STILLBUSTER
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Glad to see a game that's in hand enough for the deep bench to earn the scholarship. But this is pretty hard on the basketball eyes. Ooof!
The belated Hawkeye vs Huskie Addison O'Grady Thread
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judzeehawk
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Washington leaving all their starters in is bush league. Hope it makes them feel great!
thedukeofearl
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There goes our 30 point lead
January has been a brutal month for Hawkeye fans
Perhaps this game is the turning point for the Hawk Women
I know the ladies needed this and hope it is a much needed reset. But I needed it too! Been a VERY rough January for Iowa basketball ...
Between men and women, 3-9 for January
January has been a brutal month for Hawkeye fans
Perhaps this game is the turning point for the Hawk Women
thedukeofearl
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thedukeofearl
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Hawks won the rebounding: 32-16
Won the FG percentage: 71-38.3
We did have more TOs: 23-14
Won the FG percentage: 71-38.3
We did have more TOs: 23-14
thedukeofearl
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Lotta Smiles on Hawkeye faces
Well deserved
Fun game to watch
Well deserved
Fun game to watch
STILLBUSTER
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I'd like to hope so but it's 4 games too late. These last 4 losses were to teams they should've beat and destroyed their NCAA chances.
While they may play better / competent ball, with the upcoming brutal schedule, they have to play almost perfect in every game.
I only see 3 more wins -
Home vs NwU, Rutgers, Wisc
The rest are all against ranked teams + a likely road loss at Neb.
STILLBUSTER
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I hope Jan harps on that message for the rest of the season ... How any ONE of all those turnovers, all those missed free throws, all those out-hustled rebounds were the difference between finishing as a solid 20-9 NCAA team and an underachieving 16-13.
No purple ribbons ladies. Remember it freshmen as you have a chance for a very special next 4 years.
If not for all those TOs Iowa puts up 100 plus running away. My gosh that's such a problem to have to overcome. They did it tonight because of those other two stats you rattled off. But when that FG % slides down to a more normal 45ish% or less as a team all those TOs become tougher to overcome.
It wasn't personal Washington but you ran into a buzz saw. I found it interesting that Washington waited till pretty late in the game to start pressing full court. I kinda thought TN gave everyone the blue print on how to beat us and that's to do that as much as possible. Now not every team is capable of doing it as TN is but to wait till your down 30 plus to start doing it is just odd... Then to keep many of your starters out there to do it against Iowas bench was even odder the later it got.
I'm not going to pretend to be a womens basketball historian and my ignorance to it is what it is. But the coaches in the womens game do some weird stuff I'm not used to seeing the more I watch. How Washington handled that game was just illogical to me and I'm not sure if it was intentional or what.
I watched the Purdue USC game before ours cause I just turned Peacock on that early and USC got a monster lead in it of 30-40 pts and guess who played most of the 2nd half and 4th q and wasn't taken out till the last 2 mins? They had JuJu in there with 4 backups trying to pad her stats is how I looked at it. And even doing that she still only ended up with 16 pts on 6/16 shooting. Earlier in that game their 2nd best player left with a leg injury. You'd think with JuJu you wouldn't leave her in like that risking an injury. I don't remember Bluder having done that with Clark. Please correct me if I'm wrong
I didn't get to watch last night, but the Nebraska game was awful, as was the Maryland game. I did not think either game blatantly favored one team or the other, but the refs were not up to the moment.
In the Maryland game, officials got railroaded by Friese (who complains every trip down the court; Jensen eventually started matching this energy because it was clearly working), tried to compensate for terrible misses with equally terrible makeup calls, and generally were overmatched.
In the Nebraska game, everything was just too fast for the refs. They made some of the most God-awful calls I have ever seen because they anticipated and called what they THOUGHT was going to happen, as opposed to actually watching the action and responding accordingly. The phantom travel call on Olson (which negated an and-1 opportunity) was one of the worst I have ever seen, live. But it was maybe outdone by the charge (against Markowski, drawn by Fuerbach) at the end of regulation.
I always have to remind myself that officiating is incredibly difficult, and I certainly couldn't do it, and I wouldn't want to. But when you see refs do it well, you know it can be done, and you want every crew to be able to perform at that level.
Yikes, that is a tough road ahead. I give them fair-to-middlin' chances on the road at Minny and Nebbie, but they will have to be really sharp.
Of the rest, I almost think the CC-retirement game vs. USC is their best chance...Clark's last bit of Hawkeye magic before she moves on for good! That crowd will be electric, and if they can just catch a hot start, it could really carry them.
Bluder was always one to let her stars get their stats. If they were blowing someone out, the bench would get plenty of run, but the starters would still start each quarter. There were many a game we won by 30+ where Clark was in for the first few minutes of the 4th. She maybe only had 25-30 minutes total, instead of her usual 35-40, but she was out there enough to get her stats.
Staley from S. Carolina is different...if they are up big, her bench takes the whole 2nd half, her starters are done for the game.
I am okay with starters getting to play...that is what they want to do, and they have earned that right. As long as the bench gets plenty of run in those situations, and you are smart (e.g. taking your stars out if the other team is clearly taking cheap shots), I see no harm. That approach also helps with counting stats, which is part of the reason Iowa has 6 of the last 7 B1G players of the year (and 3 of the last 6 National Players of the Year). And sure, more minutes means more chance for injuries, but I don't think you can coach with that in mind. A kid can get injured in practice, or walking down the stairs. These are elite athletes, not delicate flowers, and they need minutes to become the best they can be.
We think a little differently then. Cause in what ended up a 42 point blow out if I have the star of all stars I'm not playing JuJu 36 mins against Purdue I'm just not. Especially when as I'd mentioned they'd already lost their 2nd best player earlier to injury. The other starters besides Kiki who left early played 25, 25 and 26 mins which makes sense. I don't think that's nuts. USC outscored Purdue 31-2 in the 2nd q... Needless to say it was over at half.
I don't root for injuries to kids for obvious reasons but that coach of theres and others that do it are playing with fire. And she can't be like I left her in for the crowd or whatever cause unlike when Clark played there it wasn't even close to being sold out. Lots of empty seats.
What's JuJu get out of playing in that game with 4 other backup teammates against Purdues scrubs for a quarter? I'm pretty sure she played about 8 mins of the 4th. It turns into YMCA pickup sloppiness and I just wouldn't do what their coach did. Besides the less wear and tear on her legs going down the stretch should be what they all want.
thedukeofearl
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Yeah, I believe it was the Rutgers game, JuJu played 30 minutes in a bloody slaughter
Waiting until there were 2 minutes in the Purdue game is disgraceful
One would think the media would mention this
Sportsmanship apparently long gone
