*****Penn St vs Iowa Game Thread*****

[QChawks]

8pm BTN
Iowa -8.5
O/U 161.5

Penn State (14-14, 8-9) visits Carver riding a two game winning streak. Iowa (16-12, 8-9) is clinging to narrow NCAA bid.

LAST 10 GAMES: Hawkeyes: 5-5, averaging 78.8 points, 32.3 rebounds, 13.5 assists, 5.7 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 47.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 80.2 points per game.

Nittany Lions: 5-5, averaging 73.3 points, 29.6 rebounds, 13.2 assists, 7.6 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 45.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.7 points.

Both of these teams are Meh. Give me 83-74 Hawks only because the home crowd is going to be jacked up on sugary Carver cones.

 

[hawkjt]

Not seeing that spread as realistic
PSU is a bad matchup for Hawks.
Too quick, too athletic.
Hawks need some hot shooting and home cooking to pull this out:
Iowa 79 PSU 76

 

[Garzatough85]

Can’t afford a PMac weakness night and Freeman needs a big night!

 

[Buffalo43]

They are going to mug us so need to draw fouls get to the line

 

[QChawks]

 

[Bank of Hawk]

The Hawks were completely out of the ncaa tournament two games ago. However, they have fought their way back into the outer bubble.

 

[Franisdaman]

I demand that we win this game.

Thank you.

 

[Packer54]

Have a full game performance equivalent to the first 3/4th of a game performance at Illinois.
Owen....stay clean on fouls

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Are we gonna lose?.............

 

[QChawks]

Are we gonna lose?.............

18.3% chance

 

[HawkBall23]

Any chance - no matter how remote - for an at-large bid rests on tonight's result.


Win = still a resident in the outskirts of Bubbleville.

Lose = moving to a 3 tiny rooms & a half-bath apartment with bad plumbing in NIT town.

 

[QChawks]

well we all know @Moral will be in bed before tipoff tonight

 

[HawkBall23]

well we all know @Moral will be in bed before tipoff tonight

Not @Moral but I won't be in bed - though I might be huddled under some blankets with the cold and wind tonight.

 

[Moral]

Not @Moral but I won't be in bed - though I might be huddled under some blankets with the cold and wind tonight.

They might as well have started this game at 2am.

 

[Franisdaman]

Are we gonna lose?.............

it would be im- @Moral if we did.

 

[icwesthawk]

The Hawks were completely out of the ncaa tournament two games ago. However, they have fought their way back into the outer bubble.

 

[LarryMullenJr.]

Anyone know how accurate these things end up being? Asking for a gambling-sick friend.
Agree with above that they are a bad matchup.

 

[Nagarunja]

I like Patrick as a role player but he can't be out there if the going gets tough at the end and Penn State just starts driving the ball to the basket. He simply can't body someone up when the game gets physical.

 

[LarryMullenJr.]

I like Patrick as a role player but he can't be out there if the going gets tough at the end and Penn State just starts driving the ball to the basket. He simply can't body someone up when the game gets physical.

But daddy will have him out there despite the fact that you are 193% correct.

 

[HawkBall23]

They might as well have started this game at 2am.

Meh, I don't work tomorrow, so maybe we'll have a 30 OTs game that ends early-ish tomorrow AM.


(would only be fun if Hawks win, tho. lol)

 

[DewHawk]

Not a good matchup for Iowa IMO

 

[83Hawk]

Any chance - no matter how remote - for an at-large bid rests on tonight's result.


Win = still a resident in the outskirts of Bubbleville.

Lose = moving to a 3 tiny rooms & a half-bath apartment with bad plumbing in NIT town.

Cue markfromj in 3..2..1..

 

[jonesy5960]

I was using one of these during the early covid outbreak and some asshole said I couldn't use it inside a crowded bar. I challenged him to a fight. Needless to say, I got rolled.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

18.3% chance

Seems low.....

 

[HawkBall23]

Cue markfromj in 3..2..1..

 

[Underscore2]

Come on guys.. Get Angry. Punish the P**s.
Iowa 112, PSEWW 65.

 

[HawkBall23]

Come on guys.. Get Angry. Punish the P**s.
Iowa 112, PSEWW 65.

If the Hawks win - especially like that - the last thing I'm gonna be is angry. lol

 

[nu2u]

I like Patrick as a role player but he can't be out there if the going gets tough at the end and Penn State just starts driving the ball to the basket. He simply can't body someone up when the game gets physical.

I hold my breath every time he dribbles into traffic It’s like watching a child crawling across a high ledge - high risk and imminent danger but the kid might actually somehow make it through safely.

 

[cmhawks99]

Well the most Iowa thing would be to lose tonight and beat NW and Illinois and just miss out on tourney.😊

 

[QChawks]

 

[Buffalo43]

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Love Schon Morris!

 

[SoonerBeAHawk]

Like the kid and all that (of couse!) ... but did anyone notice last game when Pmac sauntered into the lane, got into the air to make a short pass and it closed, so he "shot it" two-handed like a soccer throw in? Lol.

It would be tempting to say he plays out of control but that kinda implies moving too fast. Nope, this all happens in slow motion.

 

[QChawks]

Vegas expecting a high scoring game

O/U now 163.5

 

[kceasthawk]

Not @Moral but I won't be in bed - though I might be huddled under some blankets with the cold and wind tonight.

No shit! 80 degrees right now in KC. The bottom is supposed to drop out tonight with temps dropping to 19 in the am with 3 degrees wind chill , and light snow! Are you kidding me?

 

[Hawksfor3]

The Hawks were completely out of the ncaa tournament two games ago. However, they have fought their way back into the outer bubble.

Sounds like a popular TV show I used to watch. "The Outer Bubble". Sounds nice!

 

[Hawksfor3]

Go Hawks!

 

[HawkBall23]

First Hawks MBB game I've been really interested in for many weeks.


(please don't lose, boys)

 

[Chishawk1425]

Iowa wins the next 3 games based on some projections out there per Miller and Condon they would be in the BIG Dance. Every game is massive now.

 

[HoustonREDHawk]

Our guards didn't play well in the first PSU game, if I remember correctly. PSU is down a starting guard, which has to help. Gotta win out in the final 3 to dance.

 

[LarryMullenJr.]

Took the kittens getting 9. Just think they’re gonna hang all night cuz they seem to give us fits