*** Official IOWA STATE vs #8 West Virginia Game(Day) Thread ***

[jsb]

I cannot judge whether I agree with the calls, but at least we are attacking.

Yep, they appear to be playing like they give a **** tonight. They might not be good enough to win. But they can take this effort and grow.

 

[CloneGuy8]

I don’t understand the hype with him

He played well in the first half. He's a freshman - he's going to make mistakes.

 

[Neptune78]

If Bolton, Lands, and Harris can hit just a few timely 3s in the last ten minutes, we actually have a chance at a nice road, top ten win.

 

[t-noah]

those watching, what's withall the fouls against us? Seems one-sidded?

Game fouls: ISU 17, WV 7. Winning this battle

 

[exCYtable]

Blackwell was one of the guys I was most excited about coming into the season, but woof...

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

He played well in the first half. He's a freshman - he's going to make mistakes.

 

[bosco]

I don’t understand the hype with him

Yeah, playing a lot of minutes and looks awkward. But the whole team has been awkward.

 

[jsb]

He played well in the first half. He's a freshman - he's going to make mistakes.

It’s his 5th game in college.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Fouls are going to kill us. Not because they're making free throws, but because we give up the ball, and we're going to lose guys to fouling out.

But seriously, in what world does PRESS Virginia have 7 fouls to our 18???

 

[CycloneErik]

This is that 1st important surge to fight through.
If we get through the next couple minutes and calm things down, we're still in good shape.

 

[Clone95]

Blackwell is giving good minutes tonight. Just has to know he doesn’t need to create on offense. Needs to play D and rebound and hit a shot if someone gets it to him

 

[jsb]

Fouls are going to kill us. Not because they're making free throws, but because we give up the ball, and we're going to lose guys to fouling out.

But seriously, in what world does PRESS Virginia have 7 fouls to our 18???

That’s a mystery for the ages.

 

[Die4Cy]

He played well in the first half. He's a freshman - he's going to make mistakes.

Nobody who say Melvin Ejim play his freshman year would have expected him to be Big 12 POY three years later.

 

[cygrads]

We probably won't win but I feel a lot better based on hustle alone.

 

[hiltonisheaven]

Just need to let Blackwell play defense and rebound but never ever try to dribble

 

[CloneGuy8]

Freshman mistakes.

 

[tim_redd]

freshmen mistakes from foster there

 

[jsb]

We probably won't win but I feel a lot better based on hustle alone.

I was trying to explain what I thought was wrong with the team. And I’m not saying coaching isn’t most of it. But too often I feel like the older guys don’t care. I’m sure they do and it’s hard when for 2 years literally nothing has gone your way. But too often it just doesn’t look like they care.

But I hope they can take this game no matter what happens and held.

 

[Die4Cy]

Only Eers get to go after the ball aggressively I guess.

 

[stormchaser2014]

21-7 on fouls? Really?