*** Official St. John's vs #23 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

[CyNews]

When did Grill become a dominant rebounder?

Scrappy for a long time.

 

[madguy30]

Why is Grill chucking up 3s with 25 seconds on shot clock?

He could shoot a good % if he was more selective

There wasn't 25 seconds if you're talking about his last shot.

 

[trevn]

Good win. St John’s ain’t very good. Last place team in the Big 12. Maybe middle of the pack in their conference.

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

Good win. St John’s ain’t very good. Last place team in the Big 12. Maybe middle of the pack in their conference.

St Johns will be a bubble team

 

[CyNews]

I so wish the Iowa game was in Ames because I think it would be an exact replica of this game. But the fact it's in IC makes me nervous.

Well,defense does travel.

 

[Pope]

Have you ever seen a bench erupt like that when one of their players dives to tip a ball going out of bounds off the other team?

That is TJ ball in a nutshell, and that is outstanding culture.

 

[trevn]

St Johns will be a bubble team

They might be. Middle of the pack Big East. Still not a good team in my opinion.

 

[bizzle]

Went into the half up 11. Whole second half we were up about 10-13. Won by 11. I'd say we were about 11 points better today.

 

[Cyghhh]

I figured we'd win 70-58. Not sure St. John's can get to 58 now.

Damn near called it!

 

[Cyclonepride]

That'll be a quality win. Just held them at arm's length throughout. I feel like we lost some intensity that could have closed the door earlier, but I'll admit I never feel comfortable until the lead is 10+ points with a minute left.

 

[madguy30]

Good win. St John’s ain’t very good. Last place team in the Big 12. Maybe middle of the pack in their conference.

It will be a good win at the end of the season.

Should go into the first conference game with 1 or 2 (Thursday night) losses which I think most would have been OK with a month ago.

 

[Die4Cy]

It's going to take at least two weeks for someone in Big East conference play to beat ISU's current Big East record.

 

[Pope]

St Johns will be a bubble team

I respectfully disagree.

They have some serious talent and will figure things out. This was their first road game and the first time they played against a defense as tenacious as ours.

I think they will make the dance.

 

[herbicide]

Yeah this has 'get close late' written all over it imo.

ISU gets sloppy at times and the offense is too erratic as it is to really keep it going.

Glad I was wrong!

 

[cyclones12321]

Good win. St John’s ain’t very good. Last place team in the Big 12. Maybe middle of the pack in their conference.

Disagree they might not be as good as their record but still a decent team.

 

[Kettes]

Margin could have been higher, but solid win nonetheless! Good job, guys!

 

[madguy30]

That'll be a quality win. Just held them at arm's length throughout. I feel like we lost some intensity that could have closed the door earlier, but I'll admit I never feel comfortable until the lead is 10+ points with a minute left.

A touch leaky on D and a touch careless on offense at times.

Perhaps TJ's building into some things this year to avoid dead legs in conference since ISU looked like they were playing underwater last year about mid-conference season.

 

[Die4Cy]

The game wasn't called poorly, but oddly. The foul trouble was distributed to players who usually aren't in it.

 

[Marcelason78]

Impressed with the way the Cyclones closed it out when SJ tried to get it to singe digits late. Another undefeated team goes down in Ames.

 

[CentexCyclone]

Good solid win. Coulda' been a letdown, look ahead sandwich with the little sqwakeyes next up, but Cyclones looked tough and efficient today. Amazing defensive efficieny against a fast paced, talented team and assisted 17/24 FG (70% assist rate) on offense.