Game Thread: Northwestern vs. Iowa

AdamOnFirst

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Disagree. I hate redshirts when athletes don’t usually stick around for 5 years. Hardly anyone does that anymore.

He was bad in the first half, but let’s see what he looks like in the remaining games. I think the experience even if he plays poorly will really help for next year.
It’s easy to argue it benefits Gill more often than it benefits NU, but he’s played a total of like six minutes all year which is a pointless waste of potential value for everybody involved
 
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TheC

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I can't watch this anymore. These refs are ruining this game and any chance NU has of an upset. It's so blatant .
 
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CatManTrue

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Sure don’t make it right!
Some of the calls are egregiously bad, even for NU.

Still: when your team consistently plays this poorly then you cannot expect any help from the refs.

The B1G wants Iowa and as many B1G teams in the tournament as they can get.

Expect no mercy.
 

Purple Pile Driver

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NU isn’t a program that can afford to make wasteful mistakes on things like this. Unless he suddenly starts playing a lot and playing well it’s a massively wasteful choice.
You are right, I’d play him a helleva lot more. Nothing to lose at this point, unless you think it damages him mentally.
 

wildcatpn

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Some of the calls are egregiously bad, even for NU.

Still: when your team consistently plays this poorly then you cannot expect any help from the refs.

The B1G wants Iowa and as many B1G teams in the tournament as they can get.

Expect no mercy.
But if you go to the Iowa board they’re saying all the calls are going against them.

Cats have given up 30 points in the last 10 minutes of game time.
 
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CatManTrue

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West looks fantastic!

OTOH, These refs make my dog’s turds look like chocolate pudding.
 
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Too many times Martinelli has come up short only to have Iowa score right after. Wildcats haven’t been able to break the 6 point margin.
 

CatManTrue

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Too many times Martinelli has come up short only to have Iowa score right after. Wildcats haven’t been able to break the 6 point margin.
He’s having one of his worst games. It may be exhaustion, hopefully not due to some injury.

His shot has looked off either way
 
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Nice effort by the Cats on the road. Competitive but Stirtz with 36 was a killer. Cats offense failed on too many short attempts.
 

Catmandoo78

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The shot chart is a disaster. Look at Iowa’s chart (all shots at the rim and 3s) vs ours (littered with all sorts of mid range junk).