Cockburn is quietly averaging near a double double. He has been a big help to this team. They are legit for sure. They lost at Maryland by 1 also.
Iowa at Maryland - Tale of the Tape
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Cockburn is quietly averaging near a double double. He has been a big help to this team. They are legit for sure. They lost at Maryland by 1 also.
koralakers
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I feel like we are due for a loss. Being at a very good opponent with a score to settle, I’m thinking 8-12 points. Here’s hoping I am completely wrong, but I am ok to get a bad game ‘out of our system’
WestCoastHawk
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I'd like to see some analytics on our shooting percentage and what type of game ball is being used.
ModebaSan
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I stand corrected. Thank you.
If we are going to lose, I almost would want to get trucked. It's still only one loss and maybe it would get their mind right for another winning streak.
Not that I want to see us lose or even get behind, but I think one thing that we haven't seen yet is the resilience on the road when things don't go our way. I watched the beginning of the MSU at Indiana game the other day, and MSU got down 20-6 and Indiana had all the momentum, crowd in it, etc. As much as I despise Izzo, he called them in the huddle and calmly talked to them about how they were going to get back in the game and here they came. They still lost at the end, but they were never out of it. I would like to know how we would respond to a similar situation, and looking at our remaining road schedule I am sure we are going to find out.
Dudes name sounds like high school locker room antics with Ben Gay.....
SpiderRico
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This is going to come down to whether we can make 3's or not. If we do, it obviously helps our overall efficiency and scoring and opens up the lane for Garza. It will also help negate what I'm sure will be a huge FTA difference since we're on the road. I swear that the last several B1G games I've watched, the home team is something like +20 in FTA vs the road team. No wonder the home teams are like an 80% winner so far this year.
If we can't hit 3's, then we probably lose by 10-12.
If we can't hit 3's, then we probably lose by 10-12.
I see what you're saying, but I'm not sure that's any different than what happened in Ames where they came back and got in the game, had all the momentum, and the crowd was going nuts. Overcoming that is pretty much the same thing as the scenario you laid out.
Maybe it will due the team good to have a game they are "supposed to lose". The last 4 were tough games they knew they had to have. That puts pressure on them. This is an ok game to lose and they haven't had one of those for awhile. Maybe they will feel more loose and just let them fly.
Northside Hawk
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Worst case scenario is that we play well and shoot well and still find a way to lose, then have a stinker vs Illinois on Sunday. Sort of a repeat of Penn State-Nebraska sequence
eyekwah
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The games against Maryland and Illinois will have a profound affect on where Iowa finishes in the conference. For once I am hoping that Iowa can finish at least 4th. Since they beat Maryland earlier a loss only neutralizes Iowa's position. Losing to Illinois on Sunday at home would be detrimental to a top 4 finish since they have a road game against Illinois to end the season. Getting a road win against Maryland would make up for that road loss at Nebraska and provide some distance from the teams behind Iowa.
After Sunday only two games remain with teams ahead of Iowa in the standings, @MSU and @Illinois. If Iowa can get the Illinois game on Sunday they should be in pretty good shape to finish in the top four provided the team can stay healthy. After Sunday four of the last 8 games are against Indiana and Purdue. I would rank these four games as winnable and add Ohio State, Penn State and Nebraska to the more winnable category. Only the @MSU game appears to be to big a hill to climb. 12 and 8 should get Iowa a fourth place finish.
After Sunday only two games remain with teams ahead of Iowa in the standings, @MSU and @Illinois. If Iowa can get the Illinois game on Sunday they should be in pretty good shape to finish in the top four provided the team can stay healthy. After Sunday four of the last 8 games are against Indiana and Purdue. I would rank these four games as winnable and add Ohio State, Penn State and Nebraska to the more winnable category. Only the @MSU game appears to be to big a hill to climb. 12 and 8 should get Iowa a fourth place finish.
I actually like their chances of winning more tonight than on Sunday. Sunday afternoon games are a dud and the crowd seldom gets into it. That could work into Illinois favor alot if Iowa wins a big one in primetime tonight but has to come back for a Sunday afternoon game on a short turnaround.
After sunday we have 9 games left, not 8. We also only play Indiana once.
At least Illinois has a game tonight too so the short turnaround is actually an advantage for us. Its easier to have a short turnaround at home than on the road. Also if we win tonight, Carver should be rocking (relatively speaking of course) Sunday.
I hope you are right. But as I have said, Iowa has the quietest sell outs in college basketball.
Well, in the end, the game pretty much played out like the numbers said they would.
- Iowa hit 8 threes to Maryland's 7
- Iowa committed 8 turnovers and Maryland committed 10 turnovers
- Iowa brought down 38 rebounds (14 offensive), and Maryland got 42 rebounds (10 offensive)
- Iowa shot 33% from three and Maryland shot 28% from three.
But, Maryland was +9 in both FTA's and FTM's. And that was ball game. Specifically, the officiating was terrible and totally one-sided and really dictated the play and pace of the game. The double-foul on Garza and Smith was bad and the 4th on Garza was even worse, and kept Smith from getting in foul trouble. That also wiped off 2 pts and FTA. The Kriener tech was cheap and cost us another 2 pts. The non-call on CMac shooting a 3 was ridiculous and should have been 3 shots for a great foul shooter. And Smith was hanging on Garza all night.
As far as us, CJ especially had some open looks that I am surprised he didn't make. Joe played ok, but missed a couple as well. Also, I know that Garza and Kriener were in foul trouble, but playing a lineup of Eveyln/Till/Pemsl/CJ/JoeT was desperate to say the least. Life on the road I guess. On to Illinois.
