Stop being so level headed. Dont you know we suck even though we’re undefeated in the conference?
*****Iowa vs Maryland Game Thread*****
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So Hannah can’t make top 5? Our best interior defender and 2nd leading rebounder in the league? lol.
The only time that I don't want Hannah on the floor is with a lead in a must foul situation, because of her struggles at the free throw line. Otherwise she's the best inside defender and second best scorer and rebounder on the team. You leave her in.
BTW, number 2 South Carolina is going down tonight to Oklahoma. Winning on the road against ranked opponents isn't easy.
When the game is on the line late I would have Hannah on the bench.
I guess if the team would just stop winning I could get my head right.
This team needs to figure out how to put teams away. Maryland had ZERO business having a chance to win that game in OT. But they did. Just dumb luck we escaped with the W after dominating almost the entire game. I see just a lot of laziness, lazy defense, lazy passing, lazy free throws. No killer instinct. 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.
It is not just a HS problem. This was a problem even when Bluder was coaching the team.
Dumb luck? That's just dumb. They dominated in OT. They also just beat MSU who was #8 in the NET rankings.
I can’t believe Maryland didn’t continue to press us. Their full court press was killing us and then they stopped in overtime.
I'm not saying she should have gotten a lot of playing time, I'm just saying she should have gotten a few minutes especially with Ava in foul trouble.
Hell even if she fouled out in 90 seconds that's still a little bit of a break.
CC and Hannah both played 43 minutes tonight and looked gassed at the end of the fourth which is partially why Maryland came back. If Jan's going to ride with her starters in the closing stretch she should find a few minutes to give her under sized pg and small ball center a rest.
Against full court pressure? No! You shouldn’t have more than 1 big. And her ft shooting concerns. Stop being sentimental.
Why are you people so angry after an upset win against a top 15 team on the road to stay undefeated and in first place in the conference? I don't get it.
They couldn’t set up the press because they only made one bucket
The reason we fell apart because we stopped playing defense and let them score easy layups which then turn, let them set the press up, and that became a vicious cycle
Staley obviously can’t coach!
Escaping with a W in OT over a team that you dominated nearly the entire game and let back into it late is luck.
I wish Layla belonged out there right now but she doesn't unfortunately. With respect to CC, she's a press breaker. Someone was asking why they didn't press more. She was why. They couldn't contain her.
So who do you want inbounding the ball?
Chit Chat is 5'4 and our quickest guard. Kylie, Addie, and Taylor S all make plenty of questionable passes every game.
No, it's not. Stop being miserable.
Lol. Sure thing. Have fun deluding yourself that this team is going to do anything come March.
How many times did Maryland turn it over at home tonight?
Some times you screw up and let a big lead get away and lose, and you will learn from that, and sometimes you let a big lead get away and win and you will learn from that as well. I couldn't be more proud of the Hawkeye women tonight.
Because it's avoidable. Maryland being able to tie the game late was due to our players making lazy, dumb passes and missing FTs. Sometimes the other team is just going to outplay you late, I get that. That's not what happened tonight. We made lazy plays and lazy passes that put the ball in their hands and allowed them to take it in to OT. It was completely avoidable. That's the kind of stuff that's inexcusable. And it's habits like that that will get you bounced in March when it doesn't have to.
I thought they handled the press just fine with chit chat. It was in the half court where they didn't use their heads
You: Why so negative?
Me: Because it's avoidable.
You: What's your forecast for March?
Me: It's habits like that kind of laziness that will get us bounced early in March.
You ok?
Scroll up dork.
I like this team. But you guys are kidding yourselves if you think we can play the way we did in the 4th quarter tonight and realize the potential we have come tourney time.
You didn’t answer his question what you as a coach would do differently. Oh, tell them to not turn the ball over? Good job coach.
I asked you 2 simple questions.
1) How many turnovers did Maryland have at home tonight?
2) What's your forecast for March? Saying bad habits will get us bounced early isn't a forecast. What round do they make?