Next year your then 6 year old will probably have the biggest look of joy when it happens again.
*** Official West Virginia vs IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***
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Gabe has been playing really well in this winning streak. Hasn't been shooting the 3 like last night but has been playing within himself and scoring points without shooting several 3s
Gabe has been the second/third best player on the floor for the Clones (behind IZB and Hunter at times) over their 3 game winning streak. He is clearly more comfortable and confident out there and having him contribute is vital to this team's success.
The team really missed him in their tough stretch during the middle of B12 play and were seeing now what can happen when he plays solid/really good/great.
Love seeing him flourish and will look for him to continue it down the stretch of the season.
You can't just say "it is what it is" when the calls are absolutely atrocious. At some point it screws up the game entirely. Then the obvious make up junk in the second half where they came out and there's 4 quick tweets in what seemed like a minute, all against WVU. What a coincidence... No one wants to see you start making stuff up.
This really bothered me, too, kind of takes the strategy out of timeouts!
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Is it common when there is a lead change under 30 seconds to stop the clock and check the time at the monitor? After IB made the basket to give us the lead WV was out of timeouts and rattled and the refs stopped the game and sent both teams to their benches to check the clock. imo WV should not have gotten a free timeout.
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Is it common when there is a lead change under 30 seconds to stop the clock and check the time at the monitor? After IB made the basket to give us the lead WV was out of timeouts and rattled and the refs stopped the game and sent both teams to their benches to check the clock. imo WV should not have gotten a free timeout.
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I think TJ is doing better about playing to Gabe's strengths.
He can make good passes and defend well. Early in B12 play he was trying to force shots both around the basket and at the 3pt line.
Now you see him looking for the pass instead of putting up a low % (for him) shot. I loved those plays last night where he would drive the lane but then kick it out to the open 3 when he got near the basket.
Sure it can lead to some hesitation on open shots, and you saw a little of that last night in the 1st half, but overall it's a much better fit with Gabe.
In fairness the score board operator in Hilton put West Virginia's 7th foul on Iowa state (marking our 6th foul). It took a few moments to get that right and add the 7th foul to WVU total.
Much later in the game a similar event happened when ISU fouled bc they hadn't changed the 6 back to a five so it looked like it was ISUs 7th foul. They had to go to the official scorebook to check on that one
With games like this I like to go back to the Thread Page where it all starts to turn and the magic occurs. FYI: Page 33 it is in this time line.
Led off with the apparently frustrated Hoggins.
The problem with his statement is that there is a reason why the inbound went to the corner. Our defense took away all other options. Players don't just naturally move to the corner, they are guided there.
I was so upset at the end of the first half that I turned off the game. I apologize for my rant (post #322 i think?) I've been recovering from Influenza A and I was getting so worked up that my symptoms actually started to return (really bad coughing fits). I wasn't even upset with our team, but at the way West Virginia was playing and the refs. I'm glad that we were able to come back. I ended up rocking my sick one year old to sleep while listening to the postgame with John and Eric. A Cyclone radio postgame show after a victory is a great way to relax before sleep.
The non traveling calls were so bad last night, the refs must have thought they were officiating an NBA game.
I love Ejim and that game was awesome but like close to half of his points came off of easy alley-oops. The shots Brockington was hitting last night were insane.
Exactly. Smart coaches and good players want nothing to do with the corner. Therefore smart coaching and good players scheme to get players in that same said corner. What Huggins should have said "In the time out I told the players to stay out of the corner and we tried, but hats off to Iowa State they funneled us right into the place we all didnt want to be."
Huggy also said his called play on the IZB steal would have worked if they followed instructions because "they had five guys inside the foul line". Not sure what he was watching there.
I guess moreso point being a foul is incredibly subjective. It is supposed to be by the books, but its almost impossible when you factor in crowd & atmosphere. Were there bad foul calls, absolutely.
Guess my point moreso being its easier to tell good and bad officials by consistency, make up calls, travels, etc. These refs were no where near good, but if they consistently called the game tight in the first half and stuck with it, I wouldn't have minded... they just were all over the place. The make up calls against WVU were horrible. They missed multiple travels. Very horrible game flow (not having any idea when bonus kicked in).
Credit to WVU for taking advantage of. They just went one on one drives towards end of game knowing the foul would be called and they shot 90% at the line.
Another gripe - that elbow to face of Grill was extremely similar to Rob Jones at KU. Just happened to get in the way of someones elbow... of course this one not called.
3:25 for 'the steal' and a moment of a fanbase and player meeting in the middle for what makes ISU basketball, ISU basketball.
WV has gotten the rep with Huggy but other teams are starting to play overly aggressive also, in the Big 12. It does make BB less enjoyable to watch and follow. It also requires the refs to call the game consistently which they don't and probably can't.
Time to maybe start talking (again perhaps by me) about having one 'remote' referee per game, who is synced to the in-house refs. They could call a more consistent game IMO, not allow games to get one-sided between teams. Not allow excessive influence by coaches such as Huggins and Self who seems to be always whining and complaining to the refs.
