*** Official IOWA STATE vs #10 Baylor Game(Day) Thread ***

Rulzzz pre-game prediction awards (again an early game so not a lot of time to get them in)


3rd, because I'm a sucker for cute puppy gif
Thanks Rulzzz!

Let’s get this cleaned up.




2nd Lots of sweep posts and this was my favorite

Thanks Rulzzzzz, let’s get the broom out.


1st. The commenting on rebounding made this the easy winner as we destroyed them on the boards.

Tough to predict this but if we stay out of foul trouble, play good defense, and rebound like we normally do we should be in a good spot. Since the first half of the first game we have dominated them on the boards, so the missed shot/rebound combo would play into our hands.

Had we finished the season better I would have preferred winning today and losing tomorrow to have an extra day of rest before the tournament. Now it would be nice to win this thing, pick up 3 big "neutral court" quad 1 wins, and improve our seeding.
 
For years, Baylor destroyed us on the glass. 44-17 in our favor today. Incredible.

Their overall rebounding numbers, even their offensive rebounding numbers, are solid for in-conference play, but we've destroyed them in the glass since the 2nd half of the first game.

Baylor used to be a lengthy team that produced tweener wings/small forwards in droves, had slender but skilled post players, and used their length to play zone. The last 4-5 years they've really shifted to a perimeter oriented team that wins with shooting, quickness, and tempo. With the results Drew has had with it, I doubt they go back to what they once where.

It also helps to have TJ as our coach rather than Prohm. Under the latter we weren't really good at anything.
 
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Not sure what the heck they were doing out there at the end. It looked like we thought there was 1.5 seconds left instead of 12. Shouldn't have hurt anyone betting, but I am sure TJ had a few choice words for losing focus at the end.

It looked like Gabe was chatting with our guys on the bench as the ball was coming towards him and he didn't know it. Kind of a funny moment more than anything else IMO.
 
Caught what I could from work, so fun to beat Baylor 3 times. Keep it going 'clones.
 
Since it’s only two games now…does winning b12t put DesMoines in more realistic space or just move up to 4/5 line at some other site.
 
Rulzzz pre-game prediction awards (again an early game so not a lot of time to get them in)


3rd, because I'm a sucker for cute puppy gif



2nd Lots of sweep posts and this was my favorite




1st. The commenting on rebounding made this the easy winner as we destroyed them on the boards.

I'm not surprised with the rebound domination but I didn't foresee the complete domination on the offensive glass. Obviously there is no way to really qualify such a thing, but if one could form a committee that watched every P5 game and graded rebounding/offensive rebounding performance, I'd be shocked if there were more than a handful better than what we saw today. There is a good chance there might not even be one.

This is the kind of performance that has head coaches consulting their physicians after 4 hours.
 
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Outside chance that if they win this tournament Des Moines could become reality.

Feels more likely Creighton gets it. Most bracketologies have us playing above the 6 seed line now, which is our only shot unless you think we can get up to a 3 seed with their play. I don't.
 
Feels more likely Creighton gets it. Most bracketologies have us playing above the 6 seed line now, which is our only shot unless you think we can get up to a 3 seed with their play. I don't.
Bracket Matrix aggregate has us above Creighton.

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