LOL. Thanks. Clearly you need to be the NCAA D1 coordinator of officials. You've watched a couple of games and have opinions! That's all that matters.
Iowa State/UNI Game
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Everyone has bad days and my vague memory is suggesting there have been many officials hit the pinnacle of their sport and then fall.
Let’s be honest this is just about stumping for UNI. Hell I don’t even remember the game nor how Iowa or UNI fared that that year so it would be hard for me to care any less about it than I do.
Ed Hightower is another who called lots of important games and I’ll wager you could find people on every board with an axe to grind in him 🤷♂️
Every team has had the benefit of good & bad calls
LOL…..well then let’s talk about that. Have you ever lost a game because of poor officiating. And do you like to complain incessantly about your coach, players, etc?
I would say there were probably 3 or 4 fouls missed in the final several seconds of UNI's loss to Texas A&M in the NCAA tournament a few years back. If any of them had been called, UNI likely goes to it's second sweet sixteen. But objectively I can't say it cost UNI. They had their chances and blew it.
I don't like to complain incessantly about UNI's coach or players, because I genuinely like them.
I also like Iowa's players. When Iowa has a different coach, I'll probably like him too.
All good responses except the last one. KF has been a good ambassador for this program and won a lot of games. When you can show me a coach who isn’t also losing winnable games, that WE can realistically get to come here. I’ll gladly wish him gone.
I don’t anticipate you doing that
Oh sorry….but honestly it’s more of the same though w/Fran. He is highly liked by his peers & a better than average coach.
He just has a punchable face & zero defensive acumen 😂
In agreement w/@unipanther1999 here. It's insane how much Iowa fans bitch about officials. Even when we win. @cmhawks99 you mentioned Hightower and a lot of hate for these guys is because they were around forever. Kind of like the Dicky V of officials. After awhile you either love them or hate them. UNI kicked the Hawks ass that day and Fran lost his shit and acted like a baby. He's done it a lot over the years and frankly it's embarrassing. We lost to a program w/way fewer resources and Fran and the AD took their ball and went home. I mean c'mon, look at Iowa's overall record against UNI and Drake. It's been for the most part absolute dominance by Iowa. And the the funeral home that is Carver might actually get more fans in when you're playing an instate rival.
I won’t comment on the game because I don’t remember it. In fact I wouldn’t be surprised if I never even watched it. I went from being a huge Iowa basketball fan into my mid-30s to barely a basketball fan for several years. The fans and the end of the Alford/Lickliter years wrecked me.
With that said, I think you know I’ve got an ax to grind with fans bitching constantly about anything, including officiating. Based on a quick google search that Iowa team sucked & that UNI team was quite good 🤷♂️
First of all - Boooooooooooo
Second - Crooks no doubt is a pretty good player. BUT- why on earth wouldn’t she want to lose some weight to be a better player? Why doesn’t Fennely want her to lose weight? Doesn’t the womens team have a nutritionist? SC?
Go ahead and flame me. I’m sure this is sexist - or something……
Second - Crooks no doubt is a pretty good player. BUT- why on earth wouldn’t she want to lose some weight to be a better player? Why doesn’t Fennely want her to lose weight? Doesn’t the womens team have a nutritionist? SC?
Go ahead and flame me. I’m sure this is sexist - or something……
Crooks is a good player, but there isn't much talent around her.
She was being double teamed last nite and didn't do a great job passing out.
Just looked, she played around 30 minutes last nite, which is plenty given her frequent need for breaks.
Fact is, UNI just outhustled ISU and Fennelly had no response.
It will be interesting how they respond, because they play SC, UConn, and Iowa in the next few weeks.
She was being double teamed last nite and didn't do a great job passing out.
Just looked, she played around 30 minutes last nite, which is plenty given her frequent need for breaks.
Fact is, UNI just outhustled ISU and Fennelly had no response.
It will be interesting how they respond, because they play SC, UConn, and Iowa in the next few weeks.
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They’ll get killed in all of those games.
None of those three games are in Hilton, where I think they could keep it close vs Iowa.
Away or neutral court...yep, they gonna get killed.
ISU pulls out the win over Drake. Tied until Crooks scored a bucket in the literal last second to win it for the Cyclones at home.
Another poster, who evidently follows ISU fairly closely, mentioned that ISU's backcourt is really suspect. It sounds like they're way overrated and will certainly drop in this week's rankings. I look for a fairly comfortable IA win when they play soon.
Edit: I remember the poster now, I believe it was cmhawks99 that mentioned it...
Edit: I remember the poster now, I believe it was cmhawks99 that mentioned it...
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Similar to the Iowa game, Drake's post defense was nonexistent.
Crooks, literally, bulldozed her way to the basket all game long.
I don't think Crooks can get away with that against the Hawks.
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