Iowa vs. ISU predictions
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I'm in the same boat. I think they have a couple guys get hot and take it by 2-3 points. We need to rebound and keep them off the FT line.
I think the falcons are gonna come out really ****** off after the tough loss last year and the court storming. I would tend to think they'd be pretty bitter. Iowa also has mostly Iowa boys on their roster so they know how big this game is and get much more jacked up than say BDJ who has no idea. I just have a feeling we come out flat like we have several times and Iowa punches us in the mouth and we get down early. Im on the fence with this one. Just really hope we don't loose because I'm going to be there and its gonna suck so bad if we get beat.
11 is back in it with that much time left imo, especially as easily as it happened after quick buckets from quick/poor shot selection.
ISU closed it out, so that's cool.
I can't expect the same vs. a team that plays solid D.
We are about as good as we were last year, and Iowa is better than several of the teams we lost to on the road. That's why I'd have to favor Iowa in this game. Teams just don't shoot as well away from home, and the Clones are no exception.
I think ISU will need a double-digit lead late in the second half, because I just know Iowa will outscore us during the final two minutes. That's what has happened in nearly every road game we've played the past two years. Think of all the road games we were in last year until the closing minutes: Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Kansas State and Baylor.
I think ISU will need a double-digit lead late in the second half, because I just know Iowa will outscore us during the final two minutes. That's what has happened in nearly every road game we've played the past two years. Think of all the road games we were in last year until the closing minutes: Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Kansas State and Baylor.
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I don't feel this year's Iowa team is better than any of those teams (assuming I'm correct in that you are comparing this year's Iowa team to last year's Big 12 teams we lost on the road to). I also feel that we are overall a more talented team than last year. Talent-wise I don't feel it's a contest at all. I think the big question is mental toughness, which last year's teams had in spades. If Iowa comes out and hits them in the mouth, do they respond as they did last year? Or do they fold like the Maryland game. After the KC disappointment, I doubt they fold like that again.
Iowa just won at UNC and some people on here act like this game at Carver is an easy win. This will be a very hard game to win.
People always seem to forget how difficult road wins are to get in cbb and forget that we struggle at Carver. Then when you pick a close loss at the beginning of the year, on the road, in Carver, it is being pessimistic.
This issue as I see it... we could play 10 times in Carver and win 6. It just depends on that night. Basketball is a game of streaks and who's hot. Easier to be hot at home. We don't need to go Lefester on them, but we do need to have a couple guys have a great night.
Did Iowa beat NC or did NC beat themselves? That was a very ugly game, by both teams.
I think this year's Iowa team is better than K-State, Baylor and maybe even Texas were last year. I worry about us being able to stop Aaron White. I don't think Hogue or BDJ are big enough to do the job, and I'm not sure Edozie is quick enough.
I'll have to defer to the wisdom and knowledge of the NCAA tournament selection committee on that one.
Which is why we might see a fair amount of Nader in this game, at least in spurts. He's long and athletic enough. The key to guarding White is to just back off him, he can't shoot. I see way too many defenders get in his face and he drives right by them...dumb and poor scouting. I see us playing some zone believe it or not and making Iowa beat us by hitting the three.
I think it's more of people always seem NOT to forget that you pick against the Clones in almost every single close game. THAT is being pessimistic.
In general, win on the road is always difficult no matter the circumstances, but fans picking the 13th ranked Cyclones to beat a team I feel they more talented and looking better than at this point in the in the season is shouldn't be considered being overly optomistic either, just realistic.
Derp, I have picked them to win in every bb game so far and picked against us in every fb game except Toledo, NDSU, and KU. I seem to have a pretty good track record wouldn't you say?
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I wouldn't say it is. I'm just pointing to the fans giving me a hard time for picking us to fall short in this one.
