What a awful game

[QChawks]

Check out these stats

5/26 from three
8/16 free throws
Out rebounded 45-26
Off rebounded 13-6

If Utah State doesn’t turn the ball over so much they win by 25 points

We are who we thought we were gonna be

 

[SA_Hawk]

Brutal Hawkeye weekend underway.

 

[ozzie8]

Frans teams are just so ****ing old to watch. Same undisciplined/mentally weak play, different year.

 

[AmericaNeedsMe]

Plus Debbie gets huge win over Creighton.

 

[TheRealHerky]

The sooner this team reveals its true self, the sooner we can stop the charade. It’s not a good team. Owen Freeman is the only consistently good player. This is just another disappointing season, for a program with literally zero hope of doing anything but playing out the string.

 

[hawkirugged17]

Brutal Hawkeye weekend underway.

Well, we aren't Purdue football!

 

[the notorious r.d.m.]

Wheels came off with Traore on the bench. Different game if Iowa can hit their free throws even with awful 3 point shooting. Things were looking up at halftime with Iowa generating turnovers.

Dix still looks hampered. The desperation 3 by Falselv nailed the coffin with about the 7 minutes to go.

 

[BlIIlken2]

Brutal Hawkeye weekend underway.

football still wins easily

 

[bogfeller]

Agree—-Awful game. Dembele is lost—-we can’t get it to our best player, Freeman—-we won’t play our best athlete—-we let a guy go 1 for 14 and keep him—and throw his little brother out there and he bricks them. A coach has got to coach——What the hell was Fran doing?!?!?!?

 

[Hawkfan_08]

This is crazy to say but there were a few glaring issues that maybe makes this not quite as bad.

A- you pointed out the shooting. I don't care what the commentators say, it had nothing to do with Utah St.'s defense. They were mostly wide open. We shouldn't do that again.

B- Dix, Sandfort, Dembele might have all played their worst games as Hawks.

C- The defense wasn't bad (the rebounding was atrocious).

D- we can't be this bad at free throws, can we?

E- Will Fran learn? When the team is struggling to rebound, needs to make offense/defense subs or needs to stop effing shooting 3s and look inside, it has to happen. There is zero doubt that the brand new coach at USU outclassed our veteran. As I was typing this they just said there is no plan B, C or D. Live and die by the 3. Freeman had 18 points on 12 shots. Traore was the only other one to get to the rim and he didn't play. Traore causes nightmares at the top of the press and didn't play. Thelwell didn't have the ball in his hands attacking downhill. The only one who did was Harding.

I don't think USU had better athletes or better players. I think they are better coached and certainly have an impact on the glass. Iowa should have won that game... but didn't. A story we know too often.

Of course, a shoutout to the Wilson ball that we can't shoot for some reason.

 

[Hawkfan_08]

football still wins easily

Maryland is terrible. We will see if this team has quit or not tomorrow. If we get down 14, I may not keep watching.

One part of the Ferentz family hates Iowa and has some real sour grapes despite being paid handsomely for the worst performance in his job. They can not beat us...

 

[im4hawks50595]

Traore on the Bench with both Sandforts in their 2nd half was dumb, as I blink I think Iowa just gave up another rebound and easy layup

 

[Grumpy Old Hawk]

Check out these stats

5/26 from three
8/16 free throws
Out rebounded 45-26
Off rebounded 13-6

If Utah State doesn’t turn the ball over so much they win by 25 points

We are who we thought we were gonna be

Fran coaches like he is throwing away these early games to find the right rotations. This would be acceptable if he even sniffed any NCAA Tournament success. He just has the worst rotations and leaves guys in when they can't hit the side of the backboard. Does he try to win every game?

 

[the notorious r.d.m.]

A- you pointed out the shooting. I don't care what the commentators say, it had nothing to do with Utah St.'s defense. They were mostly wide open. We shouldn't do that again.

Utah State could afford to drop everyone into the paint with their zone and eliminate offensive boards, Freeman attempts, and dribble drives since Iowa couldn't hit a 3 to save their life. Iowa and Payton shows any semblance of shooting from the perimeter and Utah State can no longer do that.

