Sometimes triple teams for a 2 point shot and a wide wide open 3 point shor
Lost to #2 Auburn on a tip in. Beat #6 Marquette by 11. Beat Dayton, Colorado and Iowa.
Freeman, Sandfort and Dix. Iowa State isn’t great individually. They play great as a team. A bunch of guys willing to do the little things that make a difference. Complete opposite of EVERY Fran coached team.
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha 0 chance of that. 8-12 MAYBE.
Wait wait wait. Wait a minute.
I just mean individual take talent wise if they bought into the system could be great at ISU . At Iowa it’s ok to be lazy on D and not rebound.
Maybe that's the #6 team in the country and...
Marquette losing in Ames moved them into a #1 seed in bracketology. I have followed ISU since Johnny Orr took over, and from what I have seen, this is the best ISU team in 50 years. And there have been some great teams in those 50 years. Most were very good offensive teams, but none of them had this level of defense to go with it.
If you combined both rosters I’m not sure any player from Iowa starts.
State has better in game coaching by a wide margin. their team responds to TJ in a killer attack dog mode. Actually as a fan it’s fun to watch.
Fran was hired when Chet Culver was Governor of our state. Let that sink in when you pond er Iowa basketball and the NCAA tournement
Sad ain't it. Not saying anything about the tournament, I'm a fan and I'll hope for the best. The guys played well tonight but played a team that if it were in the Big Ten would be the team I'd pick to win the league going away.
This. Those were my favorite years as well, I was too young to remember the 80’s run. It’s not a lot of fun when you know the ceiling has been met and it’s the same d*mn movie every year. Dr. Tom had comparable talent, but coached defense and required intensity and effort. I know, I know, we could go back to lickliter levels if we let Fran go. I’d rather take a shot of new hope and fail than live in mediocrity until I’m put in the ground.
What’s worse, Frans use of timeouts or Kirk’s clock management?
Ok, I didn't know but they sure were cheering for them a lot. To be fair, I didn't think they were terrible with their knowledge of the game or anything like that, they just were excited to see ISU. And maybe that's fair too. Outside of Freeman there isn't a whole lot else to get excited about on this Iowa team. I mean, sure, maybe one of their shooters gets hot on a particular night but there's no consistency there and that's a big part of the problem.
Horner, Bruner and Haluska. Sold out Carver every night. Undefeated at home. BIG tourney Champs. Thats exciting. (Until first round tourney flop) on last second 3 after leading by 17
For me it's every time the women play. I try but I just don't care about the men's team and it's been that way since Fran treated his kids like super stars who played over much better players.
IDK, Jeff Grayer, Victor Alexander, Hornacek were on some very good teams. And they had an elite 8 appearance where they actually got screwed & shouldv'e beenin the Final Four one year.
Dr. Tom had NBA players: Marble, Lohuas, BJ, Gamble all on the same team I believe. Much better talent than Fran has brought in.
Ok
I think the questions about the in-game coaching--game planning was actually excellent by Iowa--besides timeout usage was lack of giving the starters more rest by going deeper into the bench or giving the bench more minutes. When asked about that in the post game presser, Fran was a bit snippy saying the team didn't have tired legs, but shooting seemed to contradict that. In fairness, I don't know the status of Traore's ankle, but feel the Hawks need his athleticism on the floor. The big question on Fran has to be recruiting and balanced roster construction. I think the excellent game plan gave the Hawks a good chance to win against a bigger, more athletic and experienced team. While defense and rebounding are certainly not strengths, that is as much like a recruiting issue as a coaching issue.
