*****Minnesota vs Iowa Game Thread*****
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Don’t want to, but you’re right. Houston at 3, Deal, Stremlow and Wright 1&2, Kylie off the bench.
What did JJ do right tonite?
Nothing comes to mind.
Hopefully turns in her resignation to Beth.
There's still time.
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Nope. Gophers could easily finish above Iowa in the BIG. Losing to a top ten Net team is not a shocking loss.
Starting lineup should be CC, Stemlow, Houston, HS, Ava
Chit Chat needs to be more selfish. She is best shooter. I still have confidence in Deal's shot but the team doesn't look for her or set her up.
I'm waiting for the update on how Kylie has the best assist/to ratio on the team. Let's take a look at it after playing the last 4 or 5 games.
Fire her and hire Geno. He needs to step away from UConn.What did JJ do right tonite?
Nothing comes to mind.
Hopefully turns in her resignation to Beth.
Minn did a good job of clogging the lane so when she drove it was crowded and she couldn't pull up for the midrange
After watching Ben's team get dominated in the last couple of games early on, and he (or his staff) make changes and turn the game into a win.....I'm thinking that is a huge piece that got him the head coaching job. The ability to form a game plan and change on the fly if it doesn't pan out.
Not sure how many people actually were interviewed for the women's job, but I'm wondering if we missed a coach who had that same ability as Ben. I'm really not sure we have one that can right now. Coaching proper techniques for post players doesn't automatically translate to being able to coach/manage a team. Hopefully I'm wrong but there's a lot of talent that might not make it far in the tourney without a game plan.
Not sure how many people actually were interviewed for the women's job, but I'm wondering if we missed a coach who had that same ability as Ben. I'm really not sure we have one that can right now. Coaching proper techniques for post players doesn't automatically translate to being able to coach/manage a team. Hopefully I'm wrong but there's a lot of talent that might not make it far in the tourney without a game plan.
That's a really sad statement too, that they were secretly THAT f***ing dependant on her.............
(mainly because they have no other trustworthy "outside" shooters at the guard position)
KF is the biggest reason Iowa lost tonite.
AINEC
Minnesota killed Iowa in rebounding because no one guards KF on the perimeter, so they always had Iowa outnumbered near the hoop.
And KF is playing 5 feet off the 3 pt shooters on defense.
Any stats showing g KF as a "plus" player must be AI generated?
Uh, no.
Name one worse. The final score doesn't show how one sided this game was. Double digit deficit for the vast majority of 2nd half.
Minnesota has one more loss right now and likely three more losses in the regular season.
And if they did end up ahead, that's an even worse indictment on Jensen given the remaining schedule for both.
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Because we have no 3 pt. Threat without McCabe, Deal has to play to create that threat, also, Heidens 4th foul was critical, no way the defender was set this took 3 points off the board with 90 seconds left. This counts with Deal also still in the game makes it a ?
KF -11 Tonight...........Stremlow 2nd highest w/ -9..
I'm not seeing anything that leads me to believe JJ will figure this mess out.
Totally lost on the sideline.
Should've at least made it look like they did a legitimate coaching search when Bluder retired. All because they were afraid of losing Addie Deal?????
If you're serious about maintaining a strong program with Iowa's resources, hiring JJ was a lazy move and it's looking like a huge blunder.
Totally lost on the sideline.
Should've at least made it look like they did a legitimate coaching search when Bluder retired. All because they were afraid of losing Addie Deal?????
If you're serious about maintaining a strong program with Iowa's resources, hiring JJ was a lazy move and it's looking like a huge blunder.
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You need to stop with that bull crap. Jan isn't going anywhere. Maybe you should resign from this forum.What did JJ do right tonite?
Nothing comes to mind.
Hopefully turns in her resignation to Beth.
There's still time.
Damn! KF was responsible for 15-20 points?? With McCabe out, they are saying all of a sudden we are missing her. She hit a bucket or two but that was about it. She guarded the worst player from the of other team, and she guarded their worst player. KF is always locked on guarding their best player and always has the best defender guarding her!!! She definitely can have an off game, but to be picking apart her stats (our best athlete) is asinine. Name a bench player that can guard like her, handle the ball, shoot, be a leader and on and on ........?
Thoughts about this team.
Every time we cross the half court line, Chit Chat needs to touch the ball. She should certainly shoot more threes than Stremlow or Deal.
Heiden and Stuelke are warriors, we got beat on the boards because our guards don't hit the boards. Left Houston off the list, she goes hard to the boards. They got six extra chances, that can cost you the game.
Perimeter defense was not good tonight. A team that out rebounds you by 12 and shoots 71% from three will win most nights.
With all that said, Braun threw up a prayer that banked in for three and Heiden's charge call wass awful. That should have been two and one.
On to Washington, we need to get back in the win column.
Every time we cross the half court line, Chit Chat needs to touch the ball. She should certainly shoot more threes than Stremlow or Deal.
Heiden and Stuelke are warriors, we got beat on the boards because our guards don't hit the boards. Left Houston off the list, she goes hard to the boards. They got six extra chances, that can cost you the game.
Perimeter defense was not good tonight. A team that out rebounds you by 12 and shoots 71% from three will win most nights.
With all that said, Braun threw up a prayer that banked in for three and Heiden's charge call wass awful. That should have been two and one.
On to Washington, we need to get back in the win column.
Honestly, who was the runner up in the head coaching interview for the Iowa Women's coaching job? Was there ever a list of candidates?? Seems odd.
Was at the game and Kylie was unbelievably poor as was Stremlow(0 for 6) on threes. Not real positive on the remainder of the season. Hopefully Jan hits the portal hard.
"Best defender guarding her"?????? "An off game"??? "Handle the ball"??? "Shoot"???
Is that an attempt at sarcasm?
KF's stats, total, from the last three games...6 pts, 7 TOs, 6 fouls. All as a starter.
Yeah, how could anyone else improve on those numbers?
With Kylie out there it's 4 on 5 on offense. It makes it so much harder for everyone else
I hate how Jan substitutes. We started out so well and then she subbed out Ava causing us to lose all momentum. Kylie who hurt us all game (and sucked defensively and offensively) played 35 minutes compared to Journeys 15 minutes who played great defensively and offensively, and while Journey made our whole team look better.
Our half-courd perimeter defense is our primary problem. We don't disrupt the flow and rhythm of our opponents and we don't find the open spot up shooters. Until that's corrected, we can't score enough to overcome what we give up at the other end of the court.
Minnesota starting guards had 49 pts.
Rate the defense 1-10 on that or stop the freaking excuses.
Does a player call the defense or get put into it??
A folding chair would of had better stats with no fouls and TOs.
So... it's not just one game. KF has been pretty brutal the last 3 games, where she has scored 6 TOTAL points on 2 of 16 shooting, 1 TOTAL assist, and committed 7 turnovers. Tonight she had zero points on 4 missed shots with zero assists and 2 turnovers in 34 minutes. Jan can't keep playing her all of these minutes if this is what she's going to deliver.
JJ post game press conference.,Yikes. She seems totally lost and flustered.
Great use of question marks, but is there a better athlete than her, and who are you going to put in off of the ultra deep bench to take her minutes and supposedly make things better?