OPEN GAME THREAD: Iowa State (Part 2)
by BracketCat on Mar 6, 2010 12:00 PM CST
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Iowa State Cyclones (14-16 | 3-12) AT #5 Kansas St. Wildcats (24-5 | 11-4)
Farmageddon on the Hardwood | Senior Night
Bramlage Coliseum — Manhattan, Kan.
Saturday, March 6 — 5:05 PM CST
Big 12 Network | ESPN Full Court | ESPN360
Feel free to begin discussing today's games without me today, as I will be in transit to Manhappiness for my first game in the Octagon of Doom since March 2008.
I felt that I owed it to Denis Clemente, Luis Colon and Chris Merriewether to help thank them in person for everything they've done for Wildcat Nation.
Today's a big game, folks.
A win locks up a No. 2 seed in the Big 12 Tournament and keeps us on track for a potential No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, while an unthinkable loss would leave us at the mercy of the outcomes of today's other games.
For my previous analysis of the Cyclones, click here. To remind yourself of what happened last time, click here.
For K-State's game notes, follow the jump.
From the K-State Sports Information Department:
Kansas State (24-5, 11-4 Big 12) concludes the regular season at 5 p.m. Saturday, when the Wildcats bid farewell to three seniors by hosting Iowa State (14-16, 3-12) at Bramlage Coliseum.
The squad will celebrate the accomplishments of Denis Clemente, Luis Colon and Chris Merriewether in a pregame senior ceremony.
Colon and Merriewether will leave as the winningest senior class in school history.
Despite losing a chance at the Big 12 regular-season title with the loss to No. 2 Kansas on Wednesday night, K-State still has a great deal for which to play against Iowa State.
A victory not only would clinch sole possession of second place and the No. 2 seed at next week's Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, but also give the Wildcats a tie with two other teams for the most wins in a single season (25) in school history.
This will be the 210th meeting between the two rivals in a series that dates back to 1909, with K-State holding a 133-76 edge all-time, including 77-23 at home.
The game will be broadcast regionally on the Big 12 Network, as well as nationally on ESPN Full Court, with Dave Armstrong (play-by-play) and Paul Splittorff (analyst) on the call.
K-State moved up further in the Top 10 on Monday, ranking fifth in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Coaches' polls.
It marks the school's first AP Top 5 ranking since March 7, 1962, when the Wildcats ranked third, while it is the fifth Top 10 ranking in both polls this season, including the fourth straight week.
It is the highest ranking in the coaches' poll since USA Today took over ownership of the poll in 1993-94.
It marks the first time that the program has ranked among the AP Top 15 for nine consecutive weeks since the 1961-62 squad was ranked among the AP Top 10 for 15 weeks, while the team's current 12-week stay in the AP Top 25 is the longest since the 1972-73 squad was ranked for 16 straight weeks.
The Wildcats are off to their best start in nearly 50 years with their current 24-5 record.
The 24 wins tie for the fourth-most in school history and the most since the 1987-88 squad won a school-record 25, en route to the Elite Eight.
The team posted its 23rd 20-win season Feb. 13, becoming the first Wildcat squad to tally 20 or more wins in four consecutive seasons.
In addition, Frank Martin became the first head coach in school history to post three 20-win seasons to start a career, while the win over Oklahoma on Feb. 20 gave him the most wins by a head coach in his first three seasons.
K-State saw its seven-game winning streak come to an end Wednesday night, when No. 2 Kansas broke open a tight game in the second half to post an 82-65 victory and earn an outright Big 12 title.
The backcourt tandem of Denis Clemente and Jacob Pullen scored 21 and 20 points, respectively, to pace the scoring attack, marking just the fifth time in their respective careers that they have posted 20 or more points in the same contest.
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It is likely I will be watching this game on the PC today...
meaning I can follow the thread while the game is happening as I only get the TV for 360 games if it is a ‘big game’ (as determined by the wife aka TV-master) This one does not qualify.
Anyone else watching OU/aTm right now? OU just has no desire to win at this point. And TG just tweaked an ankle…
--VegasCat07
The fans are doing nothing to impress either...
Not that it should be expected with the product they are watching.
