YugoslavianMountainHound
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not that good, damnPurdue has been good at home.
Well, the over hit early.Just parlayed Iowa ML +170 and over 136
BECAUSE THEY NEVER MISSEDI didn't get to watch much of the game live. How does Garza only get one board?
Not a lot of boards to be had when they make every shot they look atI didn't get to watch much of the game live. How does Garza only get one board?
And wide open every time.Not a lot of boards to be had when they make every shot they look at
This team hadn't packed it in all year. Kept fighting and showing toughness from deficits all year. It's only one game but seeing them just quit, play dumber than belief and immediately turn to pout mode is concerning. Bad games happen when the other team can't miss. But that should be about a 20 point loss on a buzzsaw night vs. a bubble team. Not 36. Hopefully it's one night and I'm overreacting but we had so much positive buzz in so many aspects.
Our defensive rank has to fall like 20 spots after that.
Thats simply not true. I checked the box score.BECAUSE THEY NEVER MISSED
The other team shot 63% from the field and 56% from three.I didn't get to watch much of the game live. How does Garza only get one board?
I don't think it is freak out time yet. The bigger overall issue is this was the 5th game in a row they have had to climb out of a sizable deficit. It worked 4 of 5 times before, but the 6th time was too much of a hole. You can even go back to the Northwestern game that was a struggle until about 10 minutes to go in the game.This team hadn't packed it in all year. Kept fighting and showing toughness from deficits all year. It's only one game but seeing them just quit, play dumber than belief and immediately turn to pout mode is concerning. Bad games happen when the other team can't miss. But that should be about a 20 point loss on a buzzsaw night vs. a bubble team. Not 36. Hopefully it's one night and I'm overreacting but we had so much positive buzz in so many aspects.
Our defensive rank has to fall like 20 spots after that.
They have at least 9 games left to fix the metrics.Bad nights happen and you'll get blown out occasionally. I'm usually Mr. Calm when that happens. Losing by 36 to a bubble team with a complete lack of giving a shit felt very different. It will also have an outsized impact on metrics used for seeding as well as human impact.
Hopefully not confidence/toughness in this team because they've been awesome in that regard all year.
Yeah, calm down. I don't think the committee or people in general are going to remember a sleepy Wednesday night loss (even a blowout loss to Purdue) at Mackey Arena when the 2nd week of March rolls around.Bad nights happen and you'll get blown out occasionally. I'm usually Mr. Calm when that happens. Losing by 36 to a bubble team with a complete lack of giving a shit felt very different. It will also have an outsized impact on metrics used for seeding as well as human impact.
Hopefully not confidence/toughness in this team because they've been awesome in that regard all year.
They made a few contested shots, but for the most part we let their shooters shoot.Purdue played with a ton of energy early and Iowa never matched it. That shit happens.
Zone was bad because they couldn’t rebound out of it. The 3/4 court press was bad because it put them in a ton of scramble situations. And of course Purdue made 19 threes.
Wieskamp and Fredrick need to be infinitely more selfish and Fran needs to work harder to run some sets for them. Garza is incredible, but Iowa starts off every game trying to force feed him at the detriment of others. Post players can heat up or get what they need at most any point in the game.They have at least 9 games left to fix the metrics.
I really don’t think it’ll have much of an impact on them. The DePaul game didn’t.
They need to get off to better starts.
Pride would have been coming out in the second half and playing with some tenacity...not playing worse.Blah blah blah blah flush it.
I think this team has some pride and that should embarrass them and motivate them going forward.
They actually did for a little while there. The press was working, rebounding and defense were better. Had the ball and could have cut it to 18 and were rolling (as much as you can call that rolling) and Fredrick made back to back terrible decisions and the game was over.Pride would have been coming out in the second half and playing with some tenacity...not playing worse.
That stretch compounded the evening. You’re down 15, you can’t put a lineup on the floor that can’t score.@CamelTones couldn't be more right about needing to get off to a fast start going forward. If they don't, then from the 12 minute to maybe the 7:30 minute mark of the first half is always going to be a dead zone when they have to check in Bakar and Pemsl.
I am pretty sure Purdue made 20+ in Carver 2 years ago.Iowa dropped from 13th to 21st in Kenpom. Defense fell about 35 spots (I believe it was 79 going into tonight; now it is 114). When is the last time an Iowa opponent made 19 threes @HawkLax6 ? Has it ever been done?