"Drake doesn't deserve to be on the same court as us."

[BryceC]

Very good points. I say 10-8 expecting that they will beat a couple of the top level teams at home, and lose a couple of bad games. This group seems a bit mentally fragile, so they could also just fall apart completely and only win 7 or 8 conference games and miss the dance. That would be fun.

I'd take 10-8 in a heartbeat. I think it will be 8-10 and they'll miss the tourney.

There are a lot of ISU fans that are very frustrated with this team. I'm probably somewhat spoiled by the last few years but the start of this season basically mentally broke me. After the Cincy game I sold the tickets for the last two noncon games. I haven't watched or listened to any basketball but the first 5 minutes or so of the Iowa game. Luckily the Chiefs were playing the Raiders that night and I got to switch over very early.

This team isn't good right now, and the attitudes of the players in their pre/post game comments are just aggravating.

 

[DJL]

I'd take 10-8 in a heartbeat. I think it will be 8-10 and they'll miss the tourney.

There are a lot of ISU fans that are very frustrated with this team. I'm probably somewhat spoiled by the last few years but the start of this season basically mentally broke me. After the Cincy game I sold the tickets for the last two noncon games. I haven't watched or listened to any basketball but the first 5 minutes or so of the Iowa game. Luckily the Chiefs were playing the Raiders that night and I got to switch over very early.

This team isn't good right now, and the attitudes of the players in their pre/post game comments are just aggravating.

I just feel like with 6 seniors who have all been through something like this before, they will get it turned around and win at least 10 in conference.

 

[deanvogs]

I'd take 10-8 in a heartbeat. I think it will be 8-10 and they'll miss the tourney.

There are a lot of ISU fans that are very frustrated with this team. I'm probably somewhat spoiled by the last few years but the start of this season basically mentally broke me. After the Cincy game I sold the tickets for the last two noncon games. I haven't watched or listened to any basketball but the first 5 minutes or so of the Iowa game. Luckily the Chiefs were playing the Raiders that night and I got to switch over very early.

This team isn't good right now, and the attitudes of the players in their pre/post game comments are just aggravating.

Ouch, that is pretty bad Bryce. Are you this upset because you feel they should be better, or just won't be able to watch NCAA bubble type BB any longer? Just curious.

 

[DP5555]

I'd take 10-8 in a heartbeat. I think it will be 8-10 and they'll miss the tourney.

There are a lot of ISU fans that are very frustrated with this team. I'm probably somewhat spoiled by the last few years but the start of this season basically mentally broke me. After the Cincy game I sold the tickets for the last two noncon games. I haven't watched or listened to any basketball but the first 5 minutes or so of the Iowa game. Luckily the Chiefs were playing the Raiders that night and I got to switch over very early.

This team isn't good right now, and the attitudes of the players in their pre/post game comments are just aggravating.

I'm curious... who did you think was going to be ISU's answer in the post? All fans get optimistic about new guys so I would understand if you actually thought Holden, Young, or Bowie would be the answer. I wouldn't be critical of you for that, but from an outsiders perspective I think it was pretty obvious that none of them would even be able to come close to replacing guys like Niang, McKay, and Nader.

I think it's pretty clear Monte is struggling to adapt to life without those guys on the court with him. He just doesn't have near as many options. The offense isn't as balanced. All the threats are on the perimeter. There's no one who can make a crafty move around the basket. There's no one he can drive and dish an alley-oop to. Basically there's no post presence that demands the opponents attention. That's a huge deal.