*****Iowa vs Ohio St (BTT) Game Thread*****

[QChawks]

8pm BTN

Fresh Ohio St legs against the Hawks playing its third game in 3 days. I think the buckeyes will just have a little more juice.

84-68 Ohio St

 

[Tenacious E]

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8pm BTN

Fresh Ohio St legs against the Hawks playing its third game in 3 days. I think the buckeyes will just have a little more juice.

84-68 Ohio St

Iowa 128-16

 

[SCHawkFan]

Iowa is a team of destiny. I expect nine more wins this year.

 

[nu2u]

 

[intrepodor]

8pm BTN

Fresh Ohio St legs against the Hawks playing its third game in 3 days. I think the buckeyes will just have a little more juice.

84-68 Ohio St

Fresh legs certainly could make a difference. Mental fatigue could play a role also although with this team it seems when one is down someone else picks up the slack

 

[wondergrape]

Help me out fam. Say a fella wanted to go to tonight's game. A session five ticket would get him into both our game and UCLA vs the morons, correct?

 

[Allaroundfan]

Yes

 

[Beattheohiostate]

Fresh Ohio St legs against the Hawks playing its third game in 3 days. I think the buckeyes will just have a little more juice.

84-68 Ohio St

I believe you picked Michigan State too. Gotta give it to ya for consistency. But I'm afraid you're wrong again. Check the minutes played last night and you'll see Iowa's 10-deep roster is just fine . . . at least fine enough to knock off THE Ohio State.

BTW: Iowa's worst loss of the season was by 10 points about 3 months ago. Everything else? OT, OT, 1-point, 2-points, 3 points . . . Just for the record. (And that includes the 2-point "loss" to UCLA.)

 

[Hendy hawk]

This team as progressed throughout the season.
Win or lose, fans can be very proud of that.

 

[the24fan]

Playing loose and nothing to lose.
I like their chances.

 

[Beattheohiostate]

Have to mention a couple of brilliant insights gleaned from last night's telecast:

1 - During the game they showed a graphic with Iowa a 7 seed in the NCAA. LOL

2 - Postgame, one of the brilliant talking heads said they thought Iowa was better than an 11 seed in the BTT. LOL again.

Thank gawd we have people getting paid to make such asinine observations. They might fit in well in DC about now.

 

[Hans81]

8pm BTN

Fresh Ohio St legs against the Hawks playing its third game in 3 days. I think the buckeyes will just have a little more juice.

84-68 Ohio St

Any early line on tonight’s point spread.

 

[QChawks]

I believe you picked Michigan State too. Gotta give it to ya for consistency. But I'm afraid you're wrong again. Check the minutes played last night and you'll see Iowa's 10-deep roster is just fine . . . at least fine enough to knock off THE Ohio State.

BTW: Iowa's worst loss of the season was by 10 points about 3 months ago. Everything else? OT, OT, 1-point, 2-points, 3 points . . . Just for the record. (And that includes the 2-point "loss" to UCLA.)

I always go with my gut, and in this case, I hope it's wrong.

There is a reason in the NCAA tourney they don't play back-to-back days. It's hard! Not to mention 3 or straight. Luckily due to foul trouble a few of our starters played a bit less last night.

 

[MilleGinja]

I always go with my gut, and in this case, I hope it's wrong.

There is a reason in the NCAA tourney they don't play back-to-back days. It's hard! Not to mention 3 or straight. Luckily due to foul trouble a few of our starters played a bit less last night.

You should go with your heart sometime 😉

 

[Hawksbyamillion]

This is where our bench and playing everyone early on will hopefully help us from a legs perspective. Last year we didn’t play very deep into our bench and would have been in trouble playing Wednesday in the BTT.

 

[QChawks]

You should go with your heart sometime 😉

then I would always pick the hawks to win

I can't be Homer

 

[millah_22]

Hoping for a dub, but also understanding this is a very tough game. If we get refs like last night that let players rough house, we're going to have a lot of trouble in the paint. Really need the 3s to be falling tonight.

 

[MilleGinja]

then I would always pick the hawks to win

I can't be Homer

Okay, qcHAWKS

Don’t need to be objective on a fan forum.

Hawks by a million!

 

[Franisdaman]

I demand that we win this game.

