Don't get too excited about the first win

**Chizit** · 11-14-2009, 09:08 AM

IdaHO state finished 3rd in their confrenece last year, returning 4 starters from their team.... SO THEY SUCK????

**clonecard** · 11-14-2009, 09:08 AM

nice job. the day is young and you already win the dumbest thread of the day award. nothing like extracting a meaningless negative from a good positive

**Knownothing** · 11-14-2009, 09:09 AM

way to look at a 20 point blowout in a negative fashion.

**CycloneErik** · 11-14-2009, 09:10 AM

Originally Posted by Chizit

IdaHO state finished 3rd in their confrenece last year, returning 4 starters from their team.... SO THEY SUCK????

And 8 or 9 seniors overall. They weren't going to be surprised by anything they saw, our guys were likely to come out flat with the announcement, and still got a nice win. Just earned a win straight-up against a team that believed they had a shot.

And a half-full Hilton started to roar last night. Those tickets that are sold are going to start being used, and that place will go crazy!!

**clonedude** · 11-14-2009, 09:16 AM

Originally Posted by Chizit

IdaHO state finished 3rd in their confrenece last year, returning 4 starters from their team.... SO THEY SUCK????

I'm telling you... Idaho State is not a bad basketball team by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, their starting five is probably more athletic and better than Iowa's IMO. 3 of their players were very talented and athletic guys. I was very impressed with them.

Their problem was lack of depth. ISU wore them down with all our substitutions and aggressive defense. But we would have struggled mightily the last few years at beating this Idaho State team. It was a very good win, but there were still a lot of areas of improvement that GMac can yell at them for. Way too many bad passes and turnovers for one. But it was a good win against a pretty good team IMO.

**Chizit** · 11-14-2009, 09:16 AM

Originally Posted by CycloneErik

And 8 or 9 seniors overall. They weren't going to be surprised by anything they saw, our guys were likely to come out flat with the announcement, and still got a nice win. Just earned a win straight-up against a team that believed they had a shot.

And a half-full Hilton started to roar last night. Those tickets that are sold are going to start being used, and that place will go crazy!!

Yup... after the Gilstrap three that put them up by 17 the place went crazy. Very fun night being back in Hilton.

**CycloneErik** · 11-14-2009, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by Chizit

Yup... after the Gilstrap three that put them up by 17 the place went crazy. Very fun night being back in Hilton.

That said, let's not get carried away and enjoy ourselves. At some point this year, we'll lose a game, and we don't want to deal with being disappointed. Just expect to lose them all, and everything will be OK.

Expect to lose today, and we won't mind if we don't go to a bowl game.

**Chizit** · 11-14-2009, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by clonedude

I'm telling you... Idaho State is not a bad basketball team by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, their starting five is probably more athletic and better than Iowa's IMO. 3 of their players were very talented and athletic guys. I was very impressed with them.

Their problem was lack of depth. ISU wore them down with all our substitutions and aggressive defense. But we would have struggled mightily the last few years at beating this Idaho State team. It was a very good win, but there were still a lot of areas of improvement that GMac can yell at them for. Way too many bad passes and turnovers for one. But it was a good win against a pretty good team IMO.

They had 2 or 3 players that would start on a lot of teams. I'm almost positive that last year we would've lost to them, which is something I'm looking forward to this year. I won't have to worry about losing to scrub teams.

**Oldgeezer** · 11-14-2009, 09:24 AM

This Idaho State team would have beat the team we put on the floor for the first game last year. When you get up by 30 soon after the second half starts it is hard to maintain the defensive intensity. Idaho State was good enough to take advantage. I thought it was more of a Tom Penders effort during the last 10-12 minutes. " Let them shoot so we can get the ball back."
Did anyone else think Christopherson was the second best Cyclone on the floor? (after Brackins)

**CycloneErik** · 11-14-2009, 09:26 AM

Originally Posted by Oldgeezer

This Idaho State team would have beat the team we put on the floor for the first game last year. When you get up by 30 soon after the second half starts it is hard to maintain the defensive intensity. Idaho State was good enough to take advantage. I thought it was more of a Tom Penders effort during the last 10-12 minutes. " Let them shoot so we can get the ball back."
Did anyone else think Christopherson was the second best Cyclone on the floor? (after Brackins)

He was very good. I suffer from Dendy-mania, so I kind of have blinders on in that regard.

**ISUChippewa** · 11-14-2009, 09:30 AM

The only thing this post proves to me is that the OP is one of those people who is at his happiest when he is most miserable and he is ecstatic when he can bring others to wallow in misery with him.

**Gnomeborg** · 11-14-2009, 09:35 AM

we finished the game (the last 5+ minutes) with Buckley, Boozer, Dorr, Pomlee, and JVB

Yeah, we had the game in hand and decided to rest everyone else.

**CycloneErik** · 11-14-2009, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by Gnomeborg

we finished the game (the last 5+ minutes) with Buckley, Boozer, Dorr, Pomlee, and JVB

Yeah, we had the game in hand and decided to rest everyone else.

Colvin played the last 3. JVB was only playing 2 minutes at a stretch last night.

Still, it was the only lineup we had that wasn't full of scoring threats, and still scored some points.

**jsb** · 11-14-2009, 09:37 AM

We started off slow in the game. I'd like to believe it was a let down because Barnes disappointed our players and it was a let down (of course they probably wanted him to go to NC). Then in the 2nd half we played a lineup for the last 5 minutes or so that wasn't much on scoring. I think if our main 8 players had played most of the time, we would have won by at least 30.

**CycloneErik** · 11-14-2009, 09:39 AM

Originally Posted by jsb

We started off slow in the game. I'd like to believe it was a let down because Barnes disappointed our players and it was a let down (of course they probably wanted him to go to NC). Then in the 2nd half we played a lineup for the last 5 minutes or so that wasn't much on scoring. I think if our main 8 players had played most of the time, we would have won by at least 30.

Exactly. I would've said 40, but it's the same idea. We won convincingly, and weren't in real danger. Good win.