It's impossible to keep that up for an actual 40 minutes and dillusional to think they should just do that.
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It's impossible to keep that up for an actual 40 minutes and dillusional to think they should just do that.
Could be. Just unfortunate we have to do the math every year because it doesn't go away
Especially when they are doing 8 man rotations for 38 mins during 30+ point wins November and December
I’m not saying it’s great. It’s certainly an issue.
Just like to get the numbers correct when trying to push certain narratives.
Gives it credibility
That's 5D chess from TJ so people can stick to that narrative of that having an impact while other teams with more depth and talent also tend to look tired and rugged this time of year.
In November and December starters were barely at 30 minutes tops in bye games, often about 25 minutes.
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Tech coach corralled the refs early on and lectured them for a long time.
This continues to be brought up.
No one was playing 38 minutes in the buy games, Nelson and Mulder were playing, and other top teams were doing the same thing. The Cyclones weren't tired against Kansas and Houston 2 weeks ago. They also didn't look tired yesterday during the 2 runs when they cut the lead to 6.
A lot of times there is kind of a lull in the crowd at the start of the 2nd half as people try to get back to their seats. Not the case yesterday . ISU had a near steal about 5 seconds into the 2nd half that got a lot of the crowd instantly back into the game. Crowd was on their feet cheering loudly most of the 2nd half right from the jump.
They didn't look tired at Utah (collectively anyway)...word was Buchanan was sick.
Maybe if he didn't play 20 minutes in a December game he'd stop getting sick in Utah!!!
Of course there are always reasons why things happen. Injuries, sicknesses, backloaded schedules, people gunning for you, inaccurate Vegas lines, etc, etc, etc.
But the fact is we were a #1 seed from the committee who makes the ultimate NCAA Tournament and we likely won’t finish in the top 4 in our own league. Thats disappointing no matter how you want to spin it.
That's what they do. You don't stop doing what make you over a team getting hot one game. ISU is 13th in scoring defense, 67th in fg% d(5th in the Big 12), 16th in steals, 5th in overall floor % D, and 8th in defensive efficiency. We are a top notch defensive team.
How can it not be disappointing to go from a #1 seed in the country and in less than a week not even be a top 4 team in your league??? Not sure why that isn't obvious to everyone. Doesn't mean we don't support the team 100%.
And there was never anything saying that 1 seed would automatically hold up even if ISU kept winning as other things fell into place.
That seeding preview is quite an excitement generator but imo should be taken as just that.
Is there something going on with him? I mean is he hurt or something? If so what? I knew he had a strained groin back in December.
Hurt is what id call it. If he was injured he wouldn't be playing. He's been hurt for a few years now.
Must not have worked that well with the refs for him. ISU shot way more free throws
# of free throws and fouls isn't indicative of whether it worked or not.
Watching Blake get hammered going for dunks and layups with no foul call, watching JJ getting hit repeatedly on the arms with no call, watching Tamin get hit in the face with no call and watching Tamin get called for a foul when all he did was move out of the way and the TT guy fell down shows that McCasland working the officials worked.
Whats the point of getting on officials then? Isn't the point of working on officials so you get more calls?
I’d start Batemon purely to switch it up and see if Toure responds better. He has struggled tremendously in conference play while Batemon seems to improve. Sure he isn’t as good defensively but he isn’t a total liability either and you absolutely have to guard Batemon on the perimeter, you don’t have to guard to Toure whatsoever he adds absolutely zero on offense.
