The rebounding woes are confusing. Conditt and Jones were pretty bad rebounders last year too, given their frames. One almost has to wonder if it's related to coaching.
Tough day for EIU hoops hopes
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Rebracca's improvement from last year is pretty startling. Undersized 5 but get's after it and more than holds his own most nights this year.
He's been a very pleasant surprise.
That and Connor's 3pt shooting this year
Well that was surprising to say the least. After playing on Tuesday night in New York and especially after hearing about Murray being out, I figured we would have lost for sure. Even after getting out to a hot start I was still preparing for a close game. But ISU couldn’t hit any shots and Iowa was knocking down wide open looks to keep their lead.
Going to be a grind for both teams to make the tourney this year. I’m still thinking Iowa gets in.
Going to be a grind for both teams to make the tourney this year. I’m still thinking Iowa gets in.
ISU will play that poorly 1-2 more times this year and it sucks that it came in this game. Even if we play okay this is a 10+ point win for Iowa bc we played horrific. It was just one of those games.
Iowa deserves much credit too because the start of this game determined it’s entirety. They put away this game within the first few minutes and honestly most of us fans on here preached about how ISU couldn’t let that happen.
I’m going to say that both teams will be in the dance but I don’t think this performance by either team is an indictment of how they’ll play the rest of the year.
Fact of the matter is their program isn’t bad. It’s above average to solid. Compete in the upper half of the Big 10 and make the tournament every year. They can get up for big games but can’t consistently put it together which kills them in March.
Basketball is such a different sport than most. It is a make or miss game and each game can be so much different. That is what makes the tournament so much fun and frustrating.
Which is why it’s my favorite game! I love that every team has a realistic shot against another.
And also I like this game more than football bc honestly both teams are gonna be Q1 so a loss doesn’t ever hurt you while a win will look great. This game doesn’t mean a thing to the NCAA committee from ISU’s end but will look great for Iowa’s.
If Iowa just shoots like that from 3 (they'll get similar open looks in conference including this weekend) they'll be unstoppable because anyone shooting at that clip is.
Conversely ISU has to be able to shoot better than that, right?
Right?
Rebracca's improvement from last year is pretty startling. Undersized 5 but get's after it and more than holds his own most nights this year.
He's been a very pleasant surprise.
That and Connor's 3pt shooting this year
A pleasant surprise last night, this is the first game he has been good.
This sequence was crazy. Talking smack down 25 and then hitting the top of the backboard.
Rebracca might have just needed more minutes to settle in. I wouldn't be suprised to see him make a B1G second/third team before the season is over.Rebracca's improvement from last year is pretty startling. Undersized 5 but get's after it and more than holds his own most nights this year.
He's been a very pleasant surprise.
That and Connor's 3pt shooting this year
I said this last night.. how the hell do you do that on the same shot? And how has that happened 10 times the last two years? He is without a doubt the most mental shooter I’ve ever seen, meaning if his mind is right he’s great and if his mind is anything other than right he’s horrible.
Dude looks like he could average a double double this year. That's pretty solid.
I hate to call it an exhibition game because it's two P6 teams but I can't think of a home-home series mattering in March for either one.
Iowa’s program is fine. Fran has done a perfectly acceptable job. Let’s not make too much of last nights game though. Iowa wanted it more. Way more. On top of that they shot over 50% from deep. Good for them. Still haven’t played in the second weekend of the NCAA tournament in over 2 decades.