I can hear the referees calling out fouls – “No NO! Right here, on the floor! No shot..!” clear as day. :-/
--VegasCat07
at the women's game right now
We are currently up 6 on undefeated Nebraska 27-21
by checklight on Mar 6, 2010 12:29 PM CST via mobile reply actions
2 minutes to go in the first half
Women are up, 45-38. Nebraska is number 3 in the nation.
by checklight on Mar 6, 2010 12:48 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
If they lose
Kansas transplant in Colorado here. KU fan first and farmost but I root for the Cats if they aren’t playing KU. So, I’m trying to figure out the unlikely scenario where K-State would not get the #2 seed. Would it be if they lost and Mizzou won. (God forbid on both.)
by Colorado Jayhawk Fan on Mar 6, 2010 12:39 PM CST reply actions
If we lose to ISU
and aTm, Baylor, and MU all win we are the #5 due to tie-breaking procedures.
--VegasCat07
Hmmm
Thanks. KSU beat Baylor and TX AM…that’s the part I don’t get. Or is my memory failing me.
by Colorado Jayhawk Fan on Mar 6, 2010 12:53 PM CST up reply actions
Memory is ok...
But in the case of that 4-way tie, I believe it somehow comes down to losing the tie-breaker to MU… :-S i can’t remember exactly… Anyone else have the post handy?
--VegasCat07
No problem...
Probably one of those bizarre tie breaking nuances. I don’t think the Cats will lose although ISU has potential. I’m more worried about KU playing at Mizzou. Always such a tough venue. As a Jayhawk fan…this is the win I want the most. I’ll be watching KSTATE later. Gotta go catch the game.
Thanks
by Colorado Jayhawk Fan on Mar 6, 2010 12:57 PM CST up reply actions
Since KU beat Mizzou...
…K-State is now guaranteed the two seed. Only teams that can tie us are Texas A&M and Baylor, and we own head-to-head tiebreakers over both.
We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats
by TB on Mar 6, 2010 4:57 PM CST up reply actions
Girls just don't have it this year....seem to start out well, but can't finish games.
by WillieWannabe on Mar 6, 2010 2:34 PM CST up reply actions
only had 7 players suit today
They fought hard but just didn’t have enough gas
by jtarkman on Mar 6, 2010 2:46 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
KU went on a 16-0 run to end the first half.
I hate them with a passion but that is a heck of a feat on the road in Mizzou. You could have heard a pin drop in that arena. I hope with everything in my body we meet them again and hand them a wicked beatdown heading into the dance
So, I'm guessing that this game will be blacked out on 360 in my area, so if anyone can post the Justin.tv link or whatever, that would be nice.
Fucking Metrosports.
Memo to John Currie…DON’T PUT THE GAME ON A STATION THAT’S EXCLUSIVE TO THE WORST TWO CABLE PROVIDERS IN THE METRO KC AREA.
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
Now that Mizzou lost
does that lock us up as the 2 seed for the Big 12 tourney?
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Si. Viva la, um , second place.
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
As best I can figure it does.
We can now only end tied with Baylor (if they beat Texas and we lose) and/or Texas A&M (if we lose) – both of which are teams we beat in our only meeting with them this year…
--VegasCat07
Welcome! Bring a helmet; it gets rowdy in here during games.
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"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
welcome
I think a lot of us will be here because the game isn’t on TV
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Unless someone gives us a justin.tv link. Calling ohiocats...
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"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
I will be very disappointed if we can't find one.
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You are a God
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
So are we on after the Tech/CU game?
By the way, how about CU? Big improvement from last year.
We'll carry the banner high!
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by TB on Mar 6, 2010 5:02 PM CST up reply actions
We'll see
Until they can beat teams other than the rest of the north and south-tards, I can’t really call it progress.
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That game had no defense
190ish points?
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Before the game starts, I want to formally say goodbye to the most exciting, infuriating, and unshakable basketball player I've seen in a long, long time...
Denis Clemente.
Denis, thank you for the last two years. “No, no, no…YES!” has become a rallying cry and a calling card for a game that continues to defy explanation (in a good way).
Best of luck the rest of the season and whatever you do afterward. Viva la Denis Clemente!
