Just watched the Duke vs Mich St game

[tm3308]

I'm not going to claim Iowa's going to start knocking off heavyweights, but I also think the Hawks are improving and anything can happen on a given night...besides, if Lick's version could beat...anyone at all...then this version's gotta have a chance! RIGHT!?!? Right???

So you're telling me there's a chance?

 

[gohawkz]

Say what you want about Lick (I'll agree with most) but his system had the ability to keep the games relatively close when the other team had Iowa outclassed in talent by wide margins (like they do). If Iowa goes out and tries to run and gun against the elite B10 teams blow outs are imminent.

Certainly not last year. Possibly because the team had given up but there were games that were over after the first few minutes.

 

[SheagleHawk]

Certainly not last year. Possibly because the team had given up but there were games that were over after the first few minutes.

Agreed. There were a couple of games where we were down 20+ in the first 10 minutes.

 

[sioux34]

That's fine, but the running and gunning could turn the other way too.

I am playing the odds on this one and betting this case does not turn out the other way. I like a team getting up and down the floor as much as the next guy, but you have to know when to pull back on the reins a little too.

That was one of my gripes about Dr Toms teams. When a team is ripping your full court press for layup after layup, it may be time to try something else.

 

[storminspank]

I am playing the odds on this one and betting this case does not turn out the other way. I like a team getting up and down the floor as much as the next guy, but you have to know when to pull back on the reins a little too.

That was one of my gripes about Dr Toms teams. When a team is ripping your full court press for layup after layup, it may be time to try something else.

You would win this bet more times than lose it, that's for sure.

 

[sportstalent]

Iowa has to defend the 3-ball agains Michigan to win, that is something they haven't shown the ability to do, get your hands up at least.
PSU, Indiana are the two teams Iowa can beat, will they, we will see. Northwestern doesn't really defend and Wisconsin can't score, so those are home games I like Iowa to compete in. Yes, we lost to WF, but I see that as a positive, this young team lost a huge lead, lessons learned: Iowa isn't good enough to relax against anyone, I would have thought that they learned this after SDSU, but sometimes it takes a couple times for kids to get the message.

 

[kuhntz]

If we go balls out with sparty, we won't lose by 25+, we will lose by 40+.

Won't we lose by 25+ if we lose by 40+?

 

[bws258]

Knowing MSU's history of improving so much throughout a season, here was my thought after watching the game ... "If MSU is THAT good ALREADY, wow ... they are going to run away with the Big Ten"