***Official Iowa State vs. West Virginia Gameday Thread ***

[cmjh10]

I had such a frickin headache at the end of the game, thought my head as gonna splode.

On a more serious note, that was a game we should have run away with and should have lost all at the same time. Everybody be happy we walked away with a win and move on to the next game. This will only help the team down the line.

[TurbulentEddie]

So? After they prove to be hot, you start defending them from way beyond the line.

In a close game at the end of the game, defense should have tightened. But WVU shot under 30% coming in to the game (totally cool with not fouling them, as such). "Hot hand" doesn't really matter, it was a lot of luck on their side.

[cyatheart]

People are acting like WV is the worst team in the country. They aren't THAT bad. They don't shoot well, but they are going to play a lot of close games, probably lose a lot of them just like this. Good win, learn from it and move on. Gotta reel off a few more here.

[swarthmoreCY]

In a close game at the end of the game, defense should have tightened. But WVU shot under 30% coming in to the game (totally cool with not fouling them, as such). "Hot hand" doesn't really matter, it was a lot of luck on their side.

Disagree. They came back from 18 down on "lucky" shooting. Okay, I disagree, but sure, you cannot expect the team to be ready to defend deep threes on a previously poor shooting team when there is that much time left. However the main issue is that we then got the lead back up to 8 with 1:50 to play, and then they hit 3 more 3Ps to tie it. At that point you better consider any team a hot shooting team and defend the hell out of the three point line, let alone a team that just hit 6 out of 9.