We let 2 and a half guys beat us. Carr and Johnson got 56 and we let Liam get to the rim on pick and rolls, and garbage and a couple 3s for 18 points.
They get a participation ribbon though. They sucked.
Robbins is big and when Nunge is not in there, it basically means it's short people trying to defend a 6'9+ forward rolling hard to the basket.
I mean is it really too much to ask the officials to do their part in helping Iowa win a national championship?.........
I thought throughout the game the officiating was terrible; but actually they were very solid at the end when Iowa gave the game away
Robbins is about 7'1" I think. He looked taller then Luka. I still can't understand why Fran has Luka hedge or switch on screens 25 ft from the basket and we end up with Jbo trying to guard Robbins. Its almost comical.......
I get it, just talking out loud basically. It was just so frustrating watching Luka pop out to pick the guy up and seeing their post player under the basket all alone or with JBo trying to hold on to the guys waist basically.
Happen all the time. I keep shaking my head saying "why?" I would run that against Iowa EVERY time down court.
I remember that as well. Carr gave him a forearm to the chest. Also the block on Luka. He was outside the charge/block arc, and Robbins left his feet and jumped at Luka's chest from several feet away. Luka did leave his feet, (barely as he doesn't get off the ground much), but he went straight up. Clearly Robbins jumped INTO Luka and Hummel pointed this out, but they still called the block. Supposedly the defender has a right to the vertical area above himself, but they often don't call it that way.
Unfortunately I agree. I had hoped he'd really have a special year, he's put alot out there for the program and he's a HAWK. It doesn't seem that the surgeries have helped his lateral quickness. Frankly he just isn't the same level of athlete as high level point guards like Carr, and this makes him a liability on defense unless the rest of the team is elite, and they are not. It would be interesting if Fran would start rotating Joe T and Ulis at the point and spot Jbo at the two guard for short stretches, but I think we know thats not going to happen. As you said if we have Jbo and Luka in the game, the other three guys have to be super at help side defense, and then we still would be giving up to many uncontested sideline three's .
Well that play did result in 2 free throws in regulation for Minny so in essence it did lose the game for Iowa. Point is, teams can play bad and still lose because of officiating. I’ve seen my share of Iowa games that resulted in losses because of officiating. The Minnesota loss when the Minny player was stepping out of bounds while calling TO that kept us out of the dance, and the MSU fiasco that kept us from winning the B1G tournament.
a bad call with 8 minutes left can not lose you the game . we did blow a 7 pt lead in 44 seconds .
You often say things I don't agree with but this is a solid dissection of the game last night.
so the 2 points that Minnesota got directly from the bad call had no bearing on the outcome of the game in regulation?
Look at the positioning of BOTH refs! How is it even possible for them to miss that call? So bad
