Didn't Gilbert go on like a 7-0 run?
*** Official VCU vs IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***
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Didn't Gilbert go on like a 7-0 run?
We have great freshman but it was the experience that carried us today. Lipsey, BRE, King and Gilbert. Lipsey is only a sophomore but plays like a senior.
And I trust TJ to fix those things. And he won’t be coming to CF for advice on how to do it.
I always find the “ball hog” insult in college basketball hilarious, particularly when it’s clear the other team can’t stop said ball hog from getting to the rim at will.
Gilbert was great getting to the rim, and the three guards - Gilbert, Lipsey and C. Jones started hitting the defensive glass and stopped the second chance opportunities.
Not a good game, but sometimes these ugly slug it out wins can be really helpful.
You see, if you looked at all the underlining stats you could see that Iowa State was dominating everything but their own shot. They were at 13% shooting until Lipsey made it 22% with his final two baskets, yet they were only down 9! Only a few can see how impressive that is within itself!
To think this team was going to keep shooting 13 to 22 percent is… well that wasn’t going to happen. So screaming your head off after a bad first 20 minutes was pathetic.
Second half they were playing nose to nose until they took it over. They didn’t play pathetic in the second half and outscored them 44-31. In fact, they held them to less points in the second half and scored 20 more points in the second half on them. Tell me where they played bad for 15 minutes in the second half? Crazy if it did when they almost doubled their first half points and held VCU to less.
Facts matter but good try trying to vomit up your excuse to sound like a jack in the game forum and screaming chicken little.
I wasn't sure if ISU would ever get over the 8- to 10-point deficit hump. A while later, it was the 5-to-7 hump. Then 3-4. Then ...
ISU could've rolled over a bunch of times ... but stuck with it.
Flawed performance, yep. But good to get tested.
ISU could've rolled over a bunch of times ... but stuck with it.
Flawed performance, yep. But good to get tested.
Thank god the team bailed me out. Thought a chance of being hung from CF gallows because I jinxed them by posting the gameday thread 2 minutes late. Try not to make that mistake again. 
They are going to have to charter his own plane for him to get them back. Will have to be a 747.
Dodged a bullet there.Thank god the team bailed me out. Thought a chance of being hung from CF gallows because I jinxed them by posting the gameday thread 2 minutes late. Try not to make that mistake again.
One other thing. A team with that length and athleticism can be a team that gives Rob a lot of trouble but he played fantastic we aren't even remotely in the game without him
Rebounding and defense were huge in this game.
31-20 advantage on the boards. 13-3 on offensive boards. Forced 16 turnovers. Held VCU to 46% shooting.
31-20 advantage on the boards. 13-3 on offensive boards. Forced 16 turnovers. Held VCU to 46% shooting.
It is incredibly hard to fight all the way back from a big deficit, lose momentum and have the other team go up a healthy amount, and then fight back through it again. Guys just kept coming until the final bell.
I bailed on the TV broadcast and listened to CW for the second half. He's getting better, but someone really needs to tell him it's a tear drop shot and not a tear jerker.
I admit, at one point I said Gilbert was "non-factor," but it wasn't a dis -- he wasn't able to get into a groove (and I think part of VCU strategy was to not let him or Milan do damage).
CycloneErik
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Thank god the team bailed me out. Thought a chance of being hung from CF gallows because I jinxed them by posting the gameday thread 2 minutes late. Try not to make that mistake again.
TRY?
