*** Official #23 IOWA STATE vs #8 Texas (SAMSUBA) Game(Day) Thread ***

[Darius Bieber]

There's evidence that what happens leading up to the tournament doesn't matter.

you mean last year? When we lucked into matchups against a team with all their players with one foot on the transfer portal and their coach fired one week earlier (LSU)? And then into an overranked Wisconsin?

 

[cdface]

Gabe has been awful on offense the last several games. It's not a surprise our offense has looked bad

Gabe has regressed so hard toward the mean, that i'm not even sure what the mean was at this point.....

 

[Inthesystem]

I know we don’t have a lot of talent but what is the offensive plan?

Get more talent

 

[Cyinthenorth]

Eh we beat the crap out of them the first game against him. He's having his once every 20 games night. Rice has supplanted him as the other go-to on that team. He's on a very good roster and can enjoy the team success I guess.

No this one is personal for him and for isu. Sure we got them in Ames, but tonight's effort basically neutralizes that.

 

[KCyclone2010]

We need poor Gabe to get out of his slump.

Also rest the starters and let the reserves play.

Is it a slump or the norm? He just got hot for a few weeks. This is how he shot in the non conference and last year minus a few games

 

[CloniesForLife]

Gabe has regressed so hard toward the mean, that i'm not even sure what the mean was at this point.....

He looked so awesome the beginning of conference season and now he's just chucking. From looking 1st team all Big12 potentially to as bad or worse than last year

 

[ClonerJams]

Would be nice to get hot before the tournament instead of tumbling down ice cold

Same thing happened last year, and we got to the Sweet 16. Playing teams outside of the Big 12 will be nice.

 

[jctisu]

No this one is personal for him and for isu. Sure we got them in Ames, but tonight's effort basically neutralizes that.

Not really. Our team has been playing poorly, and one of our starters isn't even playing. Congrats, they are going to win a game against a team they should absolutely beat at home.

 

[cstrunk]

you mean last year? When we lucked into matchups against a team with all their players with one foot on the transfer portal and their coach fired one week earlier (LSU)? And then into an overranked Wisconsin?

It may feel like whoever we play in the Dance is overranked compared to this Big 12 gauntlet.

 

[jsb]

Is it a slump or the norm? He just got hot for a few weeks. This is how he shot in the non conference and last year minus a few games

I’m trying to be positive. Therefore a slump.

 

[madguy30]

you mean last year? When we lucked into matchups against a team with all their players with one foot on the transfer portal and their coach fired one week earlier? And then into an overranked Wisconsin?

That and 2015 and 2019 for ISU and a whole bunch of other examples of things going good or bad for other teams and it not mattering a few days later.

And you know what? ISU might not win a tourney game because that's how it goes and then life will go on.

 

[fcclone]

No this one is personal for him and for isu. Sure we got them in Ames, but tonight's effort basically neutralizes that.

Neutralizes yes. But you said he got the last laugh.

 

[CoKane]

Not really. Our team has been playing poorly, and one of our starters isn't even playing. Congrats, they are going to win a game against a team they should absolutely beat at home.

Yep. We've lost 8 out of 12

 

[farm85]

Horns down. Lol

 

[jctisu]

That and 2015 and 2019 for ISU and a whole bunch of other examples of things going good or bad for other teams and it not mattering a few days later.

And you know what? ISU might not win a tourney game because that's how it goes and then life will go on.

Only our fanbase can somehow crap all over our achievements. Sweet 16 wasn't that impressive last year, our Fiesta Bowl win was really a farce and all luck, etc. We have a weird fan base.

 

[cyclone87]

Just get healthy, if we can win final two at home we should be a 4 or 5 seed at worse. Hope they can stay focused.

 

[madguy30]

It may feel like whoever we play in the Dance is overranked compared to this Big 12 gauntlet.

This ISU team has been pretty leaky vs. decent non-conference so it will still take having a good day.

 

[NATEizKING]

Hunter having the game of his life. So much for the "revenge" tour. Guess he's getting a last laugh though.

The two things I would have signed up for before the season were beating Texas in Hilton and making the tourney. I didn't think we were a tourney team just like I didn't last year. Maybe Hunter should pretend he's playing us every game.

 

[CYDJ]

I wonder if there is a University where I could go and get an education in podcasting.

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

I've literally stopped listening....we all know the result....reset and let's beat OU