*****Official Meatchicken gonna get whooped by The Iowa Hawkeyes game thread*****
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The only chance as I see it...
IA needs to push it down low (let MI collapse as they see that is IA's game plan), kick it out, and hope IA gets hot outside like they did last night. If not, let's hope we can rise to a 7 seed as it's over.
IA needs to push it down low (let MI collapse as they see that is IA's game plan), kick it out, and hope IA gets hot outside like they did last night. If not, let's hope we can rise to a 7 seed as it's over.
Michigan is playing like a big-time team, and we aren't playing defense. How come we guard two or three feet farther away than Michigan guards us? They are much quicker, I would imagine.
Just wait for those to tell you that Michigan has been the more aggressive team. That’s why they have six FTA’s to Iowa’s one.
No choice because we can't play man against their guards or any guards in the big ten. Connor is giving me panic attacks when he passes the ball. Need to pick and pop with Garza get Teske away from the hoop. Garza should not dribble. Catch and shoot or kick it back out.
Nonsense. Garza is an incredible post player and he is getting fouled every time he touches the ball. It isn't being called
Tell syracuse it's a junk defense, its a zone defense that is supposed to help a team that can't play man to man keep their guys in front of them or force a team to shoot over it. Well we don't even force them to shoot over it, they are wide open and teams easily drive on us because we over rotate or we don't understand the spacing.
They have an enormous mismatch in the post but they're not playing with enough patience or spacing to capitalize on it.
If Michigan comes out in first 3 minutes and goes up 16 or so, it’s over. It will be a good woodshedding. If we can shave off 6 or 7 points in first 5, we will be in it until end. More Kriener, Baer and Wieskamp needs to be aggressive.
Michigan loves to put their hands straight up and undercut you with the body. They do it nearly every time and it seldom gets called.
No he is not. I’m a huge Garza homer but his inability to elevate in close is killing us against Teske.
They played zone all last night.
It's not about teaching, zone can always be beaten with smart play.
But again we cannot play man against UM with JBO and Garza. Their offense revolves around high ball screens. They would eat it alive. It would lead to dunks and even more wide open 3s.
Work inside out offensively and take the open shot. Get on them defensively and let’s go Hawks!
We don't have those kind of guards at Iowa. If Iowa had a Glyn Watson type guard it would be a different story. At least there would be the threat of a drive and the potential to get a guy an open look. Guards are being totally suffocated. Fran has no buttons to push unless Bohannon starts hitting from 25.
Iowa overachieved this year. And that's the reality fans often overlook.
Iowa has talent, Michigan has more. Iowa has very little athleticism, Michigan has a lot.
It's really that simple.
Every team that plays zone has a split second when the ball is thrown to the wing and they have two people that are going to need to communicate as to how to 'bump' that coverage. Syracuse even has the same issue, it's a big part of zone coverage and not easy. The big thing is that it must be communicated by the high man in the zone to 'bump' the low man who has came out to cover. I'm sure that Iowa has worked on this rotation, but Michigan did a great job of putting us in that situation and we didn't communicate it.
Not expecting a win but they need to compete. Don't get boat raced here and I can take an L against Michigan.
I agree with you there but the spacing is bad for the guards. Im afraid the bigs will be doubled and there will be nowhere to go if the guards can't do more.
There is a reason we have the looks we do in the post. Michigan doesn't respect our posts to score often enough to beat them. They are playing behind and daring us to beat them this way and putting pressure on our guards to take away good looks.
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