My first BB thread-start Spoiler Alert!

[thedukeofearl]

Too much Smith

Needed to stick tight on him

He is really good

 

[trj]

Look, he ain't going pro. I'm sure he made more than Morehead St.

Fair. A solid point guard, giving you 15-20 minutes a game…it does feel like his skill set could have been better served elsewhere.

 

[thedukeofearl]

Alas, entertaining game

But we ran out of gas

 

[PCHawk]

The stretch where they made five 3s in a row killed us.

 

[HuckFinn]

Was at the game. Those kids left it all out there tonight. Duke is right. They were exhausted.

 

[InGoodCo]

Team plays hard, good kids and pieces, way short on bodies, depth and height to be competitive in this league.

I am ready for the next chapter of Iowa basketball.

 

[Hawkfnntn]

Well we put up a fight. Nice to see Dix and Sandfort play as well as they did. We we're just undermanned against a team like that especially without Freeman. Offensively when we are on we can put points on the board. Yet sometimes we are our own worst enemy with capable FT shooters missing shots and our shot selection being bad.

Defensively we did pretty well for stretches I thought Mulvey really outplayed any expectations I had for him cause I just didn't have any. He didn't seem to have any mental mistakes out there he caused a few TOs on Smith and frustrated them with his length and ability to move his feet. So take that as a bright spot.

Purdue is solid. Stud PG stud center and role players that can go get offensive rebounds. That's all it takes to beat us even when we play relatively well offensively. We aren't good enough to overcome our deficiencies against good teams. I say Purdue is solid yet they only had like 6 pts from their bench. But that starting 5 is dang good and play well together

 

[NCHawker]

I didn't even know they had a game. Ah detachment feels great.