***Post game thread- ISU vs Cincy***
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Jesus after reading this thread, I wonder why they are even bothering to play the season.
I'm glad the players aren't as big of babies as we are.
I'm glad the players aren't as big of babies as we are.
When playing a team that uses the whole shot clock on every one of their possessions, you can't help but play at that tempo.
Keep in mind it is WAY easier to slow down a game if that is your strategy than it is to speed one up. Especially against a team that doesn't want to go fast and have discipline to not get into a helter skelter up and down situation. When is the last time we ran UNI out of the gym?
Not rebounding worth **** didn't help the situation. If you want the game to speed up you absolutely need to get defensive rebounds and push the ball. We didn't do so well at that.
Can't believe how many people think the sky is falling, we didn't play great last night but we still had the game won. If Matt doesn't panic and just lets Cincy foul him, we win. He wasn't the only one who made mistakes but his turnover in regulation when we had the game won and then a bailout foul to give them the go ahead FT's did us in. Just a couple tough breaks for him, he'll bounce back.
Sure, but the fact is that didn't happen and we lost a game we really needed as a result. Now we're going to have to scrape together a strong conference season to get a respectable seed since we only beat 1 team who could possibly turn out as a good win. 2 good wins in the non conference is a lot different than only 1, and it blows 0 out of the water completely. And with a down Big 12, going 1-5 against Baylor, West Virginia, and Kansas isn't an option like it was last year since they seem to be far and away the best teams in the conference this season.
I'll be happy to see him make those 2 or 3 easy layups per game. Those missed bunny shots kill me. Like the T.V. analysts said it's "feast or famine".
Not that I didn't know this was tongue and cheek, but since you brought it up...as great and remarkable as the Holberg rebuild job was to make us relevant again, I still can't believe the UAB game to this day. While of different importance, the feelings of frustration and depression of that game was how I felt after last night. Here's to better games and a lot more fun ahead this season!
And his teams always PEAKED come NCAA tourney time.
The UAB game was similar to the Hampton game...not surprising, but still shocking, if that makes sense.
The 2014-15 team seemed fragile even when it was winning and the UAB game felt like a final lesson on what happens if you don't really get it figured out. All indications from Niang interviews leading up to last year's tourney were that they weren't rightfully prepared for the game, it was a weird season, etc. but basically saying that while he couldn't say what the results were going to be, he wasn't going to allow the team to take the opportunity for granted.
Last night did kind of look similar except it's early, it was vs. a decent team and the game wasn't lost because they weren't playing hard or something.
I told all my Cronies that you dont know what kind of a coach Prohm will be until feb 2017 .......If we lose to the choke eyes even on the road the Prohm era may be set as to where this b-ball program might be headed.....
I disagree, its a helluva lot easier to get into a bowl game, than to make the ncaa tourney...You might just find that out this year if this coach cant get more team play and 5 assts a game out of this team....mite just be some real ugly nites inside Hilton Coliseum.....aka baylor west virginia and kansas
You have to make assumptions in life. It's not guaranteed, but we should win that one.
K hok fan. That first line gave you away. Puff that chest out for a week (why you would, I don't know. We lost to Cincy?), we'll see you on 12/8 in Hilton East.
While Cincy didn't press (because they didn't want to get into a track meet), they did employ 2-3 matchup the entire game.. They played no straight-up man-to-man. Their intent was to force the Cyclones further out on the perimeter, without having their bigs getting switched out onto quicker, smaller players.
The Moutaineers are a totally different animal. They try to turn the game into a mad scramble.
One loss to a decent team in the early going isn't going to derail ISU.
Just a tidbit I noticed on kenpom.com:
Fastest-paced game
November 11: #26 Iowa State 113, #341 Savannah State 71. [97 possessions]
When the result from this opening-night game hit the wires, it looked like Iowa State might really be increasing its pace this season. But upon reflection, this was mostly the crazy Horace Broadnax rolling out his wacky up-tempo, three-happy system to the world. The Cyclones might have their slowest-paced team since the Greg McDermott era. Current adjusted tempo ranks: Savannah State 2, Iowa State 157.
Fastest-paced game
November 11: #26 Iowa State 113, #341 Savannah State 71. [97 possessions]
When the result from this opening-night game hit the wires, it looked like Iowa State might really be increasing its pace this season. But upon reflection, this was mostly the crazy Horace Broadnax rolling out his wacky up-tempo, three-happy system to the world. The Cyclones might have their slowest-paced team since the Greg McDermott era. Current adjusted tempo ranks: Savannah State 2, Iowa State 157.
