Quote from: BCHoopster on February 16, 2026, 05:15:34 PMWatch how other bigs just back him down, soft

I view "soft" as an unwillingness to dish out or absorb contact. He might struggle to hold position due to a lack of strength and/or high center of gravity, but he's not trying to avoid contact. Phillips is the same. Guys can get bigger and stronger. Guys who play soft have a hard time changing the attitude.

Quote from: MuMark on February 16, 2026, 01:12:56 PMMcDermott has given him fewer and fewer minutes as the season has gone on.......last game he tried to shake things up by starting him......he played 5 minutes.....got pulled and never saw the floor again.

He is obviously better than Hamilton.......but a very competent coaching staff( who paid him big money to come there) has now decided the team is better with him not playing much.

Yeah, if Owens is the type of transfer we bring in then we'll need more than 2 transfers to be in the Tourney. If it's possible, he may have made our defense even worse.

Iowa was 167th in defensive rating last year and is 37th this year. Creighton was 44th in defensive rating last year and is 117th this year.

Quote from: Billy Hoyle on February 16, 2026, 03:54:45 PMMyron Medcalf mentioned this yesterday, as well as the message it sends to potential candidates.  K-State is screwed:

https://x.com/MedcalfByESPN/status/2023227569164677472

I suppose I'd be willing to get paid $3MM/year to coach KState.

Watch how other bigs just back him down, soft

Quote from: jesmu84 on February 16, 2026, 01:13:54 PMWhy? We don't care about the environment anymore

This is true. I mean...environment? That's SO 2025.

Quote from: BCHoopster on February 16, 2026, 04:47:06 PMClark will be no factor next year, maybe not the following year either, but in 3 years he could be a starter.  He's very soft right now, needs 30 more pounds of muscle and the ability to have some type of moves underneath, very raw but has some athleticism.

I don't think he's soft. He's fairly lost. There is an MU player or two that comes to mind when saying someone is soft, but Clark is not one of them IMO.

Clark will be no factor next year, maybe not the following year either, but in 3 years he could be a starter.  He's very soft right now, needs 30 more pounds of muscle and the ability to have some type of moves underneath, very raw but has some athleticism.

Quote from: Billy Hoyle on February 16, 2026, 04:22:58 PMThose rebound numbers are mainly in garbage time.

Remember when Seattle decided that Jimmy Mac was getting 2 blocks per game over 15 minutes, he'd get that same percentage over 40 minutes as their starting center?

Are we doing the "he only gets the easy rebounds" thing again?

Quote from: Jay Bee on February 16, 2026, 04:07:20 PMHis rebounding percentages would put him behind only Brennan, and not by much.

Those rebound numbers are mainly in garbage time.

Remember when Seattle decided that Jimmy Mac was getting 2 blocks per game over 15 minutes, he'd get that same percentage over 40 minutes as their starting center?

Quote from: Billy Hoyle on February 16, 2026, 04:00:45 PM"elite?" How is his rebounding "elite?" Gold and Parham are our best rebounders and neither are anywhere close to "elite." How does Clark compare to Ajayi, Brennan or Zuby?

Clark leads the team in rebounds per 100 posessions and total rebound %. Not sure he's elite, nor do I know how those stats would hold up over more time, but he's pretty good.