***IOWA vs. MINNESOTA*** Official Game Thread

[hawkforlife9]

Our lack of D will probably make ESPN highlight reel...

 

[McNutt7gets6]

I feel good about this one - we should be down 20 plus right now but we're right there. We knocked their teeth out in IC in the 2nd half - we're in good shape here.

 

[Omaherky]

Not much you can do when they're that hot from the 3....Iowa has to be patient, get the ball inside, and get to the line....oh ya, defend the 3....

They need to play man D and Crash the boards.

 

[HawkPrdatr40]

I feel good about this one - we should be down 20 plus right now but we're right there. We knocked their teeth out in IC in the 2nd half - we're in good shape here.

I disagree... Actually IMO Iowa should be up 20 points.

 

[Bigtenchamp]

2nd game in a row where we play no defense in the first half...

 

[hawkforlife9]

Hard to win COY with that defensive display

 

[WaterboyHawkeye]

I've always wished we'd play a 3-2 for situations like this. I would also love a 1-3-1 with White on top with Uthoff in the middle and Gabe on the bottom. Very long and athletic defense there.

 

[Jjgoiowa11]

What is the point of our half court 'press?' I think it does more harm than good

 

[StatelineHawk]

Minnesota scored 48 points their last game. That was for the game, not one half.

 

[mojohawk]

You are mentally weak for saying this. When your competition is 80 plus % from 3 you are gonna have your hands full.

You're right. They don't have a track record of building an then blowing leads. They don't have a track record of getting upset about what a fan says to them. I think it starts at the top. Fran calling out the fan on the call in show reflects on his character and this has filtered down to the team.

 

[Jjgoiowa11]

Jim Jackson has a bucket head. Look at the size of that mug

 

[patmyne]

I don't get the bad defense argument. You want teams to settle for shooting three point shots. Hats off to a bad shooting team hitting them. Let them keep trying. They ain't hitting 9 more or better than 40% this half. We are fine...

 

[tm3308]

I disagree... Actually IMO Iowa should be up 20 points.

Wow. Give me a call the next time you see a team losing by 20 that's hit 9-11 from behind the arc.

 

[glidinghawk]

Minnesota has committed 12 fouls. Need to get that third called on Austin Hollins early in the second half. Dude has not missed one shot and has 18 fricking points.

BTW, Olaseni has been pretty much invisible.

 

[Omaherky]

Stat: Iowa has lost one game this year when hitting 4 or more 3's in a game. Only exception was Villanova.

 

[ssckelley]

Neither Woodbury or Olaseni are in foul trouble, with Basabe out why not try them both at the same time?

 

[uihawk82]

nice play all around by gesell

 

[Stanzi]

Un ******* believable. They can't miss. This is getting stupid.

 

[HawkeyeShane]

Second verse same as the first...

 

[uihawk82]

stop the ball earlier