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

[madguy30]

I was surprised when they said that we haven't had a Big 12 player of the week yet. Just goes to show how deep this team is, and how a different guy steps up for us nearly every night.

Athletically ISU imo may not even be top half of the conference.

That's not a slight; they're just at minimum solid all over and there's a 2nd 'wave' that doesn't give much room.

This has evolved into something special and hopefully it caps off in late March.

 

[AlaCyclone]

Back from the local watering hole and kissed my wife when I got home.
She said, "You taste like whiskey!"
I said, "Let's Go State!"

 

[cytor]

That 1st half was .... WOOF! ISU shot 14% at one point. Glad they played better in the 2nd half.

 

[simply1]

Athletically ISU imo may not even be top half of the conference.

That's not a slight; they're just at minimum solid all over and there's a 2nd 'wave' that doesn't give much room.

This has evolved into something special and hopefully it caps off in late March.

Early April

 

[Gunnerclone]

I meant games have gotten uncomfortably close after being up a fair amount. I’m glad we haven’t lost them.

Are you new to Big 12 basketball? This game was about as closed out as it gets in this league.

 

[cytor]

Athletically ISU imo may not even be top half of the conference.

That's not a slight; they're just at minimum solid all over and there's a 2nd 'wave' that doesn't give much room.

This has evolved into something special and hopefully it caps off in early April.

FIFY

 

[HFCS]

Athletically ISU imo may not even be top half of the conference.

That's not a slight; they're just at minimum solid all over and there's a 2nd 'wave' that doesn't give much room.

This has evolved into something special and hopefully it caps off in late March.

We have pretty good team length though which is great for the defense. Vs quite a few teams it’s been a big edge, I think we’d beat Texas vast majority of time for it.

 

[Peter]

Happy to hang one last W on Oklahoma at Hilton. Kinda hard to believe we will probably never play them here again.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Athletically ISU imo may not even be top half of the conference.

That's not a slight; they're just at minimum solid all over and there's a 2nd 'wave' that doesn't give much room.

This has evolved into something special and hopefully it caps off in late March.

It’s been extremely hard to tell when a starter is on the bench this year. Everything still keeps flowing whoever is in there

 

[trevn]

This is a game we lose 46-36 last year. Starters gave us practically nothing on offense but we found a way. Credit to the team for keeping up the intensity on defense and going after offensive rebounds. It’s easy to quit playing when shots aren’t falling. These guys didn’t quit and it always seems like we have SOMEONE pick up the slack on offense. It was Watson’s night tonight and I feel so good for him.

 

[MJ271]

My favorite Watson possession was one on defense against Moore (I believe), after Watson's big rebounding/scoring run. Moore was trying to take Watson one-on-one and kept trying to drive thinking he had a half step on Watson. But Demarion just casually slid his feet and got back in front, so casual that he almost looked disinterested by the whole thing.

It was really cool seeing the ovation and Watson's big smile when TJ talked to him when he came out. It seems like Watson is a pretty low-key guy who doesn't have big reactions on the court, so seeing a smile that big was awesome.

 

[CySmurf]

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my eyes....MY EYES!!!!

 

[Clone95]

Watson is still 100% from 3 on the season

 

[DClone]

I dunno...him and TJ smiling and hugging as he came off has me concerned about problems behind the scenes.

What????

 

[mikeiastat]

Athletically ISU imo may not even be top half of the conference.

That's not a slight; they're just at minimum solid all over and there's a 2nd 'wave' that doesn't give much room.

This has evolved into something special and hopefully it caps off in late March.

I hope not.


It's fair to hope for early April now.

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

My favorite Watson possession was one on defense against Moore (I believe), after Watson's big rebounding/scoring run. Moore was trying to take Watson one-on-one and kept trying to drive thinking he had a half step on Watson. But Demarion just casually slid his feet and got back in front, so casual that he almost looked disinterested by the whole thing.

It was really cool seeing the ovation and Watson's big smile when TJ talked to him when he came out. It seems like Watson is a pretty low-key guy who doesn't have big reactions on the court, so seeing a smile that big was awesome.

I said it looked like senior night

 

[madguy30]

What????

Sarcasm.

 

[CySmurf]

They’ll be a better fit for group of 3 basketball.

Oklahoma will be fine...look how Mizzo has adjusted to basketball this year...have they won a conference game yet?

 

[madguy30]

I hope not.


It's fair to hope for early April now.

I'm good with just any tourney wins.

 

[Cmonwhatarewedoinghereman]

I dunno...him and TJ smiling and hugging as he came off has me concerned about problems behind the scenes.

Easy there ZRF