Blaming officiating and moving forward

[HawkPrdatr40]

So now we blaming officiating in games where our opponent is called for 10 more fouls and we have 23 more FT attempts. Now that is interesting.

So as we we move ahead It is pretty clear that Fran needs to figure out how to shorten his bench. Right now as things stand Iowa will continue to be a just a good team but the reality is Iowa is better than Just good.

 

[hawkinn3]

I'm not blaming the officials, they kept us in this thing with fouls call. With the way our offense played we had no business being with 10 points of MSU. The came into our house and slapped us around, they toyed with us. Izzo leaves the court with a grin on his face knowing he had it in hand the whole game. We all look like fools for believing it would be different.

 

[tweeterhawk]

So now we blaming officiating in games where our opponent is called for 10 more fouls and we have 23 more FT attempts. Now that is interesting.

So as we we move ahead It is pretty clear that Fran needs to figure out how to shorten his bench. Right now as things stand Iowa will continue to be a just a good team but the reality is Iowa is better than Just good.

Officiating did not cost Iowa this game. Missed free throws, inability to get open or hesitancy to take shots, huge disparity in shots attempted and made (especially three-pointers), missed final drives to the basket and a missed tip-in at the buzzer, all accounted for the loss. That said, that was some brutal officiating at times last night, with many of the examples of poor officiating being game infractions (travels, in-bounds time violations, ball over the mid-court line on a long bounce pass on an MSU possession). Also some key fouls not called in the waning minutes, particularly a rebound where I think Uthoff had possession but was hacked across the arms by MSU's Valentine who ended up with the ball.

 

[glidinghawk]

Fran may want to consider going with mainly an 8-man rotation, with Uthoff and Clemmons being the #9 and #10 guys. The Big Ten game is too fast for Uthoff and Clemmons is having a soph slump. I'd like to see Marble, Gesell, and White each averaging 28 to 32 minutes per game over the rest of the season. Iowa is best when those 3 guys are in together. Give Clemmons and Uthoff time late in the first half and use them when there are foul problems. Rotate McCabe, Olaseni, and Oglesby and get them 15+ minutes each on average. Continue splitting time with the 2 post guys. Basabe is best when he gets only 20 minutes a game.

OK, Fran did you get that? :>)

 

[HawkIPA]

Free throw differential rarely tells the whole story on officiating. Bilas said multiple times last night that Iowa was the much more aggressive team on curls and cuts to the baskets and MSU was just trying to push them off their spot, which you cant do. Almost half of MSU's shots attempts were 3 pointers (29 of 59 shots). Only a quarter of Iowa's field goal attempts were threes (12 of 48 shots).

There was 3 or 4 travels by MSU that I counted that werent called.

That being said Iowa missed a bunch of free throws and went over 15 minutes without a made field goal. That is why Iowa lost, not because of the refs. Its only a regular season loss in January in which Iowa couldnt throw the ball in an ocean for over half of the second half and they still took it to OT with a shot to tie or win at the buzzer.

Its not the end of the world like it seems like around here.

 

[PCHawk]

I've only rewatched the first half and saw they called 2 hand check fouls on us for touching them (like the new rules say they should) and zero on them (even tho they were doing it the whole time). The reason for the foul discrepancy was their big guys sucked and couldn't keep up. All and all tho it wasn't as bad as most games against MSU. But when they miss an obvious goal tend ay the end of regulation that is extremely easy to see, I will blame the refs.

 

[okeefe4prez]

The foul discrepancy arose from them lobbing threes all day. They rarely tried to go inside. We got a few ticky tack calls in our favor here and there, but the refs whiffed on some big calls. I hate people who constantly blame the officials for losses. This loss was on our lineup strategy, poor FT shooting and the long FG drought. I can't blame the officials, though.

 

[eveningnewsteam]

Not saying the officials cost Iowa, but 4 points for MSU right here that shouldnt have been. The layup and Fran gets td up. I know if Iowa shoots a decent percentage from the line, it doesnt matter, but this is so bad

 

[ssckelley]

Izzo's strategy very well could have been to have his guys hack away knowing the officials would not call everything. But no, the officials did not cost Iowa the game.

 

[STILLBUSTER]

4 point play -- made bucket and freebies on Fran's T. All things equal ... game.

 

[tweeterhawk]

Not saying the officials cost Iowa, but 4 points for MSU right here that shouldnt have been. The layup and Fran gets td up. I know if Iowa shoots a decent percentage from the line, it doesnt matter, but this is so bad

Ready for the NBA, it appears.

 

[HawkIPA]

Meh, thats just a nice Euro step. Totally legal.




sarcasm

 

[ssckelley]

Ready for the NBA, it appears.

Yeah, we must have had NBA officials last night. I remember a generous continuation allowed last night as well where MSU got an and-one.

 

[ajkhawkeye]

Not saying the officials cost Iowa, but 4 points for MSU right here that shouldnt have been. The layup and Fran gets td up. I know if Iowa shoots a decent percentage from the line, it doesnt matter, but this is so bad

I seriously don't know how 3 officials reffing at this level can miss something like this. One of the easiest calls since it's not a judgement call. Just blows my mind.

 

[tweeterhawk]

Yeah, we must have had NBA officials last night. I remember a generous continuation allowed last night as well where MSU got an and-one.

Remember it well. One of a handful of non-calls that left you shaking your head.

 

[tweeterhawk]

I seriously don't know how 3 officials reffing at this level can miss something like this. One of the easiest calls since it's not a judgement call. Just blows my mind.

Exactly. And you'll notice there are no officials in sight (although admittedly there could be someone towards the bottom of the screen out of view.) But I think the bench side ref is the one who should have coverage there. The official who missed the mid-court line violation on MSU's long bounce pass across the floor was eight or nine feet down the sideline and out of position to see it.

 

[eveningnewsteam]

Ready for the NBA, it appears.

Thats even a travel in the NBA

 

[PCHawk]

How about when they got fouled and the official waved off the shot and said it was on the floor? They go to a time out and come back and give them 2 free throws even tho they are in the 1 and 1. Of course they miss the first and make the second.

 

[volhawk50]

So now we blaming officiating in games where our opponent is called for 10 more fouls and we have 23 more FT attempts. Now that is interesting.

So as we we move ahead It is pretty clear that Fran needs to figure out how to shorten his bench. Right now as things stand Iowa will continue to be a just a good team but the reality is Iowa is better than Just good.

I disagree on the last part. The problem with the bench last night is he took the wrong guy out of the rotation and put the wrong guys in. The way guys are playing now, if we bring it down to an 8 man rotation it better include Gabe and exclude McCabe.

 

[HawkPrdatr40]

I disagree on the last part. The problem with the bench last night is he took the wrong guy out of the rotation and put the wrong guys in. The way guys are playing now, if we bring it down to an 8 man rotation it better include Gabe and exclude McCabe.

Agreed!!