Always win after a loss?

Saturday will be the 2nd straight loss which could continue for many games. This team has regressed significantly and playing McCabe 22 minutes and take so many shots only exacerbates the problem. He is a fouling machine and not a shooter or scorer.
 
We follow our poor performances with good ones. Last night was a poor performance. Saturday should be a good one. If we play well we will win.

I really don't want to change my signature Saturday...
 
Really can't shoot worse than 3/20 from the arc. You can't win games these days against decent opponents when you shoot like last night. Can get away with it against cupcakes but not B1G. Make even 6/20 and it's a whole new ballgame. Missing all the early 3's just took the life out of the team and arena. They will shoot better Saturday or might as well close up shop.
 
I have a bad feeling that this is the point in the season where the wheels start falling off. I think it started in the loss to MSU....I think that took a lot out of the team. We come back the next game and damn near get beat by the worst team in the conference in Illinois where, with the exception of the first 8 minutes, played terrible that game. We then follow that up with maybe our most complete lackluster showing of the season.

Now we have Michigan at home where we can't seem to hit the broad side of a barn. Then we play 2 straight road games against teams that have shown the ability to beat decent teams (Ind vs Mich and PSU vs OSU).

I can more easily see us lose to Mich, Ind and PSU to be on a 4 game slide than I can the opposite based on how we've played the last couple of weeks.
 
SpiderRico said:
I have a bad feeling that this is the point in the season where the wheels start falling off. I think it started in the loss to MSU....I think that took a lot out of the team. We come back the next game and damn near get beat by the worst team in the conference in Illinois where, with the exception of the first 8 minutes, played terrible that game. We then follow that up with maybe our most complete lackluster showing of the season.

Now we have Michigan at home where we can't seem to hit the broad side of a barn. Then we play 2 straight road games against teams that have shown the ability to beat decent teams (Ind vs Mich and PSU vs OSU).

I can more easily see us lose to Mich, Ind and PSU to be on a 4 game slide than I can the opposite based on how we've played the last couple of weeks.
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Don't jump. It would hurt.
 
I would not go that far to say the wheels are falling off, they did still defeat the Illini on their home court which is something no other Iowa team has done in 15 years.
 
cf84 said:
Really can't shoot worse than 3/20 from the arc. You can't win games these days against decent opponents when you shoot like last night. Can get away with it against cupcakes but not B1G. Make even 6/20 and it's a whole new ballgame. Missing all the early 3's just took the life out of the team and arena. They will shoot better Saturday or might as well close up shop.
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They had great looks on 80 percent of their 3 point attempts. At times, however, they seemed to be a tad too deep and rushed the shots, especially in the second half. Oglesby is not getting open much, but I think he passed up a couple good looks from 22 feet last night.
 
Michigan scares me. We just don't match up that well and Carver hasn't seemed to be a home court advantage.

White will be forced to guard either Stauskas or LeVert both 6-6" and good enough handles to go by White. I imagine Marble will go on Stauskas this time as he had the game of his life at their place.
 
glidinghawk said:
They had great looks on 80 percent of their 3 point attempts. At times, however, they seemed to be a tad too deep and rushed the shots, especially in the second half. Oglesby is not getting open much, but I think he passed up a couple good looks from 22 feet last night.
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yeah. it's not like OSU was playing great perimeter defense. most of those were open looks.

that -.06 unlucky number is now -.13 unlucky number. I've been a Hawk since '80. The Hawks are #1 in unlucky numbers. Where's kctom?
 
ibahawkeye said:
Michigan scares me. We just don't match up that well and Carver hasn't seemed to be a home court advantage.

White will be forced to guard either Stauskas or LeVert both 6-6" and good enough handles to go by White. I imagine Marble will go on Stauskas this time as he had the game of his life at their place.
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Why not follow Indiana's recipe?
 
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