I knew we were going to win the moment I saw Rocky Balboa on the court.
Here it isMiss that. Somebody also asked me about a Saved by the Bell spoof. Missed that, too.
At times it was pretty good sure. But there was a significant stretch there. (mostly at same time we got hot too) that our D gave up multiple easy looks in a row and Fran lit em up for it at the next dead ball. It's a bit nit picking for sure but the two prior games where we gave up less than 65 points each seemed like noticeably better overall efforts to me. Again if our O is playing like that and we put up over 90 pts it don't matter regardlessYeah...I wouldn't say we embarrassed them. I mean, come on, we were 14 of 17 from three at one point. You don't expect that to happen to you and they still hung around for a long time. They defend. I watched them earlier this year against Gonzaga and they gave them fits. Give Iowa credit...they were patient and didn't get speeded up with Illinois' pressure and constant denying of everything.
I will also say that Illinois had a bunch of crazy shots go in. I mean the one kid threw two three pointers that were line drives that hit the front of the rim and somehow bounded over to go through. They made a lot of tough, tough shots late in the clock.
I would disagree with a few posters, our defense was as good as it's been all year yesterday IMO.
Yeah...I wouldn't say we embarrassed them. I mean, come on, we were 14 of 17 from three at one point. You don't expect that to happen to you and they still hung around for a long time. They defend. I watched them earlier this year against Gonzaga and they gave them fits. Give Iowa credit...they were patient and didn't get speeded up with Illinois' pressure and constant denying of everything.
I will also say that Illinois had a bunch of crazy shots go in. I mean the one kid threw two three pointers that were line drives that hit the front of the rim and somehow bounded over to go through. They made a lot of tough, tough shots late in the clock.
I would disagree with a few posters, our defense was as good as it's been all year yesterday IMO.
We used our bigs to stop middle drives by their guards. Great game plan by the coaches on a direct hedge. D was tough except for a couple lapses when Hawks broke it open. Team heard about it during the TV timeout too.The swarming Hawks played solid D against Illinois
The half-court trap worked well, once again taking valuable time off the clock
As far as D is concerned there are no shutouts in basketball, One would have to go to Guiness to find one which probably would be at least a century ago.....
Yeah...I wouldn't say we embarrassed them. I mean, come on, we were 14 of 17 from three at one point. You don't expect that to happen to you and they still hung around for a long time. They defend. I watched them earlier this year against Gonzaga and they gave them fits. Give Iowa credit...they were patient and didn't get speeded up with Illinois' pressure and constant denying of everything.
I will also say that Illinois had a bunch of crazy shots go in. I mean the one kid threw two three pointers that were line drives that hit the front of the rim and somehow bounded over to go through. They made a lot of tough, tough shots late in the clock.
I would disagree with a few posters, our defense was as good as it's been all year yesterday IMO.
It was called "Saved By The Buzzer" and was on the main board suspended above the court.Miss that. Somebody also asked me about a Saved by the Bell spoof. Missed that, too.
It was called "Saved By The Buzzer" and was on the main board suspended above the court.
It was called "Saved By The Buzzer" and was on the main board suspended above the court.