So you just don't think there's any room for improvement and that leveling any critique against this team is acceptable. Got it. Lol.
*****Iowa vs Maryland Game Thread*****
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I'm negative because the mistakes are avoidable.
Come March if we continue to play with the same lazy tendencies we won't make it past the 2nd round of the NCAA tourney.
Maryland had 17 turnovers. Does that make our 17 turnovers ok?
So you're projecting they get knocked out in the second round. $100 says you're wrong.
Lol, yeah making monetary bets with anonymous message board dorks is against my policy.
Let's see how they're playing later in the season. I said if they keep making dumb, lazy mistakes they'd get knocked out by the 2nd round. If they don't I think they'll move farther.
I didn’t say that. Who would you play or what changes would you make? Just asking.
This is where you messed up, proved yourself to be the idiot that everyone suspected that you were.
Lol, wow, so some of you just think getting after your players for failing to play as well as they're capable of playing late is out of bounds. Got it. Lol.
I would tell them to be sharper with their passes and work harder at making more of their free throws. Is that ok? Or would it hurt feelings?
No, some people have decided you don’t have a clue what you’re talking about!
I don't know. 17 points in 3:10 is pretty insane. We still won in the end but that will leave a scar on my heart. I sure hope they are all labeled when I have an autopsy in 15-20 years.
I'm crushed. Lol.
I think this team can play a lot better than it did late tonight. I don't think that's a bad thing. Apparently you're ok with celebrating sub-par play. Good for you. Warm fuzzies. Lol.
Great W!!! This team is really good. 2-0 through the gauntlet stretch of the schedule.
You said "We can pretend this team might make some noise come tourney time but there's no way. They're going to get cooked by top-10 teams"
Then you said "Have fun deluding yourself that this team is going to do anything come March."
Now you're qualifying those statements with ifs and buts.
They just beat MSU ranked number 8 in the NET, so you're already proven wrong on that top 10 statement. I don't need to qualify anything and I'm delusional enough to be telling you this team's floor is the sweet 16 and the ceiling is the Final Four, but must likely the Elite Eight. Feel free to copy and paste this and call me a dumb azz after the fact if I'm wrong. I'll be happy either way because it didn't cost me $100.
Wow, why didn’t we think about that! Thanks man!
She probably wasn't forceful enough or they need a reminder. You know. Kids.
I'm sure the coaches aren't happy about 17 turnovers but it's not like they were throwing it around the gym against a D2 school. Maryland plays an aggressive style defense and it can cause players to make risky passes.
Iowa is a young team and can certainly have ugly turnovers games (Uconn and Northwestern come to mind) but in general they do a pretty good job at taking care of the ball.
To put it into context:
Maryland forces 20.05 turnovers a game. They forced 17 against Iowa.
Michigan St forces 21.74 turnovers a game. They forced 16 against Iowa.
Oregon forces 20.8 turnovers a game. They forced 14 against Iowa.
Indiana forces 13.16 turnovers a game. They forced 10 against Iowa.
Nebraska forces 19.22 turnovers a game. They forced 14 against Iowa.
Yeah, heaven forbid they have to deal with constructive critiques on their play. Wouldn't want to do that. Warm fuzzies.
Yeah just keep telling them how amazing and special they are and that they don't need to worry about trying to get better. Lol.
Oh no it's all you. Don't make the lil' peanuts uncomfortable with constructive criticism. Heaven forbid. Just tell them how amazing they are at all times. You bet!
I said it the other day, the gap between UConn/South Carolina and everyone else is pretty huge.You said "We can pretend this team might make some noise come tourney time but there's no way. They're going to get cooked by top-10 teams"
Then you said "Have fun deluding yourself that this team is going to do anything come March."
Now you're qualifying those statements with ifs and buts.
They just beat MSU ranked number 8 in the NET, so you're already proven wrong on that top 10 statement. I don't need to qualify anything and I'm delusional enough to be telling you this team's floor is the sweet 16 and the ceiling is the Final Four, but must likely the Elite Eight. Feel free to copy and paste this and call me a dumb azz after the fact if I'm wrong. I'll be happy either way because it didn't cost me $100.
This team could hang with about everyone else outside those teams and if their shooting is on, they could beat most other teams besides those two.
There's the top two or three teams, then there's everyone else.
So if the coaches aren't happy with 17 turnovers should they not tell the players they're not happy with 17 turnovers? If they're not happy with how they played late with the lead should they not tell them they're not happy with how they played late with the lead?
Not like this per se. But the men have had trouble closing out first halves, giving up runs to let the other team get back into several games this season. That's why Doodle specifically said late-half meltdowns instead of late-game. The point is both teams would benefit from a more finely tuned "boot on throat" instinct as we get closer to March.
And I think she either won't listen to her assistants or they're worthless so she just ignores them.
They won IN SPITE OF JJ tonite.
Under no reasonable circumstance can you blow a 17 point lead in less than three minutes.
Use of TOs, substitution patterns, and refusing to contest shots was beyond ridiculous tonite.
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I’m a Deal fan but I do know this—-coaches play players they trust at crunch time. Jan knows who she trusts and doesn’t give a rip who we trust. Get used to it.
Way too much time left to foul up 3, especially in the women’s game where a Maryland timeout advances the ball. That’s how you give yourself a chance to lose in regulation.. especially if we were having trouble inbounding it as well.
The 30% 3 point shooter happened to make her shot.
She played 5 and 1/2 minutes in the 4th.. then we put Ava Heiden back in.
Only player that missed a ft in that stretch was 90% shooting Chit Chat.. rest of the team was perfect down the stretch on fts and CCW redeemed her missed fts and arguably biggest turnover of the game with clutch fts in OT.
But I would like to know..
If these errors are avoidable.. why isn’t the team able to grown and wins some games in March? If it’s already set in stone that Iowa won’t do anything in March then it isn’t truly avoidable. You should quit watching because they are wasting your time.
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What BB team (besides UCONN) has not had some bad stretches of basketball this year? Chill. Iowa also had some great stretches of play, building a 17 point lead on the road. It happens.
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