Illinois doing their best Wisconsin impression, flopping like fish out of water and the refs falling for it every time, or the sensationally insightful, well-balanced commentary by Stephen Bardo?
Great win. Which was worse?
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Lol good point. Both were trash
Bardo was 0-4 in carver! Lol
Best officiated game of the year! Stephen bardo very fair and well spoken
Not sure what game either of you were watching
Hellva win. Great game by both teams!,,
They learning to enjoy fun great college basketball!
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Not sure what game either of you were watching
Hellva win. Great game by both teams!,,
They learning to enjoy fun great college basketball!
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And him trying to claim Sandfort getting away with a foul on their last 3pt shot. He did correct himself seeing the replay but when that came out of his mouth, i literally yelled STFU!
The officiating was good except for the call on Sandfort with 20 seconds to go
I’m not saying the officiating was bad (it was pretty darn good for the B1G Ten). I am saying Illinois flopped a lot and the officials fell for it every time. That’s it.
50/50 ball Sandfort won. Didn't like that call. Otherwise, I thought the game was officiated well. That is saying something considering Courtney Green was in the house.
I think that would have been 6 in a row VS Illini had the Hawks lost. HUGE.
I used to like Bardo. He was terrible today
I’ve never liked Bardo. I don’t know if it was him referring to Fran as “White Jesus” that did it or just the fact I find his voice annoying and many of his comments incredibly stupid, but I agree today was Bardo’s worst as far as Iowa games are concerned.
Other than not knowing the 10 second rule changed, I thought he did a good and fair job.
Bardo was very complimentary of Iowa today. I don't understand the hate. Yes, he got a little bit hyperbolic on some of the Illini buckets, but you have to admit some of those Illini plays were pretty special.
Actually, the other guy was more annoying, going on and on about the ticket issue, and some of the dumb jokes.
Actually, the other guy was more annoying, going on and on about the ticket issue, and some of the dumb jokes.
You beat me to it. I wonder if he realizes how bad he is when doing Illinois games. The Big Ten should talk to him about that. He goes overboard.
funniest thing about that whole situations was, the illi guy was actually trying to get fouled there instead of get up a good quality shot. Our smart guy didn't fall for that.
Bardo usually loves us. He was a homer today, but isn't Jess Settles when he does Iowa games? He's especially good for us at home. Bardo is pretty tight with the McC clan.
He was one of the guys that tried to get Roy to kick the coke. The comment about Moe was funny. Those guys almost came to blows more than once. A lot of rough play both ways. I remember one play cuz Bardo elbowed Moe in the head on a defensive board. Bardo took the shot at the other end and Moe hit Bardo in the arm pit, like a football hit with the shoulder down. Knock Bardo on his ass and then he slid a bit. Bardo would probably have ejected under current rules on the elbow and Moe would have booted for the football hit.
He was one of the guys that tried to get Roy to kick the coke. The comment about Moe was funny. Those guys almost came to blows more than once. A lot of rough play both ways. I remember one play cuz Bardo elbowed Moe in the head on a defensive board. Bardo took the shot at the other end and Moe hit Bardo in the arm pit, like a football hit with the shoulder down. Knock Bardo on his ass and then he slid a bit. Bardo would probably have ejected under current rules on the elbow and Moe would have booted for the football hit.
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I’ll go with C. The most annoying thing about any of our games is the constant whining about the officiating.
What do you want? He spoke based on what he saw and then when he saw a different angle, he said his first reaction was wrong. I like Bardo.
I hated the officiating today, but not because it was unfair or out of balance - I just hate the ongoing B1G style of letting guys grab and check and shove all the time. Wasn’t anything special for this game, just an on-going continuation of the brand.
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I really like listening to Bardo!
Quote of the day:. "I like Dix!"
Quote of the day:. "I like Dix!"
Wrong on both points. Refs were very good, Bardo was spot on most of the time...
Refs were decent, which surprised me when I saw Courtney Green. Except for buying into a couple of Meyer's flops on 3-pt shots, the zebras didn't make a lot of obviously bad calls.
I think Bardo is very balanced as an analyst and he definitely knows what he is talking about. He did see something that wasn't there on the non-call with Sandfort defending on the 3 from the corner late in the game, but he quickly corrected himself when he saw the replay. I could see why he thought it might be a foul. He even complimented some Iowa players on plays that most fans never pay attention to, like blocking out on rebounds, even if you can't get it. Those are winning plays that CMac and Iowa's starting guards do a lot, but don't get much credit for in the stats or from the fans.
I think Bardo is very balanced as an analyst and he definitely knows what he is talking about. He did see something that wasn't there on the non-call with Sandfort defending on the 3 from the corner late in the game, but he quickly corrected himself when he saw the replay. I could see why he thought it might be a foul. He even complimented some Iowa players on plays that most fans never pay attention to, like blocking out on rebounds, even if you can't get it. Those are winning plays that CMac and Iowa's starting guards do a lot, but don't get much credit for in the stats or from the fans.
The officiating and Bardo were fine. Not sure why we're mad. The 10 second rule was embarrassing that Bardo made about 3 comments on but whatever. He corrected himself 2 times after seeing a replay and he was very complimentary to our team.
It's nice when the commentators know the rules, tho. Did the Hawkeyes have 1.9s to get it over, or did it reset?
After a time out in the back court the 10 second count resets. It's been that way for a while.
