*** Official IOWA STATE vs #3 Kansas Game(Day) Thread ***

[ISUChippewa]

It was meant to be somewhat contradictory. Nobody expect it, but we are a Sweet 16 caliber team. We won’t be though if we played the way we did tonight.

Fair enough. We are dangerous enough when we're on to be capable of making a deep run, and limited enough that we could lose a first round game to a dangerous opponent.

I just saw our assist to turnover ratio for tonight's game. Yikes. It's a minor miracle we didn't lose by 20.

 

[simply1]

Wtf you talking about friend

Not that hard to figure out

 

[madguy30]

I dispute the "wasn't a consistently hard worker." From my observation of TJ's expectations, Osun wouldn't be playing if he didn't work hard. He doesn't seem to have the lower body strength that Jones and King have and he doesn't have strong hands. That doesn't mean he isn't working hard.

ZRF needs to go to practice and tell the players of his critiques.

 

[madguy30]

Missed it

Went on a deep cut into Shoon including hoping he was reading it.

That was ****** up.

 

[ISUChippewa]

Malone must have deleted that post or a mod did but that needs to be quoted and he needs a time out or something for that kind of ****.

The guy is the biggest a$$hole on this board, which is saying quite a bit. A temporary ban is in order at the very least IMO. What a huge pr!ck.

 

[AgronAlum]

Fair enough. We are dangerous enough when we're on to be capable of making a deep run, and limited enough that we could lose a first round game to a dangerous opponent.

I just saw our assist to turnover ratio for tonight's game. Yikes. It's a minor miracle we didn't lose by 20.

I really think our success in the tourney depends on how the refs officiate our defense. If we can press and force turnovers, we’ll do well. If we start getting Ricky tack fouls, we’re done.

 

[ZRF]

I dispute the "wasn't a consistently hard worker." From my observation of TJ's expectations, Osun wouldn't be playing if he didn't work hard. He doesn't seem to have the lower body strength that Jones and King have and he doesn't have strong hands. That doesn't mean he isn't working hard.

Shoon doesnt have more strength than anyone on the team and possibly anyone in the league. Just to get that out of the way.

If it's about semantics Shoon isn't persistent with his effort to establish the block. If you home in on him consistenty he often tries for about 3-4 seconds, only to 'quit ' for the next several. King and Jones are more physical, but when they want to post they often won't stop, especially BRE.

If you want to be consistent and effective in the post you need persistence. For whatever reason Shoon doesn't have it.

 

[JP4CY]

Went on a deep cut into Shoon including hoping he was reading it.

That was ****** up.

I hope Shoon is having some Gatorade and BBQ.
Love that guy.

 

[CycloneErik]

I didn't get to see this one. I'll blame myself, and commit to trying harder.

 

[enisthemenace]

Fair enough. We are dangerous enough when we're on to be capable of making a deep run, and limited enough that we could lose a first round game to a dangerous opponent.

I just saw our assist to turnover ratio for tonight's game. Yikes. It's a minor miracle we didn't lose by 20.

The assist to turnover ratio is the stat.

We had a ton of terrible “entry” passes (which I mentioned). I put parenthesis on “entry” because many of them weren’t even there to begin with. Like we were trying to throw a pass to a WR/TE before the route was ran. That **** doesn’t work in basketball.

 

[simply1]

Below is what Malone wrote and it's quoted in post # 1094:

What a ********.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Malone must have deleted that post or a mod did but that needs to be quoted and he needs a time out or something for that kind of ****.

He earned a vacation for that one.

 

[NENick]

I didn't get to see this one. I'll blame myself, and commit to trying harder.

Someone has to be at fault. Accept the consequences!

Oops, nevermind, Malone did.

 

[cyclones500]

We are dangerous enough when we're on to be capable of making a deep run, and limited enough that we could lose a first round game to a dangerous opponent.

That describes a 5 seed to a T, historically. (And happens to be ISU's basic seed range).

 

[simply1]

He earned a vacation for that one.

Back just in time for the tournament I’m sure

 

[3TrueFans]

He earned a vacation for that one.

And nothing of value was lost.

 

[madguy30]

He earned a vacation for that one.

It was like he did a shot of the hard stuff and went to a darker place.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Back just in time for the tournament I’m sure

Nope

 

[ISUChippewa]

He earned a vacation for that one.

A nice long one, I hope?

 

[twincyties]

As always, we go as our guards go. 10 of 32 and 12 TO to 5 assists. Not sure what adjustments KU made against us but we looked out of sync all night.

I thought yesterday was as good as we looked all year. Tonight we looked overwhelmed.