*** Official #24 IOWA STATE vs #19 TCU Game(Day) Thread ***

What happened? I left for brunch when we were up by 19 then sit at my table and check the score and it’s a 4 point game. Did TCU heat up or did we just stink it up with shooting?
Live ball turnovers. Hindsight, they would have been better off draining the clock, and throwing a bad shot at the rim.
 
Refs were trash but there is no point in complaining about it.

What can you say about Cujo and Gilbert? Nearly 40 combined points and sub 5 TOs. Then add in tremendous D from both. Co players of the game.

Also have to like Milans evolution. His defense has become an asset, his awareness is improved, and his shot selection was pretty good even when he missed.

The bad? Basically 3 things and 3 things only. The biggest is the rebounding. Good lord was that brutal with the sequence on their last possession being a summation of poor blockouts, jump timing, and handles. I know the rainbow and unicorn warriors that c9mprise most of this board will disagree, but Otz almost cost us the game with some really bad rotation decisions/combos. You can't have Pavs and Omaha out there at the same time, and he played BRE way too much there in the 2nd half. Bre and King out there at the same time, with the way the 2nd half was unfolding, was a bad decision. Last is the FT shooting. Can't be your own worst enemy at the line.

The team defense was utterly fantastic for the entire game. The effort, tenacity, and anticipation almost singlehandedly won it for us. If only our anticipation was half as good on the boards.

Awesome win. Wasn't expecting this without Lipsey.
 
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Huge win!! They played great for 35 minutes and lost their mind for about 3. To be fair, TCU really played a lot better defense the last 8 or so minutes, so the meltdown had as much to do with them as it did with us. +1 on the Tim Floyd scale, any positive number with that is great considering the conference.
 
Rulzzz prediction Awards those that put a score with ISU winning were all pretty much on the money.

I don't feel we get the win here, but how can I not pick the Clones?
Iowa State 75 - 71 TCU

I didn't think we had a chance last year until Good Gabe jacked the winning 3 with 5 seconds left to beat TCU 69-67 in their house. I'm saying Good CuJo hits the game winner this time; same score.

Clones win 72-68
 
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I’m worn out. Feel like I was in a fight.

So happy the guys pulled it out. Great win!

I don’t think the officials were great in the 2nd half, but not nearly as bad as some think.

We just have to play a LOT smarter…. including our coaches. That was nearly text book down the stretch on how to blow a game you have in control. Horrible decision after horrible decision. Luckily we were up 19 at one point instead of 18 I guess?
Getting so tired of blaming the coaches when the team doesn't perform the way someone thinks they should. We played some of our worst ball against BYU, and then, in our very next game, come into TCU's home court and - without our starting PG - beat the 19th ranked team in the country. I really don't care how they did it. We won. Well done players and well done coaches. TJ has this team so far ahead of where people expected a year and a half ago.
 

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