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
Ditto
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by TB on Mar 6, 2010 5:04 PM CST up reply actions
+1
I too would like to nominate Denis for the “No..no..no..YES!” award as well.
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I read on KSU's website that he is the first one out of his family to graduate college.
It also mentions that if the NBA doesn’t works out, he’d like to play overseas. He’ll be missed!
So while I was watching the KU-MU game earlier
I thought to myself how much better Mizzou could be with a guard like Denis. That team would truely be able to run teams out of the gym – and they would have a legit scoring option.
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It's a testament...
…to Anderson’s system that Mizzou has had this type of season. They don’t really have very good shooters, at least consistently, and they have no inside game whatsoever. If they had either shooters or a couple big guys that could provide some points in the paint, they’d be really tough.
We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats
by TB on Mar 6, 2010 5:10 PM CST up reply actions
Stop fouling, Tech
You trail by nine with 40 seconds left. It’s over.
We'll carry the banner high!
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I wish we would have landed Burks. Man, what a player.
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"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
Well it's not like he would have seen
much playing time this year.
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You think?
After today’s “shooting” exhibition, I have to think he might have seen the floor if he could play defense to Frank’s liking.
Thank you, Pat Knight, for finding a way to suck the life out of another fan base.
God, he sucks.
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
Yes, go ahead
It’s not on the link for us yet.
We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats
by TB on Mar 6, 2010 5:09 PM CST up reply actions
but maybe delay the comments a few minutes?
:)
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No I'm just kidding
Just waiting on the feed..
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10-4 ISU
KSU’s points came from a nice floater from Kelly and a shot from JamSam and Clemente
How in the hell do they have ten points?
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
Sounds like we came out a little tight on senior day
We'll carry the banner high!
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by TB on Mar 6, 2010 5:11 PM CST up reply actions
ISU Started out on 5-0 run.
Typical from what we’ve seen from KSU the past few games in the beginning of the game.
There's a TV show called Oklahoma's Most Wanted?
That’s must-see TV right there.
We'll carry the banner high!
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Hmm...I'm not watching a paid advertisement for Humana Medicare. Man, I can't wait to get old.
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"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
now watching*
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"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
How much did that run you?
If you don’t mind me asking
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The mod on Justin TV is trying to get it up.
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
All I'm getting is a very fit Okie Light cheerleader
well it’s better than medicare…
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NEW LINK
http://www.justin.tv/cuopoose#r=yigtDu8~
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http://www.justin.tv/cuopoose#r=F8FgUzY~
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
16-12 KSU
2 from Sam. Looks like the feed is up and running so I’ll stop.
I appreciated the effort, though. Gracias.
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
DUNK IT DAMMIT!
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For those in KC...
…if you have Metrosports, the game is on that channel. Just found it.
We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats
That was sick.
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
that was a dangerous pass
but love the result
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Where's Jake?
haven’t seen him in the game since the feed went up
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He was in earlier...
…drove to the hoop and got fouled, made the FTs. Irving came in to give him a breather.
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by TB on Mar 6, 2010 5:23 PM CST up reply actions
Now he's back
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with an ugly shot...
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OT: There is a lot of professional wrestling on Justin TV. Weird.
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
I don't see how that's weird at all...
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I'm not seeing the stuff on tinypic. your videos have been moved or deleted.
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"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
Damn
I tried the shortcut…shame on me
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Let's try this again...
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That's awesome.
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
There we go Wally
Should have dunked it the first time
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Followed by a sweet spin move
FOLLOWED BY A SWEET BLOCK/JUMP BALL
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Said the same thing...
…but it’s nice to see that he came to play today. Spin move, blocked shot, got that jump ball. He’s gonna be good.
We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats
by TB on Mar 6, 2010 5:35 PM CST up reply actions
Next year...Asprilla, Kelly, Samuels, and Judge down low...
Giggity.
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
That was an awesome spin move by Wally
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"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
This feels pretty much the same as that Colorado home game this year.
Playing generally like crap despite creating lots of turnovers. Opponent shooting really well when they get it at the hoop, but we are still tied or slightly ahead anyways…
--VegasCat07
Denis with another miss on senior night
who does he think he is, sherron collins?
