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****** Iowa vs USC Game Thread******

This may not be a MUST win......but they really need this road game. Hopefully the boys take care of the boards and play some decent defense. If so we will. Hopefully they slept in late this morning by 2 hours.
Agree on some level, but if they keep kicking the can down the road on what is a MUST win, it puts a lot more pressure on the games at the end of the schedule and pressure to excel in the conference tournament, when there is no time left. Best to treat all of these middle games as a MUST win, right now, so they don't end up in another "March situation". Those suck and often end up empty.
 
We've only played two true road games this year, both against very good opponents and, in both games, we experienced large deficits. Against Michigan, we fought back and nearly won. Against Wisconsin, it turned into a massacre. Can we avoid those crippling runs today?
 
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USC -2.5
O/U 161.5

USC (10-6, 2-3) is a tough team to figure out. They just won at Illinois but previous to that game they had only one P5 victory. Looking at the stats they are not a great team either. They are 5-5 in last ten games and they do not shoot or rebound well.

All that said, they best Iowa 88-79
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Tough it out ya old geezers… 😉
 
Iowa is the 2nd highest scoring team in the nation; Bama is #1 at 91.1 ppg.

Iowa is #15 in the nation shooting the 3 ball; USC is #206

USC rebounds worse than Iowa ;)

Iowa is #282 in the country in FT shooting.

...............IOWA.....USC
Points.....89.6......76.1
FG%........50.9......47.4
3P%........39.5......33.3
FT%........68.3.......75.4
Rebs.......33.9......32.4
Assts.......19.8........15.7
Steals.......8.4.........6.7
Blocks......5.3.........3.2
TOs..........10.4.........11.6
 
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Iowa is the 2nd highest scoring team in the nation; Bama is #1 at 91.1 ppg.

Iowa is #15 in the nation shooting the 3 ball; USC is #206

USC rebounds worse than Iowa ;)

Iowa is #282 in the country in FT shooting.

...............IOWA.....USC
Points.....89.6......76.1
FG%........50.9......47.4
3P%........39.5......33.3
FT%........68.3.......75.4
Rebs.......33.9......32.4
Assts.......19.8........15.7
Steals.......8.4.........6.7
Blocks......5.3.........3.2
TOs..........10.4.........11.6
Imagine if we played defense

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One thing that can be said about the previous 4 losses - they were against NCAA Tournament teams.

A loss tonight would likely fail to qualify in that category.


So, let's not lose OK, Hawks!?
 
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Iowa is the 2nd highest scoring team in the nation; Bama is #1 at 91.1 ppg.

Iowa is #15 in the nation shooting the 3 ball; USC is #206

USC rebounds worse than Iowa ;)

Iowa is #282 in the country in FT shooting.

...............IOWA.....USC
Points.....89.6......76.1
FG%........50.9......47.4
3P%........39.5......33.3
FT%........68.3.......75.4
Rebs.......33.9......32.4
Assts.......19.8........15.7
Steals.......8.4.........6.7
Blocks......5.3.........3.2
TOs..........10.4.........11.6
Iowa has a lot of impressive offensive rankings nationally:

3rd highest Effective Field Goal Percentage in the country at 59.2%

3rd in Assists Per Game

4th in assist to turnover ratio.

7th in fast break points

If Iowa cleans up the defensive boards and plays acceptable defense they win. Period.
 
Which, if you have athletes, you can guard the perimeter and eliminate open 3 point chances.

I'd look for Sandfort to become Brickfort if he starts trying to play hero ball again. Hopefully he's learned his lesson.
Doubtful as he just won co player of the week. It will go to his head I'm sure.
 
USC does not shoot the 3 ball very well usually. We should win this game and need to win this game. Their athleticism is going to be a problem but we can handle it if we play well. Give me the Hawks 85-79 for a good road win.
Keep them off the offensive boards will be key
 
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9:30pm FS1
USC -2.5
O/U 161.5

USC (10-6, 2-3) is a tough team to figure out. They just won at Illinois but previous to that game they had only one P5 victory. Looking at the stats they are not a great team either. They are 5-5 in last ten games and they do not shoot or rebound well.

All that said, they best Iowa 88-79
This road trip is so unpredictable. Would anyone be surprised if they went 2-0, 1-1 or 0-2?
 
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Iowa has a lot of impressive offensive rankings nationally:

3rd highest Effective Field Goal Percentage in the country at 59.2%

3rd in Assists Per Game

4th in assist to turnover ratio.

7th in fast break points

If Iowa cleans up the defensive boards and plays acceptable defense they win. Period.

Sweet 16? ;)
 
Iowa is the 2nd highest scoring team in the nation; Bama is #1 at 91.1 ppg.

Iowa is #15 in the nation shooting the 3 ball; USC is #206

USC rebounds worse than Iowa ;)

Iowa is #282 in the country in FT shooting.

...............IOWA.....USC
Points.....89.6......76.1
FG%........50.9......47.4
3P%........39.5......33.3
FT%........68.3.......75.4
Rebs.......33.9......32.4
Assts.......19.8........15.7
Steals.......8.4.........6.7
Blocks......5.3.........3.2
TOs..........10.4.........11.6
USC also has a better road win than we will have all year.
 
Iowa is the 2nd highest scoring team in the nation; Bama is #1 at 91.1 ppg.

Iowa is #15 in the nation shooting the 3 ball; USC is #206

USC rebounds worse than Iowa ;)

Iowa is #282 in the country in FT shooting.

...............IOWA.....USC
Points.....89.6......76.1
FG%........50.9......47.4
3P%........39.5......33.3
FT%........68.3.......75.4
Rebs.......33.9......32.4
Assts.......19.8........15.7
Steals.......8.4.........6.7
Blocks......5.3.........3.2
TOs..........10.4.........11.6
But the Hawks are also 302nd in the nation in Scoring Defense at 76.7/game.
 
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