*** Official #8 IOWA STATE vs #16 Kansas Game(Day) Thread ***

[Cychl82]

I honestly thought this team would respond tonight

 

[Clonefan32]

Also was there someone who said we wouldn’t make the tournament? That’s also a wonderful post.

 

[Darius Bieber]

The whole group does right now.

Yep. Outscored 130-84 since the miracle Love shot.

 

[JP4CY]

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Oof on the 3s.

 

[ISUTex]

There will be bad calls here and there but this board is hilarious. Always the refs— every game. 4-97 from the field, but yah it’s the refs

Not blaming the refs, but holy ****, our guys are getting ridden, drilled, slapped etc, and Kansas gets bailed out on multiple misses with weak ass foul calls. That's ********. Even Fran is calling that out.

 

[Cyburbbalz]

Yep, Gilbert lowers his head and you might as well forget anyone else is on the court. I think he played better with his dreads pulled up. They must be blinding his side vision right now cause he sees no one.

Unfortunately him getting hot is our best chance in this game

 

[Thomasrickj]

JFC. This isn’t even close to correct, it’s just ******* asinine stupidity

Kansas State was the second worst team in the conference on Saturday and they destroyed us. Dude, we just scored 19 points in a half. Iowa State can’t beat anybody in the conference right now. Not sure why you can’t comprehend that.

 

[cyphoon]

Listening to the game on radio while working on a home project. Sounds brutal.

Hopefully we can get this February Funk out of our system before March.

H

 

[Marcelason78]

We’re putting a lot of pressure on Milan to fix this. If everybody else doesn’t get better he won’t be a miracle worker.

 

[Erik4Cy]

Seems like you've found a neat strawman to attack. I don't see anyone blaming the refs

This.

I pointed out the refs haven't been good. Many fans have pointed this out too.

People criticizing some calls does not = we think refs are costing ISU the game or blaming them for ISU's poor performance.

Total strawman

 

[AuH2O]

Love Gilbert when he's on but he's a ball hog too often and he handles the ball too much although in fairness he's their only player that can blow by anybody and get to the rim. It feels like Lipsey has taken a step back this season, need more from him as an orchestrator.

Lipsey is coming of games with 20 and 18 pts…

 

[Cychl82]

Chatfield, Heise, and Watson seem scared to shoot.

Jackson needs to take the 10’ jumper.

Defenses are all over Jefferson, Gilbert, and Jones.

Jackson will pass and take 2 dribbles to be near the rim only to be soft enough to not finish

 

[simply1]

Brutal shooting from everyone

 

[Die4Cy]

My theory is that Zona broke our mental game with that half court shot. We have been a different team since then …

Twas the mountaineers that broke us. They took UCF apart in Hilton after that, but every game since has been more of the same.

 

[RagingCloner]

Also was there someone who said we wouldn’t make the tournament? That’s also a wonderful post.

I believe it was @Thomasrickj but we’ll take it easy on him. He’s clearly hurting

 

[cal-cyclone]

The whole group does right now.

that is part of it. We all have the yips, but it is worse than that. The yips is impacting our def and rebounding and hustle. Really bad combination.

 

[FerShizzle]

I honestly thought this team would respond tonight

Games not over yet.

 

[SoleCyclone]

My theory is that Zona broke our mental game with that half court shot. We have been a different team since then …

Well, they looked like this at WV too. This is who we've been for awhile. UCF excluded

 

[bostrem00]

JFC. This isn’t even close to correct, it’s just ******* asinine stupidity

In case you forgot, Oklahoma State actually beat Kansas State at home, so not as far fetched as your emotions will lead you to believe.

 

[SCISUFAN]

Captain Obvious says:
Jackson and Chatfield should NEVER be an option for posting up in this game.
Heise should not be playing.
Watson giving great energy and minutes...if coaching staff was so wrong about him for half this year, maybe wrong about Nojous. Why not give a shot?
Dribbling around perimeter for 20 seconds isn't working.