WBB: **** Iowa State vs. OSU- 4:00 PM ESPN2/ESPN+ GAME THREAD ****

peatyscotch

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Halftime. A quarter of their points are from their bench; less than a tenth of ours are from our bench. I don't think you can win P4 WBB without a contributing bench, but that might just be me.
 

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Seems like the whole team is having a sophomore slump, even the ones who aren’t sophomores. I’m not sure what is going on, but if they don’t figure it out, this season is going to be a bust. Coaching staff better start getting creative.
 
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acoustimac

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I just have no worldly clue how you could look at our returning roster and not try and recruit some athleticism at the guard and wing spot in the portal.
They thought they did. Harris is doing ok. Losing Hare hurt. Hansford and Williams have been busts so far. Our freshmen should t have the pressure on them that they do. Jumping from high school to college is a big step and they need time to develop. Unfortunately our biggest detriment is we don’t have anyone besides Harris or Ryan (who won’t shoot) that can consistently hit a trey. So, OSU is playing the perfect defense. Deny Crooks and force us to make long shots. If I were an OSU bettor I’d do that all day long.
 

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This team only lost one true contributor from last year (Hannah). How can we look so out of sorts? I understand the concerns about our athleticism, but we are basically the same team as last year with some additions that should have only made us better.
 

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First of all, what are the dumb comments, I think all valid points made.

That said, time enough to rally and right the ship. But to not acknowledge coaching issues, development issues, etc is blindly carrying the torch for the head coach

My take is that Addie from Crooks, who knows their role? Even Brown doesn’t seem sure. I think it’s ok to wonder what happened.
If you have to ask…
 

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Sidebar; I never know Stailee Heard could only really see out of one eye. That's pretty remarkable considering she's a really good player. Guess you have to be good to make up for the lack of depth perception and lack of peripheral vision on her right.
 

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I am a little behind in watching, glad it was recorded. Some of this is plain painful to watch. Audi isn’t having any fun and the offense is doing the stall. Looks like OSU staff did a good job of watching tape and is doing exactly what UNI and Iowa did to this team. Still have some hope, especially with the fouls mounting, but they are slim.
 

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Yup. Seeing cracks in the veneer with Crooks getting that T. She's been complaining a lot lately and you could see it coming. Quite the contrast with her usual positive attitude. Not in this game but a few times where she seemed annoyed with teammates to.
 

Cloneman89

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CBF and staff need to be cleansed. No athleticism at all or speed. Hansford and Williams were reaches. This is a blowout again ! No idea how CBF keeps fooling JP but it is terrible evaluation of talent.