Iowa wins at the buzzer and Bucky goes down at home to Meatchicken! Is this Christmas day?
******Northwestern at IOWA Game Thread******
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He may not be as big a whiner as Izzo or Fran, generally, but he was crying to refs at times in the 2nd half.
Wish I had of stuck with watching that game.
Seemed like Wisconsin had that game in cruise control when I stopped watching around the 8ish minutes left mark in the 1st half.
Damn.
This probably makes me a horrible person, but I am so glad that Dix was the one to attempt that last shot instead of Sandfort.
Seems like every time Payton gets a truly real opportunity for "hero ball", its just another dent on the rim or a lost handle in the process of either catching it or going up for the shot. Or he forces a much tougher shot on himself than it should have been.
Seems like every time Payton gets a truly real opportunity for "hero ball", its just another dent on the rim or a lost handle in the process of either catching it or going up for the shot. Or he forces a much tougher shot on himself than it should have been.
I hope I never hear from someone about PS playing in the NBA again. Not a chance in hell. Besides his total lack of defensive ability he makes countless horrible passes....
Petition to make the gold scripts the default home jersey.
It was funny that Paul Burmeister did both games and he brought up Stevens field goal after the shot as well.....
Brock was a very good free throw shooter somewhere in the upper 70's, Owen was somewhere in the upper 60's. Brock will show better after the winter break, feel the whole team will shoot better at the line after the winter break.
If Fran believes that Bruans is the answer to fix the rebounding problem, it's not going to happen.
Leaving Mulvey on the bench when Owen is the only rebounder Iowa has is coaching malpractice. I have no say in who Fran puts out on the floor to give Owen a rest, but Riley deserved to see some action tonight after his game last Tuesday. Giving Even dues for hitting 50% of his free throws and getting stuffed at the rim twice and short stringing a layup is a joke and will be every game he see action.
This win didn't need to be that difficult, Fran dodged a Bullitt tonight, Saturday is another test. Go Hawks!
It has to be a coaches decision not to be a better free throw shooting team. Too much teaching on dribbling around the key and not enough time practicing a simple free throw. Really frustrating.
typically players practice FT's on their time. No excuse & not a coaching issue IMO. More mental than anything. Any D1 player should be capable of shooting 75% from the line. Crunch time is all mental. Mike Gessell may be one of the worst crunch time FT shooters in Hawkeye history. Frustrating.
I swear I'm one of the only one's to call out Freeman tonight. He did not have a good game in the 2nd half. I still believe he's a great player but just had a rough go. A lot of it had to do with NW on the offensive side. The defensive side had too many lapses.
Still young...
Tom Davis always emphasized rebounding & making more FT's than opponents attempted.
He got double teamed every time he touched the paint. Fran should take note & players need to quit standing around & watching. Set off ball screens so Freeman has someone to pass to out of the double team. He didn't have an open passing lane & that's on the coaches not teaching players how to get an open look from these double teams & making the defense pay.
Can't blame free throws on Fran. These are division 1 athletes. These guys aren't learning how to shoot at this level. They were obviously good players in high school if they are on a college roster.
It's all repetition and mental.
It's all repetition and mental.
Dixed them right in their faces... then rolled over and fell asleep.
He (Ladji) had 1 rebound.... 1 stinking rebound. Freeman had a great 1st half and was double teamed all 2nd half. Fran hasn't coached the guys how to get open off the double team and create passing lanes for Freeman to dish it back out. Too much standing around watching Freeman and not enough off the ball screens and player movement to get open. Coach them up Fran.
Where's this kid now? would love to hear his story... Probably a pg at some private school in Lake Forest or other N. Lake Shore richie rich school.This kid was probably sad too..
Don’t know if it has already been said but that Dix 3 ripped through the net with the perfect sound!!
I thought we were cruising, too.
With 4:40 to go in the 1st half, Iowa led 36-19
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And to be fair, Brock only had ONE FT attempt (and he missed it).
For sure, Owen has to get better at the charity stripe (he was 1-4).
When you break the FT shooting down:
5-5 (100%) Payton & Dix
2-3 (67%) Pryce
4-11 (36%) Owen, Brock, Even, Drew
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11-19 (58%) TOTAL
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It's crazy how Iowa scores so much because if you don't rebound the ball, you obviously don't possess it. And if you don't possess it, you can't score.
Kenyon Murray commented on here that Tom Davis held you accountable if you did not rebound (he sat your ass on the bench)
I'm amazed to say I actually agree with that. The kid at least gives energy. We get little but a few fouls from Brauns, and frankly I don;t see anything in Dembele's game at all...
I know. I have my doubts though, and frankly most late second rounders don't make the league. If Utoff and especially Joe cool can't hang there's NO way PS can play in the league. Joe was a 45% three point shooter, money at the line, averaged 7 boards/gm as a wing, and a better defender then PS.What are you talking about? Bardo said he was a sure-fire second round pick.
I read the NU rivals board and one poster mentioned Freeman is soft AF for his size.
Can't say I disagree with that too much 🤷♂️. Hunger was pushing him around a lot, either by using his legs or just a hand to the chest.
Often when OF gets double teamed he gets bent over - literally and figuratively 😅 - and struggles to even maintain possession. Ideally you'd want some more assits out of so many double-teams, but OF had only 2 assists ... and 3 rebounds.
Still a big fan and see more upside, but he's obviously gotta bow up a little bit more.
Can't say I disagree with that too much 🤷♂️. Hunger was pushing him around a lot, either by using his legs or just a hand to the chest.
Often when OF gets double teamed he gets bent over - literally and figuratively 😅 - and struggles to even maintain possession. Ideally you'd want some more assits out of so many double-teams, but OF had only 2 assists ... and 3 rebounds.
Still a big fan and see more upside, but he's obviously gotta bow up a little bit more.
How many front end of a 1 and 1? I know Freeman had one down the stretch.
