Lost in a typical Iowa State big moment fashion. Good year and lots to look forward to next year. Can't overcome playing that bad in the first 8 minutes offensively. Excited for the future of the program!
You are probably right, I’m just thinking about how things go a lot of times for teams we lose to in the tournament.I doubt that. UConn is repeating barring some major turn of events.
Illinois is above and beyond better offensively than we saw all yearIllinois was a waaaaaaay better passing team than we've faced. They move the ball much more like an NBA team. I credit them for that. The same double team that worked all year didn't work on them and burned us. I think we did adjust and that's why it was a tight game.
Nobody should be shocked the #1 offense is better passing the ball than what we're used to. Just like Illinois fans shouldn't be shocked they only scored 72 instead of their typical 90.
Maybe you haven't seen tj keep faith in his players even through bad times. Its what has made players (Gilbert, Milan earlier, Jaz lastbyear) able to get through their slumps.Maybe you didn’t notice the 8 or so minute stretch where ISU was really selective on the doubles and even played zone.
Maybe defensively, but their big owned us offensivelyBig Rob owned their one big man, tho.
I want that stretch with Shannon out.
3 possessions was it.
A whole lot of lazy comments flying around in this thread.Were we undersized: Yes
Did we miss some bunnies: Yes
Did you ever see them quit: No
Really!?!? No ****. But we’ve been to 4 Sweet 16s in the past decade and can’t get over the hump.
We struggled to rebound against Illinois. UConn would have murdered us on the boards.
Yep. They had the perfect game plan and their passing was great. The amount of possessions they had where the would move the ball quickly without dribbling was incredible. They were clearly the more skilled team offensively.Illinois was a waaaaaaay better passing team than we've faced. They move the ball much more like an NBA team. I credit them for that. The same double team that worked all year didn't work on them and burned us. I think we did adjust and that's why it was a tight game.
Nobody should be shocked the #1 offense is better passing the ball than what we're used to. Just like Illinois fans shouldn't be shocked they only scored 72 instead of their typical 90.
Honestly our bigs are very average and that’s what killed us the most imo
Overall we had a great season, finished second during the regular season and won the conference tournament.
To win and advance from here on out we were going to have to shoot the ball at a high clip, and we could not buy a basket most of the first half. Illinois size bothered us and forced us to over think, and we blew plenty of easy baskets that would have been the difference.
Seem like we really played very tight the first half, while Illinois came out very lose and got the ball to Shannon who just killed us. I thought on this run, we would go as far as Milan would take us, he was the wildcard, and tonight he was crap. He is one of those players that needs to hit a couple of shots early in the game and get it going, he couldn't do that tonight.
We also did a horrible job rebounding their misses and given them 2nd and 3rd chances after we would play solid defense for most of the 30 seconds.
ISU should be better next season, Illinois loses everyone worth a damn. Keep your head up and keep moving forward.
A whole lot of lazy comments flying around in this thread.
You win the stupidest post award! Congratulations!!IMO any NIL player receiving money should have some expectations. We had at least one starter tonight that clearly didn't perform.
Gilbert's ties it with all the momentum. Very unfortunate but I love this team. Now we sit back and see who leaves and the coaches prepare for next year.
Give it the one hour rule. One hour to be bummed and then life is too precious to be down after that amount of time.Sports are dumb. I hate that I get this emotionally invested in something I have no control over.
Tough game for Mon but I didn’t see a single set play to try to get the guy an open look at a 3. I put that on TJIf you're talking about cutting a freshman that could very well be a draft pick in a year or two you're crazy.