Elite 8 Saturday Thread

[big10fan]

I like K State in the first game, but Butler can't be overlooked.

 

[dhow]

You beat me to it. My thread was titled wrong anyways! I'm going for Butler, but figure Kstate will probably win

 

[big10fan]

butler out to early lead 3-2 about 3 min in.

 

[big10fan]

dhow, didn't see your thread till my last post!

 

[Tmoney12]

Butler and UK cover

 

[big10fan]

at 15 min mark 7-4 butler. they start fast, i'll give them that.

 

[big10fan]

13-8 butler 10:45 to go. k-state getting decent looks though. both shooting average.

 

[hawkihayes]

As I watch this game I can help thinking that I never saw any of these plays and back screens that Butler does in any Hawkeye games I saw the last few years. Seems to me we were doing things the Lik way and not the Butler way??

 

[Herkeynerd]

Butler Way = yawn.
Kansas State = athletic and talented but undisciplined.

I hope Kansas State gets into this game. Good defense so far but can't connect.

 

[patmyne]

How many layups can 1 team miss in a game. 0-5 free throws too otherwise this is a total different game

 

[HAWKEY3]

The "Butler Way" is definitely in full effect today. This has to be Lickliter's dream game. I thought it was interesting that his first year it was all about how we were going to build a foundation of Defense. I then looked up a couple of #s:

07/08 Season: Offense: Avg. 56.1ppg -- Defense: Avg. 56.3ppg -- 13-19 record
08/09 Season: Offense: Avg. 60.2ppg -- Defense: Avg. 57.3ppg -- Net gain: 3.1ppg (+2 Wins)
09/10 Season: Offense: Avg. 60.8ppg -- Defense: Avg. 66.2ppg -- Net gain: -8.3ppg (-5 Wins)

So our offense got better, but at an average marginal rate of 2.35ppg year-over-year. Our defense clearly got worse at an average marginal rate of 5ppg given up YOY. So, simple math here folks, giving up on average twice as many points on defense for every point we improved offensively.

So we basically had the crap Butler offense "system" without the defense

 

[big10fan]

27-24 just a couple min into 2nd half. k-state starting strong. can't be worse than hey were in the first half!

 

[big10fan]

34-28 at 15 min mark butler up

 

[Hawks1]

K State coach is intense

one of the refs in this game looks like Norm Parker

 

[HawkeyeShane]

K State coach is intense

one of the refs in this game looks like Norm Parker

I commented on that ref a month and a half ago and noone else seemed to notice...I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees it!

 

[big10fan]

49-42 6:17 left to go. butler still up.

 

[RLeahey14]

Kansas State just looks like they are worn out from the other night.

 

[big10fan]

2 point game. 5 min to go.

 

[iahawk20]

Kansas State just looks like they are worn out from the other night.

Not at the moment, 13-2 run and now lead!!!

 

[big10fan]

k-state takes the lead! big 3!