Oklahoma State is a good basketball team, Texas isnt. Next.
Seemingly never ending Iowa MBB thread (still going.....)
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Oklahoma State is a good basketball team, Texas isnt. Next.
Oklahoma State can't be good though... they lost on a neutral court to Texas.
I dont hate this team at all. Ive never been happier than to see us beat Kansas. Go back and read my posts from Saturday. Go back and read my posts saying we would still make the tourney after we lost to Texas the other night after everyone is melting down.
What I do hate is our players thinking we are the greatest team ever and that we can win games by just showing up. There is a common theme after each loss like this over the years where the player think they are too good to ever lose to a team like Iowa or Texas.
I just think we are underachieving for the 2nd straight year is all, we should be alot better than this with as much talent and experience as we have.
Think you are the one hallucinating here..... Ya we beat KU at their house and that was awesome, but then we go and lay an egg against TX that didn't even play a good game themselves. We get beat by Vanderbilt which was pitiful as well. I wouldn't want to play Iowa right now either as they already curb stomped our Senior filled roster at their house with 4 freshman and a senior. Our Cyclone team is ******* bipolar and if you think we are a lock for any game in this conference then you need a reality check. I have NEVER been so frustrated with a cyclone men's basketball team as I am with this team and by that I mean players not Coach Prohm. Maybe I need some of what you are smoking to help me out????
I would love to play them again but I'd love to play any bad teams right now
JFC, we are not average. Have we met most peoples preseason expectations? Certainly not. Do we have struggles at times? Of course, all teams, even blue bloods do. But to call us average is nuts. FFS, there are 351 D1 basketball teams and we are in a very favorable position to go to the NCAA tournament, which only lets in 64 teams. The fact is, Iowa is an average basketball team and Iowa State is a really good basketball team.
For the 5th straight season... 10 years ago we were embarking on a run of 15,14,15,15 and 16 wins. The 16 win season was a team with NCAA expectations. 2009-2010 was a disappointment.
btw scanning the schedule ISU has probably lost 3 games they were favored in. Iowa, Vandy, Texas. All on the road. That's not bipolar, that's college basketball. Pay attention to college basketball instead of just ISU, it will give you guys some much needed perspective.
Edit: Lost to Cinci at home in OT, who is 22-2 now
Edit: Lost to Cinci at home in OT, who is 22-2 now
This team is so up and down Im honestly worried about losing at home this year to a team like TCU or Oklahoma State at this point. I cant say Ive really had that kind of feeling for a number of years now. All of our home games except Kansas used to be automatic wins, especially against the lower conference teams, but I just dont have that same confidence anymore.
Might have been favored at the time vs Cincinnati. Doesn't matter as Cincinnati is pretty damn good.
Nebraska would be in the basement of the conference this year if they were in the Big 12...
Pretty much every team (outside of Gonzaga) has lost games they felt they should've won. It happens. We just freak out every time it happens. Such is life as a college basketball fan I guess. If this team can get focused and play hard, we can make a deep run in the tournament. We can beat anyone in the country.
Oh, for sure they would, Im not saying they would be any better, Im saying its a distinct possibility we would lose to them even though they suck badly.
Could we lose to them on the road? It's a possibility. Iowa lost to them though so not sure where you're going with that
My point is we've already shown the ability to lose on the road to scrub teams this year, so I wouldnt be shocked one bit if we lost to a team like Nebraska that we are clearly better than.
Yeah we've lost to scrub teams on the road like Vandy, Iowa and Texas. We get it, that doesn't make Iowa better than they are.
That actually sounds worse. You don't hate the team, you just hate the players sometimes. It's none of our jobs to make sure the players are motivated to play every game. These players have been like this way back to when Fred was their coach. At this point you've got to just take the bad with the good. Did you really think this team would turn into Eustachy type team? Bad example, they collapsed at the end.
I also thought this team could be pretty good earlier this year, but after watching them more, it became apparent that the horses just aren't there for a top 20 team, or 3/4 seed in the tournament. But instead of getting down on all the players and coaches, I accepted this reality, and am now still supporting them.
I just want a chance in the tournament now, that's all. There's obviously talent to put together a weekend run, but just not enough to compete every night, every week, in a very difficult conference.
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