******Iowa vs Rutgers Game Thread******

[QChawks]

5:30p BTN
RU -6.5
O/U 162.5

Iowa Hawkeyes (13-10, 4-8 Big Ten) heads out east to take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (12-12, 5-8 Big Ten)

LAST 10 GAMES: Scarlet Knights: 4-6, averaging 72.4 points, 33.5 rebounds, 12.0 assists, 7.0 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 41.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 75.5 points per game.

Hawkeyes: 3-7, averaging 77.8 points, 27.5 rebounds, 17.1 assists, 6.2 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 47.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 84.9 points.

Hawkeyes are abysmal on the road.

82-69 Rutgers

 

[Franisdaman]

I demand that we win this game.

Thank you.

 

[Franisdaman]

Will Thelwell play?

If not, Harding will start.

 

[hawkjt]

RU has talent.
Bailey, Harper, Grant, Sommerville is a very good frosh class.
Jeremiah Williams(ex-isu) is a very good athlete.

Hope Drew can go as Brock is not a good matchup vs big quick RU guards.
Visions of Harper taking Brock into the paint is troubling.
Find a way, Hawks!
We need Payton and Josh to shoot out of their minds to get this one.

 

[BrewHawk]

We can't guard Bailey or Harper.

Gonna be another scorefest for the opponent.

 

[GeorgePeeples]

93-71 final score.

 

[Nagarunja]

I feel a little sick writing this and I've never felt this way about the hawks before but I'll be rooting for Rutgers. Just want there to be absolutely no doubt that Fran won't be back next year.

 

[Bank of Hawk]

Is this where the Fran rebound starts?

 

[LukaDuka]

RU has talent.
Bailey, Harper, Grant, Sommerville is a very good frosh class.
Jeremiah Williams(ex-isu) is a very good athlete.

Hope Drew can go as Brock is not a good matchup vs big quick RU guards.
Visions of Harper taking Brock into the paint is troubling.
Find a way, Hawks!
We need Payton and Josh to shoot out of their minds to get this one.

Gotta play zone.

 

[AmericaNeedsMe]

Should be a close game but you have to give RU the home court edge. 83-77 RU.

 

[HawkBall23]

Is this where the Fran rebound starts?

Can I just point out the enormity of the oxymoron it is to see "Fran" and any form of the word "rebound" in the same sentence.

 

[DewHawk]

We can't guard Bailey or Harper.

Gonna be another scorefest for the opponent.

I agree with the above Rutgers has some truly good players and will blow by Iowa half-*** defense. Best guess Rutgers 80ish Iowa 60ish.

 

[intrepodor]

We can't guard Bailey or Harper.

Gonna be another scorefest for the opponent.

I'm sure Payton can shut them down. He's been following Fuerbach on how to play defense. Going forward he'll be taking all of the top defensive assignments.

 

[BrewHawk]

I'm sure Payton can shut them down. He's been following Fuerbach on how to play defense. Going forward he'll be taking all of the top defensive assignments.

 

[NevadaHawk]

This is where I usually say "Go Hawks" but I doubt they will. I would love to be wrong.

 

[QChawks]

defense travels!




Iowa ranked #330 out of 355 teams

 

[Max_Rebo]

Bailey, Harper, Grant, Sommerville is a very good frosh class.

Fun fact: Lathan Sommerville is the son of one-time Hawkeye Marcellus Sommerville, who arrived at Iowa in the same recruiting class as Pierre Pierce. He only spent one year at Iowa, was redshirted against his will, and opted to leave before playing a game for the Hawkeyes. He ended up having a pretty good career at Bradley.

 

[SDHawkDoc]

The most under achieving team in the league hosts another under achiever that's been abysmal on the road. This has all the makings of an entertaining matchup.

 

[BrewHawk]

The most under achieving team in the league hosts another under achiever that's been abysmal on the road. This has all the makings of an entertaining matchup.

Difference being that Rutgers has high level athletes and actually plays a bit of defense and Iowa will be playing at less than full strength (not that it would have mattered much).

 

[MikeyHawk]

Rutgers has a lot of close losses to good teams

Might not have an issue with a bad team like Iowa at home

 

[IllQChawk]

Gotta play zone.

Fran has this idea that this team can play man to man, I'm sure Iowa will start out in M to M and after they get down 10 or more without calling any time outs, switch to a a zone, too late to the party by then. Iowa's front line is not athletic enough to play any defense but zone, and yes Brock and Thelwell well have a tough time guarding a much taller Harper. Iowa needs to play zone to have a chance to keep the score close. I'll be super happy when Fran is no longer Iowa's head coach. Make it sooner then later....

 

[HawkBall23]

Fun fact: Lathan Sommerville is the son of one-time Hawkeye Marcellus Sommerville, who arrived at Iowa in the same recruiting class as Pierre Pierce. He only spent one year at Iowa, was redshirted against his will, and opted to leave before playing a game for the Hawkeyes. He ended up having a pretty good career at Bradley.

Nothing much fun about that, honestly.

 

[LetsGoHawks83]

Yay... It's Iowa basketball "beatdown day". Who's excited for another road embarrassment?

I'll check the score later, maybe if we are shooting out of our a$$es and somehow keep it within 10 in the 2nd half, I'll tune in.

Otherwise.... PASS.

I have "Home Improvement" to watch on Netflix.

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

5:30p BTN
RU -6.5
O/U 162.5

Iowa Hawkeyes (13-10, 4-8 Big Ten) heads out east to take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (12-12, 5-8 Big Ten)

LAST 10 GAMES: Scarlet Knights: 4-6, averaging 72.4 points, 33.5 rebounds, 12.0 assists, 7.0 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 41.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 75.5 points per game.

Hawkeyes: 3-7, averaging 77.8 points, 27.5 rebounds, 17.1 assists, 6.2 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 47.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 84.9 points.

Hawkeyes are abysmal on the road.

82-69 Rutgers

Doesn't Rutgers have 2 projected top 5 draft picks on their squad?

Record doesn't compute.