Fred Hoiberg Iowa State Cyclones 1-4 High Wide Set Play

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January 23, 2015

Fred Hoiberg Iowa State Cyclones 1-4 High Wide Set Play

College basketball keeps trying to slow down the play, and yet Fred Hoiberg, in his fifth season as the Head Coach of the Iowa State Cyclones, is trying to drag it kicking and screaming back into a fast-breaking style. It’s no secret that college basketball is in an era of one and done’s / transfers where it is harder to connect with your team after the star players are only staying in college a little bit.

Coaches are micromanaging and therefore having fewer possessions, but Coach Hoiberg is pushing his Iowa State Cyclones up-tempo. He is showing a willingness to push the tempo, letting his players be aggressive and let them play basketball without managing every minute of each possession. Coach Fred Hoiberg trusts his players to run and even though the Iowa State Cyclones rotation is a hodgepodge of veterans and transfers, it is the result of one of the most watchable brands of basketball available.

College basketball keeps slowing down, and yet Fred Hoiberg, now in his fifth season as head coach after a stint as an NBA executive, is trying to drag it kicking and screaming back into a more palatable direction. For the benefit of all of us watching, may he succeed in doing it. The Iowa State Cyclones are all about being versatile, with a host of rangy players that are capable of scoring down low, but also running and stretching defenses.

Georges Niang, a 6-foot-7 junior, is the best example of this as a match-up nightmare who can score down low but also draw bigger defenders away from the basket, allowing Iowa State to thrive in creating favorable match-ups that, combined with the tempo, make opponents uncomfortable.

While Fred Hoiberg is beloved in Ames and has had tremendous success in four and a half seasons as head coach, his methods have yet translated into a deep NCAA Tournament run. I think that this year, the Iowa State Cyclones could make a run with Georges Niang leading the way.

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