*****Official IOWA vs. Oregon Game Thread*****

[sultanofsuede]

well - on the bright side, if we can start playin D like we showed in some late season games, we can win this game. good D will translate to the offensive side (I know - old news there). but we gave up 56 - so it seems pretty clear where to adjust. can we do it?

 

[mazda1]

Asking too much from kids who haven’t seen extended minutes throughout the season.

 

[DewHawk]

Lousy defense and they are unconscious is not going to win this game. Have to so with defensive players in second half to stand a chance. Three starters are really not helping much!

 

[slipHawk]

Seriously why can’t we play D at all? Frustrating

 

[doughuddl2]

If Jordan isn’t hitting 3’s he’s a liability

Some Tony, but he may have killed that chance with the end of the 2nd half.

 

[MeetTheFerentz]

56 first half points...all from the starters. 59% shooting. ZERO bench points. WTF!!!!

 

[IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life]

We’ve seen this team come back from deficits in the tournament before. They are a veteran squad and plenty tough. In this high scoring game of runs, Iowa will absolutely have a shot down the stretch, but it starts on the defensive end

Also, tough play by TP at the end of the first half, but that’ll happen with a freshman. Freshman play

Iowas not coming back. It’s over...

 

[HawkLogic]

Luka saved Fran and he underperformed with one of the greatest Hawkeyes of all time. Such a joke

I don't worship at the Fran altar like a lot of posters here...he's 0.500 B1G coach, not like he's been giving
us B1G titles. Fran has to adapt to the game...you can't win with a crappy defense and have roster full of
guys that can't play defense. I'd like to see Fran improve as coach.

this was our year....so disappointing if Fran makes no adjustments and we give up 100pts.

 

[Harbinger273]

the fresh legs argument combined with sticking with a bad lineup is the storyline right now.

 

[justinjdry]

I'm not giving up hope. No way will this be Luka's final half as a Hawkeye.

 

[HawkeyeInCentralIowa]

Iowas not coming back. It’s over...

Ffs dude.

 

[Rambler Hawk]

First play of the game was a bad omen...cmac’s ‘defense’ consisted of swiping his arm...

 

[slipHawk]

I thought we spent the season getting better at man?

 

[HFan1981]

This is on Fran. We can win if he makes adjustments. But are we confident he will?

 

[Harbinger273]

Iowas not coming back. It’s over...

Work your juju. Get us back in it.

 

[BlackNGoldBleeder]

Looks to me like most of these Iowa "fans" in here are throwing in the towel.

I think most of us are just sick of the same shit. Fran insists on playing slow, unathletic white guys who are hit or miss 3-point shooters and can't defend for shit. On top of that, Fran insists on playing his son, who wouldn't start on most MVC teams. It's a joke.

 

[Chishawk1425]

First 5 minutes are huge. Get it under 6.

 

[IowaMeatMan]

We win by 3

We can only hope.

 

[nyhawk52]

tighten the defense and feed garza- get your best defenders out there along with garza

 

[unoHawkeye]

Iowas not coming back. It’s over...

Why do you think I want to see your negativity? Don’t quote my posts with that bullshit

 

[LetsGoHawks83]

Sooo we were down 3 with 1min 7 sec left. Not good.

Lets go Hawks. Get a couple stops. Make Oregon think "wow we shot lights out and are only up 6".

It ain't over fellas

 

[jonesy5960]

CJF won’t take open threes

He did. He air balled it.

 

[Hawkeye079]

Iowas not coming back. It’s over...

Seriously we have the most explosive offense win the tournament... shut off the game and get out of this thread

 

[Chishawk1425]

I'm not giving up hope. No way will this be Luka's final half as a Hawkeye.

Luka will leave it all out there. I don't want this to be his last game I get to see him in an Iowa uniform.

 

[IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life]

I think most of us are just sick of the same shit. Fran insists on playing slow, unathletic white guys who are hit or miss 3-point shooters and can't defend for shit. On top of that, Fran insists on playing his son, who wouldn't start on most MVC teams. It's a joke.

Iowa was up four and he makes big lineup changes then Oregon goes on their run.

 

[Stormn Norman]

Asking too much from kids who haven’t seen extended minutes throughout the season.

there was every opportunity for that not to be the case or at least less of an issue during the regular season.. Would have loved to see those those kids more time
During the season in preparation for this very time of year..

 

[AJBHawkeye]

Even if they stop hitting 3's at a crazy clip, can we stop them from blowing by us and getting to the rim?

 

[TRHawkeye145]

First 5 minutes are huge. Get it under 6.

Yep cut it in half...go the other way and get down 15 would be disaster

 

[BlackNGoldBleeder]

This is on Fran. We can win if he makes adjustments. But are we confident he will?

No. We'll have the same all-white starting lineup for the start of the second half. Oregon will continue to run circles around our guards and we won't see Murray until under 13:00.

 

[slipHawk]

Iowas not coming back. It’s over...

Not so fast

 

[LeroyHawk]

No more ****ing zone!
JBo, CMAC, CJ are all scoreless... sit 'em down
Start PMAC, JoeT and Perkins 2nd half
Guard the 3 point line
We win

 

[In the blood]

connor, jbo, fredrick -0 for 7, perkins, joe t, pmac 6-6

 

[M3 ME PLEASE]

So ****ing sick of teams shooting lights out in the round of 32 against Iowa

 

[Chishawk1425]

Yep cut it in half...go the other way and get down 15 would be disaster

Yep 100%. Get some early fouls on them too etc

 

[onlyTheObvious]

Not Frans way but with this matchup I would walk the ball up the court and feed Garza every time. Th pace is going to kill Garza and Iowa don’t have the athletes at guard.

 

[slipHawk]

Play more Murray, I agree

 

[Hawkeye_311]

You sound like an Illinois fan. Stop it.

No, in a P5 conference the 3rd or 4th place finisher is a #7 seed not the conference champion.

 

[Rambler Hawk]

We might need Jbo’s 3 here in the second half to come back, along with Weezy. Don’t really want to see others throw up a 3 , maybe Luka

 

[TRHawkeye145]

No. We'll have the same all-white starting lineup for the start of the second half. Oregon will continue to run circles around our guards and we won't see Murray until under 13:00.

You gotta keep playing JT

 

[longliveCS40]

Well at least the commentators can see that Joe T needs to play.