It's my party and I'll cry if I want to

[bcl20]

I don't really buy this. Arm bars on an offensive player moving toward the basket aren't being allowed at all, for one.

Eh, depends on the game. I've seen many players get away with the arm bar.

 

[glidinghawk]

Eh, depends on the game. I've seen many players get away with the arm bar.

I saw it at least three times last night.

 

[Knight78]

..........and then? Lose because of FT's?

When you shoot 37% from the field you aren't losing because of FTs.

 

[bcl20]

When you shoot 37% from the field you aren't losing because of FTs.

When you make 30 free throws you should absolutely win that game, unless you should, like, 100 or something.

 

[WindsorHawk]

Didn't I hear somewhere that Iowa hasn't won at Champaign in like 20 some years? Even if Illannoy is down I don't think we can expect this team, which has a knack for missing free throws and key players disappearing for long stretches, to win any game.

We haven't lost back to back games all season and this is the not the Illinois of the past.

 

[Xerxes]

If you replay the amount of free throws we got in that game 10 more times, Iowa wins that game 10 times. If they call the game like last night in the tournament, we'll make a run.

Iowa shot 30 of 43, 69.8 %, last night from the line. Their season average during the conference season is 70% so Iowa made the same amount of FTs as they normally would having 43 attempts.

 

[WindsorHawk]

I admit that I got reeled in a bit by the Final Four talk, but I should have known better.

Sure, you have teams like VCU & Butler making the Final Four, so I guess anything can happen in a tournament. But realistically, I'm putting this Final Four garbage out of my mind. I think maybe Sweet 16 is more feasible, barring us being in a region that gets decimated by upsets, etc. and clears the way for us.

I wanted to believe, but last night made me realize that this team isn't what Seth Greenberg has been saying. Gotta win against MSU on your home court, when they are not anywhere close to 100%. The OSU game.. Still a good win, but not what everyone thought it was at the time when OSU was #3 (very overrated).

I am not down on this team - make no mistake. I still think they are good. But it's time for me to come back to reality.

The NCAA Tournament is all about getting hot at the right time. We can make a run as can a number of other teams. I don't want to be losing games. However, I also don't want to peak in January. Hopefully, we will peak in mid March and go on a run. Ohio State has 1 home loss this year. Only when someone else wins at Ohio State does that win lose luster in my eyes.

 

[WindsorHawk]

It is amazing that even after a gut punch loss like last night, we still project ahead thinking about all the wins that we are going to have. There is no team on the schedule that can't beat us.

If you prefer to project out all of our losses go ahead. Knock yourself out. That's not my approach to life. However, I will play along and project our remaining losses...at Michigan State. Done.

 

[bcl20]

Iowa shot 30 of 43, 69.8 %, last night from the line. Their season average during the conference season is 70% so Iowa made the same amount of FTs as they normally would having 43 attempts.

Right, but the odds of going so long without a field goal are very, very low and those 30 free throws would typically be way more than enough to win on a normal shooting night. Granted, Michigan State defense and the fact that we were shooting free throws instead of field goals played a factor into the field goal less stretch but still, it's pretty fluky.