*** Official #8 IOWA STATE vs UCF Game(Day) Thread ***

[Die4Cy]

3 game lead on Kansas with 2 games to play makes me smile!.​

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2023-24 Big 12 Conference Standings​

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVR
Houston	12-3	-	25-3
Iowa State	12-4	0.5	23-6
Baylor	10-6	2.5	21-8
Kansas	9-7	3.5	21-8
BYU	8-7	4	20-8

Kansas ne pereat, sed nos sursum suspicimus.

 

[scyclonekid]

Stole one on the road, mentally tough win today didn’t get rattled. Protect Hilton, safe travels home!!

 

[Die4Cy]

I know you mean 40 but is there any time that this has been something to expect from about any college basketball team let alone ISU?

If he meant 60, this is all I can come up with:

 

[madguy30]

If he meant 60, this is all I can come up with:

That was a fun game even though a loss.
Main point being every team gets bogged down occasionally over the course of a game.

Some will point to Fred's time like it was auto-offense every game but it really wasn't.

 

[NWICY]

By gosh another road win, I'm a happy camper. Ladies defend Hilton on their last home game of the season, it is a good day!

 

[NWICY]

That was a fun game even though a loss.
Main point being every team gets bogged down occasionally over the course of a game.

Some will point to Fred's time like it was auto-offense every game but it really wasn't.

The 1st half of the Ou game 9 yrs ago sure wasn't instant offense.
This team D'd up and took care of business when it needed to.

 

[madguy30]

The 1st half of the Ou game 9 yrs ago sure wasn't instant offense.
This team D'd up and took care of business when it needed to.

There's plenty of examples and Hoiball could score but it was also pretty feast or famine often.

The magical Big 12 title game in 2014, for example, they were down like 12-1 about ten minutes into the first half before getting some things going.

 

[cyatheart]

I hope ucf keeps Johnny Dawkins, he's one shooting guard from being a real problem.

Give him a big 12 schedule and let him recruit to this level, they could be a top program.

 

[Die4Cy]

There's plenty of examples and Hoiball could score but it was also pretty feast or famine often.

People forget that a part of what made Hilton Magic was that ISU generally lost when they went on the road for most of my adult life. LE had two teams that were true road dawgs, but pretty much everyone else had their struggles away from Ames.

This team is undefeated at home and .500 on the road this year in Big 12 play.

 

[Gunnerclone]

hopefully it's one of those games where people look at the score and stats and say "eh - ISU handled their business" and don't look at the game further.

Did we not handle our business?

 

[jdoggivjc]

Did we not handle our business?

yeah, we did, in 6 minutes of total game time. for the other 34 minutes of the game it didn't look good at all. Which is why I'm saying I hope they just look at the score and stats and don't go too deep into analysis of this game.

 

[Gunnerclone]

I know you mean 40 but is there any time that this has been something to expect from about any college basketball team let alone ISU?

90 UNLV team, 92 Duke team, 94 Arkansas team, 06 Florida, 12 Kentucky are the teams that stick out to me in that regard in my living memory.

 

[madguy30]

Did we not handle our business?

Would have lost if the game ended when UCF was ahead and 'should' have cruised just 'cuz.

 

[Gunnerclone]

yeah, we did, in 6 minutes of total game time. for the other 34 minutes of the game it didn't look good at all. Which is why I'm saying I hope they just look at the score and stats and don't go too deep into analysis of this game.

That doesn’t really make sense at all, but keep up the hard hitting insights.

 

[madguy30]

yeah, we did, in 6 minutes of total game time. for the other 34 minutes of the game it didn't look good at all. Which is why I'm saying I hope they just look at the score and stats and don't go too deep into analysis of this game.

34 minutes? How long was ISU behind total? 2 minutes?

When did winning get bad?

 

[Gunnerclone]

34 minutes? How long was ISU behind total? 2 minutes?

When did winning get bad?

Watch out. It’s all a setup for the inevitable “I told you so”. Doesn’t matter if that’s in the first round or the final four.

 

[JM4CY]

Watch out. It’s all a setup for the inevitable “I told you so”. Doesn’t matter if that’s in the first round or the final four.

Troll game recognize troll game. Eh?

 

[madguy30]

Watch out. It’s all a setup for the inevitable “I told you so”. Doesn’t matter if that’s in the first round or the final four.

That's also coming from the 'not a long enough search' crowd. Book it.

 

[cyatheart]

That was a fun game even though a loss.
Main point being every team gets bogged down occasionally over the course of a game.

Some will point to Fred's time like it was auto-offense every game but it really wasn't.

People exaggerate how bad the defense was as well. Starting with Royce first year we went 66, 123, 55, 59. It wasn't that bad.

 

[SlimCy]

Correct me if I am wrong but won't we be 2-3 seed playing Thursday night in KC?