Jedzz wrote:Never seen the Iowa team look this amazing as this year. These players are all clicking there. Murphy looked great there too. Seen good Iowa Wolves games in the past but these guys are on a roll every game lately. Slow start to the season and now they are all shooting and clicking. Is it the players, the new coaches or both?
I think it is combination of many things.
1) Nowell, Reid are first round pick talents with some evident weaknesses. The key was 1+3 contracts, so there is no pressure on both sides.
2) They play basically same 1-3-1 system, with strong guidance from Iowa coach Sam Newman-Beck
3) Overall roster is more balanced. In addition to KBD, Reid and Nowell, we have Murphy, Martin, Wigginton, McLaughlin who are all solid gleague players. Last season we had only KBD and Terrell who played impactful basketball.