You’re losing at least one of your next four road games. no chance you’re beating BYU or Arizona. You’ll probably lose one of Houston and Tech at home. So best case you’re at five losses, which, who knows, may not even be good enough for a double bye in the conference tournament. Maybe you get a 2 seed in the NCAA, which is good, but would be disappointing after 16-0. Oh, and the real nut punch would be Hoiberg may get a 1 seed. The only positive thing I’ll say—like others—is the turnover thing just looks like a total lack of focus to me, and fatigue. Kansas simply did not play anything close to the level of defense that should be necessary to force 10 turnovers in a half. I don’t care if Lipsey is hurt, he and Jefferson were dribbling like they were in shootaround
*** Official #2 IOWA STATE vs Kansas Game(Day) Thread ***
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I think you would be better to compare net and things like KenPom than writers rankings
If you're trying to be best buds with @Darius Bieber, you've succeeded. Other than that, think before you type. TJ and the team have earned that. Be better.
Or they beat Tech and Houston at home.
Last year they lost at KU by 17 and lost what amounted to a 3 quarter court shot at UA.
You end up with 3 or 4 loses
So many ways to look at things I guess.
After 1 loss not going to throw in the towel just yet.
If they finish top 4 in the Big 12 they are going to be a top 4 seed
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At least tonight’s loss didn’t hurt as bad as last year at Arizona.
That game still burns me up inside
how is this wrong. Name a good full game they've played since Purdue
I guess, but I wouldn’t bet on it. Houston plays with the same intensity as Iowa State yet somehow doesn’t have to get taken out back and shot every season in order to get its act together, they just weather the storm. Kansas was the same in its heyday. Fr****** Nebraska is playing with more composure and energy than Iowa State. Could ISU get absurdly hot and rattle off wins? I guess, but nothing on offense right now inspires confidence.
If Houston were in Iowa State’s shoes would anyone doubt that they’d flex their muscles Saturday at Cincinnati? Yet there’s a decent chance Iowa State lays another egg. “Well, it’s a game championship teams win, so we’ll see.” Except…that’s exactly what we said coming into tonight. 16-1 is great, but the goal is to win the conference, and when your schedule is backloaded you just can’t get dead legs for three or four games in mid January—I mean, you can, but you have to find ways to win
I guess if your standard is the best win in school history then yes, we have not had a "complete game" since then. Yet somehow we still managed the best start in school history.
I mean Gonzaga got beat by 40 against Michigan and I don't think Gonzaga is a bad team. Sometimes teams have games where they just play poorly.
The way we felt tonight is how Purdue fans felt when he crushed them in their own place. That day we couldn't miss and they weren't hitting some of their open looks....same exact story tonight.
Tj is on a short leash now w/ a hot seat as well.
Dude, relax. It's basketball. We had a bad game against a very good team at the Phog. Otherwise we are 16-1. Let's see how things go the next couple of weeks.
We will lose 3 or 4 more games as well. Brace yourself. Don't jump off a cliff each time. OK?
We have to fix our slow starts to these games. It sucks to lose to a mediocre Kansas team but I think most of us knew this game was setting up poorly for us. All I care about is that we are ready for the NCAA tournament when the tournament starts. That means we are at full health. That means we are playing our best basketball. We have a team that can do special things if those things happen. I have no doubt the road is going to have some bumps, but we need to stay focused on the prize.
Cyclonepride
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Perhaps I read your post wrong, but I took it as losses happening again and again.
