***OFFICIAL Iowa vs Baylor NIT Championship game thread***
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BasketballMan
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Our warts were exposed tonight. It's as simple as that. Thankyou Eric May. You are a class act and will be missed.
1hawkeye1
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Neither am I tonight.
I can't argue with that, it was a big part of it. And a fair amount of soft play by the bigs. Way too many little fade aways from Woody, Besabi, and GO. Look at how the Baylor bigs attacked the basket, that's what our guys have got to start doing. And if they keep shooting poorly, they are not going to be breaking through to the next level.
Well, he's a gamer, but I don't know if he's got the hops like those guys. He was really ****** when VHS lost to Roosevelt, he slammed a table. I hope he brings that drive and it rubs off on the softies we have for bigs.
Nope.
STILLBUSTER
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There ya go; fixed it.
The cool aide drinking Tavern Hawks that never darkened a doorway in a classroom in Iowa City seem to think that criticism is not allowed. If you can't look at yourself or your team and honestly assess what needs to be improved upon, that makes one more of a clone. I get angry when I know they could have done better.
jacknicholson
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He appears to be reluctant to do so, Linus.....
I thought his hook shot would compensate......
jacknicholson
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Player of the game: Eric May for his aggressive play at the end of the game.....
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DDThompson
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The problems of the season were on display in this final game. Stating the obvious here about the Hawks:
Shooting. Quite a number of open looks that rimmed in-out. And our bigs can't take a step 4 feet from the basket and flush it.
Stupid turnovers. Especially dribbling into trouble and having the ball stripped.
We have players with rock hands, a few with weak hands, and a few with both.
A young team is going to take two steps forward and one step back.
Stating the obvious about the tv team.
Raftery and Knight were just plain bad.
1. The story about West Point/Raftery/Knight was boring the first time. I didn't need to hear it sixteen more times.
2. I would have liked commentary on this game; not games from Knight's ancient history.
I finally muted it.
Stating the about Fran:
1. He shortened his bench in the post-season (a concern by a few noisy crowd)
2. I like how he switches the defenses.
3. I like his fire whether it's getting after referees or players that aren't doing their job.
About the referees:
Was Baylor also showing their soccer prowess? Two kicked balls not called. Poor job there. Otherwise, not a bad job.
*****
I like this team. I like this coaching staff.
I disagree with Jon that this was a "great" season. NIT and "great" season is oxymoronic.
It wasn't great, but it was a good season.
Shooting. Quite a number of open looks that rimmed in-out. And our bigs can't take a step 4 feet from the basket and flush it.
Stupid turnovers. Especially dribbling into trouble and having the ball stripped.
We have players with rock hands, a few with weak hands, and a few with both.
A young team is going to take two steps forward and one step back.
Stating the obvious about the tv team.
Raftery and Knight were just plain bad.
1. The story about West Point/Raftery/Knight was boring the first time. I didn't need to hear it sixteen more times.
2. I would have liked commentary on this game; not games from Knight's ancient history.
I finally muted it.
Stating the about Fran:
1. He shortened his bench in the post-season (a concern by a few noisy crowd)
2. I like how he switches the defenses.
3. I like his fire whether it's getting after referees or players that aren't doing their job.
About the referees:
Was Baylor also showing their soccer prowess? Two kicked balls not called. Poor job there. Otherwise, not a bad job.
*****
I like this team. I like this coaching staff.
I disagree with Jon that this was a "great" season. NIT and "great" season is oxymoronic.
It wasn't great, but it was a good season.
bcl20
Well-Known Member
Pretty much every team plays like **** at points in the season. We've played like ****, what, 3 times this year? Tonight was one of those nights. Too me, it's nothing to get too upset with and considering we know what the weaknesses of the team are and we know they will be addressed I don't really care about tonight's game honestly. It really means nothing in the long run.
Hawkfromnorwalk
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I was bowling league last night and was stuck on a set of lanes that didn't have a TV near them. Guess that was a good thing. Can't believe they pee'd it down their legs so bad.
tweeterhawk
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If you have a chance to watch a replay, spare yourself -- DON'T. It was brutal.
