***Iowa vs Ohio State - 3/12/26 - 11:00 AM BTN***

[Thomas Wolsey]

Someone said middle

I said middle. Lord knows how much you hate exaggeration.

 

[The Dad]

Sorry I don’t feel like circle jerking with you guys after we lose to a mediocre OSU team.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

I’ll fucking kill you. Then we’ll see how much you miss your kids when you’re killed.

Will I miss them so much like you having her tag along on the golf cart while daddy plays golf with his other faggot homo friends?

 

[The Dad]

Will I miss them so much like you having her tag along on the golf cart while daddy plays golf with his other faggot homo friends?

Never happened. Hypothetical.

 

[rodg12]

You’re right. They’re fucking great defensively. My bad. One of the very best in the nation. Watch out NCAA tournament. Here we come.

Lack of hair must make reading more difficult. Explains so much.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Yay Iowa basketball

 

[brantshawks]

 

[douglasbader]

Can we all sort of agree on some level Ben's offensive system is sort of garbage or at least could be adjusted to abandon some of the more nonsensical principles?

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Can we all sort of agree on some level Ben's offensive system is sort of garbage or at least could be adjusted to abandon some of the more nonsensical principles?

1000%

 

[The Dad]

Meanwhile ISU is playing legitimately suffocating defense and winning tournament games by a billion.

Fuck you faggots.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

I don’t think I’d hate it so much if, after running clock, they took the open look.

Even if they missed the shot, if folger’s, Howard, Sage, Combs, and Stirtz took what I consider a good shot at the 8-10 second mark on the shot clock, I’d chalk it up to just not hitting shots.

You can’t chalk up a bad night on offense just bc you didn’t get a layup on a every fucking possession.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Meanwhile ISU is playing legitimately suffocating defense and winning tournament games by a billion.

Fuck you faggots.

JFC no one is saying they are a better defensive team than ISU. You’re a miserable cunt.

 

[brantshawks]

Having actual big 10 players will help.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

I will be interested to see if the offense is different next year and built around who we have, or if we're forcing whoever those pieces are into the same offensive scheme

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Having actual big 10 players will help.

Hey kid without a dad at home, come to Iowa. Not only do you not get to shoot the ball, but you get to wait in line behind my son to not shoot the ball.

 

[The Dad]

JFC no one is saying they are a better defensive team than ISU. You’re a miserable cunt.

Nice post.

 

[ABeardedDragon]

We made the tournament in year 1 with 1 really good player surrounded by role players at the Drake level, outside of Koch and Sage who are still young but showed promise. Two of the transfers, Spaniard and Hausen, didn't pan out as expected with Hausen doing fuck all.

If they win one it will be a good year. If they somehow can win 2 we'll all be jacking each other off and building Ben's statue.

 

[douglasbader]

I don’t think I’d hate it so much if, after running clock, they took the open look.

Even if they missed the shot, if folger’s, Howard, Sage, Combs, and Stirtz took what I consider a good shot at the 8-10 second mark on the shot clock, I’d chalk it up to just not hitting shots.

You can’t chalk up a bad night on offense just bc you didn’t get a layup on a every fucking possession.

I think that is my biggest gripe, and that is they aren't actually even trying to score the first 20 seconds. Not even looking, just locked into a pre-pattern drain the clock ballet.

I don't get that in basketball, and never will. You can be methodical in your offense. You can move it side to side to get the defense out of sorts, but you have to be ready and willing to attack if and when there is a chance. Sometimes that happens 5 seconds into the shot clock, or 15 seconds in and sometimes not until the end.

Why? If you have beaten the defense or they break down early, attack. Also, you have to attack the middle of defense and actually try to score because it forces them to collapse and scramble and leads over and over to easy buckets.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Hey kid without a dad at home, come to Iowa. Not only do you not get to shoot the ball, but you get to wait in line behind my son to not shoot the ball.

Shut the fuck up with this stupid bullshit. Must be a Hudson thing to be a fucking retard.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

@6deuce excluded.

 

[The Dad]

Being a butt pirate doesn’t make deuce a Pirate.

 

[douglasbader]

Welp, I used AI to help with this so take it with a grain of salt, but I think I found the issue....

 

[6deuce]

Being a butt pirate doesn’t make deuce a Pirate.

 

[KitKatApples]

@6deuce excluded.

 

[douglasbader]

I can't believe those numbers are true, but they seem to be from first glance at game logs. That's the bane of Iowa's existence this year, and it is they come out every single game without fail running that offense and not scoring and by the time you look up 10-12 minutes are gone and they only have 10-12 points. Then they spend the rest of the game scoring at twice that pace. It's fucking stupid. Figure it out, Benjamin.

 

[Saul Berkley]

I think that is my biggest gripe, and that is they aren't actually even trying to score the first 20 seconds. Not even looking, just locked into a pre-pattern drain the clock ballet.

