This is so accurate. 15-20 Liberty is very similar to a 23-12 Iowa team that would have made the NCAA tournament regardless, and that Iowa team also won a game in the tournament. Liberty won't be in the game after 3 minutes.
It was a combination of terrible game planning (not running their 5 starters off the court), ridiculous luck (Nebraska's 3 point shooting), and Nebraska fans being gay with each other in the stands.
I still don't even feel confident about making the NIT. We can't win close games. I would rather Iowa get smoked than lose all of these disheartening close games.
This is exactly how I feel. EVERY time we've had the chance to win the game at the end we miss. It seems like every time the other team has that same chance not only do they make their shot, but they make some miracle BS shot like today.
I don't know if it was better or worse to have to listen to the end of this game on the radio. It sounded like their game winning three was a ridiculous shot that would go in maybe 1 time out of 100. This is at least the 4th or 5th time we've lost because another team hit a 3 that they had no...