*** Official #10 IOWA STATE vs #1 Purdue Game(Day) Thread ***
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ISU is tougher than Duke.
In my texts to counteract the Braden Smith hype train was to say:
“Assists are cool.
You know what’s even cooler? Doing it and not turning it over like Monte Morris and Tamin Lipsey”
Bingo.
Lipsey looked good today. If he has any lingering effects with the groin, it wasn't obvious to me. Hope he stays healthy the rest of the year.
Way late to this, but 6 turnovers isn't impressive??
The headline is that the No. 1 team in the country lost at home, top-ranked Purdue getting run out of its own gym by No. 10 Iowa State, 81-58.
But focusing on Purdue would overshadow the bigger story: Iowa State is one of the most dangerous teams in college basketball right now. The Cyclones backed up their status as one of the nation’s best-shooting teams, hitting 11 3-pointers, and as one of the nation’s best defensive teams, holding Purdue to a season-low scoring output by a wide margin.
But focusing on Purdue would overshadow the bigger story: Iowa State is one of the most dangerous teams in college basketball right now. The Cyclones backed up their status as one of the nation’s best-shooting teams, hitting 11 3-pointers, and as one of the nation’s best defensive teams, holding Purdue to a season-low scoring output by a wide margin.
This was awesome today. For those of us that were there in the 80's, Johnny was great . . . . at home. We struggled to beat a wet mop on the road back then. It is twice as nice when the beat down is in their house.
Don’t be too hard on yourself. Don’t think anyone was doing cartwheels when Pollard hired TJ. His body of work was still unproven. Hell, I said the Chiefs will always be a losing program when they gave up a future first to move up to draft Mahomes. That one hasn’t aged well.
It will be fun watching Toure matching up against the EIU point guard, the way he plays defense and gets into the head of the point guard and taking him out of his game just kills an offense that is led by their point like EIU.
The difference in the game was coming out and hitting our first five 3 pointers the 2nd half, we made a statement that we were not going to go away and Purdue better pick it up, which they couldn't do.
The difference in the game was coming out and hitting our first five 3 pointers the 2nd half, we made a statement that we were not going to go away and Purdue better pick it up, which they couldn't do.
Johnny Orr and the Cyclones beat #2 Purdue in West Lafayette in 1987. They had that in the broadcast. It stands as the only time Purdue scored 90+ and lost. We didn't ALWAYS lose on the road.
Hitting shots is the name of the game, but I thought the defense was the difference maker. Our guys were just relentless. Purdue just couldn't play at a high enough level for long enough and got out of their game. "More than anything, I think they stole our spirit,"
A really cool short video looking at what Iowa State was doing defensively today.
It'll vary game to game, and opponent, but vs. Purdue he entered lineup and it changed the "type" of player Purdue had to stop, had several good drives & got to the line. It's a different dynamic than Toure or Lipsey.
Welp it's been 4h I'm headed to the emergency room.
It's been said a billion times, but we have to make sure we never lose TJ. We aren't hiring another coach who can go to the number 1 team in the country and lead by nearly 30 at one point. Those coaches don't exist.