 

[OutbackBowl2017]

This is crazy to say but there were a few glaring issues that maybe makes this not quite as bad.

A- you pointed out the shooting. I don't care what the commentators say, it had nothing to do with Utah St.'s defense. They were mostly wide open. We shouldn't do that again.

B- Dix, Sandfort, Dembele might have all played their worst games as Hawks.

C- The defense wasn't bad (the rebounding was atrocious).

D- we can't be this bad at free throws, can we?

E- Will Fran learn? When the team is struggling to rebound, needs to make offense/defense subs or needs to stop effing shooting 3s and look inside, it has to happen. There is zero doubt that the brand new coach at USU outclassed our veteran. As I was typing this they just said there is no plan B, C or D. Live and die by the 3. Freeman had 18 points on 12 shots. Traore was the only other one to get to the rim and he didn't play. Traore causes nightmares at the top of the press and didn't play. Thelwell didn't have the ball in his hands attacking downhill. The only one who did was Harding.

I don't think USU had better athletes or better players. I think they are better coached and certainly have an impact on the glass. Iowa should have won that game... but didn't. A story we know too often.

Of course, a shoutout to the Wilson ball that we can't shoot for some reason.

Dembele shouldn’t see the floor, let alone start. It’s pretty easy to see it should be Harding, Thelwell, Payton Sandy, Treori, and Freeman as your starters. Fran’s an idiot.

 

[HawkBall23]

Check out these stats

5/26 from three
8/16 free throws
Out rebounded 45-26
Off rebounded 13-6

If Utah State doesn’t turn the ball over so much they win by 25 points

We are who we thought we were gonna be

After 15 years of prior evidence, kinda know what to expect very well by now, unfortunately.

 

[ozzie8]

Maryland is terrible. We will see if this team has quit or not tomorrow. If we get down 14, I may not keep watching.

One part of the Ferentz family hates Iowa and has some real sour grapes despite being paid handsomely for the worst performance in his job. They can not beat us...

I’m actually intrigued to watch Jackson Stratton tomorrow

 

[HawkBall23]

The sooner this team reveals its true self, the sooner we can stop the charade. It’s not a good team. Owen Freeman is the only consistently good player. This is just another disappointing season, for a program with literally zero hope of doing anything but playing out the string.

I like Traore & Thelwell's potential upsides, but other than that, pretty hard to feel like disagreeing with any of this.

 

[HawkeyeGenius]

19% from three, 50% from the foul line. You're not winning in the Saturday Y league doing that let alone D1.

 

[HawkeyeGenius]

Brutal Hawkeye weekend underway.

Women's soccer beat Georgetown to make the Sweet 16 for the first time ever.

 

[HawkBall23]

19% from three, 50% from the foul line. You're not winning in the Saturday Y league doing that let alone D1.

And most of that other 81% were GREAT open looks, that's the insane part about it.

 

[HawkLogic]

Wheels came off with Traore on the bench. Different game if Iowa can hit their free throws even with awful 3 point shooting. Things were looking up at halftime with Iowa generating turnovers.

Dix still looks hampered. The desperation 3 by Falselv nailed the coffin with about the 7 minutes to go.

Dix hurt and Two Sandfort no-shows.
I guess things can improve, but usually good teams NUT a game like this out.

Getting killed on boards says we are soft and earth bound.

It is crazy how teams that get a sucky shot to go in seem to end up winning. That was pure garbage and that guy is a lunch pail guy, not some high NIL athlete. He did Iowa in by playing harder.

 

[denmar81]

Brutal Hawkeye year underway.

 

[AmericaNeedsMe]

It is crazy how teams that get a sucky shot to go in seem to end up winning.

It's like getting a punt blocked. You see that sh*t happen, you're likely losing that game.

 

[HawkLogic]

I’m actually intrigued to watch Jackson Stratton tomorrow

It's like the Football Gods owe us to find a diamond in the rough from the garbage pile of Quarterbacks that Kirk Ferentz has been collecting since Stanley left.

They moved this guy to LB...if he turns out to be the best passer on the team, it will confirm what nearly everybody thinks, that Kirk just
doesn't know chit about QB play.

On the other hand...maybe Stratton is garbage.

