*** Official Pittsburgh vs IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

mitten1975

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Congratulations on the tourney appearance, and sorry they couldn't hit shots. Regroup, and try to get better offensively. No excuses on that loss.
 
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Die4Cy

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Yeah. I think most of us didn't think we'd make the Tourney in either of TJ's 1st 2 years with what he inherited.

But we're going to get a lot better offensively really soon IMO.

I expected a .500 team that would miss the tournament last year. They were better than that. I did not expect them to run it back with a very limited offensively skilled team again in year 2. Maybe he was expecting more consistency from Jaz and the Bonaventure boys.
 

CascadeClone

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Just atrocious to watch. Theyve had a few games like this, just zero leadership anywhere, no one on the court who can step up, calm everything down, and get the ship righted.

Really disappointed in Gabe and Jaren. Seniors. You gotta be the man, and they both came up small. Terrible time to have a crap game, for both of them.
 

t-noah

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the amount of **** we're going to get from Hawk fans will be sub-optimal over the next year. and the sad thing is that we'll kind of deserve it. everybody knows THEY suck, even the Hawk fans. we weren't supposed to suck like this.
Suckitude shows equal opportunity
 

Rogue52

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If its not already part of the NCAA maintenance plan, get a crew out there at the conclusion of every game to make sure the damn equipment is ready to go. Don't leave a team in a position to have to worry about it.

Disclaimer: It had nothing to do with the result of the game.
 

atlantacyclone

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Loyola Chicago scored 41 points last year in their loss - they were a 10 seed. Also not 41, but Houston scored 44 points last year as a 5 seed in the Elite 8. And the year before that, #1 seed Michigan put up 49 in the Elite 8 against 11th seed UCLA.

I can go back further but there's at least examples of schools who failed to put up 50 points in a game, and sometimes those were single digit seeded teams

We broke 40 in garbage time apparently
 

CycloneRulzzz

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Not the ending or way we wanted to see these guys go out but still another solid year to build on the future is really bright.

I want to thank everyone who gave a rating to any of the gameday thread OP's whether it was 1 game or every game.

Special shout outs to a few people. My gif partner in crime @GTO can't wait for those Milan and Omaha streetfighters next year. :)

To the regulars who gave a mention: @NWICY @t-noah @carvers4math @simply1 @CyNews @CyBobby

To those who pregame posts got me to add a new twist to the gameday thread in my pre-game predictions contest thanks as well.

See everyone in the fall (even though I'll still be here in the off-season) when football returns.
 

NENick

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Defense was good.
Pitt sucks.
Cyclone FG shooting had me lol at times.

Shocking, I know, but I disagree with ZRF(!). A lot of open, makeable shots. Just couldn't buy one today. (Well, I disagree with a lot of ZRFs expert analysis. )

I have nothing but respect for Gabe, Jaren, Jaz, and Osun. Great young men and representatives of ISU. Good luck in your futures.
 

Bubbahotep

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I think in my time Hampton/UAB tops this because of expectations.

Also, we have seen this offensive type of performance under TJ before so while it would be better to have it in early February.......it's not a surprise.
Like I said, it wasn't the most disappointing, it was just thoroughly unenjoyable.
 

t-noah

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This has to be an all time **** offensive performance in the ncaa tournament. What is the record for least points scored?
31, I think? Second was 34, and third was around 41? I saw the graphic. I can't remember exactly, but this is close. We are in the running for around 3rd place I think. Dubious honor.
 

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