I don't get that in basketball, and never will. You can be methodical in your offense. You can move it side to side to get the defense out of sorts, but you have to be ready and willing to attack if and when there is a chance. Sometimes that happens 5 seconds into the shot clock, or 15 seconds in and sometimes not until the end.

Why? If you have beaten the defense or they break down early, attack. Also, you have to attack the middle of defense and actually try to score because it forces them to collapse and scramble and leads over and over to easy buckets.

The interesting thing is, it felt like they did this earlier this year. At least sometimes. In the last month or so, it has been painfully methodical to where they literally just wait until the final 3 or 4 seconds to attack or just shoot an off balanced 3. I really hope this was just some weird one year thing due to the talent on the roster.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

I can't believe those numbers are true, but they seem to be from first glance at game logs. That's the bane of Iowa's existence this year, and it is they come out every single game without fail running that offense and not scoring and by the time you look up 10-12 minutes are gone and they only have 10-12 points. Then they spend the rest of the game scoring at twice that pace. It's fucking stupid. Figure it out, Benjamin.

I seem to remember Ben being a big fan of Brian‘s dad, Kirk Ferentz

 

[Mysterio]

I can't believe those numbers are true, but they seem to be from first glance at game logs. That's the bane of Iowa's existence this year, and it is they come out every single game without fail running that offense and not scoring and by the time you look up 10-12 minutes are gone and they only have 10-12 points. Then they spend the rest of the game scoring at twice that pace. It's fucking stupid. Figure it out, Benjamin.

i mean it does seem that pretty often iowa starts out looking like shit

 

[Greg Obrecht]

Can we all sort of agree on some level Ben's offensive system is sort of garbage or at least could be adjusted to abandon some of the more nonsensical principles?

Yeah he could abandon the Hoosiers bullshit of passing it 42 times before attempting a shot.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Nice post.

Shut the fuck up.

 

[CamelTones]

The interesting thing is, it felt like they did this earlier this year. At least sometimes. In the last month or so, it has been painfully methodical to where they literally just wait until the final 3 or 4 seconds to attack or just shoot an off balanced 3. I really hope this was just some weird one year thing due to the talent on the roster.

They haven’t had a consistent second scorer. They struggled against Maryland, then Koch started hitting shots. All of the sudden they look like world beaters because the defense has to pay attention to someone other than Stirtz.

They looked dead in the water today. Then Alvaro showed up and they nearly came all the way back.

They’re close enough in all these games (other than 2.5 games this year) that I feel like they’ll give themselves a chance in the last 5 minutes. They just need Stirtz, Alvaro and Koch to all be on at the same time for once.

 

[KitKatApples]

 

[CamelTones]

They’re likely to lose because Alvaro shows up 20% of the time. Is that better?

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Shut the fuck up with this stupid bullshit. Must be a Hudson thing to be a fucking retard.

Yeah, that’s a great thing to make fun of me for if it wasn’t exactly fucking true

 

[6deuce]

Yeah, that’s a great thing to make fun of me for if it wasn’t exactly fucking true

That you're a faggot from Hudson?

 

[KitKatApples]

Probably

 

[KitKatApples]

They’re likely to lose because Alvaro shows up 20% of the time. Is that better?

I just enjoy the sunshine theme.

 

[demmert4]

This team could be equally as ineffective defensively as Fran’s teams. There were several games where it was a fucking layup line. But they were better at hiding it because they played keepaway where Fran did not.

if only there were stats that could take into consideration possessions per game.

 

[BBK]

Meanwhile ISU is playing legitimately suffocating defense and winning tournament games by a billion.

Fuck you faggots.

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

Now that OSU is healthy, they're pretty damn tough. They'll give Michigan a game and i wouldn't be surprised to see them make a little run in the tourney. That's not a bad team at all.

 

[BBK]

They were borderline bad earlier in the year. Righted the ship quite a bit

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Now that OSU is healthy, they're pretty damn tough. They'll give Michigan a game and i wouldn't be surprised to see them make a little run in the tourney. That's not a bad team at all.

No no. @The Dad said they’re mediocre and the sunshine boyz should be super pissed we lost.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

@The Dad is the worst basketball poster on this bb.

My eyes say they’re bad!!!!!!!

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Fuck you, cunt.

 

[The Dad]

Settle the fuck down.

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

 

[KitKatApples]

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Settle the fuck down.

Go fuck yourself you 6’6” fadeaway against 1A bigs bitch.

 

[Herbie2]

Now that OSU is healthy, they're pretty damn tough. They'll give Michigan a game and i wouldn't be surprised to see them make a little run in the tourney. That's not a bad team at all.

Michigan is favored by 12.5, which seems like a lot consider how well tOSU is playing with Tilly back

 

[Will McCoy]

That’s why they measure by points per possession dummy.

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