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Yeah, but didn't they get a huge contribution from someone who normally doesn't score that much? If I remember right he went nuts from 3 whoever it was.
Edit: It was Hammonds.
This. It isn't exactly easy to beat a team three times but it isn't somehow any harder once you've beaten them twice.
Believe it or not, I am fairly confident there will be many more people in attendance than you'd think for an 11:30 am game. Obviously not full house like a night game, but we will show up in typical "take over KC" fashion.
That's too simplistic of statement. Clearly, this is not the same team that started 0-6 in the conference.
That statement is just as simplistic. OSU's 9 loses have come against KUx2, BUx2, ISU x2, WVU, KSU and Texas. Their conference schedule was very front loaded, and 7 of their 9 conference wins came against teams who were playing last night.
While they have probably improved since January, I don't think their improvement is that much more than most other teams typically make, and I definitely think ISU has improved more than them since that time.
There's ups and downs in conference play for most teams. Whether it was front loaded or not, it's not the same OSU team that started 0-6. They've got good guards and it took them a little while to get going with what Underwood one of them to do.
I get the sense that we are favoring staying in position (being ready to defend against the opponent's break on offense and staying in defensive position over getting in rebounding position on defense). It makes sense, as we really don't have a great rebounder, and going for it from multiple spots and missing leaves us at a disadvantage elsewhere. Could be my imagination though.
With the amount of Cyclone fans that will be in attendance, there will be plenty of noise.
Osu is the #1 team I didn't want to play. It's hard to beat a good team 3 times let alone when they are getting hot
Line is still pick 'em. Over/Under is 161, second highest on the books today...shooters are excited! Make some stops on defense and I like our chances.
West Virginia is my "avoid at all costs" team unless we get an officiating crew that calls proper fouls. There is a reason that we have won so many in a row against OSU...good matchups.
I dont disagree, and I think 80% of every team in CBB improves from January to March. I just think that a lot of people over value OSU's improvement, and I dont think its quite as much as its made out to be.
Really? We match up with this side of the bracket much better than we do the other, IMO. Yeah for logistics as a fan, playing on Thursday night is much better, but this is probably the best draw we could hope for. If we are going to play a WVU or BU, id rather it be their third game in 3 days.