PSU Predictions
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I think Uthoff got his mojo back in the second half against Minnesota. PSU will have no answer for him. He goes for 25 and 10 and Iowa wins 74-63.
Hawks are tired. But they also have experience and this time of year almost everyone is tired. Iowa by ten 66-56 in a war of guts. This is why we've got some guys in the best shape of their lives.
Top players. Woody, Jok, Wagner, Uthoff. Uthoff's shot will be a little off but we'll outrebound Penn State and interior defense will be strong.
Top players. Woody, Jok, Wagner, Uthoff. Uthoff's shot will be a little off but we'll outrebound Penn State and interior defense will be strong.
I don't buy the "tired" argument.
19-22 year old kids can fully rejuvenate fairly quickly from normal sporting events, certainly with a few days rest. "Tired" is a sad excuse for any middle age man who would be similarly challenged --not to mention a peak hormone well conditioned major scholarship athlete provided with optimal amounts of scientifically formulated nutrition and state-of-the-art training and recovery therapies.
C'mon, everybody knows that 30-35 minutes of intermittent physical exertion (interrupted by a lengthy intermission and multiple time-outs) is not going to materially effect a strappin young lad some 3 days later.
We all know better. For instance, when I was in college I performed amazing feats of physical endurance with my GF on a near daily basis for an entire school year without any lingering fatigue to speak of ....and that was on top of hard partying past midnight and a terrible junk food diet. No more lame excuses.
19-22 year old kids can fully rejuvenate fairly quickly from normal sporting events, certainly with a few days rest. "Tired" is a sad excuse for any middle age man who would be similarly challenged --not to mention a peak hormone well conditioned major scholarship athlete provided with optimal amounts of scientifically formulated nutrition and state-of-the-art training and recovery therapies.
C'mon, everybody knows that 30-35 minutes of intermittent physical exertion (interrupted by a lengthy intermission and multiple time-outs) is not going to materially effect a strappin young lad some 3 days later.
We all know better. For instance, when I was in college I performed amazing feats of physical endurance with my GF on a near daily basis for an entire school year without any lingering fatigue to speak of ....and that was on top of hard partying past midnight and a terrible junk food diet. No more lame excuses.
Anyone know what kind of practice psu had this week?
I heard it was really really good. I got a bad feeling about this one. Anyone have the latest line?
For the starting 5, I agree with this. As upperclassmen, you have been through the grind before. However, for the young kids coming off the bench, I do think there is a mental fatigue that carries over into physical fatigue.
With that said, the mentality has to be everyone is playing the same number of conference games and time to suck it up and finish strong.
I don't think it is the physical tired that is biggest issue. It is a mental tiredness that causes the biggest problem and 19-22 year olds have very little experience with this. As you get older, you learn how to cope and adjust and develop ways to block out physical issues. One of the few benefits of getting older
Need to dictate tempo, or this will be a close game. I think we can effectively press and trap to make it more of a full-court game. Hawks 77 PSU 62
I have often thought the tired excuse as a bad one also. Especially at the ages of these kids. Mental fatigue is another story. If these guys read anything about what we write on this forum about them....... It could make things better or worse mentally. Therefore , I will stay as positive as I can. Hawks will beat Penn State! Go Hawks!!!!
@ PSU isn't easy, but that sure is some doom and gloom. You sure like your extreme predictions.
I know WHY you're doing this (since it apparently worked with the Football team, except for the MSU/Stanford Games).... but still... there's a time where you just need to lay down the crack pipe and step away from the keyboard for a moment
Have heard that DJ Newbill has been practicing hard this week and the Crispin brothers have been shooting lights out!
Uthoff is awesome. One thing I would like to see him do is make some quicker moves to the rim. He usually takes his time with the ball, giving the defense time to get in position. Quicker drives would catch the paint defense out of place and force his defender to give him more space to flush more 3s.
I heard that PSU uses a Baden outdoor ball for their games so that is what the guys have been practicing with.
I'm hoping the guys remember that it was PSU that punked them out of the BTT last year in our first game.
Sounds about right.
Iowa's going to win, but not look good in doing it, like they have in several games this year.
And I'm perfectly happy with that.
I know WHY you're doing this (since it apparently worked with the Football team, except for the MSU/Stanford Games).... but still... there's a time where you just need to lay down the crack pipe and step away from the keyboard for a moment
Actually, I was doing it because of the "mojo" for football. However, I've seen too many Iowa basketball teams struggle @ Penn State when they had dog crap basketball teams. I am serious with this one.
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