 

[HawkeyeGenius]

Games like this are why CHA is a morgue. We start to get our hopes up then this happens.

 

[HawkBall23]

How sad is it that as soon as Falsev tossed the ball at the bucket on that 'beat the SC buzzer' prayer, I knew it would find bottoms.

Opposing teams have to be 80%, or better, against Iowa on shots of those variety.

Never fails.

 

[General Tso]

 

[denmar81]

Dembele shouldn’t see the floor, let alone start. It’s pretty easy to see it should be Harding, Thelwell, Payton Sandy, Treori, and Freeman as your starters. Fran’s an idiot.

I was on the Harding train last year and thought he was the future at pg. Not now. Too inconsistent on offense and since Fran puts offense before defense, his playing time should be minimal.

 

[ozzie8]

It's like the Football Gods owe us to find a diamond in the rough from the garbage pile of Quarterbacks that Kirk Ferentz has been collecting since Stanley left.

They moved this guy to LB...if he turns out to be the best passer on the team, it will confirm what nearly everybody thinks, that Kirk just
doesn't know chit about QB play.

On the other hand...maybe Stratton is garbage.

Exactly. We know the awfulness of Cade, let’s see what someone else can do

 

[cubsMDdmb]

Usual crappy hawk fans come out to post after a loss. I certainly expected it. Took 6 games so I guess that’s a plus.

It was certainly a bad game for some hawks. We need sandfort and dix to play better. Great game by Harding and Freeman and I loved seeing Harding and Thelwell play together for so long.

I’m not too upset by this loss. If our shooting is this bad all year then we will be very bad. If we shoot even close to average and play decent defense (like we did most of this game) then we’ll be a pretty good team. We won’t win all games (like today) but we will win a bunch of them.

 

[AmericaNeedsMe]

I was on the Harding train last year and thought he was the future at pg. Not now. Too inconsistent on offense and since Fran puts offense before defense, his playing time should be minimal.

Harding plays hard. He's all Hawkeye. I really like him. But the hard truth is that he is really undersized and lacking athleticism for this level of play. I think he's going to have a tough time when B1G play begins.

I think our backcourt is in the bottom 3d of the league.

 

[SDHawkDoc]

They badly need Dix to get healthy and be a major contributor. P Sandfort gets the pub, but when he's at his best Dix is a better player and bigger factor given his all around game.

 

[LarryMullenJr.]

But when it’s the last 4:00 of the game and the score is tight, play the guy who can’t throw it in the ocean in hopes of him finding his stroke.

Brilliant!!!

 

[HawkeyeGenius]

How sad is it that as soon as Falsev tossed the ball at the bucket on that 'beat the SC buzzer' prayer, I knew it would find bottoms.

Opposing teams have to be 80%, or better, against Iowa on shots of those variety.

Never fails.

It's true. I expect it to go in. It does not phase me one bit.

 

[curtisj157]

Well, we aren't Purdue football!

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We’re basically the Purdue of men’s basketball.

 

[TRHawkeye145]

Well, we aren't Purdue football!

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Purdue keeping it close against sparty....in EL. God our football and bball teams suck

 

[Bulldogs1974]

I was on the Harding train last year and thought he was the future at pg. Not now. Too inconsistent on offense and since Fran puts offense before defense, his playing time should be minimal.

Wtf. Clueless post. This is where Brock will get to and he’s not far from it. Thelwell was ok tonight really just on defense.
Fran needs to let Brock be Brock.

 

[cubsMDdmb]

I was on the Harding train last year and thought he was the future at pg. Not now. Too inconsistent on offense and since Fran puts offense before defense, his playing time should be minimal.

How can you call out Harding after this game? Did you even watch this game? Harding was a bright spot. A very bright spot.

 

[Bulldogs1974]

Harding plays hard. He's all Hawkeye. I really like him. But the hard truth is that he is really undersized and lacking athleticism for this level of play. I think he's going to have a tough time when B1G play begins.

I think our backcourt is in the bottom 3d of the league.

Lacks the athleticism? What are you people watching. Brock would be an all league player by his senior year if we had a decent defense or an actual rim protector. Brock is the best off ball/ help side player on this team and frankly that isn’t even close.