Our all world defense can be beaten. Iowa hat proved that. Pass well and shoot very well., We can’t score 70+ in this league.
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That’s the Big 10, especially this year. We gotta get our league big boy pants on starting with NW.
Our defense will work most days. Iowa just played a great game and executed perfectly. And today was far from our best defense. We’ll learn from it and move on.
They played much harder than us today greeny. We were stuck in quicksand. They were quicker on d and we just stood around on o. They played hard on both ends and they out toughed us. Credit to them it’s pretty obvious it’s not a great match up for us but we were sleepwalking out of the gate with sloppy play on both ends.
We did not play great and didn't get blown out by a team that was lights out from 3 point range. They made more threes, at a better percentage than we made layups. Sometimes the basketball gods are not with you.
100%. We can lose against or defeat any team on the schedule. If we come out with no intensity we aren’t beating anyone.
No overreaction here. But losing at home to a team well behind you in the standings really stings. The next 2 games will be key to getting the season back on track. Northwestern has now won 2 in a row (Illinois and @Indiana), and they’ve also won at MSU, so Wednesday night’s game will be very tough. Need to find a way to win there and then come back to the RAC to avenge the OSU loss. won’t be easy.
They were getting incredible looks. Those guys will make them. Our defense was horrible. We didn’t stay in front of their guards. We played the screens terribly. It was a total **** show on defense against a good offensive team.
Iowa may end the season top 4/5 in the BIG10.
Obviously didn’t like the execution, especially defensively, but we’ll be fine.
Just need to shake it off and take care of NW.
Obviously didn’t like the execution, especially defensively, but we’ll be fine.
Just need to shake it off and take care of NW.
You can’t match the 135 or so defensive possessions we played bs Purdue and Maryland with what they do on most nights.
What is interesting is that this 2 straight years at the RAC where Iowa’s D didn’t look like what Iowa normally looks like.
I realize there is a part of the attributed to us being on the east side to defend.
To your point being outworked by any team, let alone Iowa has me concerned.
Hard to beat any team that scores 36 points from 3. Some were wide open but many were contested or from way beyond the arc. I don’t think the defense was that bad, still held them 5 points under their average.
The one thing Fran did when RU was making a run was implore his team to run offense with pace. At least that was the gestures he was making.