As horrible as Kelvin Sampson was during his post game presser, he does a great job on this preview presser for their game against TCU. He has A LOT of great things to say about Iowa State.
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Much more what you would have expected in the post game presser..I think he was just pissed off and a bit shocked after the game. Glad to see him give us some credit.
SIAP but I haven't seen this yet. Looks like it was after the game that night. Fun interview. Seems like Goodman and TJ have a pretty good relationship.
JFC people, iSU played a less than perfect game against a top 5 team and won! Appreciate it and get ready to complain about the next game.
I think people are just really happy that ISU broke through and finished off a good team and are hoping they can keep it together enough through league play to get a tourney bid.
Nobody is just saying that kind of shooting is going to work every night out.
There will be good games, bad and somewhere in between.
Sports are weird.
Can't wait!
It's been repeated ad-nauseum but this was just such a big win. I was looking down our conference schedule a couple weeks ago and man it's rough:
@ OU
vs. Houston
vs. OSU
@ BYU
@ TCU
vs. KSU
vs. KU
@ Baylor
@ Texas
You could realistically play pretty good in all those games and end up 1-8 or 2-7 halfway through the conference season. That could still happen but there's just a lot less pressure now especially if we pick up a win on Saturday.
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Agree! We just beat the best defense in the nation and quite possibly the best team in the nation. Jeez.
And those who've been ******** about our soft schedule can stop complaining, too. ISUs schedule for the remainder of the season has been rated the most difficult in the nation.
TJ built the schedule knowing he had one of the youngest teams in the country competing in the toughest conference in the country. Dude knows what he's doing.
I think the top five teams in the country are likely to have a handful of losses each this year, thus not necessarily knocking them off that perch.
Pretty confident Houston would beat Purdue 9 times out of 10 as Purdue is seven feet four inches away from being an average team.
Self is always great in post game pressers. You can tell even though he runs the best program in the sport, he has a great understanding of the ups and downs that come with playing in the Big 12. Last year's postgame after we blew them out in Hilton was a perfect blend of entertaining and informative.
Once we get past our 5th game, we will have one of the easier remaining schedules in the conference. Starting 3-2 would make me very optimistic.
Our final 9 games are significantly easier than our first 9. Other than @ Houston is mixed in the back half lol
I'll never understand the obsession on this board with opposing coaches talking us up after we beat them. That need for validation just comes off as very small and insecure.
Sure, it would help me to feel more confident in the quality of our team for someone like Sampson or Self to give an honest assessment that says we are pretty good. But I have no way of knowing if what they say in these press conferences is their true feeling or just polite coach speak so I put zero value in it.
Well I guess I'm just smaller and more insecure than you are. Forgive me for enjoying listening to opposing coaches give praise to my favorite team. I'll try to do better in the future.
In fairness, I’m not sure people are looking for validation as much as they’re noting what douche bags some coaches are. Sampson was just an a$$hole in his post game.
4-5 in that first 9 games would be a win. That’s absolutely brutal. We have to take care of business at home against OSU and KSU then find a way to pick up one more. I’m thinking KU at home or @TCU or @BYU.
I've only watched a couple of Purdue's games, but that would be an interesting matchup. Purdue rebounds well and have several players that can shoot from distance, but overall aren't as athletic as what I saw from Houston. Would be an interesting game, especially if the refs let it play out as physically as they did in the ISU Houston game. I was impressed with how athletic the Houston team was and they will go far, especially if they shoot from distance better than they did against ISU and if they take better care of the ball.
Purdue's guards would get eaten alive in the game and that's been their problem for a few years now when playing very athletic teams.
Perpetual Negative Nancy's are struggling. They can't get in their rhythm. They can't single out one person (well they try to). They miss their glory days of CSP.
I will take TJ in a wrestling match over the current OU coach, and the coach in waiting son.