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The problem I have is that nothing has changed. We go into a venue that is incredibly tough to play against a top 10 team and then put up a performance like that one. I'm not worried about going on a skid or collapsing so its not a matter of stepping away from the cliff, but there is seriously something to be said when that is the best effort we can come up with defensively against a team as good as Wisconsin. Its not the loss that bothers me its how poorly we looked during the blowout.
 
PCHawk said:
Good example. They also beat us at their place. It's amazing how different 2 teams can play each other a couple weeks apart.

People hate that we lost by 30 but losing to them by 30 is about the same as getting beat by one of the bottom teams in the conference. More than likely these things will happen at least a few times during the course of a season. When one team plays better than their norm on the same night the other team plays worse than their norm, the final score isn't indictive of where the teams truely stand.
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The selection committee will not classify the Iowa loss at Wisconsin as a bad loss when they go through their machinations in March, despite the score margin.
 
This should be easy for the players to flush, just one of those things that happen in college BB. Easier to flush this than losing in the last seconds.

Iowa really needs to beat Purdue. It is tough winning on the road, but this is a game that Iowa needs to take on the road.
 
kicker22 said:
The problem I have is that nothing has changed. We go into a venue that is incredibly tough to play against a top 10 team and then put up a performance like that one. I'm not worried about going on a skid or collapsing so its not a matter of stepping away from the cliff, but there is seriously something to be said when that is the best effort we can come up with defensively against a team as good as Wisconsin. Its not the loss that bothers me its how poorly we looked during the blowout.
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What do you mean nothing has changed? We beat OSU at their place twice in a row. We have played Wisconsin extreamly tough there the last few times we've played them. It's not like we lose by 30 every time we play a good team.

This wasn't the best defensive effort we could come up with. It just happens to be the one we came with that particular time. If we played there next week we could just as easily lose by 5. We ran into a buzz saw last night. Just like Michigan ran into one in IC last year.

What happened last night probably won't even change what the spread will be when we play them next Saturday because Vegas knows that what happened has absolutely no bearing on what will happen next time.
 
BryceC said:
The only way the Wisconsin game yesterday is a big deal is if the Hawks let it effect them and lose at Purdue. Win in West Layfayette and the Hawks are still right on track.

Kansas lost by 25 at Temple this year. Last year ISU had WVU hang a hundred on them on the road and ended up a 3 seed. This stuff happens.
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This is pretty much what I was going to post. It's 1 game.
 
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Eyedoctim said:
I don't think it is because they are a top 10 team, our a Final Four contender, or that it was on their home floor that matters. I expected it to be a difficult scenario for the Hawks to pull off a win, and would have taken a 5-10 point loss without much thought. I think the "climbing off the ledge" is because they got blown out of the gymnasium. 30+ points for crying out loud.
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I understand your point but my thinking is a bit different. If we play as bad as we did last night in any of our 9 B1G road games we lose IMO...so I'm glad it was at Wisconsin. If Wisconsin plays as well as they did last night against anyone in the B1G they win IMO...so we lose even if we play well.

I prefer to get it all out of the way and go forward feeling confident we won't play that poorly the rest of the season...partially because we won't play a team that good the rest of the season other than the next WI game but it's in Carver. I always thought WI would sweep us. And most on here know Wisconsin is likely to win the B1G. My realistic goal is a top 4 finish.
 
clicheusername3 said:
30 point beat down here comes Mr. Positivity.
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If the NCAA Selection Committee uses RPI as many here have said, how much we lose by is not important. Doesn't matter if we lose by 3 or lose by 30. From Wikipedia:

RPI = (WP * 0.25) + (OWP * 0.50) + (OOWP * 0.25)

where WP is Winning Percentage, OWP is Opponents' Winning Percentage and OOWP is Opponents' Opponents' Winning Percentage.
 
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