So the second half is going to be tightly called now right? Love the effort but can't shake the feeling the refs will turn the second half into a **** show.
*** Official IOWA STATE vs #7 Baylor Game(Day) Thread ***
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He’s always been a Cyclone homer. He’s right. Officiating has been disastrous in this one. Obviously the sting is less being up. lol
Fran does stay some stupid stuff, but has been good announcing today.
22 to 13 rebound edge over a program that has dominated us rebounding for over a decade.
Everything is Jones’ fault. King turning over, ball going out of bound on Baylor player but given back to them, everything is Jones’ fault
That half was actually somewhat predictable IMO. We have all the chaos this week, we dismiss a player, we've not been playing well at all lately.... so we come out with absolutely no expectations to even compete in this game.... and we play loose and free and let it all hang out.
Baylor all week is hearing about how they are going to blow our doors off and don't even need to show up to get a W today.... so they come out flat and very little energy.
So now is the moment though.... coming out of this half.... Baylor is no longer taking this win for granted and will step up their game. Are we going to be able to maintain our composure and not let the situation overwhelm us?
As most have said... these first 5 mins of this 2nd half will be huge.
Baylor all week is hearing about how they are going to blow our doors off and don't even need to show up to get a W today.... so they come out flat and very little energy.
So now is the moment though.... coming out of this half.... Baylor is no longer taking this win for granted and will step up their game. Are we going to be able to maintain our composure and not let the situation overwhelm us?
As most have said... these first 5 mins of this 2nd half will be huge.
This kinda debunks the 'rebounding and paint points suck' narrative I guess.
I too believe we should be giving the other team points on purpose when we struggle to score
Baylor is also a super talented team especilly at the guards so that will be a factor too.
Well it's what we've seen at least half a dozen times in Big 12 play.
If Baylor gets 20 free throws in the second half this thing is going to tighten up and I'm not confident it goes the way we want at the end, despite the effort.
They went through a ten minute stretch of just chucking 3s and a lot seemed to be bad shots. Even if they just choose better 3s it’ll be tougher.
Drew cried but that’s why the foul count was close despite ISU playing tight d.
That Gabe blocked shot might have been the worst call of the year. Baseline ref got it right and then the blind guy comes in and overturns it…yeah, Gabe missed the hoop by 6 feet. Brutal.
