Official Late Night Hoops thread

[eyekwah]

USC's 3 pt shooting was unconscious in the first half. Iowa's guards are so small compared to SC's. Iowa can't keep the SC guards out of the lane.

 

[PCHawk]

Still making everything. Frustrating to watch.

 

[HuckFinn]

I said we would go 2-0. I actually meant 1-1. Sorry about the mixup.

 

[wwhawk]

Under 10 for the first time in a long time! 6 to play. Doable, but gotta cool them off!

 

[MILHAWKEYE]

You're telling me there's a chance?

 

[PCHawk]

Quickest foul calls ever on our end.

 

[PCHawk]

Is it just me or do we have only a 50/50 chance to rebound a missed free throw?

 

[wwhawk]

You're telling me there's a chance?

Unfortunately, no.

 

[wwhawk]

Well, at least they didn't give up a hundred points! Ha!
Back to the same ol' same ol' Frannie D.

 

[PCHawk]

Should have probably just kept letting them shoot 3s. Once we focused on taking that away it was layups every time.

 

[eyekwah]

USC shot 10 of 15 from 3, outrebounded Iowa 37 to 20, and had more assist. Yet, won by 10. Iowa won the 2nd half 57 to 50. USC is mostly Seniors and Juniors.

Iowa just couldn't get the lead under 5pts. Great effort, but USC was on fire from 3pt range to ice the game.

 

[wwhawk]

All of USC’s top nine scorers played at a different school last season. Four of them are with their third different school.

USC’s average home attendance is 4,163.

(Copy and paste from Mike Hlas at the CR Gazette)

 

[Hawkfnntn]

USC's 3 pt shooting was unconscious in the first half. Iowa's guards are so small compared to SC's. Iowa can't keep the SC guards out of the lane.

Yeah they bullied Harding around quite a bit.. Can't blame em it's what teams with bigger guards should do. Hell I thought they got the better of Dix too most of the game. Iowa's defense kinda starts and stops with this. If you can't prevent the other teams guards from getting to their spots that just leads to them getting the open looks.

Between that and damn near getting doubled up on the glass I'm impressed Iowa even got back in it towards the end. They didn't quit I'll give em that. They just aren't capable of defending well enough against teams that can shoot. When both Sandforts are on the floor they can't guard/rebound for shit.

 

[InGoodCo]

If Iowa wins more than 1 road win this season, it will be more than I expected. I just don't assume they will win any. I thought they played well and didn't give up last night. They are capable of getting stops, just not enough of them and can't keep up unless they are shooting lights out.

I don't give them much of a shot on Friday either...but I like that they will be out there for a few days before hand. UCLA is coming off some bad losses and are going to be looking to get right, so I don't expect much of struggle.