7 Iowa vs 10 Temple in Brooklyn Friday

[slipHawk]

Winnable. Really.

 

[SDHawkDoc]

On the flip side, temple has to feel fortunate as a 10 seed given a matchup against a team that had a months worth of collapsing coming into the tourney.

 

[mikehawk8]

Looks like they beat Minnesota by 5. I think we beat them by 4.

Just sayin...

Scores were eerily similar, too. 75-70 and 75-71.

 

[Pepperman]

Charles Barkley just said Iowa is battle tested. Fine, but I wonder if he even saw us play?

 

[ChiHawk1985]

Someone is rumored to have a leaked bracket

 

[tigerguy_]

I know a lot of wrestling fans are not BB fans but could they double dip. If in the area depending on time of BB.

Quarterfinals of wrestling in the morning session, and the most exciting wrestling of the tournament with the semifinals on Friday night, does not bode well for many Iowa wrestling fans deciding to go watch a slumping Iowa basketball team on Friday.

 

[ChiHawk1985]

If that leaked bracket is legit, I'd be super happy bc I decided after Iowa tanked that I'm adopting another small school to also root for in the tourney so it only made sense it would be Iona. And Iona plays Iowa State in that bracket.

 

[Pepperman]

You just know the Cyclones will get up for a team named Iona, right?

 

[DavenportHawk8]

Temple looks like they have 2 good guards (6-5 & 6-2). Look like they have a mobile forward who can shoot the 3 and also score some points.

GAME STATISTICS
Player GP MIN PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FG% FT% 3P%
Quenton DeCosey 32 34.4 15.6 6.0 2.6 1.3 0.4 2.1 .400 .774 .366
Obi Enechionyia 31 25.2 11.2 3.7 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.9 .428 .688 .394
Jaylen Bond 30 28.7 10.2 8.3 1.4 1.0 0.4 1.3 .472 .388 .125
Devin Coleman 32 25.4 9.3 2.9 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.8 .369 .730 .400
Josh Brown 32 35.9 8.1 4.7 4.9 1.3 0.4 1.4 .402 .735 .333
Trey Lowe 28 12.3 4.8 1.5 0.6 0.5 0.0 0.4 .395 .789 .258
Daniel Dingle 32 21.2 4.5 2.9 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.8 .329 .550 .242
Mark Williams 30 9.1 3.6 1.7 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.6 .440 .708 .323
Levan Shawn Alston Jr. 29 10.7 2.2 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.3 .307 .500 .271
Ernest Aflakpui 17 7.9 1.8 2.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.3 .522 .636 .000
Devontae Watson 9 5.3 0.4 1.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 .400 .000 .000
Mike Robbins 5 1.4 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 .000 .667 .000
Totals 32 -- 69 37 14 5 3 9 .405 .684 .340
SEASON STATISTICS
Player MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OFFR DEFR REB AST TO STL BLK
Quenton DeCosey 1100 154 385 144 186 48 131 500 41 150 191 84 68 41 13
Obi Enechionyia 782 124 290 44 64 56 142 348 31 85 116 16 27 11 29
Jaylen Bond 861 142 301 19 49 3 24 306 98 151 249 42 40 31 12
Devin Coleman 813 104 282 27 37 64 160 299 30 64 94 33 26 12 4
Josh Brown 1149 92 229 50 68 25 75 259 12 138 150 156 44 41 14
Trey Lowe 343 51 129 15 19 17 66 134 16 27 43 16 11 14 1
Daniel Dingle 679 48 146 33 60 15 62 144 32 60 92 49 27 13 14
Mark Williams 273 40 91 17 24 10 31 107 22 29 51 15 19 1 4
Levan Shawn Alston Jr. 311 23 75 4 8 13 48 63 4 25 29 19 10 3 1
Ernest Aflakpui 135 12 23 7 11 0 0 31 16 20 36 2 5 3 6
Devontae Watson 48 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 2 7 9 0 3 1 1
Mike Robbins 7 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Totals -- 792 1957 362 529 251 739 2197 358 818 1176 433 293 171 100

 

[Urohawk]

Wrong thread...

 

[Pepperman]

By the way, if he tweeted that at 5:10 it must be real?

 

[El Simbolo]

will Nova fans be cheering for or against Temple? Do the Phily schools despise each other, or have brotherly love respect?

 

[mikehawk8]

They see really well at night and can turn their heads almost all the way around.

 

[grosie#2]

After getting beat by Illinois I have little confidence that they will even beat Temple. It seems like their confidence is low. If they have another 18 turnover game, they will get blown out.

 

[wyohawk]

will Nova fans be cheering for or against Temple? Do the Phily schools despise each other, or have brotherly love respect?

Does a small Catholic school like Nova even have that many fans?

 

[uniFIGHTuniFIGHT]

We at least have the moral upper-hand. No Cosby connection to UI.

