*** Official IOWA STATE vs #7 Baylor Game(Day) Thread ***
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I think it was a lot of things. The team had to respond for lots of reasons, but let's not forget they were dead tired for a month. They needed their legs back and the Monday nighter couldn't have come at a better time. It may have hurt us Monday, but they were ready to rock today.
All made for a lot of fire and we won almost all of the floor burn plays. It was beautiful.
John and Eric said this one is for Pete!!!
Hope we get to see the postgame locker room talk by TJ. This coaching staff has to be ecstatic how the game plan was executed today.
It also helped that we didn't get into foul trouble and Baylor missed FTs.
MASSIVE dub today, so happy for these guys.
18-12 regular season, 9-9 conference record. Wins against KU & Tex-Ass, plus a sweep of Baylor. Who would have taken this before the season started, regardless of how the composition of the rest of the W's & L's were? I would have, especially after going in losing Jeremiah Williams before the season.
The way the season transpired has made it feel more negative than it should. With the start in conference play it just elevated expectations so high. A lot of it for me was excitement for the players & staff. To then have the poor stretch & then the internal drama, it really dampened the atmosphere. Would it be better had the losing stretch up front, then had have a huge winning streak here at the end? It would seem that would be riding a wave of momentum, but then it would be in the back of everyone's minds we could run out of steam. Been there, done that (year after Fizer). This win today then looking at the big picture, this team has accomplished a lot. Just hope it leads to multiple wins the rest of the way.
The way the season transpired has made it feel more negative than it should. With the start in conference play it just elevated expectations so high. A lot of it for me was excitement for the players & staff. To then have the poor stretch & then the internal drama, it really dampened the atmosphere. Would it be better had the losing stretch up front, then had have a huge winning streak here at the end? It would seem that would be riding a wave of momentum, but then it would be in the back of everyone's minds we could run out of steam. Been there, done that (year after Fizer). This win today then looking at the big picture, this team has accomplished a lot. Just hope it leads to multiple wins the rest of the way.
My heart literally can't take watching games on TV, so I usually tune everything out and will check Twitter an hour and 45 minutes after tipoff. LOL, we were up 15 with a little over 4 minutes left and I still didn't feel like it was a safe enough lead for me to watch in real time. Haha, great win fellas!
WTH was that? We have not seen that good of defense and shooting for a month and a half. Not that it was great shooting, but it has been so bad lately, even decent shooting is a vast improvement. Happy for the players and the coaches. It's been a rough stretch and a really rough week for those guys.
Very smart strategy by TJ to hide Tre, Watson, and Ward from conference foes until last game of season. Dont wont too much tape out there of us having a competent offense with players who can finish at the rim
Now we begin our revenge tour in the Big12 Tournament.
What a win. Just a perfect all around game. Guys were locked in on both ends. Great job by TJ and the players!
Go to John and Eric. They will get you through anything.
TJ will kick off Gabe and we'll win the NC. It's coaching.
Most top 10 wins.
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