IUPUI also took Michigan to overtime at Ann Arbor, so they are a good team. But still, losing a 17-pt lead in the 4th quarter. Now the Iowa players know how the Cyclones felt last year.
Hawkeye Women’s BBall Season 2021-2022
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The women's team needs to get over whatever the f*** their issues are and start playing better.
I talk about officiating maybe 1-2 times a season in the recaps I do, mostly because I think bad officiating is generally a wash. But today's game was different. That was an entire 4th quarter where 50/50 calls were being called on one end and not on the other.
How do you play defense when any contact results in a shooting foul? How do you attack the basket or feed the post when you're getting bumped on shots and nothing is being called?
There was one sequence in particular where Williams hooked O'Grady to get position in the paint. It was a blatant offensive foul, but they didn't call it. Despite that, O'Grady got back into position and made a perfect block. She got all ball. The referees called it a foul.
That's two missed calls within seconds of each other, and neither was a 50/50. Referees get those calls right 90% of the time. To have both go against Iowa is just really hard to stomach. Even harder where the foul discrepancy was so large.
Rough start to the season. I’m behind these ladies 110% even through bad losses. Gotta have faith in them.
I respect your observation here! Thanks for getting into some details.
On a different note, this is what comes to mind for me tonight: A team isn't as good as their best win, but also isn't as bad as their worst loss. Still rooting for this team 110% of the way!
You know there is no such thing as a 110%?
100% is the max!
Sorry, this is a pet peeve of mine and they’re so many ignorant athletes that say this all the time!
Wow! Me and my stupid brain never realized that "giving 110%" is just a figure of speech! Thank you so much for valiantly pointing that out to me.
Here is a look at the NET rankings of our opponents we've played Through Games Dec. 22, 2021. Our current NET ranking is 33
| WON | LOST | ||
| New Hampshire | 325 | Duke | 29 |
| Samford | 262 | Iowa St. | 9 |
| UNI | 43 | IUPUI | 50 |
| Southern U. | 296 | ||
| Michigan St. | 95 | ||
| UCF | 36 |
I notice that this year Caitlin Clark is shooting 25% from three-point range. Last season she shot 40%. Are teams guarding her deeper this year, have her mechanics changed, is it bad shot selection? As a result her average is down six points or two threes per game. For those who have seen her games this year, is there an identifiable issue?
I won't claim to have seen anywhere near all the games, as it's only large parts of 3 of them this year, but since I'm a bit bored, I'll answer
.Her shot selection has always had some head-scratching moments in both years, IMO. While unquestionably a great player, there are moments where you think "why?!" even if they happen to go in. I don't think it's a mechanics issue, and without seeing a shot chart, I can't say with authority if her questionable shots this year are more frequent or from worse locations, compared to last season. I would say they just aren't going in as frequently.
Well, the 3-point line did move back for this season. But I don't know if it affected Caitlin Clark. Maybe not seeing two 3-point lines threw her off a little bit?
I have coached H.S. Basketball for over 20 years. Seen many many refs, both good, bad, and horrible. In general, Big Ten women’s basketball refs are bad and extremely inconsistent. Poor positioning, poor decision making, poor teamwork between refs. It is not solely in Iowa games. All Big Ten teams deal with it. Bad all around. You would think the league could either afford better refs or have better training.
How/why does any player go in a shooting slump? If there were obvious answers there'd be no slumps.
If I had to guess I'd say it's mental. She and everyone else is expecting an as-good or better season than her spectacular Freshman year. It's a lot of pressure. And there are a lot more eyes in the stands watching with those expectations.
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Shot selection has been an issue at times, but she just can’t get shots to fall. The whole team has been missing 3s and Lisa Bluder is even perplexed by it. She says that they make 3s in practice and said that even breaking down film there aren’t more than 3-4 ‘bad 3pt shots’. Really feels like something that has to turn around in the second part of the season.
Our guess based on a pre-season video was that Czinano would stay, but that Cook and Taiwo wouldn't. In the video Cook and Taiwo said something like "hi from the seniors". Czinano appeared otherwise in the video, but not in that part. I don't think we've heard anything official.
Other than a long-term injury to a starter, it's hard to think how this season could've started much worse. We've lost to basically every competitive team we've played. We keep having long pauses to interrupt any flow the team might get. And this almost certainly won't be the last cancellation.
Obviously the team can still overcome everything and have a good year, but this is a fair bit more adversity than seemed reasonable when the season started.
Unfortunately, if they can’t consistently play games I think it will be hard for them to ever get to the best version of themselves.
What a pathetic joke being played on these kids.
Almost two years in to the dreaded Covid and they're still getting postponed?
Almost two years in to the dreaded Covid and they're still getting postponed?
She got paid and doesn't care anymore. It's the result of NIL.
I have only watched the UNI, Duke and ISU games, but it seems to me if her first shot doesn't go in, her approach is to take a step back to get a more open look for the next shot.
I have seen all of Iowa's games. Honestly, her 3's just aren't dropping. Most of them are almost going in.....but not quite. Her mechanics look the same to me but I'm no expert. Her overall game is very solid this year. It could be that the start and stop nature of this season has affected her a little bit. Caitlin will be fine.
Might make sense for Iowa to play Minnesota this week. The Gophers had their Dec. 31 game postponed due to Covid issues within the Northwestern program. With Covid issues in the Illinois program, would really suck if Iowa lost 2 games this week.
I was thinking the same. It might be time for the conference to get proactive and have healthy teams play games while they can.
My wife's boss and his girl friend were going to Jamaica this week, but they had to postpone it since she tested positive for covid and she had no symptoms. The last 4 months here in western Wisconsin we have had more cases per week than anytime last year.
My head is spinning from all of these cancelations.
@KyleHuesmann , what are the protocols, exactly?
If a team like iowa is 100% vaccinated, it was my understanding that NO ONE got tested unless a player had symptoms (cough, fever, body aches, etc.)
So, once a player has symptoms:
* That player gets tested.
* Who else gets tested?
* At what point does the whole team & staff get tested, if applicable?
* How many players do you need to play?
* Was the issue with Penn State or Iowa?
Thanks for your reporting.
And thanks @TomKakert and @Blair Sanderson for making it happen.
@KyleHuesmann , what are the protocols, exactly?
If a team like iowa is 100% vaccinated, it was my understanding that NO ONE got tested unless a player had symptoms (cough, fever, body aches, etc.)
So, once a player has symptoms:
* That player gets tested.
* Who else gets tested?
* At what point does the whole team & staff get tested, if applicable?
* How many players do you need to play?
* Was the issue with Penn State or Iowa?
Thanks for your reporting.
And thanks @TomKakert and @Blair Sanderson for making it happen.
Hawkeye Beacon - Iowa women's hoops game canceled
The Iowa women’s basketball team just can’t catch a break when it comes to getting on the court and playing
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As far as I know, you have to exhibit symptoms to get tested and Lisa Bluder did say that “multiple” players and coaches had symptoms, which would mean they would have to get tested.
Not sure on how many you need to play a game.
The issue this time around was with Penn State.
Iowa/Penn State is currently listed as a cancellation, which would be a forfeit for PSU.
Illinois/Maryland and Wisconsin/Purdue are listed as postponed, so not sure why that’s different.
Big Ten is likely going to change the rules here soon with the new CDC rules saying asymptomatic positive cases only need 5 days of isolation.
Illinois/Maryland and Wisconsin/Purdue are listed as postponed, so not sure why that’s different.
Big Ten is likely going to change the rules here soon with the new CDC rules saying asymptomatic positive cases only need 5 days of isolation.
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