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C'mon Wildcats
Just because the Big 12 #2 seed is locked up doesn’t allow for playing like total dog shit. >.<
--VegasCat07
was it just my jumpy feed
or did merriewether just bulldoze the ISU player?
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The latter. He ran him over.
We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats
by TB on Mar 6, 2010 5:45 PM CST up reply actions
I'm not sure it's a 2-3...looks like a triangle and two.
But it’s hard to tell. The feed is jumpy.
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
The announcers just mentioned it's Duke or Us as the 4-5 overall seed
and yet CBS didn’t even mention us as even a possibility…
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What the hell is this lineup?
Merriwether, Voctor, and JHR?
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hopefully just pre-media timeout
and Victor avoids another trillion with the missed shot…
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Yeah it's not necessarily a bad stat
just a neutral one i suppose
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It seems like we thought it was going to be easy...
…after that early run. Denis hit a couple shots and now it seems like he just thought he was going to get to have fun the rest of the afternoon.
We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats
Yikes. That sucked.
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"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
1-10 from 3PT
We look like Mizzou….
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Jesus, if we lose to Iowa State, I'm going to pick us to lose in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Jesus.
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
ISU putting up over 40 1st half points on us
That is 100% pathetic. I can’t even think straight how much that pisses me off.
--VegasCat07
That was the best look we could get at the end of the first half? Are they even trying?
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
fugly fugly fugly
we need some 2nd half magic.
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That was putrid
Poor offense + Poor defense = 9 point first half deficit to ISU.
I hate our late possessions. Nobody tries to drive, draw and kick. We just dribble around or throw it around, then Denis ends up with the ball and everyone knows he’s just going to pull up and shoot a deep three.
We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats
The only good news is that there are several ISU players in "foul trouble"
If anything can/will save us, it’s that they can’t afford that.
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
In all fairness to the kid, what in the fuck was Lu doing shooting that jumper behind the FT line?
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
I think every once in a while...
…they turn around, see nothing in front of them, and think “hey, I’ve made this shot before.” Never mind that they never take it during a game, nor that they only make it abou half the time against air.
We'll carry the banner high!
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by TB on Mar 6, 2010 6:00 PM CST up reply actions
Where to start out rebounded, out shot, lousy D, bad shot selection.
Frank should throw something against the wall in the locker because this is a pathetic way to try and wrap up a season and go into tournaments. We look like the #95 team right now and Iowa State looks genius.
They aren't even doing anything "tricky"; they are just trying harder.
How can ISU outrebound us? That’s the most embarrassing thing of all.
Christ, ISU looks and plays like a Valley team. We’re going to have trouble getting out of the first weekend of the tournament if we can’t dispose of this team.
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
All year long...
…when some people have said we could lose in the first or second round, I’ve thought “hey, maybe we don’t always look great, but we always find a way to win.” Maybe we’ll come out hot in the second half and run away with it, and I’ll go on thinking that.
Or maybe we won’t, and a seed of doubt will be planted at the worst possible time.
We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats
by TB on Mar 6, 2010 6:04 PM CST up reply actions
My thought is that Iowa State won't continue to shoot 71% from three. But, I watched the Nebraska game earlier this year, and who knows? They could.
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
But Pan...
For the most part their shooters were wide open. I mean with no pressure most teams can shoot over 50%.
No, I get that.
I’m just saying, usually, regardless, there’s a regression to the mean.
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
ISU must be a decent first half team.
I know they lead Texas back in January and they were close to or did lead KU in Lawrence.
Their first five are pretty talented...
…but they have zero depth. Pan’s right, the best thing we have going for us is we have them in some foul trouble right now. If we can force them to dig into their bench, we’ll be in better shape.
Of course, if we keep jacking up the shots we’re taking and not boxing out, it may not matter.
We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats
by TB on Mar 6, 2010 6:05 PM CST up reply actions
Rebounding is a byproduct of effort. And, it's pretty clear by looking at this team and their body language, there's no fucking effort.
I won’t get overly critical of student-athletes, but what will get me going is a lack of effort. People pay good money for tickets. They pay good money to drive to the games, park, and buy concessions. If you go out there and get outrebounded by ISU, I will get kind of cross with you.
