*****Official Iowa vs Utah St game thread*****

[SotaHawk87]

nice to win and I always prefer wins.

Shooting 55% from field and Keegan going off for 35 pts covers up for defense giving up 49% shooting.. Iowa also outrebounded them, but they were the smallest/least athletic Top150 team we will face for the rest of the season. I thought they most closely resembled a Northwestern of the B1G teams in athleticism, yet they were
willing to play a fast pace.

This was a must win. Rebounding and defense need to be consistently good for this team to get to 0.500 or better in B1G.

Per kenpom, Utah State would finish 10th in the Big 10 FWIW

 

[BBptg5]

nice to win and I always prefer wins.

Shooting 55% from field and Keegan going off for 35 pts covers up for defense giving up 49% shooting.. Iowa also outrebounded them, but they were the smallest/least athletic Top150 team we will face for the rest of the season. I thought they most closely resembled a Northwestern of the B1G teams in athleticism, yet they were
willing to play a fast pace.

This was a must win. Rebounding and defense need to be consistently good for this team to get to 0.500 or better in B1G.

appears you are happiest when you have things you think you can complain about. glass must always be half empty with you.

 

[owenhawk]

Once again Joe over commits on the steal attempt multiple times and leaves his team mates hanging on defense going 4 against 5. Settles correctly pointed it out in the first half. I think Fran has rightly left Ulis in for longer stretches as he has been more consistent, and Frankly think he might move him in as the starter if he didn't think that it would adversely effect Joe T emotionally.

Great call all around. That’s why I don’t get caught up on who starts. Ulis, Perkins, and Kris have all been getting starter level minutes since the competition has gotten better - and deservedly so.

 

[BBHawk]

Per kenpom, Utah State would finish 10th in the Big 10 FWIW

And they were very hot from the 3, at least in the first half.

 

[owenhawk]

Sure about that? In the last 3 games Kris has averaged around 17 minutes per game. Do you consider that starter minutes? Seems on the low side to me. I think most starters average over 20 minutes per game with the exception of Joe who has seen his minutes tumble the last few games.

Average minutes over the past 3 games for players not named Keegan are:
Patrick 23
JBo 23
Perkins 23
Rebraca 21
Ulis 20
Kris 17

Not exactly starter minutes. Puts him at number 7. His minutes haven't really changed much if any as the competition has improved.

I break the tear down into two sections so far - Pre-Virginia and Virginia on (when the competition has increased quite a bit). Kris is averaging 19 minutes in the Virginia on games. Basically, after Keegan, a group of 7 players are all playing around 20 minutes.

So I guess my claim is a little off simply because no one but Keegan is playing an exorbitant amount of minutes. I’d like to think - I hope - Kris will continue to get more and more if he plays well.

 

[CarterHall]

Nice shot.

 

[QChawks]

Nice shot.

Did you just get off a time machine?

 

[HawkRugged17]

Did you just get off a time machine?