We drew Iowa state on the road for Big12 battle
2022-23 Season
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Not a great game but tough place to play, hopefully we get a better match up in the Big East / Big Ten challenge.
C'mon. I think Jones is very solid and I'm glad we got him and can't wait to see him play this year, but Freeman-Liberty was by far the best player on DePaul last year whether it was against us or anyone else.
If you listen to many of the posters on this board, you'd think it was Jones who was the 1st team All Big East player twice, and about to get drafted and play in the league. Not Champagnie.
A good enough game, in a tough environment, and still winnable. I’d say it’s perfect.
Lost their two best players. Only returning 4. Expected to start three transfers including Tre King ex of GTown. Challenging but not as challenging as if Ty Hunter didn't transfer.
Everything you said is true but remember what Iowa state was supposed to be before this past year?
What were that at the end of last year? They entered the tourney an 11 seed. Ranked 41-44. two tourney wins against overachieving majors were nice but they weren't world beaters. It'll be a good challenge, akin to Indiana (12 seed by the way) last year. I'm not in the "we need to play duke, kansas and kentucky every year" camp so I'm fine with it.
St. Bonaventure's Osunniyi transfers to Iowa St.
St. Bonaventure's Osun Osunniyi, the two-time Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year, announced Friday he's transferring to Iowa State.
Iowa State gets a 5th transfer in Bonnies center and two time A10 defensive player of the year Osun Osunniyi. That kind can play; Iowa State will be a very tough road game for us.
The St. John’s schedule hurt our team last year. So, I hope Iowa State is a tough but reasonable challenge. These are exactly the type of games you want to play. I will be curious to see who we play from the Big Ten. Maybe that’s a home game as we travelled to Indiana last year?
MugCostanza
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Their 6th transfer will be their best one tooSt. Bonaventure's Osunniyi transfers to Iowa St.
St. Bonaventure's Osun Osunniyi, the two-time Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year, announced Friday he's transferring to Iowa State.www.espn.com
Iowa State gets a 5th transfer in Bonnies center and two time A10 defensive player of the year Osun Osunniyi. That kind can play; Iowa State will be a very tough road game for us.
Great post. And don't forget he wasn't a highly rated recruit when he chose St. John's, and there really weren't huge expectations. And the fact of the matter is he chose to come to St. John's and stay home when he had other options, and stuck it out 3 years here.
I think the idea of "greats" is also a matter of style in way the game has changed over time. I mean Jayson Williams wouldn't fit the way the game is played now. Billy Singleton was a monster. I think a lot of old schoolers miss that kind of toughness. Where would JC fit in with the Malik teams or the teams of the early 90's? You see it on this board with Fans that only go back to Marcus Hatten days. The program has massively changed when in the past there were always multiple scorers and not just 2 guys who could shoot and monopolize all the shots.
It wasn’t the schedule. It was missed free throws, bunnies and inability to close out close games. Although the schedule didn’t help.
Johnny Rapper
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The thing that keeps me from qualifying Champ as one of "the Greats" is his failure to lead the team to a tourney bid. I believe that all the other players mentioned about were part of a team that made The Tourney on at least on occasion. Had Champ had a better year and came through in key games then I may have thought differently.