Game 9 Richmond Wednesday 12/6 @ 7pm

[BrockLesnar]

Richmond enters in at 5-3. They're coming off a home win over William & Mary.

[achrist70]

They are a well coached team that usually is successful in the A10, we are going to have to figure some things out if we want to win.

[BCPanther]

They will absolute carve up the defense we've been playing so I guess the hope is we shoot 60% and outscore them.

[sivert]

Yeah - we're a team that needs to rain 3s to win.

I felt like we had the team to do that...

[BrockLesnar]

Jordan King averages 21 a game shoots it 53 percent from the field. The Spiders average only 7.4 turnovers per game. They shoot 37.1 from 3. They go 10 deep off of the bench. Their center blocks 1.6 per game. He's 7 feet 260. He gets 14 per game. Yeah...

[unsc_seizethemeans]

Jordan King averages 21 a game shoots it 53 percent from the field. The Spiders average only 7.4 turnovers per game. They shoot 37.1 from 3. They go 10 deep off of the bench. Their center blocks 1.6 per game. He's 7 feet 260. He gets 14 per game. Yeah...

Just that short description of two opposing players makes this feel like it's going to be a 20 point loss

[PantherAlum09]

Ethan Petrik did a good interview with Jake, and not that it should be surprising, but he is well aware of how bad the defense is. I think the most interesting part was that he mentioned the best 80 minutes were the games against Texas Tech and Stanford. He noted that those came after no practice hardly but credited the intensity we had to play with against UNC.

So, basically, there is an intensity problem with the team. It shows defensively pretty obviously, but it also shows at times on offense. It's obvious when guys are cutting harder and wrapping around screens tighter. Going throught the motions isn't going to work in this game. Come out with some aggression and put a game together.

[UNIAlum95]

Ethan Petrik did a good interview with Jake, and not that it should be surprising, but he is well aware of how bad the defense is. I think the most interesting part was that he mentioned the best 80 minutes were the games against Texas Tech and Stanford. He noted that those came after no practice hardly but credited the intensity we had to play with against UNC.

So, basically, there is an intensity problem with the team. It shows defensively pretty obviously, but it also shows at times on offense. It's obvious when guys are cutting harder and wrapping around screens tighter. Going through the motions isn't going to work in this game. Come out with some aggression and put a game together.

He said a lot of coach things without really saying anything of substance either. It's disappointing to see a team with this much experience and supposed depth struggle like this and that has to be squarely on Jake's shoulders. This whole defensive thing has been a problem early in the season for several years now. This isn't a one off thing and to think that we are 8 games in after a summer trip overseas to "build the team" and we still haven't put the pieces together is not acceptable. Is this turning into a football situation where the same staff year in and year out is bleeding into complacency? I'm having a hard time with statements of we need to adjust. That's what the offseason was for. We shouldn't be in this position right now. I'm fully confident we will figure this out, make a run at a top four position in the conference and find a way to lose in the second round in St Louis.

[QCPanther05]

He said a lot of coach things without really saying anything of substance either. It's disappointing to see a team with this much experience and supposed depth struggle like this and that has to be squarely on Jake's shoulders. This whole defensive thing has been a problem early in the season for several years now. This isn't a one off thing and to think that we are 8 games in after a summer trip overseas to "build the team" and we still haven't put the pieces together is not acceptable. Is this turning into a football situation where the same staff year in and year out is bleeding into complacency? I'm having a hard time with statements of we need to adjust. That's what the offseason was for. We shouldn't be in this position right now. I'm fully confident we will figure this out, make a run at a top four position in the conference and find a way to lose in the second round in St Louis.

Football and basketball have the same problem: stagnation. When these coaches think they can hang around until their kids are old enough to play on the team, they have no incentive to innovate. Both Jake and Farley have been stuck in their ways while the game has passed them by. What motivation do they have to change if they keep getting extensions?

[BrockLesnar]

Football and basketball have the same problem: stagnation. When these coaches think they can hang around until their kids are old enough to play on the team, they have no incentive to innovate. Both Jake and Farley have been stuck in their ways while the game has passed them by. What motivation do they have to change if they keep getting extensions?

None at all.

[BrockLesnar]

I hope we continue to schedule A10 teams in the future. I would not mind seeing two of them. We need to play equal teams to see where we're at. The bad part is we're not equal to Richmond and we are going to see that up close tonight.

[BrockLesnar]

Another concern is a lack of experience versus a Princeton type of offense. Can we hold them to 70-72 to give us a chance?

[unipanthers8907]

Richmond opened as a 1.5 point favorite. Line has moved to UNI as a 2.5 point favorite...??? I don't gamble, but I may have to call up some of the Iowa State football players and have them place a bet for me. Not sure how UNI can be considered a favorite right now sitting at 1-6 vs. D1 competition

[Wxcpanther]

Fwiw, Jake's podcast interview with JW he said that the guys practiced really well on Monday. The guys know they have to be better, the coaches know they have to be better. I think the guys are going to play well tonight. Also, I obviously realize we haven't been playing well, but 2 of our losses are on the road in overtime and another was on a last second shot. We haven't been playing well, but largely we have been right there against good basketball teams. The guys will get there.

[unipanther2154]

We lack athleticism. We have guys who are “athletic” but we have 0 explosive athletes. That helps on offense but is also key on D. Seems like we are slow and completely overmatched on D by just about everyone’s athleticism.