*****Official Iowa @ Michigan Game Thread*****

[millah_22]

Game over. 3 seed isn't terrible. Won't matter if Nunge and McCaffery are gone.

I think it does. CMac is an exceptional game manager, and while a little awkward, Nunge offers a lot off the bench. Losing that depth hurts a lot.

 

[MWardT]

Garza has missed 8 straight shots, 3 of them point blank and so easy that even I could make them.

It's like he is going up expecting to get fouled, but no fouls are being called tonight.

 

[Hawkfan_08]

Michigan is better than us.

 

[HotelAlphaWilcoKilo]

JFC Fran, terrible substitution patterns.

 

[BlackNGoldBleeder]

Nice work Fran

His coaching or his recruiting? Because the guys on the floor are just overmatched.

 

[IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life]

Would love to have 3 weeks off in the middle of the season. Then when we come back not be forced to play every other day.

then when you were allowed to resume activities, you got a week to condition and were allowed to cancel a game four days int being back

 

[hawkedoff]

Pmac jesus the out of control shots are nuts. Stop it

 

[szohn]

Why Ulis instead of CJ?

 

[Nohawknamesleft]

One thing I realized tonight is that half our board can't distinguish between ulis and JT

Thank you!

 

[BioHawk]

Garza really hurt his chances of a 1st round pick tonight. Maybe he never had one but the players in the NBA will all be able to match up with him like Dickenson did tonight. Now, they won't be able to foul the shit out of him all night like Dickenson did, but still, he needed to do better.

 

[anon_b29nm7v7dwp6r]

Well clearly not lol

Lol that take did not age well

 

[BlackNGoldBleeder]

Michigan is better than us.

Correct.

 

[silasstarr]

I hope they can turn it around but with Nunge and Connor out, it’s not looking good. I’d like to see JoeT.

 

[HerkysDad]

Next year the first poster that starts the crap about the Hawks going to the Final Four should be immediately BANNED from the board. We do this to ourselves every year. High expectations bubble always gets burst half way through the season.

 

[Eternal Return]

Losing this game isn't a huge deal. Losing Nunge for the rest of the year and Connor with an ankle injury is devastating, though.

 

[drew_hawk]

Pmac jesus the out of control shots are nuts. Stop it

Its just crazy how far off he is on those too.

 

[herkhatescy]

We would be winning if we could all the 2 footers we've missed.

 

[anon_ts5cfra6drv7r]

Michigan is better than us.

And that is fine, and we should lose this but we could’ve at least shown up with the fake ID NPOTY.

 

[mjnem418]

Our starting pg has more missed fts thanassists

 

[mstp1992]

Right, but athletically they are. And, Michigan had a pretty subpar first half. I know Iowa fans don't like it, but there is an obvious talent gap between Iowa and the top teams in the B1G Ten. Garza and 3-point shooting can be an equalizer, but not always.

There’s an effort gap, too.

Michigan is playing harder.

 

[unoHawkeye]

Not nearly enough shots for Fredrick in the second half either. Get him and Keegan to start hunting shots

 

[BioHawk]

I think it does. CMac is an exceptional game manager, and while a little awkward, Nunge offers a lot off the bench. Losing that depth hurts a lot.

Right. I think you misinterpreted what I was saying. Without those two, getting out of the first weekend is questionable at best.

 

[BlackNGoldBleeder]

Garza really hurt his chances of a 1st round pick tonight. Maybe he never had one but the players in the NBA will all be able to match up with him like Dickenson did tonight. Now, they won't be able to foul the shit out of him all night like Dickenson did, but still, he needed to do better.

He never had a chance as a first rounder.

 

[blhawk]

Hats off to juwan howard and michigan. They have well rounded players, our mostly offensive specialists are getting exposed. Oh well, expected

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Honestly at this point the NPOY talk needs to go bye bye....you can’t tell me the best player in the nation has nights like tonight

Unpopular opinion: he isn't on the top 5 since the mid point of this season.

 

[skydog0784]

Suddenly bringing in Ulis and PMac at a critical juncture when we were on the verge of a comeback was an AWESOME idea...

Yea, that was excellent coaching. Let’s sit Keegan, CJF, and Weezy all at the same time. And let’s give Ulis a try too.

 

[MWardT]

Garza hasn't played well tonight. There's no way to spin it.

 

[TRHawkeye145]

I said it before but damn I'm jealous of Michigan bball. They do everything I wish iowa did

 

[longliveCS40]

Weezy does not play good defense on the ball.

 

[EpenesaEpenesa]

Even Garza missing bunnies, Iowa was still only down 7. Striking distance. Ulis and Patrick subs were the death blow

 

[anon_b29nm7v7dwp6r]

I tell ya who I would take, this Wagner guy....either we are the worst defensive team in basketball history or this guy is a legend

 

[mstp1992]

It's like he is going up expecting to get fouled, but no fouls are being called tonight.

If they aren’t calling them he has to put on his big boy pants.

 

[BlackNGoldBleeder]

There is an athleticism gap, not a talent gap, which will hopefully change over the next couple of years

Right, but I consider athleticism part of having talent.

 

[luvmyhawks]

Michigan is better than us.

by a large margin.

 

[HawkBall23]

Dickinson shoves Luka, and Luka called for a travel.

 

[LarryMullenJr.]

We have nobody that can take a guy off the dribble. Michigan has at least 4

 

[longliveCS40]

Garza travels every time he does that move.

 

[skydog0784]

Wagner continues to blow by Weezy

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Jibo cannot beat anyone 1 v 1

 

[Nohawknamesleft]

Get it to 10? I really thought we had a chance.