn't on purpose, lol.

Right - I forgot about that. And remember it was a two-point win.

[BCPanther]

I really think Ege can shoot a bit, but he is so pass first with the way he runs the point, that he just does not look for his shot at all. Truthfully, if we are ever in a situation where we need to hit free throws at the end, the lineup needs to be Born, Campbell, Wolf, Ege, Tytan. This is one of the worst free throw shooting teams I can remember. We miss Heise for a lot of reasons, but this is a big one that probably gets forgotten. Born is at 83%, Trey 76%, and the rest are under 70. Duax is stuck at 50%. If he shoots a 1 and 1, you can pretty much guarantee it's 1 and done. He needs the first shot to gauge, and then he makes the second. That seems like it would be a relatively easy thing to correct, but he just hasn't gotten it figured out.

Sorry, this isn't really relevant to this thread, but shooting just got me thinking about how many points we leave on the line.

Shooting is the next step in Duax's game. Time to live in the gym over the summer and just get shots up.

I'm also guessing the banked in 3 on Wednesday night wasn't on purpose, lol.

[PantherAlum09]

I really think Ege can shoot a bit, but he is so pass first with the way he runs the point, that he just does not look for his shot at all. Truthfully, if we are ever in a situation where we need to hit free throws at the end, the lineup needs to be Born, Campbell, Wolf, Ege, Tytan. This is one of the worst free throw shooting teams I can remember. We miss Heise for a lot of reasons, but this is a big one that probably gets forgotten. Born is at 83%, Trey 76%, and the rest are under 70. Duax is stuck at 50%. If he shoots a 1 and 1, you can pretty much guarantee it's 1 and done. He needs the first shot to gauge, and then he makes the second. That seems like it would be a relatively easy thing to correct, but he just hasn't gotten it figured out.

Sorry, this isn't really relevant to this thread, but shooting just got me thinking about how many points we leave on the line.

[1994grad]

Is Ege have any shooting ability? Teams will learn to keep him open if he never shoots.

[QCPanther05]

This was a tough win. I know the record doesn't say it, but Illinois St. is not a gimme by any means. They just beat Missouri St before they came to Cedar Falls last night. The same Missouri St. who throttled us and has now swept Drake. We already won the first game against them, and it's never easy to sweep. Please don't take wins for granted. Especially with Tytan being so limited, and teams effectively taking Bowen out of the equation. Trey Campbell was beyond huge last night and Wolf and Duax each had very impactful stretches.

Who knows what's going to happen with transfer portal and things like that, but if we keep our roster intact, the depth of this team next year is going to be absolutely insane. We could legitimately have two quality starting fives to rotate through.

I love the fight and tenacity of this team.

I agree but would add that we need a big.

['70 Grad]

Campbell 6-7 from the arc. Wonder what happened on the one he missed!
Just think, if he goes 5-7, we might have lost!?! And 5-7 from three is monumentally great.

He also goes 1-4 from two.

15 turnovers is bad. That has to get better to have a chance against the best teams. Period.
How many of them came on out of bounds plays?
Baseline OOBs - some teams look to score. Some teams look to just get it in. We make a circus out of it. Reverted to a few years ago last night.
But a win is a win. Would have been nice to cruise the last 6 minutes and play some bench. Won't be many more chances.

[sivert]

Campbell carried the team last night.
Team was 12-27 from 3 (44.4%).
Campbell was 6-7 from 3. Rest of team was 6-20 from 3 (30%).

But yeah, that was a close win in which ISU had the lead for much of the 2nd half. I feel like that 2-point home win should make us feel worse than a 2-point loss at Belmont. (I know it was 4, but that was FTs at the end).