I thought that was the best officiated game we’ve had at the Phog for quite some time. Officials did a nice job of staying out of it for the most part.
*** Official #24 IOWA STATE VS #9 Kansas Game(Day) Thread ***
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And now this thread will reach another level.
Trying to outdo the others. Not sure you want to win that battle.
Guys, we split with KU, need to steal one in Manhattan, and have a chance to sweep TXT at home. Hold serve in Hilton and take some away games from lower tier teams, and we are still in an awesome position to win the conference. We were playing with house money in a way tonight and it didn’t pan out. On to the the Big 12/SEC Challenge. It’s not doomsday as some are making it out to be.
Sucks to lose, but I thought ISU played well tonight given the situation. KU was almost in a must-win situation. If ISU plays as well in their remaining road games, they will win their fair share.
If Wade and Barry Brown are playing well I agree. Really, really needed that win.
Hard to say who is "best" at this point. It seems like the top of the league is more mediocre than I can ever remember. I don't really feel like our team is elite but we certainly aren't out of winning the conference. It may be possible that our ceiling is higher than anyone else's, not that it will play out that way. K-State with Wade back may end up at the top, but I really don't think there's much separation at this point.
We've seen Conditt about 10 minutes the whole Big 12 season, and people think he's going into that environment, against the best player in the Big 12, and is going to be the difference maker. Cmon, he got worked two days ago against Okie St.
Unless he got sick after they left.
Listen I like Conditt and he's going to be good, but he wouldn't have been the difference.
Why, because it's true?
Prohm is a decent coach, but when you don't have Solo, Lard is on the bench all night in foul trouble, Jacobson was also dealing with foul trouble.... then you have to try something else. Conditt looked good enough to give us minutes... or maybe throw Talley out there and see if he can give you something?
But Prohm just seems set on only playing his 7 or 8 guys and that's it.... even if there's foul trouble, injury, etc. I don't get it.
Yes, at 72%. Best among a bunch of terrible free throw-shooting teams. We are now sitting in 4th.
Some classic posts in this thread. Thought we were an educated fan base.
They don't have enough reliable scoring. Same with Texas Tech. All four top teams have weaknesses of some kind; weird year this year.
My point still remains valid regardless of positions.
You said you would never play Conditt over Wig. For what energy Conditt does bring he shouldn't be playing much over 15 min a night as a frosh anyway.
Besides a couple of drives to the basket that went awry, I liked his shot selection tonight - he was generally wide open! He missed 3 wide open 3s in the first half - I would be upset had he NOT taken them. Even on the pull-up 2ptr in the second half he had separation - just off a bit. His FTs? -- NOT GOOD!! I will agree that his defense wasn't the best - but that was generally true of the entire team during that 14 pt run.
The number 1 reason that he gets called for a lot of the fouls is because he really only wants to block shots with his left hand.
Most of his fouls come as the primary defender (as you said), and as he is attempting to challenge shots. Like his 5th tonight...... he was in good position but as he went to challenge with his left hand, his right stayed on the shooter throughout. That's a foul all day long --and quite frankly one that we'd be complaining about--, but looks harmless because he doesn't contact with the left.
The adjustment there is small and doable. If he would just show his off hand on the move instead of using his off forearm for leverage he'd be fine.