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
Absolutely it's based on effort...
…boxing out takes work. You have to locate your man, then you have to put a body on him. It’s work. Against lesser teams, sometimes you just figure you can stand there and out-jump them. Clearly we figure we can just stand around and the ball will bounce to us.
We'll carry the banner high!
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by TB on Mar 6, 2010 6:09 PM CST up reply actions
Is it me?
Or do we seem to stand around a lot on offense. Our big men stand around in the lane or paint and the guards just pass it around the outside. No back door cuts, no screens, it is just frustrating to watch as a fan.
We have a tendency to stagnate on offense...
…especially when Clemente and Pullen are in there. A lot of times, I think the big guys just figure those two will penetrate and they’ll be ready for a pass, or that they’ll jack something up and they’ll go crash the glass.
When Bobby Knight tells you that your offense needs improvement, that’s a pretty good sign that things don’t always work well.
We'll carry the banner high!
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by TB on Mar 6, 2010 6:08 PM CST up reply actions
There's a bullshit call
the net? Really? Looked like a complete brick to me..
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We're gonna fuck around and lose this game. Goddamn it.
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
Dunk the fucking ball Sutton
I swear, watching him go up for layups is maddening.
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He gets the ball stripped more than any other supposedly physical player I've ever seen
It’s beyond maddening.
Game plan coming out of half seems to be get it inside.
ISU is getting into serious foul trouble now.
Yep
Our best bet at this point seems to be foul out their starters and take our chances against their reserves.
We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats
by TB on Mar 6, 2010 6:23 PM CST up reply actions
It's Senior Day, Chris, but you still don't have the right to shoot that.
Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy
sad thing is
is the ISU bit a little…
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I think that was more of a push
Cole Aldrich style
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4 on Dendy
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I'm about ready to turn this shit off. I can't watch this.
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This does not look good.
Can a team actually play such bad basketball that it makes a person physically sick?
Based on wanting to vomit on my shoes right now, I’d say yes.
--VegasCat07
Only until Brackins gets 4
are they in foul trouble…
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But none of that matters if
they end the game ahead. Right now our guys don’t look to interested in scoring more points than ISU.
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If we don't start making some shots, it won't matter much
Earlier in the thread I was talking about Mizzou not having the best shooters, but we look terrible tonight.
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by TB on Mar 6, 2010 6:35 PM CST up reply actions
The world cup commercial's volume
is way too loud. Fix it.
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3 ISU players
with 4 fouls…
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not Brackins or Gilstrap though..
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that was a questionable call
but we need it
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Our best offense is making free throws...
…and then Clemente gets called for a charge.
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Seniors on senior night
get superhuman basketball powers, right?
Oh yeah, I forgot (along with Denis apparently) they don’t get anything free, they have to earn it just as always.
--VegasCat07
We can only hope Gilstrap isn't hurt
and can come back into the game as soon as possible……
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Good post
I was hoping nobody would say anything about him being hurt, as Mark Kieffer might call us all a bunch of classless assholes.
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by TB on Mar 6, 2010 6:54 PM CST up reply actions
That's what I was going for
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Speaking of that
where’s Bracket today?
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Huge to cut it to two
Now the crowd needs to wake up.
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by TB on Mar 6, 2010 6:55 PM CST up reply actions
Goodnight Cyclones
Goodnight.
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No matter what happens, I'm pissed. I'm like this guy.
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Holy oversized image batman!
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I'm that angry.
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Where the fuck is Jamar tonight?
Two straight possessions he has failed to rotate. Two straight layups/dunks.
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I'm one more ISU bucket away from throwing shit in my living room.
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I'm that close to being so pissed Im' not sure
i’ll be able to breath until something is broken out of rage.
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Well, at least it looks like Jake can find the basket today
while standing still with no defenders. Just looking at his % from the field makes me cry.
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For all the fouls called on ISU today
there are at least 5 more than could (IMO, should) have been called..
--VegasCat07
This is just pitiful
Jamar throws up our 4,302 terrible shot of the day and Dom gets called for a foul chasing the rebound. Nobody can hit a jumper. We can’t rebound. Their entire team has four fouls but we’re at the under-four media timeout and we haven’t fouled anyone out yet.
