They tried hard tonight. You just cannot choke like that at the FT line. PSU was in great shape to steal one.
Iowa seems to have mastered the choke down the stretch
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Ok we did not choke dumb ass
That’s an interesting take. Please explain how we didn’t choke?
Oh Iowa did their part to choke it away. Penn state just couldn’t hold up their end by knocking down a wide open 3 on another Iowa defensive breakdown
Just watched the replay of last night's game. JFC, are we actually trying to lose in late game situations? Missing not one, but two front-ends of one-and-ones? Then we let them drive the length of the floor and attempt a game winner from the top of the key? We have to at least make them take that shot from the wing and not straight on. Thank God Penn State is just as bad as we are.
Mastering something means actually completing the process to intended conclusion.
Clearly, the Hawkeyes.came close but failed to choke this game away.
This is sports...the ultimate object is to win. Hawks won.
That's a lot of the appeal of sports...winning/losing is black and white..no ties.
When Hawks prevail...good day!
Clearly, the Hawkeyes.came close but failed to choke this game away.
This is sports...the ultimate object is to win. Hawks won.
That's a lot of the appeal of sports...winning/losing is black and white..no ties.
When Hawks prevail...good day!
It reminded me of the Tom Davis wheel of choke where he’d have the players run in circle doing nothing and then chuck up a bad shot
Looks to me like they mastered winning close games at home. Could easily be 0-3 instead of 3-0 in close games. They will go on a win streak and make the sweet 16. Book it.
Did anyone else think that Harding was struggling late being guarded by Baldwin? The announcers did, I did, anyone named Fran notice?
Yeah, Brock did struggle and I don't think Fran noticed because he brought Harding in to struggle. Makes sense to have 2 Pgs out there, but Fran went to small ball on early side and it didn't work out very well in terms of holding on to the ball and getting good shots and the missed FTs were a near choke.
Missing two straight front ends of one-and-one's in clutch time? Or was it three?
I remember that Tom Davis “wheel” thing vividly. Still to this day it baffles me what it was intended to accomplish as four guys ran around in about a 10 ft diameter circle till late in the shot clock. Watched them do that in a game here in Madison several times trying to protect a lead and of course lost.
I have said for many years on here that Iowa needs a true sports psychologist to get the teams into a game-winning mindset. Fran especially needs a psychologist as his record in close games is terrible.
He didn’t even get the shot off in time, pay attention.
I believe all 3 front ends in the 2nd half were missed.
You’re right. I wasn’t even referring to how easy it was on the last possession to get a look. I was referring to the possession before. Thanks for pointing out they played god awful D on the last 2 possessions
I believe Iowa went 1-7 at the line late, with at least three of those being 1-and-1. The Hawkeyes started out 8-8 at the line. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . . But as others have noted, the bottom line is Iowa won. The rest is footnote.
BTW: The attendance was reported as 8,619. It looked about half full . . . or half empty, so I guess that number is at least close to reality. And the crowd seemed to be a little more active than is often the case. So that's good, right?
BTW: The attendance was reported as 8,619. It looked about half full . . . or half empty, so I guess that number is at least close to reality. And the crowd seemed to be a little more active than is often the case. So that's good, right?
A win is a win. Much needed at this point.
It’s troubling that a team full of pretty good shooters struggles as much as it does at the line though…
Iowa ranks 4 in the nation in “effective field goal” percentage
269 in ft percentage
That’s mind boggling
It’s troubling that a team full of pretty good shooters struggles as much as it does at the line though…
Iowa ranks 4 in the nation in “effective field goal” percentage
269 in ft percentage
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That’s mind boggling
When Freeman missed 2 free throws in the 2nd half, were they on a 2 shot foul or 1 and 1's?
It seems neither the men or the women can make free throws in Carver.A win is a win. Much needed at this point.
It’s troubling that a team full of pretty good shooters struggles as much as it does at the line though…
Iowa ranks 4 in the nation in “effective field goal” percentage
269 in ft percentage
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That’s mind boggling
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Besides missing all 1 and 1s, we also didn't run a play at the end of the first half and just let Brock dribble a hole into the ground. That also almost turned around to bite us in the ass. Fran either has no interest in basic strategy or was in a hurry to take a dump.
I think you're right. If that's the case, we missed the front end of 4 one and ones. You only have three one and ones before you shoot the double bonus. I think the refs messed up.
Yeah, I wondered how many possessions we'd get a 35' chuck n duck with the shot clock at zero toward the end lol
??????? Did you say "Make the sweet 16"? I've never been a betting man, but you could probably get a few home mortgages put down against that bet. "Book it", huh?
I think he meant the 15 teams that make the Big Ten Tournament plus the first one out. That's Iowa's new Sweet 16.??????? Did you say "Make the sweet 16"? I've never been a betting man, but you could probably get a few home mortgages put down against that bet. "Book it", huh?
No, refs were right. Hawks were 1-7 on FTs in 2nd half. Freeman hit 1 of 2 on a 2 shot foul, Pryce missed both on a 2 shot foul. Then Freeman, Harding, and Thewell missed front ends.
Actually Brock had a wide open 3, but then like you said he dribbled the clock out. I don’t know why he didn’t take the open 3. His decision making was poor at times last night, like when he had Mulvey wide open under the basket, looked at him and then tried to throw a cross court pass that was stolen for a runout layup.
I mean yeah I would've been happier with any shot, but we had 3 timeouts left. As soon as you cross half court, you can TO and inbounds from the front court. Nobody was pressing Brock, they let him cross halfcourt with 3 seconds to spare. Our strength is catching and shooting like the Dix game winner vs Northwestern, not athletically running full speed into a shot.
I watched the final 2:30.
Yeah, make FTs, but it wasn't because of missed FTs that we had to sweat out that ending after blowing a 10 pt lead with about 5-6 min to go...................
A win is a win. Much needed at this point.
It’s troubling that a team full of pretty good shooters struggles as much as it does at the line though…
Iowa ranks 4 in the nation in “effective field goal” percentage
269 in ft percentage
NCAA College Men's Basketball DI current team Stats | NCAA.com
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That’s mind boggling
Good 3pt shooters that can't make FT's is they're not concentrating and lack mental toughness in front of crowd focused on them or have failed to put in the work on muscle memory to make a FT.
Freeman should probably be 70 percent. Harding needs to be an 85 percent guy given he's so tiny he has to do everything else well to make up for what he gives up on defense.
My biggest beef is Payton and Pryce this year.....give them a wide open 3pt shots and they are probably 33 percent on season. Shooting
is the one thing they are supposed to do.
Pryce is shooting 40% from 3 for the season. He needs to improve from the FT line. When wide open Payton has been okay from 3. It’s the off balance “prayers” he shoots that need to stop.
What the F do these guys do all year? Since they don’t practice defense or rebounding, shouldn’t they be pretty good at free throws and shooting the ball? Live look at Iowa’s practice………
Never mind….
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