The rate at which you "dumb" posts with even benign criticism, such as discussion of tonight's fourth quarter strategy, says otherwise. I'm willing to wager there's NOBODY in this thread tonight who doesn't want the ISU women to do well, so there's no need for you to be so confrontational. Take a deep breath and step away from the keyboard once in awhile.
**** WBB: Game Thread - Cyclones host #4 Iowa Wednesday 6:00 pm ESPN2 ****
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Yep, that’s the guy. Dude was wearing a #30 CMac jersey.
Here’s who I thought he looked like:
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Agree that we have a young team that only can get better if they learn from games like tonight. I just wish that the coaches would have stayed with the plan for last 4-5 minutes. I agree with earlier comment of too much 1 on 1 when we don't have a Ashley Joens type of player. Agree that we need to continue to reward these girls by getting to as many games as can. They will get better and yet may need to have a few more learning experiences.
Oh yeah one thing I forgot that I saw the same outrage in this thread. The FLOP by Steulke that wasn't called was unreal. Why have flop rules if you blatantly miss an obvious one.
I was very encouraged last night to be honest.
Clark played well, so when that happens, you kind of hope for the best at that point. Everyone on Iowa's team played well with the exception of Marshall. She is in a funk.
Iowa is for sure a sweet 16 team with a lot of experience and we have a brand new roster, including a bunch of true freshman. We could have used a veteran on the floor last night.
the only thing I didn't really care for is
1. rebounding. we need to become more physical. a few times Iowa just took the ball from us. Probably due to us being so young.
2. I swear there were 4-5 times we had someone try to Back down the post Iowa player starting at the 15' mark. Unless something changed, I didn't realize that was something we did. Then, we would force a shot of some sort.
Hopefully, they continue to get better.
Clark played well, so when that happens, you kind of hope for the best at that point. Everyone on Iowa's team played well with the exception of Marshall. She is in a funk.
Iowa is for sure a sweet 16 team with a lot of experience and we have a brand new roster, including a bunch of true freshman. We could have used a veteran on the floor last night.
the only thing I didn't really care for is
1. rebounding. we need to become more physical. a few times Iowa just took the ball from us. Probably due to us being so young.
2. I swear there were 4-5 times we had someone try to Back down the post Iowa player starting at the 15' mark. Unless something changed, I didn't realize that was something we did. Then, we would force a shot of some sort.
Hopefully, they continue to get better.
I thought we had a significant size advantage at the 3 and the 4 last night. I liked the idea of us posting Brown up on the smaller Iowa defenders late in the game, but I wish the coaching staff would have fed her in the low post rather than have her try to back the defender down. I think Brown can be a real problem for teams with her skill level and size. Crooks is a beast in the making. These freshman have the chance to be special. I thought Jackson played her best game last night.
I also think Hannah Belanger has been an unsung hero this season. She has been our primary point guard often and I am sure that was not the role she planned to play this year. She has been really good. Losing Ryan could have been a disaster, but Hannah has really stepped up. I hope she gets to play off the ball more as the season progresses and we get to see more of those 3 pointers she was known for.
I also think Hannah Belanger has been an unsung hero this season. She has been our primary point guard often and I am sure that was not the role she planned to play this year. She has been really good. Losing Ryan could have been a disaster, but Hannah has really stepped up. I hope she gets to play off the ball more as the season progresses and we get to see more of those 3 pointers she was known for.
Michael McConnell is a poor official. Any official with a spine would have T'd her up. Oh wait, there are none of those in women's college basketball.
Iowa has no post presence.
Goodman, O'Grady, and Stuelke combined for 7 points last night. They have been able to hide this against lesser competition. However, against KSU x 2, VT, and ISU their posts have scored 47 points total.
Czinano averaged just under 20ppg last year, and this year, they are lucky to get 20 points from three post players. The lack of good post play may be a problem for them come tourney time.
She was laughing about it after they called it. She knew it was a flop, and Maj Forsberg bought it hook, line, and sinker.
She acted like this in high school. Nothing has changed she is still the sweary whiny nightmare she was there but they are letting her get away with it every game in college.
Imagine if she had a kid with McCaffrey. One angry little kid.
If you have not watched the post game on Cyclones.com you should. It was Abby and Audi and when you listen to what they say you have to be very excited about our future. They are so mature and when as has been pointed out we played 5 freshman and of the 10 that played for Iowa 3 sr 1 gr 4 jr and 2 soph.
Was not at the game last night, nor did I watch it. I'm going off of what I have been reading from all of you, plus a few friends that live in Iowa. Here is my 2 cents:
- Sounds like our young ISU women played very well and appear to have a good future.
- Crooks is becoming a fan favorite and is repping ISU well.
- Clark comes off as a whiner that expects everything to go her way. Not much of a team player.
- I truly feel for everyone that lives in Iowa that has to put up with the constant media attention and boot licking that Clark gets. You have my sympathy.
Can we ban this guy please? So tired of him doing the same thing in every single Gameday thread!!
What I noticed from Clark last night that extended beyond her normal whining was her impatience with some teammates not deferring to her during the game. She got downright snappy a couple of times.
You can tell she does not care for playing with the bench players. Kylie and Taylor McCabe both seemed lost on the floor.