*** Official Iowa vs IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

[Clonefan32]

Awesome job and great effort. With that said, my goodness is Iowa bad.

 

[CRcyclone6]

Has there ever been a player improve as much as Robert Jones? He is awesome.

That guy has worked his ass off for three years, love it!

 

[madguy30]

I don't get it fellas. Fran played his subs more than we did. Look at the box score.

Did Fran press at the end? Was it in ISU's best interest not to let Iowa get it to 15 or so based on how games like ATM went? Does Fran always play a lot of players? Does ISU?

 

[TClone99]

And he agreed to it!???

I thought there was a bunch of stuff behind the scenes.

I don’t know what that means. Just passing along what I saw.

 

[Clonefan32]

Not sure if you knew this, but based on your posts, you don’t. Omaha is about 6 weeks behind. He was playing with Team USA. Therefore, he’s going to be a little behind. By the time B12 play rolls around, he will be fine. Also, I speak for a lot of us when I say this, thank **** you don’t have a press pass

There was a possession in the DePaul game where he had about as bad of a turnover as you can have at this level and it would appear TJ decided at that point he needed more time. He just almost can’t be in a competive game with the way he’s played. Hoping this stretch of weak completion pre- Big 12 can get him going some.

 

[rosshm16]

Not out of sons though. Started his kid again and he gave the Hawks 0 points and 1 rebound.

They love their nepotism at EIU.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

Gilbert’s out-of-control reckless offense in Florida was totally redeemed tonight. Buckets were like fish in a barrel for him tonight. Deonte Burton drove me nuts like that at times years ago.

Oh man... Peak Burton was like some of my favorite highlights ever.

 

[madguy30]

I don’t know what that means. Just passing along what I saw.

It was sarcasm. Some folks seem to think there's issues.

Sounds like there's a plan in place and Omaha is aware of that plan and that's all that matters.

 

[ClonerJams]

Iowa's defense

 

[BoxsterCy]

 

[CycloneBamaFan]

I don’t think Omaha will be here next year. Hope he is, but I don’t see it.

Disagree. I heard Omaha is a huge Cyclone fan. We need to be positive and a little patient.

 

[t-noah]

Did Fran press at the end? Was it in ISU's best interest not to let Iowa get it to 15 or so based on how games like ATM went? Does Fran always play a lot of players? Does ISU?

You are right. I was just looking at the box score. Did not see the game, only via radio. Good points.

 

[mjhavlo76]

The biggest thing about this game was we controlled the tempo of the game pretty much in it’s entirety. We played really well tonight offensively, and defensively too. When you play like that, we could beat a lot of teams.

If we had lulls on offense or defense like we did against Texas A&M and Virginia Tech, this would’ve been a much closer game. I really don’t think Iowa is a “bad” team. Even good teams can have bad nights.

 

[RagingCloner]

There was a possession in the DePaul game where he had about as bad of a turnover as you can have at this level and it would appear TJ decided at that point he needed more time. He just almost can’t be in a competive game with the way he’s played. Hoping this stretch of weak completion pre- Big 12 can get him going some.

I think what’s tough is he goes from being the top 1% in HS to just a “regular player”. I think he will get it figured out, but it may be more of an adjustment period for him than anyone originally expected. Fwiw though, next years potential starting lineup of Lipsey, Gilbert, Milan, Biliew, and Rock will be absolutely ******* lethal

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

Anyone at the game? How was the noise? The announcers were giving it praise.

 

[RagingCloner]

Anyone at the game? How was the noise? The announcers were giving it praise.

Walters and Heft mentioned once or twice that they couldn’t think it was so loud

 

[Die4Cy]

Brock Harding getting two intentional fouls attempting to defend vs. Robert Jones:

 

[NENick]

Loved the behind the back from Gilbert to Rob. But even better was that entire possession. The ball whipped around the perimeter, with purpose!
Beautiful basketball!

 

[Die4Cy]

Me, at the 9:00 mark when the color commentator tries saying Fran builds teams that can be successful in the NCAA tournament:

 

[sj4]

I didn't see it but I gotta know. Did anything get under Mcaffreys skin? He can sure act like a butt. Kind of like his future daughter-in-law.