ISU vs UNI postgame thread

Ok we shot 32 threes. Not 14. I'd say our threes are a little bit more of our offense than they are for ISU.

I just honestly feel like UNI played a better game, and just was not able to hit the jumpers. Other than Brackins dominating, what did ISU do that was that impressive? I just dont understand why we didn't double him and force ISU to try to hit some jumpers.
dude ISU has lived by the three this year... on the season now UNI is 39-118 from three (33.1%), ISU is 47-115 (40.9%)... not only do the teams shoot a similar number of them, but iowa state is more proficient at the three. your arguement holds no water. take out tonights game and UNI is still shooting 38.4% while ISU would be 44.6%

give some credit to ISU not allowing to the ball to get inside and forcing he panthers to shoot bad threes or make plays off the dribble.

....and what was impressive is that 3 players cleared out for ISU and CB + DG alone beat you. there was no way you could stop them
 
UNI poor coaching examples.

JE on the bench way too much.
Not double teaming Craig.
Not having his players (quicker guards and post players) take the ball hard at foul prone Brackins.
Not switching to zone late in the game.
 
Nice post. Agree on almost everything, except that we need to replace AT with a post presence next year. I really think that Hamilton can easily fill that role with a year under his PB&J-stuffed belt.

I've liked his court positioning, but he's not near ready defensively. He's one guy I'd like to see play more.
 
20 fouls to 18. Not that big of a difference and not a foul heavily called game.

Yep, to bad about the 3 point shooting. ISU only shot 14.3% when they usually shoot 40% compared to UNI's 18.8% to their season average of 33%.


I actually thought it was a fairly tightly called game. When UNI was dribble penetrating or feeding the post, we fouled regularly. When they stopped both, there was nothing to call. With ISU having 4 guys on the perimeter without dribble penetrating regulalry (not counting the last couple minutes of reg and OT) there was nothing to call. They were trying to body CB all night, and really they let them play when he didn't have the ball in his hands, but they called it tight on the on-ball defender.
 
You say that yet are still convinced UNI played better? Playing good includes playing smart defense. Craig had 32 and 16. Keep playing good, UNI!

Now I see what 06kitty was trying to say. OTHER than having ISU's best player dominate them inside, ISU making some good defensive stops in overtime, UNI getting outcoached, UNI dropping a "rivalry" game on their home court, and UNI having their worst night of the point shooting... UNI did outplay us.
 
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Ok we shot 32 threes. Not 14. I'd say our threes are a little bit more of our offense than they are for ISU.

I just honestly feel like UNI played a better game, and just was not able to hit the jumpers. Other than Brackins dominating, what did ISU do that was that impressive? I just dont understand why we didn't double him and force ISU to try to hit some jumpers.
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I think UNI is young and rising as well. Johnny Moran is going to be a flat out STUD. He is only a true freshman. While there has been alot of questioning of on court coaching decisions from coach Jake, I think we can continue to get better, as he has done a tremendous job of landing good recruits. I believe UNI will be back to contending for Valley titles and NCAA births in the not too distant future.
Johnny Moran and his 5 points that he scored when he had to play a real team.... jesus. you are drinkin some UNI kool-aid. i dont think there is more talent now then there was under McD and i doubt there will be.

Im just saying.. ISU was led by underclassmen, and ISU is the school bringing in recruits like Colvin, Gilstrap, Kadima, Dykstra, probably Kelm... and dare i say maybe Harrison Barnes
 
More JVB :yes:

I'm still trying to figure him out.

Imagine him next year, though. I think he could easily be better than AT by then.

He was one guy I was really unsure of coming in, but he seems to have decent awareness, if that makes sense. I have no idea if he has any post moves, though.

This is why I REALLY wish we could have a blowout game. I know we're not built to do so, but I'd love to see us be able to run like 10 minutes straight of Hamilton and Vanderbeken in the post and just feed it in there to see what they can do.

It's a personal philosophy, but I'm a guy that prefers to ride your big guys as far as they can take you.
 
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Really glad Eric Coleman has graduated for UNI. That guy use to eat us up inside.

Mac said on the post game that he wanted to deny their inside play and force them to shoot from the outside. He pretty much got that done.

Nice win and even though UNI has lost some real talent from last years team, it's show's we're progressing when we beat them on their home floor. Cripes they spanked us at Hilton last year didn't they?
 
I think UNI is young and rising as well. Johnny Moran is going to be a flat out STUD. He is only a true freshman.

Ehhh, I'm not seeing it. I think he's a good player, but to say he's going to be a STUD is a bit premature. He scored 21 against Texas Southern (6 threes) and 15 against Chicago St. Marquette held him to 5 pts (1-6 from 3's) and tonight he scored 5 pts (2-9 from the field, 0-6 from 3's). Seems to me he's padded his numbers against lightweight competition & also teams that didn't have a scouting report on him. At this point he seems to be a kid that can hit an open 3-pointer, but if you get in his jock & hassle him a bit you can certainly take him out of his game. If you think Moran is going to be a STUD, then Eikmeier is going to be an All-American.
 
I'm still trying to figure him out.

JVB seems like a young, more athletic Jiri to me. At this point it looks like he's all offense and no defense except a block or a foul. Koch made him look silly several times in the first half. He played much better D in the second half though, the little he was in.
 
Moran has only played a handful of college basketball games guys. I didn't say he was dominant now. But he may be in the future, we shall see.
 
JVB seems like a young, more athletic Jiri to me. At this point it looks like he's all offense and no defense except a block or a foul. Koch made him look silly several times in the first half. He played much better D in the second half though, the little he was in.

Too bad Jamie isn't a freshman.
 
Moran has only played a handful of college basketball games guys. I didn't say he was dominant now. But he may be in the future, we shall see.
but the two big conference schools have been able to shut him down... i dont doubt that he will be a good MVC player. but a good MVC guard typically gets shut down by a average Big XII or Big East guard
 
All I'm saying is we shot 32 threes and made hardly any of them and still almost won the game. If we even shoot below average, and not rediculously horrid, it might be a different story.

Don't know why Jordan didn't get a few more minutes in the second half. Coaching decisions is the number one issue with our team right now, in my opinion.
 
I think most at UNI agree with that. Coaching NEEDS to get better. The talent is good, with even better coming in the future.

That is why we say the Clones are also up and coming. We are young with good talent coming in too. Our guards will get more physical over the next few years.
 

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