Always win after a loss?

[SpiderRico]

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.

Jacking up 20 threes against the league leader in 3pt FG% defense is not the most brilliant gameplan I've ever seen. We ended up playing right into their hands. They baited us into taking them and we obliged.

 

[1977Hawkeye]

Always following up a loss by winning the next game is good, but here are the opponents after the games we've lost:

Notre Dame (having a down year)
Arkansas Pine Bluff
Northwestern (twice)
Illinois (last place)

This time we're playing the first place team in the league. We'll see if there's any truth to the fact that this team bounces back well from a loss, or if that's just a myth founded on the strength of some wins over relatively easy opponents following those losses.

 

[ssckelley]

Jacking up 20 threes against the league leader in 3pt FG% defense is not the most brilliant gameplan I've ever seen. We ended up playing right into their hands. They baited us into taking them and we obliged.

So if you are wide open from the 3 point line don't shoot it, because the team they are playing leads the league in 3pt FG% defense. Yeah, this makes sense.

 

[WindsorHawk]

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.

I honestly think you will feel better at about 3:10 p.m. Saturday afternoon.