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This is beyond pitiful. I'm embarrassed.
This decreases my respect for this team exponentially.
Not because they lost, but because of who they are losing to and how.
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There is no excuse for this. This is pathetic. Iowa State is a bad, bad basketball team.
This one comes down to effort, plain and simple. They overlooked Iowa State, it shows, and that’s unacceptable.
God. Damn. It.
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Yep
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by TB on Mar 6, 2010 7:06 PM CST up reply actions
At home, no less.
They’d better get their act together, or we’re going to be watching a lot fewer games than we’d anticipated.
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Get Sutton out of the fucking game. He's done nothing for this team.
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SInce his Nubb performance bailed us out
he has been nothing but terrible terrible terrible
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Damn
wished that would have happened 6 minutes ago…
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weak ass fouls
all game long. both teams.
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DENIS!
BOUGHT TIME!
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bought?
’bout
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This irks me
I have seen “Jacob Pullen misses two point layup” way too many times today.
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Oh god
time for one more shot….let’s not make it a denis 32 footer….
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They better not jack up some stupid shit and turn the ball over for ISU to score.
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Well, they still jacked up stupid shit.
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Good lord
what the hell is Frank drawing up where we ALWAYS shoot the shit shot?
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Just once, I'd like to see...
…what Frank draws up. I know it wasn’t “Denis, pound the ball for five seconds, get a pick at the top from Jamar, reverse the ball to him, hand it off to Jake for a 27-foot three.”
I mean, Frank could be drawing up the most brilliant play in the history of basketball, and they just don’t listen to it. They all want to take the big shot, but nobody wants to do the work to get it. They just want to stand around and jack up a three. KU gets good shots late because someone drives to the hoop, makes the defense commit, and finds the open shooter.
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by TB on Mar 6, 2010 7:22 PM CST up reply actions
The ball didn't even get inside the 3-pt arc that
entire possession. :@ FUCKGSDIOBIWNWIORBWREBERER@#$#$#
--VegasCat07
After that shot
I need to go out and buy a bottle of whiskey the size of my head….
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Well, OT favors us due to the depth and foul trouble for ISU. Holding on for five more minutes will be hard.
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Beat me to it
Keep in mind, they’ve got no bench; they get another DQ and they’re stuck on fumes.
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Hey Pan, is it time to get angry?
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I'm already beyond angry. My wife told me to eat dinner, but I'm too pissed to eat.
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And where in hell is Rodney?
Isn’t it his job to save our asses from this nonsense?
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Dendy
they had to correct it
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Anybody else wish we could get rid of that
Left Right Left Right Standing – SIT DOWN! thing?
--VegasCat07
No way
I love it. It’s fun.
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+100000000000000000000000000
It’s fucking stupid. Always has been.
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JAMAR MAKE A G. D. FREE THROW
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Well, he did
Of course, if he’d just made one five minutes ago, we’d all be breathing now.
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He's lost his nickname of JamSam
should be something like JamBadShotBadFoulSamuels….
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We deserve to lose. Jamar, that was horrible.
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How is our teams basketball IQ so low?
HELLO! FOUL TROUBLE!
Two guys out from a 7 or 8 man rotation team. Drive or dish the ball inside.
FUck, my wife can figure that much out.
--VegasCat07
It's selfish play
every one wants to make that 3 to take the lead.
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There's one common thread
when we suck and lose games we shouldn’t:
Guys have no recognition that they can’t hit the long shot, and keep chucking. It’s infuriating. They have to get inside and quit screwing off.
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It's simple. We go inside, the lead gets cut. We go outside, ISU starts pulling ahead. Duh.
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Pullen
fails to draw a foul while driving the lane again..
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Three point lead with less than a minute for ISU. It's over.
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Missed layup.
SGOIG#W$($@(G$#(RG(GWER*(GWR(G#$(G$#*(
I can’t remember the last time I was this pissed about a stupid basketball game.
--VegasCat07
No words...
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Game over. Good thinking, Dom. Fuck this shit. I'm out.
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You know how I feel?
