ISU Game Thread

[coachdon]

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I don't see the "pure " shot of Ali's. His misses were long and left, short and right and all over the map. Usually a pure shooter will miss long or short but dead on, depending on leg weariness levels and sometimes on how much arc he's putting on the ball. Most of Kwadzo's misses were straight on but long like he was not putting quite enough arc into it.

[06panther10]

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I'm sick of feeling like something Jake did cost us the game. We couldnt hit water from a boat from three and we still almost won this game. He just makes some awful decisons sometimes.

[FerociousCat]

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Actually, all three of those officials work both conferences. The worst on that crew was Gerry Pollard the fat grey haired guy....he sucked the entire game.

John Higgins did us no favors either...
I used to think Mac did a nice job of working the refs..now he just seems like a giant whiny baby.

[coachdon]

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Did you ever notice Jake likes to pull guys out of the game right when they get on a roll?

[JCPanthers]

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John Higgins did us no favors either...
I used to think Mac did a nice job of working the refs..now he just seems like a giant whiny baby.

I normally like Higgins...but he sucked too.

[9YRPLAN]

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Did you ever notice Jake likes to pull guys out of the game right when they get on a roll?

straight out of dr tom's book

ali shot over 50% from 3 at a high level of JUCO while playing a ton of minutes. right now, his shot selection is what is killing him.

[FerociousCat]

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Did we sub from the point we used our final regulation TO @ the 2 min mark & when KA fouled out?

[9YRPLAN]

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i dont understand how they could have ruled it a 2 after ISU ran out the clock. if UNI had known it was a 2, they would have immediately fouled with 6 seconds left.

[jman2004]

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i dont understand how they could have ruled it a 2 after ISU ran out the clock. if UNI had known it was a 2, they would have immediately fouled with 6 seconds left.

Would they go back and have ISU inbound the ball with 6 seconds left? I didn't get it either, and didn't realize the rule was what it was.

[FerociousCat]

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i dont understand how they could have ruled it a 2 after ISU ran out the clock. if UNI had known it was a 2, they would have immediately fouled with 6 seconds left.

There would have been bloodshed if that would have happened

Would they have given it to ISU on the baseline then with 4 sec or whatever?

[AmesPanther]

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i dont understand how they could have ruled it a 2 after ISU ran out the clock. if UNI had known it was a 2, they would have immediately fouled with 6 seconds left.

Once they realized they needed to look they can't stop ISU in the middle of a play and review; they have to wait for a chance to look. It just so happened the end of the game was the next chance. I saw a team lose a game last year in that exact scenario.

[Kyle]

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We were out coached tonight. Plain and simple. If Jake could find a way to keep Brackins out of the game we win easy (Oh and by keep him out of the game I mean hold him to less than 20 points).

Honestly I just don't get Jake's decisions. And I hate people who only complain without giving some possible solutions, so here are a few simple changes I would have made:

-Start Jordan in overtime so he can get the jump ball as he did to start the game. He can easily out jump Brackins. We build on the momentum we ended regulation with.
-Double team Brackins down low. He is not a great passer and even if he found a few guards all alone on the perimeter, I would rather take my chances with ISU's 3-pt shot than watch Brackin's back down our posts until he gets an easy layup.
-Play Jordan in the second half. Use dead balls and the media TO's to get him in on a couple offensive sets and to take him out during the defensive sets. It's so much more difficult for teams to guard us when we have a 7-footer in the lane.
-Take some of Ali and Kerwin's minutes and give them to Montgomery, James, and Brown. We desperately needed to get at least one more guard (other than KA) into a rhythm. Shooting is fickle and sometimes it just isn't your night. The coach needs to recognize this and get some other guys in.

[06panther10]

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Kyle, I agree with most of that. Its just too damn often that we get outcoached and that costs us games. I like our team and I think we have some pretty good talent that can win this year and for years to come. It just feels like on the court coaching is holding us back at times. Recruiting has been great. I just keep waiting for the coaching to get better. I tell myself that he was still learning to be a head coach, and it just is not getting better. Those guys played hard tonight, and other than 3 point shooting, they played pretty damn good as well. They just werent always put in the best position to win the game.

[AmesPanther]

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I don't buy the out-coached. If you double down Brackins ISU would have hit some 3's. This team has the ISU record for 3's so they have to be able to shoot 3's.

[panther85]

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Jordan is slow, lazy, and plays with no heart.

YOUR 7' 1" GET SOME DANG REBOUNDS! GOD!!!!!!