Iowa beat UNC
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They haven't put a full game together yet, but that 2nd half of the Georgia State game sure was fun to watch.
Gesell driving the lane especially in late minutes is a standard operating procedure for the Hawkeyes. From my recollection, he has missed a lot more of these shots than made, he usually looks a bit out of control, but he made it last night and it looked good. UNC should have known that and been prepared defensively. If we are up on them late in the game, we better be prepared for this move.
and this move typically goes to the right...and includes a high-arching prayer of a shot thrown from an out-of-control spazmatic who will then fall deliberately into the crowd just to the right (if you're facing the basket) of the basket.
the only thing worse than watching Iowa basketball is watching tape of the girls I went to high-school with playing 6 on 6. They are predictable and awkward...in nearly every single way.
Iowa players' FG % after 8 games?
Clemmons .409
Uthoff .398
Gesell .327
Oglesby .250
Jok .222
Gesell raised his to an impressive .327 after going 6/10 last night.....
.. I love when Fran describes a player as 'TREMENDOUS' (every day)
he has a low bar for success
Clemmons .409
Uthoff .398
Gesell .327
Oglesby .250
Jok .222
Gesell raised his to an impressive .327 after going 6/10 last night.....
.. I love when Fran describes a player as 'TREMENDOUS' (every day)
he has a low bar for success
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This is true. Gesell has attempted to drive to the bucket multiple times in late game situations. It hasn't been a good decision many times though. Last night he made a good decision. His defender was basically standing upright. I'm sure that guy will get blasted while watching film. He was in no position to get in front of Gesell and Mike realized that and took it to the bucket. Thankfully he finished for once.
The Hawks are not a good shooting team, and last nights game was bad even compared to their average. They are playing good defense though, and at some point their shots will start to fall at a higher rate. A win against UNC in Chapel Hill should give them much needed confidence.
Though Iowa had a bad night shooting the ball that front court is going to give us fits. If Iowa hits any of their threes against us (they probably missed 10 wide wide open threes last night) it could be a long night for us. Defensively they looked solid. UNC shouldn't be #12. But good win for Iowa.
That's a really good win for Iowa, especially on the road. I'm not shocked that apparently most ISU fans find that difficult to say. Had we just knocked off a top 15 team on the road this board would be going crazy.
That wasn't a low scoring game because of good defense, unless it's good defense to leave someone so wide open it messes with their head. Neither team hit wide open shots. Ugly game, but no one will remember that part of it come March.
Hopefully they sneak in the top 25 for the ISU game.
I guess i didn't see UNC Get to many wide open shots. Their big guys missed bunnies, yes but other than watching paige jack up 25 footers that were contested iowa played pretty good defense. Their bigs and Gessel won them that game.
Majority of their points came off bunines. Keep them out of the interior and force them to shoot and you beat Iowa. They cant shoot.
Iowa shoots 31% from 3.
Iowa State shoots 34%.
And that's with last night's 15% performance tossed in.
I don't think anyone is claiming that we have shoot good from outside yet this year. We are all hopeful that will change due to our players' history.
That is a nice win for Iowa... Congrats to them. Now call me when they actually make the NCAA Tournament and win a game... It's only been 13 years since they last won a game in the Big Dance.
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