It’s December 1988, and Sirr Parker’s running down the sideline…
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Pullen with 3 FTs....
make the first two..then miss…..our only hope
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ah the miss-make
and i thought that only happens in my driveway…
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Oh, good, Jake saved me
I couldn’t have survived another five minutes of this nonsense.
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A foul is a foul and it should have been called...that was obvious.
That is why the ball was three feet short of the rim.
Quite true.
But if they don’t call it, I can’t make them. So I am beginning the long road to recovering from this. Now, to figure out how to “hit bottom” first.
--VegasCat07
This is rock bottom
It doesn’t get worse than losing to ISU.
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by TB on Mar 6, 2010 7:56 PM CST up reply actions
No ref on this planet is gonna make that call
And send a high-percentage shooter to the line to tie it up.
McDermott would have eaten his soul if he had.
Face facts — we deserved to lose today, big time.
What a shitty week
son of a bitch.
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There is no silver lining here. There goes the #1 and #2 seed. No Oklahoma City. The most embarrassing loss of the year to a horrible team....
They better get their asses in gear if they want to get anything out of the Big 12 tournament.
I’m not being overly negative. This was a horrible effort. There was no excuse for what happened here, at home, on Senior Day. Iowa State was not deserving of this win. I mean, yeah, they played as well as they possibly could, but that should still have netted us a ten point win had KSU actually played a decent game.
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Its like this they thought Senior Day...we'll just phone it in...maybe try for a few ESPN highlights.
They never played this game like it mattered…but it did.
I'm just appalled at the shot selection
and the inability to recognize when they just don’t have it. It’s like they’re playing a shooter on the XBox and just using an SMG spraying bullets everywhere hoping they hit something.
And that was the worst 27-point performance I have ever seen. EVER.
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If Ohio State can get a No. 1 seed with 7 losses
Then we can get a No. 2 with 7 losses and our resume.
This loss didn’t change anything — it just reduced the .05 percent chance of us getting a No. 1 seed to zero.
And I’ll be shocked if we’re not in OKC for the first two rounds. We’ll sell tickets better than anyone they put down there, except KU, obviously.
Jake's 27 points
were the worst 27 points I have ever seen
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It doesn't happen very often...
…but when these guys forget how much hard work goes into making them as good as they are, games like this happen. We put that big run on them in the first half, and it was like everyone thought it was going to be easy, no need to focus or box out or run an offense.
I now have to agree with any critic who points out that we could lose a first or second round game if Clemente and Pullen are not hot. If we play like that, with no offensive flow, poor shot selection, no boxing out and no effort on defense, we will get beat by someone, because the teams we play in the tournament will be a damn sight better than Iowa State.
A final question. What the hell is up with switching on every screen? We switched every high ball screen on defense. There’s a reason the big man hedges while the guard goes underneath. We don’t want Curtis Kelly or Jamar Samuels defending Diante Garrett on the perimeter.
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These games do happen
And to be quite honest. Now was the perfect time to have one.
Let’s head into the conference tourney with a chip on our shoulder.
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Right now
it feels more like the wagon-is-tipped-over than a bump in the road to get us motivated.
--VegasCat07
Curtis Kelly
should have shot the ball at least 10 more times than he did. WTF.
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That's because
Jake and Denis kept throwing it away from somewhere around Council Grove before he could get a touch.
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I only hope that something good comes out of this week.
I bet there won’t be slacking off in practice anymore.
It's a good thing we have a bye in the tourney
so we have an extra day of recovering from those practices…
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Maybe they'll start listening to Frank again...
…because today, it looked like they thought they were just going to play street ball and do whatever they want. Now Frank tell them they tried it their way, and they lost to the Big 12’s eleven seed. His way got them 11 wins in conference, so maybe it’s just a tad bit better.
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by TB on Mar 6, 2010 7:58 PM CST up reply actions
Our Offense
Has street ballish for a majority of the season, we just happen to have enough talent to overcome an offensive with zero creativity.
problem is the 4 minutes he actually played
Dom and Jamar shouldn’t have played as much as they did
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down the final stretches anyway
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the whole thing is just puzzling
way too many whys…
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Well the only silver lining I can see
is that other than Samuels, we shot our free throws damn well tonight!
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And we still lost
So much for the “free throws will cost us a game” argument.