Thank you.

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[BurgHawk87]

I believe you picked Michigan State too. Gotta give it to ya for consistency. But I'm afraid you're wrong again. Check the minutes played last night and you'll see Iowa's 10-deep roster is just fine . . . at least fine enough to knock off THE Ohio State.

BTW: Iowa's worst loss of the season was by 10 points about 3 months ago. Everything else? OT, OT, 1-point, 2-points, 3 points . . . Just for the record. (And that includes the 2-point "loss" to UCLA.)

And in their only double digit loss they turned the ball over 30 times (felt like 50). So if they had managed to only commit an atrocious amount, say 23, it's likely a one possession game either way as well.

 

[BrewHawk]

Gotta put Kylie on McMahon and deny her the ball.

 

[Chekster1]

McMahon will do her usual - jump into people and hope to get the call her way!

 

[WDSMHAWK]

Gotta put Kylie on McMahon and deny her the ball.

I'm guessing Kylie will be on Cambridge.

Syd held her own against McMahon pretty well until she got in foul trouble.

 

[nu2u]

McMahon will do her usual - jump into people and hope to get the call her way!

O’Grady’s main job tonight is to administer a hammer to McMahon the first time she steamrolls to the basket. AOG has 5 fouls to give. Use all of them. Hard fouls, nothing dirty.

 

[cmhawks99]

Have to mention a couple of brilliant insights gleaned from last night's telecast:

1 - During the game they showed a graphic with Iowa a 7 seed in the NCAA. LOL

2 - Postgame, one of the brilliant talking heads said they thought Iowa was better than an 11 seed in the BTT. LOL again.

Thank gawd we have people getting paid to make such asinine observations. They might fit in well in DC about now.

Yes, they’d always fit in DC

 

[bunsen82]

That 1st game did not test the players legs. 20 minutes for most players. Last night Lucy and Hannah had significant breaks. For Post players, with 3 primary post players I am not too worried. Kylie/McCabe and Syd played quite a bit last night. As our 3 point shooters maybe a be a little concerned but I think in this case I will take the momentum and cohesiveness. Overall, this will come down to defense, and how many points we can manufacture.

 

[UpstreamHawkeye]

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Coach Bluder is getting ready to be called up by some small school in Indiana to be their assistant coach.

 

[Franisdaman]

As of this morning, Iowa is a projected 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Ohio State is a 5 seed.

Women's Bracketology: Will Princeton or Virginia Tech get the last at-large bid? Tigers get the nod

With Princeton fighting for an at-large bid, could the Ivy League have three teams in the NCAA tournament for the first time?

www.espn.com

 

[GunnerHawk]

Gotta put Kylie on McMahon and deny her the ball.

Not big enough. That is like a sports car trying to stop a Mack truck.

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[cmhawks99]

Gotta put Kylie on McMahon and deny her the ball.

I believe they did that last time and until late it worked, at which time I believe they switched her to Cambridge. I’ve actually been thinking about this very thing. I’m not sure she won’t start her out on Cambridge this time… She roasted us early and quite frankly I realize Cotie is a handful but she does miss some free throws and she’s only “chance” & a game away from having the fouls against her. She’s had lots of games where she finished with four fouls….

Maybe we get lucky and she gets a referee crew that doesn’t let her run us over in the lane🤷‍♂️

 

[General Tso]

I think Ohio State has the most talent in the league. If Iowa wins tonight, look TF out!

 

[cmhawks99]

Not big enough. That is like a sports car trying to stop a Mack truck.

She played her last time

 

[citizenHawk]

Stop Cambridge.
McMahon is going to do what she does, but you have to stop the others, and try to get her and Thiery in some foul trouble.

Could really use a good shooting night for the team. Gonna need 8+ 3s to stay on top.

 

[cmhawks99]

Stop Cambridge.
McMahon is going to do what she does, but you have to stop the others, and try to get her and Thiery in some foul trouble.

Could really use a good shooting night for the team. Gonna need 8+ 3s to stay on top.

I don’t think we will shoot that poorly from 3 again, 6-24, I’m also not terribly worried about fatigue at this juncture, next game, maybe 🤷‍♂️

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[QChawks]

Any early line on tonight’s point spread.

OSU -2.5