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Actually most starters left with about 8 min. To go. Left Clark in to get the triple double. She got it and promptly took her out.
We don't really have a bench but Bluder did give extended minutes to O'Grady, Fuerbach and Taiwo. We've been playing 7-8 deep most of the year. And we did get all the subs in late for several minutes.
This team is trying to find their way to being elite. COVID seriously derailed them early on. Clark hasn't been able to hit threes and did tonight.
I had no problem with it. This team has aspirations to make it back to the elite 8 and are really starting to click.
For the record, Iowa also has a week off since Indiana is unable to play this weekend. Needed to push players to the end of the game for game conditioning minutes as well.
I had no problem with it. This team has aspirations to make it back to the elite 8 and are really starting to click.
For the record, Iowa also has a week off since Indiana is unable to play this weekend. Needed to push players to the end of the game for game conditioning minutes as well.
Just factually wrong. Monika left the game for good with 7:04 left. Caitlin left after getting her triple double when O’Grady scored a couple minutes later. Hawks went up 50 later when Taino scored. Cyclone whiners should go home!
She has a foot injury. Bluder says she will back at some point this season. Did not elaborate on the injury but likely a stress fracture or high ankle sprain with as long as she's been out. Probably a few more weeks.
Also, there apparently is a huge high school girls bball tourney in Minneapolis this week with teams from around the country. Many of the HS teams were in attendance. Always good to put on a show for potential high-end recruits.
I’m not a cyclone, and I thought it looked bad. It was obvious Minny coach wasn’t putting Monica’s sister in so they could play at the same time and your clock could be right when she came out, but Clark, Marshall, and others were in too long, IMO. It is what it is and not the end of the world, just thought it looked bad.
Clark and Monica are going to get 30 minutes a game pretty much every game. We don't have the depth. Marshall was in late but she subbed out a lot for Kylie and Tomi as did Warnock/Martin.
If we had more depth, we'd likely see more subs. O'Grady also got extended minutes throughout the game. Probably the 2nd highest minutes she's played all year.
If we had another PG, Clark would likely get more rest. But the team struggled tonight at times without Clark, particularly when Minny started pressing late.
When we go deep into the bench, there's a huge dropoff. AJ and Sydney need more experience but they hustled in the minutes they got. And our ballhandling suffered as neither Kylie nor Tomi are really PGs but they do their best. Kylie is improving in that area. Losing Megan Meyer was a much bigger blow to guard depth than most people anticipated.
We'll be a little deeper at G next year with McCabe but could still use a true PG from the portal if one is available.
This. Iowa has been snake-bitten by the COVID this season and it has cost them dearly in terms of continuity and getting into a season groove. They need to play their key pieces as much as possible to make up for all of the missed time. In a normal year it might be seen as unsportsmanlike. But this team needs as much on-court experience together as it can get in order to gel down the stretch.
Despite the end result, this was a close game until midway through the third quarter, when Minnesota seemingly decided to stop playing transition defense. As such, the total number of minutes played by the starters, at first glance, looks higher than one might think, given the blowout nature of the game. But let's look more closely:
Per the play-by-play record in the box score:
--Marshall was subbed out with 8:24 left in the 4Q and played 28 minutes, 2 minutes below her season average.
--Martin was subbed out at 7:33 and played 24 minutes, 3 minutes below her season average.
--Warnock was subbed out at 6:42 and played 17 minutes, 13 minutes below her season average.
--Czinano was subbed out at 6:42 and played 25 minutes, 3 minutes below her season average.
--Clark was subbed out at 4:31 and played 34 minutes, 1 minute below her season average.
Bear in mind, these averages are artificially low because the sample size is weighted down by early non-conference blowouts in which the deep bench got more minutes. The starters typically play more than their averages in conference play.
So, I challenge everyone suggesting otherwise to say precisely when they wish all 5 starters would have been subbed out and what the minutes distribution should have been.
Clark left with 4:23 left. They were up 54 at that point. End of the day it isn't something I'm going to lose sleep over. Thought it was just bad optics and even the announcers mentioned it.
And I'm an iowa alum. Not sure who the cyclone comment was intended for.
Understood, and I'm not trying to be bull-headed or make this a larger deal than it is, but it was 84-46 after three quarters--your point about the team struggling against the press, is EXACTLY why you put the girls in who aren't used to it. IMO the starters didn't even need to be in for the 4th quarter, but I've played and coached enough to know you leave one or two "regulars" in with the newbies for a minute or two for nerves, and then pull them. If Minny had gotten within, say, 20, you can put some starters back in, but considering UM scored 15 in the entire second half, it wasn't going to happen. That's 10 minutes of actual game experience for the girls who really, really need it. Leaving Clark in to get one assist is what it is. Since it took as long as it did, it looked pretty bad, but everyone knew why she was in there, and Bluder pulled her as soon as she could after Clark got it.
Like I said, at the end of the day it's not a huge deal, but reverse the situation and see what opinions are. This is a game where the last girl on the bench should get at least 5-7 minutes.
Um, you might benefit from checking the box score to actually *see* the minutes distribution....
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Generally agree with you, but that was one of the worst efforts I have ever seen from an opposing team. It was like the Globetrotters against the Washington Generals.
Honest question; is Wetering hurt? I understand Cook is, and Goodman for the year, but hadn't seen anything about SW.Um, you might benefit from checking the box score to actually *see* the minutes distribution....
What the announcers actually commented on was that Clark was a national player of the year candidate whose chances would improve with the publicity from her triple doubles. You thought the optics would be bad and wanted to bench her, something only a cyclone would think of doing. Announcers never said it was bad optics!
Clark was going for he second straight 30 point triple double, something that has happened only a handful of times at any level above high school. If she wasn’t close she would have come out earlier.
I also agree with other posters who pointed out the games this team has lost . They need as many minutes on the floor together as they can get.
In the second half they were like the women’s basketball version of the Golden State Warriors. An impressive display albeit against a MN team having a down year.
I also agree with other posters who pointed out the games this team has lost . They need as many minutes on the floor together as they can get.
In the second half they were like the women’s basketball version of the Golden State Warriors. An impressive display albeit against a MN team having a down year.
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