Iowa at Michigan predictions

[gojojo]

When was our last win in AA?

 

[HawknBadgerLand]

Iowa failed to be ahead by enough to keep an official's call from contributing to the outcome. They failed to control their own destiny in a game where the best and most willful team that night will almost always do just that.

Teams that allow ref blaming into their locker room are losing teams. Winning isn't easy. There is no room for the weak minded

I agree, you should always hope to play well enough to not let it come down to a call at the end. But time and time again, it does. Lots of calls go either way and determine the outcomes of team's seasons, league standings, etc. Even the tempo is set by the refs early on...ex, a couple ticky tack fouls by a ref can sit a player for 10-12 mins ie, Keegan.

Sure, coaching is a big part of it. Stay out of foul trouble, but who knows what the heck a foul even is anymore. Just about every single time down the floor a foul COULD be called. Look at all the hand-checking constantly in the Big Ten.

The Rutgers game was physical as any, and what happens that determined the final outcome? A non-foul to put the winning free-throws on the line. So yeah, let's play SO WELL every game that it doesn't come down to that. But when it does, I guess we can't complain about it?

 

[Ronman]

No, actually the game will be decided by players. Funny how that works

If you don't believe that officials decide the outcome of some games, then you haven't watched much college basketball.

And our last win in AA was in 3/16 when Jarrod hung 29 on them.

 

[nbanflfactory]

And at the end of the 2nd half.

I was talking about the bullshit overturn inexcusable

 

[TampaHawkfan]

I was talking about the bullshit overturn inexcusable

Yeah that overturn was BS.

 

[TampaHawkfan]

When was our last win in AA?

Looks like March 2016: https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/iowa/2016-schedule.html

 

[Packer54]

Since I have seen our name on the 4 seed line and my hopes are soaring, I will predict we lose and I will come crashing down...I really hope I am wrong....but....

 

[unclesammy]

IIRC, in regulation, it was tied, and we had the ball with like 20 seconds left. That situation puts all the pressure on PSU and the odds strongly in our favor. But we had to get at least a free throw out of that. I don't think we even got a shot that hit the rim. That lack of planning cost us the game and has many times. If favorable situations are not taken advantage of, then the final result is subject to the fate of a lucky shot or bad call.

You almost never see WI get beat in those kind of situations. They are 8-0 this year in games decided by 4 points or less. They have been behind late in several of those games. Yet I don't think any of them even went to OT.

Those results are not random. They are the result of very thorough planning and drilling. On the other hand, over the years, our reaction in these situations always appears to be complete surprise and our response to be random and comically ineffective.

In regulation, Penn State was ahead by 2 points. Jbo shot a 3 that was short and Keagan made a spectacular play to tie the score and send it to overtime.

 

[HawkRugged17]

 

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[Aleksei]

The optimistic side of me says Iowa is angry over the loss at Iowa, and will fight to even the score. I pick Iowa by a blow out!

 

[Obviously Oblivious]

To avoid the inevitable jinx from me, I'll say Meatchicken by 1, 79-78.

I hope Iowa pounds them by 30 though.

 

[CarterHall]

McCaffery over Martelli, three knockdown rule, second half.

 

[MeetTheFerentz]

 

[HawkRugged17]