*** Official #25 IOWA STATE vs #17 TCU Game(Day) Thread ***

[packattack425]

Gabe deserves a lot of credit lately. Taking what the defense gives him. A different player from last year.

 

[CentexCyclone]

Sorry to anyone who is still hanging on to Lipsey not being AT LEAST an equivalent piece to ISU vs. Hunter this year. YOU ARE WRONG.

Lipsey's a different style of player than Hunter. Personally, I'd take Lipsey's steady, game management, nifty-around-the-rim takes vs Hunter's feast-or-famine explosion. Hunter may have a higher athletic ceiling, but Lipsey has a performance higher floor.

 

[mjhavlo76]

Tamin Lipsey’s floater is a thing of beauty!! I had a Jamal Tinsley flashback there. Wow!! The kid is for real!!

 

[jctisu]

TCU has tried and had a few quick run outs in the start of the second half. We know that’s what they want to do, so hopefully we contain that going forward. If they beat you in the half court in the end you just tip the cap.

 

[cyfanbr]

This is fun.
Since I was late to this party, Ward isn't available?

Unsure. Someone at the game said that he didn’t participate or finish warm-ups. Something like that, so potential injury.

 

[CYDJ]

"Precocious" is not the correct word for someone that is making the other team look stupid.

 

[CycloneNorth]

How big is the TCU crowd?

Probably have more fans in LA than Fort Worth this weekend.

 

[CloneIce]

This is fun.
Since I was late to this party, Ward isn't available?

They haven’t said that on TV. It seems to me that he is just not a big part of the rotation.

 

[packattack425]

Really enjoy my ten seconds of basketball between commercials

 

[cyfan92]

Lipsey is better than Monte was when he was a freshman.

How ridiculous would that seem 60 days ago... Love his game

 

[helechopper]

If I’m TCU I’m starting to get frustrated. I hope they start pressing and we can capitalize on mistakes.

 

[CYDJ]

I haven't seen anyone say this.

Hunter may be a more natural "scorer" (now) but Lipsey is a better player for this team. Likely a better player period.

Uh, there are people on CF who say that Hunter is by far the better overall player and we'd take him back over Lipsey in a second. Just reminding them that they are wrong.

 

[RezClone]

I haven't seen anyone say this.

Hunter may be a more natural "scorer" (now) but Lipsey is a better player for this team. Likely a better player period.

Hunter had a loose handle, lost a lot balls in traffic.

He didn't see the floor that well and often dribbled directly into bad spots where his loose handle got exposed.

I was a big hunter fan, but these vision and handle became very apparent very early on and never went away.

EDIT: Not great qualities to have in an undersized point guard.

 

[helechopper]

We have the worst lineup of commercials in the history of basketball.

 

[cyatheart]

Just keep pounding ball inside like we doing and should be fine

 

[cayin]

Correct I think all fouls called on us have been pretty legit. But it’s damn near impossible to go through 20 minutes of basketball with today’s rule book and have only 3 fouls. There’s holding a player on every other trip down the floor and it just depends which ones they want to call. I don’t think TCU has fouled a lot but there’s been 2 or 3 since I started watching with 9 minutes to play that I can’t believe weren’t called.

the two on king were not fouls

 

[allfourcy]

Great defense!!! Just gotta limit those fast breaks. Offensive end might dictate that more so. Plus, Miles might try to take over all by himself. He's so good. Hoping the Clones can keep it up and stay solid.

 

[HFCS]

I could do without the four minute eye cream commercial, is that nationwide or local? So brutal.

 

[JRE1975]

TCU we have 34 points in the paint and TCU has only had three foul calls on them

 

[RezClone]

We have the worst lineup of commercials in the history of basketball.

The commercials are peaking my anxiety. Idk how they could be any worse.