I understand. Terrible non call. It hurt, but it’s not devastating to their season. Iowa wins their last 2 and at least 2 in the BTT, I bet they’ll get to a 5 or 6 seed, which will be a nice position to start the tournament. They can still control their destiny. And they know they can hang with anyone. USC, OSU, UCLA. For a team that was reeling a month ago, they’ve rebounded well.
Why is this a pattern though? I have been a Hawkeye fan for many years and it’s this SAME thing every year. When do you start saying hey maybe I will look into this a little?
For me the biggest failure of the game was how long it took to switch to a zone so as to not let betts basically play 5th grade ball where an early bloomer is just bigger than everyone else and can score at will one on one by the basket. By the time we made the switch the lead was gone.
Who didn't think after Lucy tied it up the officials would affect the end of the game.
Good. That’s how she should look at it. And how the team should look at it. Be pissed.
i have made this observation before. It is one of the few things I am knowledgeable enough on to criticize when it comes to CC. And with that being said, it does not matter 99.9% of the time for her.
It has to be one of the worst jobs anywhere. Lots of travel to places like Iowa City in the Winter, run up and down the floor for a couple of hours and get screamed at for your trouble.
While this is a true statement, you could say that about most games. If only so and so had done this. The thing is we WERE in a position to win the game late, and had numerous really bad calls (that foul on Olsen being the capper). There were others. Just a very poorly officiated game. (Whats new right)...
Do you remember the official that correctly called the moving screen against UConn last year? Well I bet UConn fans remember
Well she certainly abused Stuelke, theres no doubt about that, and frankly I think Heiden is way more "physical" that AOG who is probably a great young lady, (and smart as hell, she's an engineering major), but she soft as milk toast. Did she have a rebound yesterday? I'd say the main reason "the others" got theirs in the 2nd half was because we started double and triple teaming Betts on the block when she caught the ball which led to kick out to open shooters. Jan went to this because we could not defend Betts in the 1st half. She'd have had 20 in the first in she hadn't sat out the last 6 minutes of the half with her 2nd foul.
As crazy as it sounds, I'm not trying to be critical of Jan for the most part. (Yes I know its her decision). I think she's done a pretty decent job overall in her new role. The Heiden thing just bugs me. She's the highest rated post we've ever recruited. You can see things WHEN she plays. I've said all year she should have been playing more to be prepared for EXACTLY a game like yesterday, and yes, I'll die on that hill. Her not being prepped to lend a hand for games like this one was a screw up.....
I agree with that. BUT, we have no idea how we be playing had Heiden been moved into AOG's role. Addie's been scoring 10 or 12 points, but she has a total non factor on the glass, (total), and a sub par defender. Heiden played about 8 minutes a couple of games ago when the bigs got in foul trouble and had 6 points and some boards. Is what it is, and the coaches decided. Just think they left some fuel in the tank on that decision.
Ava H should get at least 10 minutes a game no matter what, she is a difference maker, and could easily be rotated with AOG or HS....she needs her chance, personally I don't think she will disappoint.
yeah, O'Grady should not be taking the game winning shot
I felt she could have passed to Stuelke under the basket. But I could be wrong, perhaps Betts was close to the passing lane, one hesitation and the path was gone.
