There is no denying Iowa State has had its share of bad luck the last few months. The point I was trying to make is lets give Iowa a little bit of credit. The better they play the better our RPI will be at the end of the season.
Iowa/MSU
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There is no denying Iowa State has had its share of bad luck the last few months. The point I was trying to make is lets give Iowa a little bit of credit. The better they play the better our RPI will be at the end of the season.
I agree just because he isn't lighting the world on fire from deep doesn't mean he shouldn't get a few more minutes as long as he is playing solid D and taking care of the ball.
Bingo, someone above talked about Iowa's length. Their length is overlooked and it gave MSU fits in both games. Not to mention MSU was I think #1 rebounding team in the nation before last night and Iowa won the rebounding battle. Uthoff is a stud and is a match-up nightmare for anyone.
Honestly, Iowa gave us the game on a silver platter by collapse else we would have been taken out. Right now? Iowa would wipe us up because we can't play defense and we are very inconsistent. No one really mentions Fran and how he has managed to improve from year to year without skipping a beat. Now that he is employing his style of recruits in his scheme it's actually impressive. Iowa is throwing Baer, Uhl, Wagner, Jok, and Ellingson in the mix to give them more minutes to build them into major role players. Not to mention, they threw freshman Christian Williams into the mix last night who "looked" decent. They are reloading now and their next class and classes to follow will be better than what they got now which is scary. I fully expect Tyler Cook and Bohannan to get looks next season for PT.
Honestly, Iowa gave us the game on a silver platter by collapse else we would have been taken out. Right now? Iowa would wipe us up because we can't play defense and we are very inconsistent. No one really mentions Fran and how he has managed to improve from year to year without skipping a beat. Now that he is employing his style of recruits in his scheme it's actually impressive. Iowa is throwing Baer, Uhl, Wagner, Jok, and Ellingson in the mix to give them more minutes to build them into major role players. Not to mention, they threw freshman Christian Williams into the mix last night who "looked" decent. They are reloading now and their next class and classes to follow will be better than what they got now which is scary. I fully expect Tyler Cook and Bohannan to get looks next season for PT.
I loved how Mccaffrey threw Williams into 4 minutes of action at one of the most hostile arenas in college basketball out of complete necessity. But coach Prohm refuses to get Carter or Ashton involved even for a 2 minute stretch so Morris and Niang arent completely gassed at the end.
The guy hadnt even appeared in a Big Ten game all year but was able to provide a couple minutes. Its like Prohm thinks the other team will go on a 20-0 in 2 minutes if either of them is on the floor.
The guy hadnt even appeared in a Big Ten game all year but was able to provide a couple minutes. Its like Prohm thinks the other team will go on a 20-0 in 2 minutes if either of them is on the floor.
MSU beat Penn State by 30, man. Did you even check their schedule? Are we really going have an 8 page thread on the Iowa vs MSU game? Can we worry about our own team, who happens to need our support more than ever right now?!
Iowa is really good, MSU is really good. We are struggling. I don't get fans that try to diminish another schools big wins. They are making our win against them look really really good right now.
If their supporting cast is awful, what would a non ISU fan or hater say about our supporting cast?
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Iowa is winning by the 3's........and it's been said if ya live by the 3's you die by the 3's. I don't think Iowa has scored more than 30 in a half when they get their 3's shut down. You think MSU would have figured that out in the first five minutes especially after loosing the first game on Iowa's home court. Other teams are going to start figuring this out. If ISU played Iowa again we'd beat them by +20.
Jok shoots 40% from the floor and 36% from 3. Wouldn't consider that a high level shooter. Uthoff is though
Iowa is due for some regression on their three point shooting, but they aren't just outscoring people. They are really good defensively too, 11th in the country in Def Eff, and they block a ton of shots and force turnovers. It's also hard to stop 3 point shooters when they're 6'6-6'9, have to really get up on them to close out.
Ok, 36% of their shots this year are 3's, of that 33% of their points scored are from 3's. I wouldn't say they live or die by the 3.
They have taken 1006 shots, 358 of those have been 3's. They have scored 1297 points and 432 of those by 3's. Iowa can beat you without living by the 3.
I completely disagree I think they'd kick our *** if we played them right now. I'm not saying they are a better team but right now they are playing much better and with more confidence. Hopefully our boys figure it out tomorrow and get back on track.
Will Naz try to come back for the two tournaments if Monte is going to leave and roomie Georges is graduating? I mean, how much does he want to come back?
Correct. And let's not pretend that sparty has no talent. They have at least a half-dozen top 100 players on the roster along with a five star and a player of the year candidate. For some reason they just aren't meshing like usual.