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I've been generally pleased with Kirk this year, but I'm with OOTH on this one. Purdue had just gone for a fourth down to give Iowa the ball at the Purdue 27 or so. Iowa had the backups in. Just like Wisconsin's late TD last week: If there's too much time left to run out the clock, let the...

Between the two daggers tonight and the one at the end of the Purdue game, I think Josh may be having some focus/concentration issues early in games. Odd given his tendency to be an apparent headcase in games that he's been shooting well in the clutch of late, but he has been.

I don't, but I did see your post before it got buried. Watching the way Clemmons and Gesell play D out top, I'd think they get away with a lot of contact at the HS level. Those guys don't grab a ton, but they aren't exactly judicious about slapping at the ball either. Given that they were just...

I was joking as if I had one-upped the other poster by stopping reading the OP sooner. Yes, I read the OP. No, it is not grounded in realism.

Where did he say that? I must not have gotten that far.

Yeah. I was questioning the Basabe over Woodbury premise as well. Olaseni is going to start over Woodbury.

I apologize to all for feeding the troll, but you're telling us about cherry-picking games? Trivia Question: Which poster on here kept playing the "Iowa's 2-5 and Wisconsin's 5-2" card in another thread earlier? a) activebadger b) activebadger c) activebadger d) True Wisco has had four out of...

I'm on board with this. No complaints about any game in particular, but tell the officials to to start fouling out whole lineups until it stops. The other one I see a lot of is over the back. Rebounding position doesn't mean as much as it used to.

Yes. Conference record regardless of schedule is the only measure of how well a team is doing. You got me.

Seventy percent (.7) squared is .49. Forty-nine percent of the time, over the long run, a seventy percent shooter will make both. That's just probability. Nine percent of the time, they'll miss both (.3 squared). Forty-two percent of the time, they'll make one. Is that Basabe's exact...

Yes. Devan Bawinkle. Chris Street Award winner.

Geez. Almost every basketball game played, someone misses a big shot, makes a big turnover, or misses a late free throw. When the Hawks lose around here, it's like we throw out everything good they are doing. Basabe is a 71% FT shooter. Not bad for a big man. A 70% shooter only makes both throws...

Agree.

Yeah. I think he needs fewer minutes for awhile, but the posts calling him out are getting old. Especially when they include things like "he's a defensive liability." I can't recall seeing him running around lost or getting broken down repeatedly on defense. Also, his 3-pt percentage is two...

I said if. Definitely not a given, especially with our poor shooting. I'm just saying doing so would be better than last year, where we lost @PSU, home vs NEB, and got swept by NW (albeit a better NW team). My point was that no losses thus far have indicated regression, and games showing...

Yep. Honestly, last year was kind of a tease because of the four top-25 wins. Those usually don't come that frequently. We'll have taken another step forward this year if we sweep NEB, PSU, and NW the rest of the way. That alone gets us to seven wins.

Here we go... OP, I agree there was a lot of hand-checking, but there are about 22 games per year that get that physical. Eighteen in the Big Ten and four against non-conference teams with pulses. Just the way the games get officiated these days. Both ways.

Purdue's not doing any better than us, really.

I'll never bag on one of the players, and I think Fran's the man, but it's clear enough now that Oglesby's a head case. Fran should sit him for both the team's good, and for Josh's. He's got plenty of time left in the program, and 20 games in, he's had plenty of chances to shoot out of his slump...

I know how to throw 'bows.