I cannot wait for the rematch tomorrow. Love the draw we have. Yes being the 4 and not the 5 would be better but we get to watch our team an extra game! Get the bench in soon and save the rotation for tomorrow, Go Hawks!
Bring on Rutgers
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If I'm Rutgers I'm a little worried about this game. Not only do you have to face Iowa but Iowa didn't get challenged and got to rest most of their starters in the 2nd half.
Let’s just hope Courtney Green is not reffing this game.
This team seems to like the shooting backdrop, which is a damn good sign of things. In burying NW early and shooting the lights out, they accomplished two things: (1) they got a lather up and won but (2) they had plenty of rest/were able to get role players going a little.
Rutgers has been good all year, too. They have good personnel. I think we have better, but don’t over look them.
Semis two years in a row after our horrible showing in BTT for a decade+ would be pretty, pretty, pretty good.
Hawks seem to be good at holding grudges/keeping chips on their shoulders this year. They want revenge tomorrow, and even more so against Illinois on Saturday. Hope the motivation helps.
How our game went today is a speaking point to how playing an extra game can sometimes be an advantage - conference & NCAA tournament shows this every year.
The confidence you’ll get from scoring 116 points against a conference opponent does a hell of a lot more for you than one single game bye.
I agree that, because of the way it went, playing this "practice game" while Rutgers sat around should be a good advantage for Iowa. I hope the Hawkeyes stay hot and teach the Scarlet Knights a thing or two.
Keegan only played 21 minutes today. That's gonna be huge for tomorrow.
I found this interesting, the all-time B10 tourney winning percentages by seed #:
#1 - 0.731
#2 - 0.689
#6 - 0.604
#3 - 0.535
#8 - 0.512
#5 - 0.476
#13 - 0.462
#7 - 0.439
#4 - 0.421
#10 & #12 - 0.333
#11 - 0.303
#14 - 0.300
These percentages are affected by some vacated wins courtesy of Michigan and Ohio State
It was huge to get the huge lead and allow Fran to get the starters & key subs out. As a result, the starters & key subs were allowed to rest up for tomorrow's game.
Iowa has the momentum, should beat Rutgers tomorrow and advance to Saturday's semifinal on CBS TV.
Iowa has the momentum, should beat Rutgers tomorrow and advance to Saturday's semifinal on CBS TV.
Rutgers is fully rested.
I'm just hoping we didn't use up all our luck too soon. That was a crazy performance!!
It was actually the perfect amount of minutes for everyone in the rotation. No fatigue. They'll be ready tomorrow.
Worried Ogundele might be sore tomorrow for garbage time.
Specifically which part did I suggest that Rutgers was not fully rested?
This is interesting. Theoretical win percentages should approach:
#1 1.000
#2 0.667
#3,4,5,6,7,8,11,12 0.500
#9,10,13,14 0.000
I wonder why #13 has been such an outlier?
Fran played 14 players today. Could not have worked out much better.
Minutes:
24: JBo
23: Filip
21: Keegan
18: Pmac
18: Tony
....................
18 Kris
15 Connor
15 Payton
11 Ulis
11 Josh O
08 Joe T
08 Riley
06 Ash
04 Laketa
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200 Total
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The 6 seed is so high because of two reasons.
1. For the first many years until Nebby was added they played the 11-seed in the first round which was pretty much a guaranteed win.
2. Iowa's 2001 four wins in four days run came as the 6 seed.
The 4 and 5 seeds used to have to play each other in their first game(2nd round) which was basically a coin flip and then play the #1 seed which is the cause for the lower win percentage for them.
Can't explain the 8 and 13 seeds without looking at BTT history.
You said they should be worried about Iowa since Iowa got some rest.
I'm sure Rutgers doesn't feel they need Iowa to be worn down to beat them on plenty of rest
Although theyre gonna lose.
I don’t agree with the first statement. They have a ton of bad losses and are a bubble team.
Rutgers wasn’t close to good all season. They had a streak of great games toward the end
On the flip side Iowa is also responsible for the poor winning percentage of the 5 seed. IIRC Iowa was either 0-4 or 0-5 as a 5 seed before todays game.
"Iowa didn't get challenged and got to rest most of their starters in the 2nd half" is specifically what I said. No where was I suggesting that Rutgers was not well rested.
Regarding the #13, partially due to a much smaller data set (#13 seed has only existed since the 2015 BTT) and in 2015 & 2019 the #13 seeds went 2-1 (PSU & NEB). The 2nd 2015 win for PSU was against #5 seed Iowa BTW.
Be prepared for Rutgers Muggery defense with offensive use of defensive contact on every possession
Bardo: "I don't know that Rutgers can beat this Iowa team. They (Iowa) are playing at a level we've never seen from them". Or something to that effect.
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