Exactly and Jan mentioned that on postgame interview. You can bet that was filed away for future reference. Not a fan of coaches bad sportsmanship.
*****Illinois vs Iowa BTT Game Thread*****
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Thankfully time ran out. With this sub lineup Illinois would have won it with a couple of more minutes. Jan subbed way too soon.
Mostly agree but she was trying to win the game. If there'd been another :90 seconds they may very well have with the way our backups were getting smoked. I think JJ maybe pulled the starters a little early.
Foul trouble and Jan called the dogs off half through the 4th
3 and a half minutes is too early to clear the whole bench, and for some reason Ava was in jail over there for a good part of the game....
I think the only logical conclusion is we need to fire Jan.
Totally NOT true. Ava was NEVER in any real foul trouble in the game. NEVER, And she played her sparingly in the first half as well, or did Jan "call the dogs off" in the first half?
Some minutes got cut in the 1st half with fouls and the big lead let them cut minutes later.
It's a good thing in a tournament with potentially 3 straight days of games
Which would be stupid, BUT if they'd have tied that game up you can bet there'd have been people on here calling for it. That's was way too early to pull all the starters.
That's nonsense. Jan subbed way too early and Illinois took advantage and why shouldn't they. With a little more time they might have pulled it out.
I'm sure it was load management to keep her fresh and with the big lead most of the game.
I really love her game. She just goes after it all the time.
Logic was tougher than nails
If there were 90 seconds left.... Then Jan would have waited 90 seconds longer to pull the starters and we are right back in the same place.
Was it the under 4 that the starters were pulled? Up 23 and Illinois shooting bad on tired legs? No issue with subbing then
That was crazy bad substitution and roster management. Almost biblically awful. Our bench is not ready for primetime in any way. Just pray our starters can stay out of foul trouble and Journey remains 6th one in. Shorten the bench here in one and done time.
You score 20 against Ohio State you have potential.
Agree, if Jan actually said that, its a bad look for her. You play till the games over......A few years ago, (the same weekend CC22 hit that shot to beat Indiana), the men came back from down like 18 in under 2 minutes and won in OT against MSU I believe.
How does a little more time get put on the clock?
Its not that the bench can't contribute, but you can't put them ALL in at once against the starters from a good team.
This is going to be Iowa’s ultimate demise unfortunately. McCabe injury really hurt.
We’ll get in foul trouble or run out of gas ⛽️ against the wrong team and our lack of depth will burn us.
Elite Eight is a realistic ceiling, Sweet 16 the floor IMO. A great, fun season, no doubt!
She struggled finishing , but she played solid defense and had a number of assists.
I'm a big fan of JJ and think she's doing an amazing job as our HC. That said, she's not immune to mistakes. Maybe she figured the Illinois coach would follow suit and empty her bench and she just didn't. Curious to know what Jan said in her post game interview. But the end of that game was a few bad ref calls away from positioning Illinois to tie it up, when we were up 21 just a few minutes earlier. Bad decision.
They outscored us by 16 points in the 4th quarter - totally unacceptable and that's on Jan.
Just so everyone knows...if Jan would have left all, or most, of the starters in late in the game with a 20+ point lead there would multiple people here crying that was risking injury, tiring out the front liners, etc.
Carry on.
Nice, very solid win with many positives to focus on.
Carry on.
Nice, very solid win with many positives to focus on.
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Ava picked up her first foul 2 minutes into the game and sat for a few minutes in the first quarter. She picked up her second foul with 3 minutes to go in the half and then sat the rest of the quarter. And most importantly she picked her fourth foul up with 7 minutes to go.
12 of that was their starters against the bench that gets very few minutes.
Not a concerned considering the goal was to get the W, which was accomplished.
Good to see Jan win tonight, but I was wondering how that Oklahoma coach did today. I just checked and evidently one of them was over their head and it wasn't Jan.
The JJ led Hawks won. How did JB and those okies fare today? lol
You would think Iowa lost by 34 judging by some of the reactions here
The way this team played today brought shame to their families and the Iowa College School. If we show up with this sort of energy versus the next opponent we will be on for a proper whoopin.
Bottom line, there's a drastic drop-off after the main six players.
Huge.
Huge.
All right or wrong aside, I don't know why Illinois didn't foul after cutting it to 6 points. They should have forced Iowa to make a free throw.
Hopefully MI or OR has to expend a lot of energy in a close game. IA resting our starters and playing the earlier game with a 3:30 start time tomorrow could make a difference.