I was trying to find this. I knew Jbo had that buzzer beater against NW.... didn't realize it was the same damn play. Just more time for a dribble for JBo
SAME DAMN SCORE.
SUCK IT NERDS
******Northwestern at IOWA Game Thread******
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I was trying to find this. I knew Jbo had that buzzer beater against NW.... didn't realize it was the same damn play. Just more time for a dribble for JBo
SAME DAMN SCORE.
SUCK IT NERDS
Can't rebound when you're undersized if you don't box out and Fran doesn't believe in boxing out. I think he thinks it slows down the break or something.
Who knows, he's a weird dude.
I think Josh is pretty damn tough, and not just because he made that 3. He works very hard on D.
I'm not sure what you do to coach a guy who is 6'8 and afraid to attempt a wide open layup.
Threaten to pull his scholarship?
Sorry. We had zero shot on Frans play and it was evident with 2.5 seconds left. Zero shot. I’m not saying we did not get lucky but we had a more open look albeit further away. We were dead in the water before that.
I don’t think Fran’s teams had a big deficit rebounding until recently. It’s partially a personnel issue. We’re not getting what we need out of Freeman and Dembele.
I agree about Freeman. He was mostly disappointing tonight. Went for and missed steals which left no one to protect the rim. Got pushed around. Finished with only 3 boards. He's gotta get tougher down low.
Traveling is the most missed call in basketball.
I agree but you don't usually see someone get away with moving their pivot foot that distance.
it’s all about coaching and he doesn’t care. Look at Drake. Possibly less athletic than Iowa and wins the rebounding battle no matter who they play. It’s important to their coach. It’s not important to Fran. We play 4 guards and a Center that all of a sudden looks like he’s wearing cement shoes. Sandfort cares only about scoring. Zero mystery.
Yeah, you can get away with Frans method when you have long tall guys who can jump like the Murrays or guys like Rebraca and Garza that were taught the proper before they got here.
This team is undersized and can't get away with not boxing out.
Traore will improve the rebounding.
Cold water is the only thing that can stop Dix!!!!
Missed free throws down the stretch for Iowa were big. But it happened to be Berry's missed free throw that was the biggest miss of all. Opened the door for the Dix winner.
Northwestern isn't very deep but Martinelli, Berry and Barnheiser will be a problem for everyone. Experienced, mature, talented and know how they need to score.
This was a good win.
Northwestern isn't very deep but Martinelli, Berry and Barnheiser will be a problem for everyone. Experienced, mature, talented and know how they need to score.
This was a good win.
Dembele just really needs to sit a lot more. In 16 minutes he was 0-1 for zero points with one rebound, one foul and one turnover. I'd rather Fran put almost anyone besides Lajdi out there taking up space in the starting lineup. The team is better with Thelwell in there playing alongside Harding.
Actually, Sandfort led us with 7 rebounds tonight. Yes, he’s a terrible defender and yes he plays too much hero ball. But he’s a team player and gets far too much hate on here.
Just nice to know that by the time January rolls around, its guaranteed that the Hawks won't already be 0-2 in the B1G again this season.
I was surprised he didn’t give Mulvey a chance against the big guy, I feel that he would have matched up well.
Agree! Koch will help, too IMO
at this point in the game, it seemed like the rout was on
The Mulvey thing is a complete mystery to me.
If I would’ve started the game thread, we would’ve won this game easily 😆
Anytime Dix penetrates it feels good.
Collins in shock.
I think Collins is a good coach, and he isn't a whiner like a lot of other coaches. He has really had some bad luck in Iowa City.
Agreed. If he were younger I’d love for him to takeover at Iowa when Fran retires.
I don't think he can. I'm serious about that. The next time he dunks the ball in a game might be his first time.
He dunked in an early game last year in transition. Caught it on the run, took two steps from freethrow line and dunked easily.
Hes afraid of contact. He's basically taken over for Patrick on offense but hes not even a good shooter.
They need to check his T levels.
