Well, the day is not a total loss. Great comeback guys!
*****Minnesota vs Iowa Game Thread*****
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10 more wins in a row and we dance, let's go!!!
Extend Fran another 4 years, Pmac back for his covid year & sign on Jack Mac!
Fran commented on defense not being acceptable and shooting percentages were too high 
Then they did clamp down in the 2nd though. Very true.
Then they did clamp down in the 2nd though. Very true.
The big run came with Krikke on the bench. He clogs the offense & slow on defense. Good coaching move by Fran!
You know Pappa grooving on that. Krikke is really awful at both rebounding and defense. This game might give Fran the excuse to sit Krikke and play PMAC. Fran needs to stick with playing Dix and Perkins at the guard. Not liking the 4 forwards and 1 guard look.
Exactly. Freeman really went after it and Dix stuck to his man. Turns out we can play defense if we want.
PMac was MVP. Really hit some key shots and carried us back into the game.
Freeman is going to be perhaps the best big man defender we’ve had at Iowa going back to Acie Earl or Eric Hansen. Blocking shots inside and on the perimeter. Switching on guards and getting back to defend the middle. Outstanding.
Probably a no-brainer, but I'll give credit to Fran for calling off the 3/4 court press in the 2nd half.
Thankfully at least the men won so the day isn't a total loss, even though we're gonna have to suffer through watching the Kansas City Swifts win another Super Bowl.
Fran kept with his veterans, took out Krikke, and called off the press. All three moves were important for Iowa to come back from down 20. I wasn't the only one that was shocked Iowa came back and won the game.
Minnesota losing their center to an injury had a lot to do with it, now can he promptly go pro after this season, Owen demands it!
Minnesota losing their center to an injury had a lot to do with it, now can he promptly go pro after this season, Owen demands it!
Agree, especially on Krikke. I thought that was key because if he’s not hitting 70% of his shots he’s just a big liability on defense and rebounding.
Yes Garcia is an absolute stud, living up to his top 25 rating out of HS.
If gophers lose him for more games their season is cooked.
Just nice to feel good about hawk BB for a day.
Tough road ahead but a few days of relief anyway.
Going forward, it will be interesting to see who that 5th guy is during important stretches.
Perkins and Dix are becoming a good guard duo, Freeman is the best rebounding and defending big, and Sandfort certainly isn’t coming out.
IF (BIG IF) PM plays like he did today, I would rather he played than Krikke.
This team has no business full court pressing anyone, at least not zone anyway. Way to slow.
The 4 forward look cost the game at psu.
Limiting Krikkes minutes is key especially if Patrickis going to play more. You can't have a guy who spends most of his time in the lane be terrible at both rebounding and interior defense and expect to win games.
Dix, Perkins and Freeman should play as much as possible, Sandfort should play at least half his minutes at the 4 spot. Ben and Pat should never be on the floor together.
All of this was obvious months ago.
That's been my observation...opposing Bigs are shooting well North of 60 percent anyone that Krikke is guarding and then he also doesn't rebound. Good to see his minutes cut down to 17 min. If PMAC starts at the 3, and Sandy slides over to the PF spot, we don't lose anything on defense and we get more options on offense.
Krikke is okay situationally, but Fran has been playing him 35 min/game and he's a weak link in the starting lineup.
We have 3 pretty good defenders in Freeman, Dix, Perkins. Sandfort rebounds pretty well. We can play better on defense than we've shown.
It's been obvious to us for months, but will it be to Fran? We'll see on Wednesday. But I'm not holding my breath.
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