*** Official IOWA STATE vs #3 Baylor Game(Day) Thread ***

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We need Brockington to get back to 1st team B12 Brockington level. He has been substandard last 3 games. Maybe getting tired of carrying the team.
Teams game plan to stop him. We don’t have anyone that has consistently been Robin to his Batman.
 
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Working the Big 12 refs is a skill TJ will have to develop. He should go watch some Missouri games from the 1980's with Norm Stewart.
Yeah he has to figure that out, he just bends over for these guys every tine.
 

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This isn’t going to be a popular opinion but I really don’t think 7-11 in the big 12 deserves a tourney spot unless we go win at least one game in KC because we should be playing another ranked team. Then maybe ….but I’m still not sure. Had a great season and exceeded any and all expectations people had for the team. Like the future of the program!
 

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Smoking mirrors? I really hope that wasn't autocorrect, and you've always thought this is the phrase!
That’s what you chose to focus on in this thread? Yea it autocorrected because I didn’t spell out “and” in a game on a Saturday night that we were down 29-4 at one time.
 

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I’m happy with the fight after no-showing offensively the first 10 minutes, but the team needs to be smarter. We had an opportunity to be up multiple possessions around the 4 minute mark and constantly came up empty and missed two front ends.
 
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This isn’t going to be a popular opinion but I really don’t think 7-11 in the big 12 deserves a tourney spot unless we go win at least one game in KC because we should be playing another ranked team. Then maybe ….but I’m still not sure. Had a great season and exceeded any and all expectations people had for the team. Like the future of the program!
We split with everyone not named Baylor or Kansas. We beat good teams before and during the conference season. We deserve a spot today. Doesn't matter what happens in KC.
 

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This isn’t going to be a popular opinion but I really don’t think 7-11 in the big 12 deserves a tourney spot unless we go win at least one game in KC because we should be playing another ranked team. Then maybe ….but I’m still not sure. Had a great season and exceeded any and all expectations people had for the team. Like the future of the program!

Ok then...tell me the other teams that "deserve" a tourney spot instead of them, and please offer your justification (as compared to virtually every NCAA tournament projection on the planet).
 

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This isn’t going to be a popular opinion but I really don’t think 7-11 in the big 12 deserves a tourney spot unless we go win at least one game in KC because we should be playing another ranked team. Then maybe ….but I’m still not sure. Had a great season and exceeded any and all expectations people had for the team. Like the future of the program!

It won't be popular because its a dumb opinion.

Conference record doesnt matter for **** when it comes to the NCAA tournament.

20 wins with one of the biggest piles of Q1 wins is enough of a resume by itself
 

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This isn’t going to be a popular opinion but I really don’t think 7-11 in the big 12 deserves a tourney spot unless we go win at least one game in KC because we should be playing another ranked team. Then maybe ….but I’m still not sure. Had a great season and exceeded any and all expectations people had for the team. Like the future of the program!

So you don't know that it's based on the whole season.
 

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This isn’t going to be a popular opinion but I really don’t think 7-11 in the big 12 deserves a tourney spot unless we go win at least one game in KC because we should be playing another ranked team. Then maybe ….but I’m still not sure. Had a great season and exceeded any and all expectations people had for the team. Like the future of the program!
You're right...it's not a popular opinion.
 

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This isn’t going to be a popular opinion but I really don’t think 7-11 in the big 12 deserves a tourney spot unless we go win at least one game in KC because we should be playing another ranked team. Then maybe ….but I’m still not sure. Had a great season and exceeded any and all expectations people had for the team. Like the future of the program!
Please name the 68 teams that deserve it more.
 

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I slept a lot since then. But I'll bet there was a reason they called him Stormin Norman.
I sat just 3 or 4 rows behind Norm at a game in Hilton. He was getting in a ref of Latin heritage and then as the guy walked away, Norm yelled, “Hey, Taco Bell, I’m not done talking to you!” And didn’t get a T. We yelled, “Hey Norm, no racial slurs, this is Iowa the education state!” (Anthony Peeler’s family was two rows in front of us) Norm turned around, looked at us and actually winked! He then turned back to the game immediately yelling like he was out of control, but we now knew he was under perfect control.
 
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For those saying Gabe flopped and shouldn’t have gotten the call, then I demand our win against UConn in the Garden several years ago. I don’t know how Shabazz Napier has his head on his shoulders anymore. He got that call all day just like Kemba before him. Point is, that’s a foul.
Agree that he was fouled but at that point in the game you can’t try to sell it that much and loose control of the ball. Have to be tougher with the ball and if you get the call great if not oh well. But I agree, it should have been called.
 

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This isn’t going to be a popular opinion but I really don’t think 7-11 in the big 12 deserves a tourney spot unless we go win at least one game in KC because we should be playing another ranked team. Then maybe ….but I’m still not sure. Had a great season and exceeded any and all expectations people had for the team. Like the future of the program!

You’re right. It’s a stupid opinion. Do your homework. Look at any teams that any expert has seeded between 7 and 12 and you tell me who has a better resume and Q1 wins than us.

Your conference record excuse is also stupid as hell. Based on your thought process UNI deserves an at large bid over us because they have a winning record in the Missouri Valley? Thought process by some people is laughable.