*** Official #23 Tennessee vs #6 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

[jspeels]

The Niang curse lives on! This team doesn’t lose with Jefferson playing tonight! Nauseating to watch it all

 

[clonedude]

How many times did we say free throw shooting would be our downfall in the tournament. Combine that with JJ out, there isn’t much more to explain.

Been saying that all year.... that FT shooting would cost us in the tournament. It was also rebounding tonight... but FT shooting basically cost us any chance in the end.

 

[Jacktronic]

In the end they’re losers who never went past a sweet 16

Lol. You're such a little *****. Go **** yourself.

 

[Erik4Cy]

10 / 20 from the FT line
5 / 20 from 3

Ugh. Too many potential points to leave out there.

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Rebounds are 40 to 18.

Insanity.

I legitimately don't understand how Tennessee isn't winning by 37 points right now.

 

[Die4Cy]

Conceding?

 

[CycloneSpinning]

This color guy is a ****.

 

[NetflixAndClone]

Jefferson couldn’t even jump during the shoot around. Idk why people think he could play through that.

 

[Xerxes_]

Stirtz is a first round NBA pick if he does not play do they advance?

Boozer is a first team all American do they advance without him.

I can go on and on


When a team loses its best player to start the tourney the hole that creates will catch up with

To think otherwise is being naive

I'm not arguing that losing your best player doesn't hurt badly. But we're talking about an opponent that was #6 seed who was pretty solid in the SEC but nothing to write home about.

They got absolute run off the gym by Florida. And I've seen many posts here downplaying the ability of that team.

 

[helechopper]

Watching Lipsey for the last time sucks. Love that dude.

 

[awd4cy]

Can’t wait for the kick to the crotch tomorrow.

 

[cyclonestunners]

Didn't Michigan have a kid play 30+ minutes with a broken foot?

Just stop.

 

[AuH2O]

Unfortunately this probably wasn't that surprising. We looked great without Jefferson against Kentucky, but there are countless examples of teams looking great for a game without their best player and then coming down to earth after that. Maybe one year we'll catch a break

It’s almost like people don’t realize Kentucky was a 7 seed that wasn’t all that good.

I appreciate the cope people trying to think this team wasn’t at a massive disadvantage without Jefferson, but he was pretty clearly ISUs best player.

Sweet 16 with your best player going out is not bad. It sucks but it is what it is.

 

[Texbudman]

Outmatched and out-coached. What a joke of a way to end the season.

Tell me how many teams in the tournament are playing without their All American/best player?

 

[madguy30]

Duke had a major impact player play today after having knee surgery two weeks ago

Yeah all injuries are totally the same and JJ limping around walking slowly at shoot around yesterday totally showed he should have been just been out there, ya know?

 

[CYDJ]

Everyone that loses one of their best players wins every game folks. We are the only ones that don't.

 

[Skyh13]

We all knew this team wasn't making a deep run without Jefferson, as disappointing as it is. Just typical ISU luck to lose yet ANOTHER key player to injury before getting going in the tourney.

 

[Cyinthenorth]

We're #1!

At bricking free throws...
At failure to run half court offense...

 

[Drew0311]

I understand, but with TJ we can win this whole ******* thing. There are 63 teams a year that say the same thing probably. Hang in there, fellow Cyclone.

Nah we will always let our fans down. It’s what we do. Freakin injury or our best shooter going down. We will never win the big one

 

[ChiClone17]

Take Stirtz away, how're do they do?????

That’s easy. They lose by 20 in the first round.

 

[Cyclone31]

6'8" Milan with no rebounds. 2/7. If you don't shoot lights out, theres no spot on the team for you.