Boise State is 62 in Kenpom and were missing their best player and leading scorer/rebounder that game with a concussion. Boise State still nearly won the game, and would have if they had their best player.
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Boise State is 62 in Kenpom and were missing their best player and leading scorer/rebounder that game with a concussion. Boise State still nearly won the game, and would have if they had their best player.
1977Hawkeye
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Maybe if we put Iowa and ISU's rosters together we'd have something..
theboat
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ISU was missing key players that game. I don’t think they are that good, probably NIT level, but I don’t know that I would pick Iowa to beat DMACC right now.
The Milwaukee game was a disaster, but since then they have switched Weiler-Babb to PG which has been a resounding success, got Lard back from suspension who is probably one of the 4 best players on the team, and added Brase from injury who is a leadership cog and helps stretch the floor. ISU is still probably the 8th or 9th best team in the Big 12 but they don't even resemble the team that played Milwaukee.
Yeah looking back, you guys sure had some talent on those teams. Reminds me a little bit of some of the McDermott years at ISU, he had some NBAers and couldn't do much with them.
Yeah sadly it was only a couple years ago we had a ranked matchup and some great games were played. Long season though, it'll be interested to see how the teams finish up.
Still, that by no means makes up for an 18 point loss at home to Milwaukee. A Milwaukee team that lost by 14 to D2 school, Concordia University St. Paul. ISU hasn't lost since this game, but they also haven't beaten anybody, and have played bad teams close. Appalacian State, Tulsa, and Boise State all could have been losses and they were trailing Northern Illinois at halftime last night. To say they have things figured out is an overstatement.
No one is saying ISU has it together. However, they're good enough that one or two good stretches can beat these teams. They'll get carved up if they can't play more consistent though. I would add Boise State decent this year. They have a nice win at Oregon on their resume.
You don't make up for bad losses. You move on and improve. ISU has done that. They aren't world beaters but would beat Milwaukee now. Nobody is saying they are a great team. They have a lot to improve on but at least they have made improvement. Some teams haven't.
I never said it made up for anything. I'm saying the team that will play Iowa will be a much different team than the one that played Milwaukee and that's true. Again, I've said it a ton on here, I wouldn't be surprised if Iowa won at all. We all thought ISU was going to win last year too. However Iowa is 0-5 against RPI top 200 teams and it's a game in Hilton. ISU fans should be pissed if they lose on Thursday.
FWIW Boise State was missing their best player against ISU
He played part of the game and went down, so your statement is partially true.
He played 8 minutes... I know we're just arguing semantics but i'd hardly quantify 1/5 of the game as 'part of the game'
ShockHawk22
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Level headed, realistic thinking posts like this make hate Iowa State much harder.....
deanvogs
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ShockHawk22
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Agreed. Just some playful joking
Technically playing 1 second is still part of the game.
Obviously, he wasn't a huge factor in the game, but still played in it. ISU can't control who is able to play or not play for Boise St. I'll still take the win and it'll still help their SOS/RPI.
