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Re: Note to students tonight (especially Griff)
Josten's intentional actually was an intentional. He lost the ball, and in and effort to get it back, he swiped his arm across the chest of the Iowa defender. I hated the play, but it was probably the correct call.
So was Gorney's. He didn't go for the ball at all. Just lowered his shoulder and took him out. That's intentional.
The officiating was very inconsistent. A moving screen could've been called on Gorney just about every time he set one.
On the other hand, UNI players were frustrating me. How many times did Jordan get a rebound literally ripped out of his hands? Instead of getting mad and holding onto the ball tighter, he turns with a disgusted look on his face to the ref. That's not what we're about. That's not what we normally do. I saw some whining out of our players that I haven't normally seen.
Coleman could've taken Gorney to the house, but instead tosses up ugly shots away from the basket. Ugh.
I think the players were very frustrated. I think they (and fans) expected that because of Iowa's slow start, that we could roll through them, especially maybe with the way Drake played against Iowa State. But let's face it, the re-emergance of Freeman made Iowa a TOTALLY different ballclub.
The officiating was inconsistent, but we had our chances. In the end, our offense looked skeptical while Iowa hit big threes. It was a good game. We fought hard.
Josten's intentional actually was an intentional. He lost the ball, and in and effort to get it back, he swiped his arm across the chest of the Iowa defender. I hated the play, but it was probably the correct call.
So was Gorney's. He didn't go for the ball at all. Just lowered his shoulder and took him out. That's intentional.
The officiating was very inconsistent. A moving screen could've been called on Gorney just about every time he set one.
On the other hand, UNI players were frustrating me. How many times did Jordan get a rebound literally ripped out of his hands? Instead of getting mad and holding onto the ball tighter, he turns with a disgusted look on his face to the ref. That's not what we're about. That's not what we normally do. I saw some whining out of our players that I haven't normally seen.
Coleman could've taken Gorney to the house, but instead tosses up ugly shots away from the basket. Ugh.
I think the players were very frustrated. I think they (and fans) expected that because of Iowa's slow start, that we could roll through them, especially maybe with the way Drake played against Iowa State. But let's face it, the re-emergance of Freeman made Iowa a TOTALLY different ballclub.
The officiating was inconsistent, but we had our chances. In the end, our offense looked skeptical while Iowa hit big threes. It was a good game. We fought hard.
Not rooting for either team 
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