IC West (McCaffery boys) v Muscatine (Wieskamp) tonight

[RobHowe]

Substate final in Cedar Rapids. Winner goes to state. I will be there.

 

[revkev73]

Cool...excited to hear about the game...safe travels to all

 

[RobHowe]

West is the prohibitive favorite but Wieskamp is a handful. Linn-Mar was beating Muscatine for much of their substate semifinal on Friday before Joe took over.

Haven't see him yet this season, so really looking forward to it.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

Where is this game being played at in CR?

 

[RobHowe]

US Cellular Center

 

[NikeHawk21]

What kind of talent does Joe have around him?

 

[RobHowe]

What kind of talent does Joe have around him?

I haven't seen the Muskies play this season. They beat Iowa City High and Linn-Mar to reach this game. They're 15-6 and unranked. West is No. 1 in 4A.

 

[RobHowe]

Here's a nice preview from the Muscatine Journal:

LINK

 

[tksirius]

Wish they had a live stream...

 

[revkev73]

Nice position for Muscatine to be in...talent, and yet underdogs...

 

[Stanzi]

We already know from Hawk Gold that Fran's boys are only ranked highly because of their name, and from a talent standpoint should be playing at Kirkwood. At least Joe will be there and he's at least D2 caliber.

 

[revkev73]

Good...if they are so lowly regarded...they will have an easy transition to the NCAA...

 

[ibahawkeye]

My prediction... Joe will be best player on the floor but I don't think he's enough to beat the team of IC West.

 

[nationalchamps]

IC West is favored by 8 1/2

 

[Robowe]

I haven't seen the Muskies play this season. They beat Iowa City High and Linn-Mar to reach this game. They're 15-6 and unranked. West is No. 1 in 4A.

Just to be correct, Linn-Mar beat City High in the Opening Round, then Muscatine beat Linn-Mar. Should be a good game. Cedar Falls (with Devon Green) playing CR Kennedy in the other game in the doubleheader.

 

[RobHowe]

Just to be correct, Linn-Mar beat City High in the Opening Round, then Muscatine beat Linn-Mar. Should be a good game. Cedar Falls (with Devon Green) playing CR Kennedy in the other game in the doubleheader.

Correct, I misread the bracket.

And just to be correct, it's A.J. Green.

 

[Robowe]

Correct, I misread the bracket.

And just to be correct, it's A.J. Green.

Yep. It is. Thanks for that.

 

[Knight78]

My prediction... Joe will be best player on the floor but I don't think he's enough to beat the team of IC West.

That's kind of what I thought when I watched them play ranked (at the time) Bettendorf a couple of weeks ago. Bettendorf had a taller, more athletic, more disciplined team. But Joe just picked up his team and carried them. What really sent the Muskies to the win was two straight times Joe shot and made contested 3's. And by contested, the 6'4" Bettendorf player had a hand in his face and was so close he nearly fouled Joe, and yet the shot was nothing but net.

I'll be going to the game tonight. Should be a good game to watch.

 

[lightning1]

It ought to be an interesting match up. Hey Rob, let us know who West ends up putting on Joe on the defensive end. My guess would be Patrick but I could see Connor guarding him some as well.

 

[NEIChawk]

Triangle and 2, box and 1...