 

[LetsGoHawks83]

Kinda figured Purdue would have a better seed than 5 and didn't think ISU would get a 4.

 

[mikehawk8]

We at least have the moral upper-hand. No Cosby connection to UI.

We still have Pierre Pierce and for about 2 weeks, Kyle "Bonecrusher" Williams.

 

[NI hawk]

Des Moines, St Louis, Denver, & OK City available and Iowa gets to go to Brooklyn and play East Coast teams - yeehaw!

I had rooms reserved in Denver, Oklahoma City and St. Louis. Going to Brooklyn just tops off a crappy 3 weeks. Will be heading to DM to watch games. No desire to go to Brooklyn.

 

[MavHawk1]

Call me crazy but I like the Hawks style of play against teams who don't play them 2+ times a year. Also like the Ulis/Farrel matchup in Des Moines to boot.

 

[StormHawk42]

Uhl picked us over Temple so there's a storyline

 

[uniFIGHTuniFIGHT]

We still have Pierre Pierce and for about 2 weeks, Kyle "Bonecrusher" Williams.

Pierre Pierce's coach was run out town and Pierre Pierce was one of the biggest reasons. Philadelphia is a shit town with shit people. Bring it, Temple. Bring it, Villanova. Oh, you're proud of a cracked bell? Kiss my ass pimple.

 

[grosie#2]

Wonder if Bill Cosby will be at the game.

 

[backinblack23]

Wonder if Bill Cosby will be at the game.

Just don't set your drinks down at the game and you'll be fine.

 

[El Simbolo]

Cool that wrestling is in town the same weekend

 

[Nohawknamesleft]

Have they announced a time?

 

[cruhawk]

Temple lost to Wisonsin by 16 and beat Minnesota by 5. Don't know what that means.

Means that the Hawks should win comfortably if they do what they are supposed to do. ...

 

[QChawks]

Have they announced a time?

2pm

 

[And1Hawk]

Temple will have twice the athleticism as us.

 

[hawksauce]

Means that the Hawks should win comfortably if they do what they are supposed to do. ...

 

[DenverTurtle]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&sou...RWMh_GMNUM-fencvZg&ust=1457999655432465&rct=j

 

[ANYCHawk]

I know nothing about the Owls... What do they do well?

Spiking drinks?

 

[BubsFinn]

If Jok and Uthoff aren’t ice cold, we’ll be fine. Granted, that’s a big “if” as of late. I think our guards defend better, which is what you need in the NCAA Tournament. We are going to need one of them to make some perimeter shots, though.

 

[mazda1]

Our guards will be smaller so we may not have as big a quickness issue as we sometimes do. If we have to hedge less we may not have to scramble on D as much and maybe Jok gets time at the two.

I'd like to think this is a decent match up for us. I think they will be physical and I don't expect much from the zebras.

 

[ncaaball2]

will Nova fans be cheering for or against Temple? Do the Phily schools despise each other, or have brotherly love respect?

Oh, I am rooting for temple. This temple team sucks. We rolled them by big numbers on their home court. Fran Dunphy always loses to villanova.

Iowa can get hot and win games. Temple is terrible.

 

[ncaaball2]

Does a small Catholic school like Nova even have that many fans?

Is that a joke? Nova has a strong fan base. 7k is actually a pretty big school for the northeast, and all the school has is basketball, and they have been good for a few generations now, so the hoops fan base is solid.

Your game in brooklyn will have more nova fans than temple and Iowa fans combined. It's a90 minute train ride, and nova has a huge nyc alumni network.

Temple is the school with no fans. They can't get 5k fans to games. Nova pulls 20k for their big games.

 

[ncaaball2]

Philly = NYC?

It is about 2-2.5 hours depending on traffic. Where could Iowa play aside from DSM that is that close?

Less than a 90 minute Acela train ride.

Temple doesn't have fans, especially outside of philly. Nova fans will flood that arena though. Nova has a ton of nyc alumni and the philly fans actually care enough to travel.

 

[unoHawkeye]

Completely irrelevant, but if I recall, it Dom Uhl chose between Temple and Iowa. He was a strong Temple lean but somewhat surprisingly chose the Hawks (obviously)

 

[HeRKeYHoPeFuL]

Favored by 6.5 or 7

 

[GoHawks2009]

Temple lost to Wisonsin by 16 and beat Minnesota by 5. Don't know what that means.

It means Iowa will let Temple hang around or lead for most of the game, we'll tie it and maybe even lead by 2 or 3 for a bit.....and lose close in the end.

Temple was also regular season champs in the American. They average over 68 ppg, but give up 67 ppg, so basically enjoy seeing at least one more late-game opportunity for the Hawks.

 

[El Simbolo]

Similar to my prediction for senior night at Carver either we'll win by at least 7 or we'll lose by 7 or less.