The stat of the night...

[Hawkfan_08]

Not to pour more gasoline on to this fire but here is the stat of the night.

No, not that we only had 20 rebounds and were out rebounded by 15.

No, not that we had more steals, blocks and less turnovers but lost by 31.

No, not that they had more assists than we had rebounds.

It's this...

Once again, we shot 66.7% (12-18) from the freaking free throw line. That will only SLIGHTLY lower our 295th ranking (67.2%) out of 364 D1 teams. I mean, at least that would be an outstanding 3 point percentage. No team that shot over 10 3s could hit that percentage, right?

Wisconsin shot 67.7% from 3 (21-31). That's right, we shot 1% worse from the ft line uncontested than they did from 3 (slightly) contested.

 

[ozzie8]

Stat of the night is Wisconsin scored 94 points in about 28 minutes of play

 

[HawkLogic]

Not to pour more gasoline on to this fire but here is the stat of the night.

No, not that we only had 20 rebounds and were out rebounded by 15.

No, not that we had more steals, blocks and less turnovers but lost by 31.

No, not that they had more assists than we had rebounds.

It's this...

Once again, we shot 66.7% (12-18) from the freaking free throw line. That will only SLIGHTLY lower our 295th ranking (67.2%) out of 364 D1 teams. I mean, at least that would be an outstanding 3 point percentage. No team that shot over 10 3s could hit that percentage, right?

Wisconsin shot 67.7% from 3 (21-31). That's right, we shot 1% worse from the ft line uncontested than they did from 3 (slightly) contested.

Poor FT shooting by good 3pt shooting team is frustrating---I would agree a player should take more pride in their game and concentrate and practice to develop the muscle memory to shoot FTS. However FTs shooting is not the major thing holding this team back.
They can't get stops is bottomline. If they do get a stop on a given shot, they don't get the rebound.

 

[QChawks]

 

[LukaDuka]

I would agree with you if this was a close game.... the stat of the game certainly was Wisky's three point shooting.

 

[Hawkfan_08]

Stat of the night is Wisconsin scored 94 points in about 28 minutes of play

I would agree with you if this was a close game.... the stat of the game certainly was Wisky's three point shooting.

Oh, I know. That's really what happened but I just thought this stat was a little crazy. To see a team shoot a higher 3pt % having more attempts than a team shooting uncontested fts is nuts.

I looked last night and Iowa is currently nationally ranked:
2 in points per game
5 in assists per game
296 in ft %

There are 364 D1 teams.

 

[eyesofhawk]

116-85

 

[BirdistheWord]

It’s not like we don’t have some decent individual defenders plus not afraid to play some zone. How do you give up 116?

 

[littlez]

It’s not like we don’t have some decent individual defenders plus not afraid to play some zone. How do you give up 116?

We actually don’t.

 

[kceasthawk]

Not to pour more gasoline on to this fire but here is the stat of the night.

No, not that we only had 20 rebounds and were out rebounded by 15.

No, not that we had more steals, blocks and less turnovers but lost by 31.

No, not that they had more assists than we had rebounds.

It's this...

Once again, we shot 66.7% (12-18) from the freaking free throw line. That will only SLIGHTLY lower our 295th ranking (67.2%) out of 364 D1 teams. I mean, at least that would be an outstanding 3 point percentage. No team that shot over 10 3s could hit that percentage, right?

Wisconsin shot 67.7% from 3 (21-31). That's right, we shot 1% worse from the ft line uncontested than they did from 3 (slightly) contested.

Well I guess "slightly contested". Most of them there was no one within 5 ft of the shooter....

 

[hawksense]

I’m not defending anyone, but after taking a few deep breaths, really deep breaths, Wisconsin had one of those games that tells me they’ll fall flat on their face in the next one.

I always come back to Celts/Lakers in the 80s. Game one and the Celts could not miss. After fretting about it for half of the game, I realized it wasn’t repeatable and not to put too much into it. Lose by 50, lose by one.

Wisky had a really good night vs a non-defensive team.

 

[LukaDuka]

The player interviews after the game was very telling. If an opponent calls me out for "not interested in playing defense" I'd be embarrassed. And if I was their coach, I'd go nuclear the next few practices. I would only practice defense and free throws, oh and blocking out/rebounding. No shooting/offensive practice. Run their asses....

 

[BirdistheWord]

The player interviews after the game was very telling. If an opponent calls me out for "not interested in playing defense" I'd be embarrassed. And if I was their coach, I'd go nuclear the next few practices. I would only practice defense and free throws, oh and blocking out/rebounding. No shooting/offensive practice. Run their asses....

Fran has a massage scheduled, he will figure out he we could have scored 117

 

[AmericaNeedsMe]

The player interviews after the game was very telling. If an opponent calls me out for "not interested in playing defense" I'd be embarrassed. And if I was their coach, I'd go nuclear the next few practices. I would only practice defense and free throws, oh and blocking out/rebounding. No shooting/offensive practice. Run their asses....

They'll work on the press. Fix some things. It'll be fine.

Another upper division finish headed your way.

 

[BlameIt]

It's this...

Once again, we shot 66.7% (12-18) from the freaking free throw line

OK.

I've got a "Stat of the Night"

-- IF Iowa would've made all 18 FT attempted, they would have still lose by 25.

 

[Hawkfan_08]

OK.

I've got a "Stat of the Night"

-- IF Iowa would've made all 18 FT attempted, they would have still lose by 25.

Yes. I'm aware. I was comparing our ft % to their 3 pt %.

 

[ozzie8]

We actually don’t.

They could be somewhat respectable if any toughness/discipline/good coaching was emphasized on that end of the floor. Iowa does none of that, so this is the result

 

[RocknRollface]

I’m not defending anyone, but after taking a few deep breaths, really deep breaths, Wisconsin had one of those games that tells me they’ll fall flat on their face in the next one.

I always come back to Celts/Lakers in the 80s. Game one and the Celts could not miss. After fretting about it for half of the game, I realized it wasn’t repeatable and not to put too much into it. Lose by 50, lose by one.

Wisky had a really good night vs a non-defensive team.

I don't disagree.

This is still fairly standard Fran business, they always start out the conference season getting smoked it just so happened Wisky had a once in a lifetime shooting night. What normally would have been a 10-15 pt loss got crazy.

Now there will be talk about better defense with improvement seen for a few games and they will end up winning some decent ones in January and early February and get back on the bubble.

But by February they will be back to terrible defense as per usual. Maybe squeak in to the tournament for a first round embarsing loss or maybe not. Doesn't really matter much.

 

[fivecardstud14]

They'll work on the press. Fix some things. It'll be fine.

Another upper division finish headed your way.

Boy you’re really loving your “upper division finish” quote. Cracks you up doesn’t it? See if you can say it in every thread, you’re already well on your way.