A win is a win on the road in the Big10
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I couldn't watch, only checked the box score, is the only concern gesell and lack of bench?
Too much jacking 3's, no inside D, too many easy shots, and careless TO's
Gessell is not a problem and neither is our bench.
Was only looking at the box score and you seemed to imply things looked less than great.
Lack of effort was the issue tonight. I thought the second half effort was good. They just gave Rutgers confidence and life in the first half and it carried over to the 2nd half. Rutgers played well enough not to get blown out in the second half. Don't believe everything you read about Gessell. Didn't play great but he definitely wasn't as bad as some people made him out to be. Uthoff, Jok and Clemmons scored a lot and Mikey got them the ball like he always does.
I think Wiodbury being out in the first half hurt our interior defense, and our bench had its worst game in the Big.
The Hawks were on the road playing a poor team who lost by 50 last time out. They were looking ahead and not focused at all. But when you have a solid starting five and have potent scorers like Iowa does they can go on cruise control and win games like this.
Gessell has 10 assists and it's a bad game? I'll take that from our point guard. Jeesh, tough crowd...
Got to 6-0 and nobody got hurt. All I needed out of this one
They played terrible and put up 90 on them.
0-5, 0-1, and three turnovers but it seemed like more. I like he got his bad game out of his system with the next two coming up. I never rip on mike, but he had a bad one tonight.
I have no idea what it means when someone has "x" amount of turnovers "but it seemed like more." Gesell played fine and did exactly what was needed. Solid assist to turnover ratio. Helped get the Hawks to 6-0. Bring on Purdue.
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Give Rutgers credit, get outta town ahead of the blizzard, and get ready for Purdue.
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The butchering of Jarrod drives me crazy as well. These guys have been here for 4 years for crying out loud
Dude has been holding it in for a long time, but not quite long enough I guess.
There can't be a bigger dumb ass on this board than I am. I fixed it.
I remember when I could hold it in. I must get up three times a night these days.....
The lineup with Jok at 2G, Clemmons at PG, Uthoff/Uhl/and I think Wagner in zone shutdown Rutgers and also was good offensive lineup. Stretched lead to 19 pts with that lineup.
Iowa really shot the ball well...if we'd had a better defense for entire game, wouldn't have been close.
Iowa really shot the ball well...if we'd had a better defense for entire game, wouldn't have been close.
Radio says Mike has a pulled muscle or hamstring or something.
As in, I thought he had about 6 turnovers, then looked at the box score and saw three. I was surprised, maybe just spoiled by how well he has played this year.
He made three really dumb decisions that were just strange to see. Lack of focus IMO.
Shot was clearly flat, if he really had hamstring issue, which it looked like, I'm not sure why you even play him in this game.
It was not a good performance by Iowa, and in many ways that is a good thing. They were playing at such a high level before this game that the coaches had little to critique. By human nature it is natural to get complacent when there is less pressure. This game was a good breather and also a good wake up call that if they don't concentrate on defense they could lose to the worst team the Big 10 has seen in a decade.
I expect the team to look refocused come Sunday.
I expect the team to look refocused come Sunday.
Gesell makes some weird decisions sometimes, like his mind is spinning its wheels trying to do too much. When he had the drive to the hoop, beating two defenders, and passed it to the Iowa bench when he actually got to the rim was quite the head scratcher. You could see Fran say "Why didn't he just lay it in?".
Not a great game, but it wasn't exactly a disaster. I must say those were 10 quiet assists, but props regardless. Hope he gets back to 100% soon.
Not a great game, but it wasn't exactly a disaster. I must say those were 10 quiet assists, but props regardless. Hope he gets back to 100% soon.
Iowa played a decent game. Red hot shooting again from 3. There interior defense lacks especially on the baseline leading to easy opponent buckets. Sometimes a lack of focus leads to cheap fouls that should not be committed. Great assisting and multiple passing. Nice stealing in pass anticipation. Poor mechanics in free throw shooting can hurt this team if there not focused.
Overall this is a top ten team now. In the long run a 2 game win in the NCCA tournament seems possible. If their lucky maybe more. They may be peaking to early.
Go Hawks!
Overall this is a top ten team now. In the long run a 2 game win in the NCCA tournament seems possible. If their lucky maybe more. They may be peaking to early.
Go Hawks!
Lots of good observations here. The boys clearly were looking past Rutgers re: if they acknowledged the 50 pt beatdown by PU. Basically this game says that even when our boys are disinterested, they can beat a bad team like RU. But manoman some of them looked bad, like MG, Uhl, Baer and Williams. I was more surprised that Fran didn't call timeouts early and chew some butt for not playing a lick of defense. As others have noted, its good to get these lethargic games out of the way so the boys can focus on a serious opponent in Purdue, who will be driven to avenge their earlier loss to Iowa. And we know the team will be up for Maryland.
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Gesell played okay, but shooting was drag and his 3 TO's were unforced.
Gesell 9assists, 3 turnovers, 0-5 from field, 0-1 from fT line,
Sappy 5 assists, 0 TO, 8-12 from field, 20 pts.
lead was extended to game high 19 pts with Gesell on bench in 2nd half and Sap at PG, and lead closed to 10 when Gesell came back in, aided by a Gesell TO, missed shot.
Iowa was in control the whole game.... I didn't once feel that they were not going to win...... Was it our best game no.... players spacing was off on offense and defense... which lead to some bad passing and bad decision making... Positive - Jok, Clemmons, Uthoff - moved great with out the ball - got open and scored.....
Baer made a lot of nice hustle plays, actually. He had a bad shooting night, but overall I would not say he looked bad. Uhl, on the other hand, definitely looked bad - maybe his worst game I remember this season. Didn't make a difference in any facet of the game, and that's fine - with a good team, it's ok for guys to have a bad night and others will step up. Wagner had one of his better games, making plays on both ends. Against Purdue, maybe Uhl is the man and some others struggle...and that's ok, as long as the team gets the W. And it was a conference road victory about 1000 miles from home, when the team played poor defense.
Overall, I don't think this was that bad of a performance by Iowa. In the early minutes, when we went up by 11 and Jok was making everything he threw up, Rutgers looked like a very, very bad team. Then, Rutgers settled down and showed that they have a few players that have some real potential (especially their freshman, Sanders, who had 12 points, 9 assists, 4 rebounds, and 2 steals). Since Purdue beat Rutgers by 50, and we beat Purdue by 7, I think some people thought we should beat Rutgers by 57 or more, or else we played lousy. There were a lot of stretches in this game where the Hawks looked pretty damn solid. How can you have 3 guys score 20 or more, we put up 90 as a team, we had nice performances out of role players like Wagner, and say the team had a bad game?
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because there are some people on here who are never and will never be satisfied.
Iowa could go 18-0 and reach the Final Four and I gurantee there would be some Iowa fans that will find a way to be critical of something.
It's just the nature of some of the miserable people who post on here because they have miserable lives and need an outlet to anonymously bash college kids to make themselves feel better.
Iowa came out, laid a turd of a game and still won by double digits on the road. Everyone should be thrilled to be 6-0 with some VERY, VERY good wins.
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