*****Iowa vs Illinois NCAAT Game Thread*****
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I don't know how you could forget about a guy who has such brilliant insight into college basketball.
Their offense has always been really good.
Now they have decided to play really good defense.
Let's see what happens.
Watching the game from The Other Place in Overland Park, KS. The place is filling up with Hawkeye fans. Expecting it to be standing room only. Gonna be a rowdy crowd!
We were walking around the Lincoln Park and Lakeview neighborhoods in Chicago this afternoon. TONS of folks out and about wearing Hawkeye gear today. The bars will be hopping come game time.
Ben is a funny guy, as you will see below regarding not fouling 3 point shooters.
They gotta be ready to go coming out of the gates. Everyone knows it.
However, for the Little Debbie game:
Ben McCollum scoffed at any in-game adjustments that Iowa made against Nebraska to come back multiple times from 10-point deficits and win, 77-71.
"Man, I would like to say that, like I just made this huge adjustment and it was like, 'Man, I did that.' It was, 'Do what we were supposed to do when we started the game. Box 'em out, please.' And that was about it. That was the adjustment. I don't know, people always talk about these earth-shattering adjustments. Once you're in the game there's a few things that you can adjust to, but if you haven't worked on 'em it's not going to work anyway. So those are things we work on daily in practice is boxing out.
"Even in the second half, they got a few O-boards and we just were soft on our box-outs. We weren't physical. Any time it was like, 'Hey, I felt like that was over the back.' And the official is like, 'You've got to box out a little bit stronger.' That means you're playing soft. We just weren't as physical as we needed to be boxing out. And then I thought we did a better job, after we gave up all those points (after not) boxing out.
Then we actually stopped fouling 3 point shooters, too. That was really nice as well."
They gotta be ready to go coming out of the gates. Everyone knows it.
However, for the Little Debbie game:
Ben McCollum scoffed at any in-game adjustments that Iowa made against Nebraska to come back multiple times from 10-point deficits and win, 77-71.
"Man, I would like to say that, like I just made this huge adjustment and it was like, 'Man, I did that.' It was, 'Do what we were supposed to do when we started the game. Box 'em out, please.' And that was about it. That was the adjustment. I don't know, people always talk about these earth-shattering adjustments. Once you're in the game there's a few things that you can adjust to, but if you haven't worked on 'em it's not going to work anyway. So those are things we work on daily in practice is boxing out.
"Even in the second half, they got a few O-boards and we just were soft on our box-outs. We weren't physical. Any time it was like, 'Hey, I felt like that was over the back.' And the official is like, 'You've got to box out a little bit stronger.' That means you're playing soft. We just weren't as physical as we needed to be boxing out. And then I thought we did a better job, after we gave up all those points (after not) boxing out.
Then we actually stopped fouling 3 point shooters, too. That was really nice as well."
Ben McCollum stressed preseason conditioning from Day 1.
Nebraska in the first 14:53 – 40 points, 14-21 (67%) FG
Nebraska in the final 25:07 – 31 points, 10-37 (27%) FG
Iowa's Cooper Koch: “You could definitely tell that they were getting exhausted. ... We knew that we could outlast them.”
Nebraska in the first 14:53 – 40 points, 14-21 (67%) FG
Nebraska in the final 25:07 – 31 points, 10-37 (27%) FG
Iowa's Cooper Koch: “You could definitely tell that they were getting exhausted. ... We knew that we could outlast them.”
And the Germans are sorry they bombed Pearl harbor
We're an underdog for a reason.
But we got some dawgs.
But we got some dawgs.
You have to think that any leftover Houston fans - or just people with tickets - going to be at this game will be rooting for the underdog in this one.
checking in from Storm Lake. Just got back from Houston.
What’s good, folks??
What’s good, folks??
Why the hell aren't you there today?!
No judgements, but how many times is Iowa gonna be in the Elite8??
(I'd like to say MANY times, but realistically ..... )
Going to the Front Row, should be packed. Tick tock
Well I just arrived arrived in Houston about an hour ago. Yeah, you went the wrong way
Glad this was an early game, during daylight at least. Houston traffic is no joke!
Prolly more orange than gold. Illini team just left the floor to cheers to which Hawk fans followed with boos. We're at least a feisty bunch!
Is this... good..?
Haven't been this nervous for a game since Iowa played Richmond.
I have no idea…are these guys good?