*** Official IOWA STATE vs #20 UCONN Game(Day) Thread ***
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That's Fran the man all day long and no one is close.
Self is way more annoying than Fran. Fran is only a threat occasionally. Self is always top of the mountain.
Beard is the most annoying coach in the Big 12. I'm well aware of Hurleys antics and find it entertaining - probably not so much tonight but its still Beard by a mile.
Did Indiana bring in some lottery picks? They sucked last year. Didn’t deserve tourney bid and got blown out in round of 64.
I'm not 12, I'm a man. And I just looked up "a$$hole " in the dictionary and guess who was shown?
I have been a fan of ISU men's BB for some years and no other coach I can remember looks as miserable as he does......all the time. And watching his fake tough guy antics are not pleasant at all.
Doesn't matter who wins or loses it's not funny, or even good basketball.......that's irritating. Just feel sorry for the other teams in the Big 10 who have to deal with that BS twice a year.
They hadn’t played anyone before this tourney and still haven’t played a close game. The fewest they’ve scored is 82 (Bama) and the most they’ve given up is 67 (also Bama). So they have played a game in the sixties and they haven’t played a game where each possession matters- both of which will be the case tonight.
They are a fairly similar team to UNC, with experienced guards around a skilled big body post. Sanogo is more versatile offensively than Bacot, but not as good defensively or rebounding. He’s added a 3pt shot this years, making 7/13 so far.
Freshman Karaban is the ‘4’, similar to Nance. I expect he’ll struggle with Kunc like Nance did.
The have three Sr guard transfers, the best is Newton, the PG, from Va Tech. The others are from East Carolina and San Diego.
The off the bench they have a couple athletes and the monster freshman, but none of they do much usually.
They’ve forced a lot of turnovers so far this year, but they seem to just play solid, disciplined defense, not a pressure/trapping D like we do.
They’ve made about twice as many 3s as they’ve given up so far, so it will be a key. We need to make some shots and turn them over, as usual. But this is a very winnable game.
