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

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Anyone else notice the betting line moving? Sharp action coming in on Iowa State. I thought about buying it at Iowa -14 earlier this morning but now I see it's Iowa -12. Something going on in Iowa City?
 

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Anyone else notice the betting line moving? Sharp action coming in on Iowa State. I thought about buying it at Iowa -14 earlier this morning but now I see it's Iowa -12. Something going on in Iowa City?

Yes, I see it. Folks around the country seeing a big number in a rivalry game and thinking "no way Iowa covers that is always close." I'm not sure these people have seen either team play this year.
 

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Man, seems many are setting themselves up to be disappointed down the road. Thinking if we keep it within 20 is showing progress is crazy talk. If we can't keep it around the spread there are issues.
 

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Yes, I see it. Folks around the country seeing a big number in a rivalry game and thinking "no way Iowa covers that is always close." I'm not sure these people have seen either team play this year.
Sharps don't miss too much, I suspect more of an Iowa letdown between UNC and Gonzaga
 

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Man, seems many are setting themselves up to be disappointed down the road. Thinking if we keep it within 20 is showing progress is crazy talk. If we can't keep it around the spread there are issues.

There are issues.

I'm normally optimistic to a fault, but we haven't shown anything on the court suggesting that this is anything but a lopsided match-up. Even if Iowa comes out cold, they are going to kill us on the glass. I'm going into this one with a healthy dose of reality.

I'm hopeful that Iowa comes in overconfident, we hit threes like crazy and then Iowa loses their composure. Having a couple shooters go off for us wouldn't hurt either.
 

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There are issues.

I'm normally optimistic to a fault, but we haven't shown anything on the court suggesting that this is anything but a lopsided match-up. Even if Iowa comes out cold, they are going to kill us on the glass. I'm going into this one with a healthy dose of reality.

I'm hopeful that Iowa comes in overconfident, we hit threes like crazy and then Iowa loses their composure. Having a couple shooters go off for us wouldn't hurt either.

Don't you need these in the first place?
 

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We're just being realistic here. There's nothing suggesting this game should even be close based on what we've seen.

Don't get me wrong though, I'd love to ruin this Iowa team's day. This year they are particularly hateable, so it's unfortunate that we're just so historically bad.