No. 11 Iowa State excited to rebound
This hasn't already been Iowa State's finest week.
On Tuesday, first-class preparation capturing guard Rashad Vaughn went on national television and announced he was spurning the Cyclones to bet UNLV. Vaughn's statement came less than 1 Day after No. 11 Iowa State was blown out at West Virginia 102-77.
Train Fred Hoiberg called it an" unpleasant" defeat for a team that as soon as held Big 12 title hopes, and the Cyclones (18-6, 6-5 Big 12) will certainly be out to redeem themselves when they organize Texas Technician (13-11, 5-6) on Saturday.
Iowa State beat the Red Raiders 73-62 in its Big 12 opener last month.
" We're visiting take that anger out and the irritation out on someone. Texas Tech is up next," Iowa State forward Dustin Hogue shared."(Texas Technician) provided us a great game when we went down there. Yet we're not allowing no one rating that lots of factors on us again.".
Both the Cyclones and Hoiberg insisted that even with a fairly thin bench and a ruthless 10-game stretch to open organization play, exhaustion had not been an aspect against the Mountaineers.
Yet their inadequate defense definitely was.
Iowa State allowed West Virginia shoot 54 percent from the flooring, struck 13 Sixes and jump ahead by as many as 32 points.
It was extension of a troubling recent fad for the Cyclones. They let woeful TCU rating 10 points above its league average last weekend break in Ames and enabled Oklahoma State to fire 49 percent in the previous game.
" All five need to be on the same web page. When you have one man out of position, it's going to affect your protection," Hoiberg claimed." All it takes is a single person from position for them to get subjected, and groups have actually been doing that against us.".
Iowa State's specific defense has also struggled lately, and the Cyclones are now last in Big 12 games in racking up protection at 81.3 factors.
Although that number is skewed somewhat by Iowa State's up-tempo style of play, protection is still an area the Cyclones understand they have to deal with.
" I just think we're not taking enough pride in guarding our man one on one. Like a lot of groups (we) depend a whole lot on assistance defense, and I think our guys just believe 'Ok, I've obtained an individual behind me so it's ok if my person merely strikes by me,"'Hogue said." That's not taking pride in individualized protection, running shootings off the line and having specific players. I believe we're going to get back to fundamentals and begin securing our men a whole lot far better.".
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If they don't, Texas Tech could make Iowa State pay for its errors.
The Red Raiders have actually succeeded their last 3 games after a 2-6 beginning in the Large 12, and on Wednesday night they succeeded at Oklahoma 68-60.
It was among the more surprising lead to the league this period - and further evidence that the Red Raiders aren't the very same group that lost to Iowa State a month back.
" A lot of points issue me concerning Texas Tech right now. That was as excellent of a performance as I've seen in our organization all year," Hoiberg shared." They're playing tougher than any group they face now, and they rebound the basketball at a really higher clip and it's a team that's selecting all cyndrical tubes.".
Even though they're not used to taking care of blowout losses, the Cyclones know they need to proceed.
The primary step came Wednesday with a practice that forward Georges Niang claimed revealed the significance of enjoying with an objective.
" We revived our sense of urgency," Niang claimed." I assume we're back on the right track.".
