Never know! ISU is better everywhere.
Any tourney is great, any win is gravy especially in the current era.
*** Official #7 Texas (SAMSUBA) vs #12 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***
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Never know! ISU is better everywhere.
Any tourney is great, any win is gravy especially in the current era.
This is one of the funniest things that happened after the game. So, an Ames delivery driver had fun with mocking how cheap Texas tips. And Texas tweeted a pic of the bill with the actual tip, which was more than what he stated. That’s funny enough. But the best part is that by releasing what each player got, Texas showed how unhealthy their team eats. The foot long sandwiches they ordered were probably not the best thing for athletes to eat on game day.
I think controlling the pace of play will be crucial in all games against KU, UT and KSU.
Experienced guards, depth in the front court, emphasis on and a track record of defensive excellence… some of the hallmarks for sure.
UCONN would go a lot different than tge first go around. Rebounding and pts in the paint have improved significantly since that game
I agree. They would still be a handful, but I think it would be a game that went down to the wire like the other night at KU.
I was there to witness that game. After Sean Sutton fouled out he refused to sit down on the bench. The entire could was chanting Sit Down Sutton. That place was FREAKING LOUD!!!
1987 -- vs Iowa (top 10); Lafester went for 54 and holds the school record.
Might not have been the loudest, but ... it was one of my loudest.
I'm so effing happy Otz is our coach.
I really think if another team is multi-talented like Texas (& we may find that out down at the rematch) plays the tough defense for 35-40 minutes like we can do, that talent will win out. But will all teams do that? UConn did that when they beat us & were deep and talented. (Have no idea why they have gone thru a tough stretch lately.) Contrarily, I don't feel KU is much more talented than us if you consider depth. Advantage is that Wilson and GD are NBA'ers of course. But the way our guys prepare and play with toughness and poise always gives us a chance it would seem. Tournament play is such a crapshoot tho. And how games are called.....some games the fouls mount up early especially for Osun.
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You are correct, although the games were played at weird days back then. This was the Monday after the semester ended so I think many students (like me) just stayed and went to the game before heading home. Plus this was the period where students were dispersed throughout the arena. Tickets were split between four locations during the season. Two were crappy balcony spots, one was decent balcony and one was good lower section spot. I actually had press pass for the Iowa game so roamed the concourse shouting my damn head off the entire game to where I lost my voice and couldn't talk for two days after.
Having 5 star players doesn’t guarantee instant team success.. Look at Arkansas, Duke, and Texas. Key players in these teams are not 5 star freshmen
I wasn't there but the game where Magic was born with Barry Stevens hitting the buzzer beater vs Mizzou should always be mentioned.
I think OSU '92 and Iowa '87 will usually get most of the votes as all timers but there are a couple under the radar games I was there for. KU in '93 was ranked about 7th(??) and had ESPN slobbering all over Rex Walters and Adonis Jordan as the best backcourt in the country. Bayless and JT weren't having it. That was back when your student tickets rotated and I was upper level, midcourt in the 2nd to the last row. The noise reverberation off the ceiling in Hilton is unlike anything else I've ever heard. My ears rang for days. Awesome game.
Oky State came to town in '00 with the winner leaving with the inside track to the conference title. They had Gottlieb, who was easy to hate and always jawing with somebody, and a gritty team coached by Eddie. Great game and the feeling at the end of that one when everybody realized that there was no way we weren't winning that 'ship was amazing.
I was there for the Boddicker game and it was VERY loud for his FTs. The crazy thing was, that one wasn't a sellout. There were probably 2000 empty seats up in the end zone and corners.
Came into town to watch my sons 8 month old daughter while he and the wife went to the game. She had a bottle and fell asleep at 7:15. I had 6 and stayed up for the whole game. I’m beginning to question if she has any of the family genes.
"We've beaten the #2 team and the #3 team in the nation now, you know. Just in case you want to put that in the paper."
Johnny
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Okay, I may be late to the party here.
Watching the replay and fairly sure I saw a kid wearing a wife beater with “stop domestic violence” written on it in black marker.
If so, that’s just brilliant.
Watching the replay and fairly sure I saw a kid wearing a wife beater with “stop domestic violence” written on it in black marker.
If so, that’s just brilliant.
Just throwing darts here but I wonder if this has something to do with why we can maintain a high level of defensive intensity and look like we get stronger when the other team starts to wear down at the end?
TJ looks like he knows a thing or two about nutrition, I heard Watson on the radio after the Kansas game saying Sunday they were focusing on resting and refueling. Wouldn't surprise me if Texas ate like crap, Beard didn't look like the model of health either so problby didn't care what they ate.
Actually, it was the Saturday after finals. Was able to stay in the dorms Friday night, kicked out of the dorms by noon, if not earlier, then killed time waiting for the game. Those were the lottery days, as mentioned, but the Iowa game was part of a 5 game break package--ended up with row 5 center court parquet opposite the benches. When players were being introduced at the beginning, you could not hear the PA announcer it was so loud--coaches eventually just started pushing players on to the court.
Incredible game. Rev. Jesse Jackson ended up congratulating LaFester right in front of us after the game. Then we drove home to Iowa City through a blizzard at 30 mph. Good times!