No, shitty basketball will cost us games. Today was a perfect example.
That argument is still valid...
It presumes that both teams are shooting equal from the floor. It obviously has no impact when you team shoots 34% from the floor and 13% from beyond the arc.
To follow up my point...
I would argue that our FT shooting percentage actually kept us in the game when we had no business being in it at the end anyway.
Piggybacking off mystman995's earlier comment...
…Curtis Kelly was 6/7 from the field today. Denis took 18 shots from the field, and made five. Jake took 20 and made six. I would have been happy if about five shots each from Jake and Denis had gone to Curtis. Also, if Samuels is playing like that, I wouldn’t mind seeing Judge in the game.
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CK made his FT's today too.
So so so so so many things being done even the smallest bit better than half-assed and we escape with a ‘W’.
--VegasCat07
If not for the 10 three-point attempts...
…I wouldn’t be unhappy with Jake’s game today. He was 5/10 from two-point range and 14/15 from the FT line. He did a good job of getting to the line and making shots once he got there. Now, if we could do something about those nine missed threes…
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by TB on Mar 6, 2010 8:03 PM CST up reply actions
Pullen and Clemente were 3-21 from three. And ISU had four players with 4 fouls.
Two comments:
1) If Frank Martin did not approve of that shot selection, those boys better be running stairs.
2) If Frank Martin approved of that shot selection, he better be running stairs.
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F it.
Either way, I want both of them running stairs.
That was the biggest waste of 2+ hours I have had in my life.
Staying here sulking with other like-minded individuals about it has already been 100000000 times more useful.
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Best description yet
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by TB on Mar 6, 2010 8:04 PM CST up reply actions
I really just don't understand the whole middle of the game where the offense just stood around.
I am so puzzled by this…at times we are moving making good passes and driving to the basket and/or kicking it out for three. Tonight and at other times this season (Okie State) we just look like we don’t have a clue.
I don't have much to say about this one
It was uglier than baby snot.
I burned a lot of gas and time to get up here, and while some of the game was fun, the last 25 minutes sure as hell were not.
Even more infuriating was when Frank failed to show up for his postgame radio show. To the best of my knowledge, that’s the first time that’s happened. I’m a bit resentful that I stayed that long after the game for a no-show. Frank, you like to come out to appluase after beating Texas — but you gotta face the music after losing this game, too.
Just an all-around poor effort. The fans tried to contribute, but there was virtually nothing to get excited about in the game.
Pregame mosh dancing. Fucking green shirts everywhere. Bad mojo and bad vibes.
The seniors deserved a better sendoff than this, but they also have only themselves to blame.
Hey, at least I won't bitch about the OSU game anymore
I just don’t get how the team has collapsed like this. Getting blown out by the team-that-shall-not-be-named is one thing, especially in their house. But this is humiliating. KSU has no home-court advantage. Squeaking past miserable CU and NU, and struggling enormously against MU at home is not a sign of home-court. It is the sign of a team that doesn’t focus at home.
OSU will beat the team we saw today in the Big XII tourney (and it probably won’t be close).
I have to hope that KSU has a week pod of foes in the NCAA otherwise they won’t make it past the first weekend.
What a thud to end the regular season. Just like the football team.
Bingo
Total lack of focus. They prepare better on the road because Frank harps on how hard it is to win on the road.
Then they go and do it countless times because they’re more talented than most teams, if they prepare well.
I really don't understand the green shirts fake St. Patty's theme.
Whose idea was this anyway? It was Senior Day and we should have made it a “purple haze” or “white out”. Green was just not the way to go. By contrast I watched Duke (yes the Duke I railed against) play Carolina after our game. What a difference the Cameron Crazies all decked out in blue and loud all game. The team taking the game seriously and crushing Carolina. There was no reason that we couldn’t have finished the season on a similar note. Except we looked like we wanted to phone it in by playing lethargically. We also showed almost no basketball sense during the second half. At a time when we should have been going to the paint for most of our points with ISU in foul trouble we instead took shots (and missed repeatedly) behind the arc. JamSam taking a shot from there with an open lane epitomized the problem in my mind. The good news about the upcoming tournaments is that they are all on the road. Where for some reason we seem to be more focused.
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