Kalib Boone's play is really pivotal right now. He does well against the thinner bigs in league play. MAM does some positive things as well but he really gets exploited on his ball screen defense. MAM essentially forces us to play zone. Williams is always an X factor for us and he played well. Cade made plays when it counted. AA was good, but he had that stretch where he went braindead and really costs us. I'm hoping that's gone by next year when we need him to be a primary player for us. Team has such a better flow on offense this year. Will be interesting with Ice back in the mix. Does that close down driving lanes for Cade and post spacing for Kalib? Ice is clearly one of our better players so we have to figure it out when he returns. Baylor and West Virginia have kind of separated themselves from the rest of the league. Hopefully we can get 1 of 2.
It's very interesting with the rankings. It's like nationally they have decided the Big 10 is better than the Big 12. I'm not sure about that. Teams in the Big 10 with 6 and 7 losses are top 10 teams. Teams in the Big 12 with similar records are ranked 10-20. Guess we will find out tournament time. I don't think Michigan goes through our league with only 1 loss but I could be wrong.
I think my main concern with Ice is if he plays but isn’t healthy and ends up averaging something like 4 ppg down the stretch. At that point, we’re better off resting him. If the foot is healed and it is just the hand, then I still think he can be effective. Won’t be able to shoot well, but he never really has anyway. I’d be tempted to rest him at least until the Big XII tourney.
AA was a different player after he tweaked his knee. Really hope Saturday is enough time to get him completely healthy.
Yeah, I’m not getting it on the Big XII versus the Big 10 this year. Baylor and Michigan are on par with each other, then you have 3 Big 10 teams in the top 10 with 6 or 7 losses. There are 7 legit Big XII teams and only 6 in the Big 10. The other 8 teams have TCU quality resumes or worse.
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