Rough one last night but a hell of a season.....this isn't a one season wonder, TJ will have us back.
Not necessarily. Look at the ROI Kansas got this year. I doubt Clemson has huge NIL for basketball.Who ever has the most money wins .sad for college sports
It will get worse NCCA has no clueNot necessarily. Look at the ROI Kansas got this year. I doubt Clemson has huge NIL for basketball.
This one isn't even close to the 2000 loss imo. That team had legit national title potential and got screwed on seeding. This team lacked star power and was facing an uphill battle to beat Uconn in Boston.Not sure I’ve felt like this since the MSU loss in 2000
Totally agree. Lazy passes.One of the biggest takeaways for me (that is very uncharacteristic for ISU) is our passing could have been much better. ISU had a few critical passes stolen that they normally don't do. We just were not quite ourselves last night.... and it was just barely enough to lose the game.
A lot of it shows that it's extremely hard to be a complete, well rounded team at Iowa State and will continue to be an iterative process. You can be Top 5 in Offense or Defense and get to the 16 almost exclusively on that. In order to get deeper, you also need to be at least Top 25 or so on the other side of the ball, or Top 25 or so in both.I remember this tweet from Norlander last year, and with Alabama winning and Tennessee having a chance today, we could be the team with the worst record in the Sweet 16. Don't get me wrong, as I would rather be there, but of course we would have the worst record when getting there. We are 1-6 after last night. View attachment 126612
I think we all knew Fizer was going to declare for the draft after 2000, so it felt like a last hurrah. I'm still amazed the 2001 team won the conference and got a 2 seed the next year. I definitely didn't feel that way after the MSU loss. This year, there is legitimate reason to feel we'll be better next year, (I am assuming Tamin, Keshon, CuJo, and Milan all return).This one isn't even close to the 2000 loss imo. That team had legit national title potential and got screwed on seeding. This team lacked star power and was facing an uphill battle to beat Uconn in Boston.
I'm about over last nights loss already, but I'm still not over the 2000 Auburn Hills game.
I think we all knew Fizer was going to declare for the draft after 2000, so it felt like a last hurrah. I'm still amazed the 2001 team won the conference and got a 2 seed the next year. I definitely didn't feel that way after the MSU loss. This year, there is legitimate reason to feel we'll be better next year, (I am assuming Tamin, Keshon, CuJo, and Milan all return).
This one isn't even close to the 2000 loss imo. That team had legit national title potential and got screwed on seeding. This team lacked star power and was facing an uphill battle to beat Uconn in Boston.
I'm about over last nights loss already, but I'm still not over the 2000 Auburn Hills game.
I'd like to add a shooter, but I actually think improved Milan could already be that shooter. He just needs to become higher volume and more aggressive/confident. He could shoot 2x as many 3s and still be in the flow of the offense.
Watson actually shot the 3 at a decent %, it just wasn't part of our game plan.
The three guards could all become more consistent shooting the three...Jones shooting like he can for an entire season. If we replay that holiday tournament with post season C Jones we probably have another undefeated non-conf.
We tried one or two lobs but they were either intercepted or knocked away. I also don't remember us getting any charges, outside of them running through screens, and that is usually good for a couple every game.Thought about this game on the drive this morning. Our D was ok probably overtrapped on D. But we never really got our good offense going. Very little ball rotation and I don't think we even had 1 lob to Ward. We missed a lot of paint points ( I think someone posted less than 50% on lay up and dunks)
Well time to see what happens with player/staff (no info on staff just thought it should be included) comings and goings. Then let TJ and company sort it out and come back next yr.
Well I'll be back in Hilton in November. Only 1 team gets to end the season on a W, maybe it'll be us next yr. At least want us back in the dance.