What an Odd Change of Events

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HawkIPA

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Multiple ISU fans have come here and said they could see Iowa making a deep run in the NCAA tourney this year and a lot of Iowa fans are now predicting doom and gloom after last night.

I never thought I would be here agreeing with Clones over a lot of Hawk fans.

Hawk fans are full of derp on this board after last night.
 
I saw a "mature" Iowa team fail to play with poise down the stretch and choke away a game. AGAIN! It will be tough to have a deep run in the tourney if we fail to figure out how to put teams away.
 
Outside of FTs misses they played fine down the stretch. Gesell attacked and got fouled, and Iowa ran their stuff and got a wide open look for McCabe, they executed well. They missed shots- it happens.
 
theboat said:
Here is what changed in my mind.



Now I say 12-6, and 23-8. 5 seed. Major overhaul in my opinion
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Das boat, I didnt say all Hawk fans are losing their minds, just the usual suspects plus a few extra. And the accuracy you showed last year with your predictions make me feel all warm inside in regards to this year.
 
linus19 said:
I saw a "mature" Iowa team fail to play with poise down the stretch and choke away a game. AGAIN! It will be tough to have a deep run in the tourney if we fail to figure out how to put teams away.
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Agreed. What happened last night isn't something new, and is becoming a troubling trend.
 
You act like we should all be happy after last nights loss. I see a lot of disappointment on this board, myself included, but no doom and gloom from the regulars. If the reaction to this loss startles you go check out the football board after they BEAT Northwestern. Losing never brings out the best in fans.
 
ssckelley said:
You act like we should all be happy after last nights loss. I see a lot of disappointment on this board, myself included, but no doom and gloom from the regulars. If the reaction to this loss startles you go check out the football board after they BEAT Northwestern. Losing never brings out the best in fans.
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Im happy with the way Iowa played but not happy they lost.

I know how this board is and know how it was on the football board for the last 16 months.
 
HawkIPA said:
Im happy with the way Iowa played but not happy they lost.

I know how this board is and know how it was on the football board for the last 16 months.
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As well as Iowa play the first 38 minutes of the game they played the final 2 minutes equally as bad. If you're happy with 38 minutes worth of basketball, I don't what else there is to say.
 
I don't think the sky is falling. But the reality is, everyone has so been so optimistic about this season for a couple of reasons. First, we returned everybody from a good NIT team last year. Additional reasons are be related to height and size, and an incredibly deep roster.

There is this assumption among many that all of a sudden Iowa will start winning these games because they're a year older and more mature. That's not too wild of an assumption, because programs experience it all the time. But as of now, I haven't seen anything from Iowa that indicates they will be winning the close ones.

Iowa can score and defend well, but in the second half, when the 8 minutes mark hits, they get tense. I am extremely dissappointed with their ability to close games. In particular, it seems that guys find themselves out of their comfort zones doing things outside of their role on the team. Guys handling the ball that shouldn't be, guys taking shots that aren't in their skill set, etc. This leads to turnovers and bad shots. If they keep losing close games, they're only going to get really good at losing close games. You have to win close games to learn how to win close games. If not, they're going to be the best 25-13 team in the nation, again.

Hopefully this is just an early season occurrence and it will take a few tough losses to get it figured out.
 
I'm not happy with the loss of course, but what I saw was a team playing their very first real road game of the season and playing very well. They took ISU out of their game, rebounded well, hustled, punched back when ISU made runs. They missed some big FTs but that was a total fluke. Iowa will be better come march.
 
linus19 said:
As well as Iowa play the first 38 minutes of the game they played the final 2 minutes equally as bad. If you're happy with 38 minutes worth of basketball, I don't what else there is to say.
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Im sorry, I like to evaluate a basketball game as a whole. Not just break it into parts to fit whatever narrative works for me.

Iowa played very well last night and the Hawks are a very good team.
 
HawkIPA said:
Im sorry, I like to evaluate a basketball game as a whole. Not just break it into parts to fit whatever narrative works for me.

Iowa played very well last night and the Hawks are a very good team.
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That's not how we talk about sports. Mike missed FTs and McCabe missed an open three, which has to mean Iowa is lacking toughness or doesn't know how to win. It can never be a case of good shots not falling. You know that.
 
HawkIPA said:
Multiple ISU fans have come here and said they could see Iowa making a deep run in the NCAA tourney this year and a lot of Iowa fans are now predicting doom and gloom after last night.

I never thought I would be here agreeing with Clones over a lot of Hawk fans.

Hawk fans are full of derp on this board after last night.
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Just after last night? I kid I kid. I was impressed by White last night. Kid can ball.
 
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