*** Official IOWA STATE Vs TCU Gameday Thread ***

cyatheart

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It's really amazing how horrendous this defense is night in and night out. I mean this pick and roll confusion we have had all year is just amazing, this is stuff you learn in high school. It's not a hard concept. And the constant horrific close outs, I mean how does that happen this late in the year this consistently. TCU literally gets any shot they want. This team makes Hoiberg teams look like the 85 Bears. Could be we just have a bunch of really poor defenders. Hard to watch when you know you have zero chance to get a stop, I mean TCU going to score 100 here without breaking a sweat.
 

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Our perimeter defense is just...I get the arguments with the layup vs. 3-pointer but when you're giving up open threes left and right, you've got big issues on defense in general.

TCU is elite offensively. They can beat you either way, and they move the ball extremely well. At some point, you pick your poison and hope they are off on the perimeter. They are not off to say the least.
 

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Jakolby with an excellent closeout on the 3...then TO into a layup. Just not our night.
 

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If you told me we had 67 points with 7 to go I'd have said we're right in it.

Wrong.
 

dirtyninety

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Jalen Fisher is just killing us....oh, wait.
I think this goes back about 3 years, but the book must coaches just tell thier worst shooter to shoot like crazy...don't worry about our poor defense, shorter guards, and lack of post rebounding....and it works a lot.
Kind of going to be like some late 1980's Orr teams.....we are never going to be a will-imposing team (by a long shot) but the few home wins we do get will be sweet and joyful.