Team looked the part minus 3pt shooting.
Need to beat Tech in the worst way. Hope they have it in them.
Need to beat Tech in the worst way. Hope they have it in them.
The Most Important Thing I Saw From the Baylor Game.
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That's the most points scored against Baylor this year. for a team which has made its name on defense, scoring 72 is not too bad.
My bad, dunks/dunk attempts.
Last year in 22 games we had 30/33 IIRC. IB is a big difference maker
I have really joined the “I don’t give a rats ass what were ranked” crew. I’m sure we’ll get dropped real bad. Maybe not. Who cares. That’s such a circle jerk of people voting who largely have zero clue what their doing. Just win.
My general take: if ISU is ranked anything at all it means things have gone very well and they're a tourney team and there's really nothing to not like about that.
We won’t drop far from losing to Baylor by 5. Probably in the 11-15 range
Plus these next few games will give us opportunities to improve the ranking. Be nice to get through and at least be .500
I thought there was a sequence where Kalscheur missed a 3, we got the rebound and then he took another one from a few feet behind the line and missed. Maybe I'm misremembering?
That happened but the second one was probably a foot behind the line, wide open, and in Rythm.
We may just take them down at their place. Over confidence on their part, chip on our shoulder, better shooting. We know our defense isn't going to vanish. It's a crazy game and season.
Very different team since we do play defense, so in saying what I am about to say, I am keeping that in mind. But winning in Waco is a tough ordeal. We’ve had close calls but I think it’s been 8 straight losses down there. And only one win in the last 15 games down there or something like that.
I was there too, I would characterize it differently.
It wasn't that ISU didn't play well enough to win, it was Baylor didn't play badly enough to lose. They really played their "A" game, especially hitting tough clutch shots. They kept ISU at arms length but could not pull away.
If Baylor would have shot poorly, turned it over a few more times, or just generally not been at their best, they lose. Even with ISU shooting blindfolded from 3.
Totally agree. It looked like a #8 team playing a #1 team. We caught them at the top of their game, but still looked like we belonged on the floor with them.
Baylor played like ISU had their full attention. Some of their makes to keep ISU at bay just when it looked like ISU was getting downhill reminded me of Kentucky in the '12 tourney game after Royce's coast to coasts.
CW wrote something like that BU may have been the most talented team he's seen in Hilton...that's probably debatable but really since like KU in the mid-late 90s has there been a crazier roster?
Tyrese had a really bad first half + of the game, but played much, much better the last 15 minutes or so. He had some really bad turnovers/forces, especially in the first half.
I'll have to look at that again because I also remember the second one being well behind the arc. I mentioned to Mrs. Velo that he was so wide open he could have taken a dribble and gotten closer to the arc and still been wide open. It was definitely longer than what was wise - especially for someone who is clearly struggling from 3.
