agreed with this. even with the suffocating start, we had opportunities to close the gap between missed FT's & layups.
*** Official #6 IOWA STATE vs #2 Houston Game(Day) Thread ***
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Gilbert seems to almost shoot the 3 better when defended and pressured or in a moment where he's forced to shoot it. With Tre it's when he's wide open that it seems like a great shot to take. Tre's 3s last night looked really pure...also just need more 3 point shooters named Tre.
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It was our second highest adjO performance for away conference games.
That second half was as high-level a half of basketball as there has been in college hoops this year. Elite defense and some incredible shot-making despite that elite defense.
You watch basically any Big 10 game and the contrast in pace, space offense gets to operate with and speed of the players is just shocking. They don't look like the same level of basketball.
The threes that King, Gilbert and Sharp hit were absolutely impressive.
I feel like they used to do that to balance things out a bit. It was definitely an advantage for Houston getting to play at home both saturday and monday.
After sleeping on it, that was one of my favorite games to watch under TJ’s regime. Outside of the first 10 minutes that was about as high level basketball (especially the 2nd half) as you will see all year long through the entire country.
You could tell by how the coaches and players interacted after the game. A lot of respect was given to each other. We have ourselves a legitimate top 10 team that can go far.
You could tell by how the coaches and players interacted after the game. A lot of respect was given to each other. We have ourselves a legitimate top 10 team that can go far.
True, but we also struggled at the ft line. Probably would have to shoot 10 to get 5 points.
We played far from a perfect game. A lot of that had to do with how good our opponent was. Outcome aside, it's hard to not be really impressed with this team. We went toe to to with the #2 team on the road and didn't back down. This team had every opportunity to quit last night and instead they kept fighting. This team has completely bought into what their identity is, and it shows. This kind of thing doesn't happen every year, so I'm enjoying every minute of it.
It’s fine to play that game assuming nobody got hurt, and I’m not sure tamin came out of that well. Everyone saying we lost nothing, but I’m a little worried tamin is a lot more banged up now.
A buddy of mine who is a pretty big Iowa fan texted me during the game about how it doesn't even look like the same sport when Iowa plays (he meant it as a compliment...).
The biggest thing to me when you watch other teams play is how freely they are allowed to pass and catch. You can move the ball around the perimeter with zero resistance, which just doesn't make sense. When you play us as well as Houston, just catching a pass becomes a chore.
Houston reminds me of the Huggins coached WV teams where they mug you with no foul called. Constantly got their hands on you and pushing you. It took us out of any offensive flow we tried to get into. But credit to our guys for fighting through that and not let it get in their heads and get blown out of the game.
Maybe he can play reduced minutes Saturday. In theory that works but who knows how we come out for that game.
Houston last night looked to me like what the Press Virginia teams always wanted to be but were not skilled enough to be.
Surprised he still ended up at 34 minutes according to the box score. He must have had 6 one minute breaks, because it seemed like he was out quite often.
That just shows us all how good these two teams are. We scored 42 points in a half against the #1 defense at their home. Excited for the rest of the year.
Has anyone seen our postgame presser? Not on cyclones.com and on youtube, I can find Houston's but not ours.
Too many missed cripples. Couldn't buy a 3-ball in the first half. If just two or three of those outcomes were positive, completely different ballgame. TJ's suffocating defense kept them in the game, and the guys never seemed to lose their poise. Overall, a positive defeat, if there is such a thing. I doubt ISU drops more than a couple spots in the polls, assuming they take care of business at home this weekend.