*** Official #16 IOWA STATE Vs #15 Purdue Game(Day) Thread ***

[cmjh10]

He does a lot of bumping and with his size, that is a LOT of bumping. But he is pretty good with his arms and hands not getting in there too much. Just chests up and thighs up and hips up and the officials aren't calling it, so NO fouls. Just the game.

Reminds me of Georges. Too bad he never got the same treatment.....

 

[ISUCY23]

Did you even watch the second half? Anyone who did would have never posted that **** that you did.

They didn't show up in the first half (minus Matt). That's a fact lol.

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

When you live with 3 Purdue Grads...

 

[madguy30]

We didn't lose the game because of the second half. We lost because of how we played the first 25 minutes.

Right, but to say the seniors didn't play well, when they were the reason ISU came out and did what they did the 2nd half, is stupid.

Matt Thomas would disagree with you whole heartedly.

 

[EarthIsMan]

Simply didn't start out aggressively offensively or defensively, and conceeded too much. Hard to come back like that, but any team could do it....it is ISU.

Feel from the seniors. I love the grit of those guys.

Let a new era begin.

 

[atlantacyclone]

They played with a lot of heart. The last minute of the first half was the real difference... They were pushing off and knocking us a lot. Tough loss. I'm sick that the season is over.

 

[CyGuy5]

Realizing the season is over:

 

[NoCreativity]

We didn't fold; great comeback.

Scoring 1 free throw after we take a 2 point lead in the final 2 minutes is folding.

 

[ngold74]

The 2 turnovers near the end were killers

Yeah, I hate seeing the game end like that.

 

[cstrunk]

The life of a Cyclone fan...

Thanks seniors. We will definitely miss you.

 

[clonedude]

As much as you like to run your mouth about it you'd think this team of all teams would have shut your face up but guess not.

What the F are you even talking about? Geeez. Did you not even read my post? Your first thought after a great season by our guys is to come and rip on me?

I praised the team and thanked them for a great year. It wasn't their fault this team didn't have enough size to rebound. Get a life buddy.

Once again.... GREAT year guys! Proud of all the seniors, and you should be proud of yourselves too!

 

[marothisu]

I fully believe that if we get that last rebound, we win the game.

Unfortuntely...we'll never know. There are about 5-6 things we could have done differently to hold onto that small lead at the end.

 

[cyanide]

If we had won this one, we would have won out the rest of the tornament.

 

[CYDJ]

Wouldn't have mattered - they were hitting every ridiculous 3 they were chucking up in the first half. More than anything that's what won the game for them. They could not miss in the first half.

Well, I think they only hit 40% on 3s in the first half, so that isn't EVERY shot they threw up. There were some contested 3s that went in, but we didn't guard the 3 line so well. they kind of 2 years ago ISU'd us for most of the first half. That's all.

 

[HoustonClone]

Reminds me of Georges. Too bad he never got the same treatment.....

Thought about that all game long.

 

[madguy30]

The way we played for the first 30 minutes, blaming the refs shouldn't be the go-to. I'm proud of our guys for fighting back, but we just didn't secure 3-4 rebounds that we needed. Thank you seniors for everything you gave us.

It is in a 2 point game, push off (from what I saw) and what should have been shots for ISU.

 

[marothisu]

Now a half serious, half joking question:

What would we have looked like with Emmanuel Malou?

 

[cyfamily]

Thank you seniors....amazing year and careers! Showed great heart again tonight. Excellent in game coaching moves also.

 

[CycloneBBFan]

Wouldn't have mattered - they were hitting every ridiculous 3 they were chucking up in the first half. More than anything that's what won the game for them. They could not miss in the first half.

We wiped out a 19 point deficit by switching to zone.

 

[AuH2O]

Gave up 4 points off of offensive FT rebounds which really sucks and should never happen.
Still, these Seniors should be proud. They played their guts out and led an unprecented string of consistent success.