*** Official #7 IOWA STATE vs #2 Arizona Game(Day) Thread ***

[SatelliteCy]

Haven’t seen it anywhere, or maybe I missed it, but what time is the pep rally this afternoon? Wife and I are headed down with my sister for the game and were wondering…..

4:00 to 4:20

 

[CyGuy5]

I’ve been to Tucson one time in my life and have no desire to go back. That place sucks

 

[CascadeClone]

I thought we looked OUTSTANDING in the paint vs Tech. Going to have to keep that up to beat AZ but I'm very encouraged with what I saw.

Inside, Arizona is magnitude of order bigger and better than Tech. Koa Pete is like their 4th biggest guy that plays and I thought he dwarfed JJ in Tucson.

I agree they have to get it inside, but I think they will need to kick out and hit 3s a lot.

Threes, lots of points off turnovers, and don't get murdered on the boards. Keep it close, and hope for a little Hilton South magic at the end. Arizona is really freaking good.

Should be a GREAT high level basketball game. Unless our guys are gassed and its a blowout lol.

 

[bozclone]

Need to speed these guys up and turn them over. Go Cyclones!

 

[Frak]

As a novel woodworker, my first thought is why couldn't they clear coat the glass with a urethane (or similar) finish to replicate a wood floor? Too late for this session but seems a little innovation could be a simple fix. Glad it was tested and hopefully no players were affected, but leave the testing to the labs rather than making the players guinea pigs. Kudos to Brett for pioneering the project and thanks to Brett for addressing the problems.

I thought the same thing. Shoes on a bb court never touch real wood. They stain it and then clear coat. So why couldn’t you make the glass replicate wood grain and then clear coat it? Maybe they did that I guess and the clear coat doesn’t partially absorb like it does for wood?

 

[CyNews]

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#7 IOWA STATE (27-6, 12-6 BIG 12)
#2 Arizona (30-2, 16-2 BIG 12)
FRIDAY, MARCH 13TH 6:00 P.M. CST
T-Mobile Center / Kansas City, MO


TV: ESPN
Talent: Dan Shulman, pxp Jay Bilas, analyst Kris Budden, reporter

Radio: Cyclone Radio Network (Varsity Network)
CRN Talent: John Walters (pxp); Eric Heft (ana

Arizona won't have that intimidation factor this time so it'll be a whole different game. The revenge tour is a real thing! Jefferson froze his balls off last night and feels like a million bucks today. He'll make Koa Peat his *****. I wouldn't be surprised to see us pull away from them and make Jay Bilas have to talk about how good we are going into the tournament.

No Bilas for me! John and Eric!

 

[Cyburbbalz]

Arizona is soooo good. A win today would be great for confidence but it'll be real hard

 

[RezClone]

 

[CyNews]

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#7 IOWA STATE (27-6, 12-6 BIG 12)
#2 Arizona (30-2, 16-2 BIG 12)
FRIDAY, MARCH 13TH 6:00 P.M. CST
T-Mobile Center / Kansas City, MO


TV: ESPN
Talent: Dan Shulman, pxp Jay Bilas, analyst Kris Budden, reporter

Radio: Cyclone Radio Network (Varsity Network)
CRN Talent: John Walters (pxp); Eric Heft (analyst)

Thanks Rulzzz!!!!

 

[Frak]

I feel like we need an A game to win. Jefferson isn’t going to dominate inside like he did to TT. To me, almost every game against a good team comes down to Lipsey, Heise and Toure hitting from outside. If none of them are, we are in trouble. Milan is too easy to lock down when you don’t have to worry about the other guys. And then Jefferson starts playing hero ball and turns it over. Just like yesterday, the whole game changes when Lipsey hits a 3.

 

[Spanky]

Thanks Rulzzz Friday the 13 th time for the clones again to unleash hell on the desert rats just win go cyclones

Ugh, gonna be a long day waiting...

 

[casey1973]

I'd feel a whole lot better if this was just our 2nd game. Jefferson and Lipsey took a beating out there yesterday. Warriers.

 

[brokenloginagain]

I wouldn't mind at least one close game against a good team. We've either won...or lost...pretty easily.

 

[kevdiv48]

I think it's great to get another crack and AZ and to play that caliber of a team before the bid dance. I'm not expecting a win but want to it be closer than in Tucson.

 

[ScottyP]

usually, the third game in KC is a struggle offensively early due to tired legs. We are going to need to rely heavy on our defense early to keep it close.

 

[Lincoln_Cyclone]

I think the other thing to factor is that ISU is hungry to win this game. Arizona, well they already have their ticket punched and don't know that a loss would kick them out of the 1 seed. So really not a huge loss if they do, and if they play hard and get injuries, then that could be detrimental to their tourney hopes.

ISU-75 AZ-70

 

[Cardinal2001]

A few things I'm watching today:

1. Arizona #0 Jaden Bradley trying to get into Toure's head between plays. In Tucson, Bradley was often chirping at Toure and bumping him as he came down court without the ball. One time, Bradley even wrapped his arms around Toure's mid-section as they walked downcourt on a deadball. It was like he was showing Toure what he could do without getting called for a foul. You can get away with more of that stuff at home than in KC.

Of all the people i would try and chirp at and taunt on the defensive end is Toure. That guy has more sass and fight in him than anyone. Sooo many opponents get in his face, and he's relentless in payback. They 99% of the time have the worst day after this.

 

[madguy30]

usually, the third game in KC is a struggle offensively early due to tired legs. We are going to need to rely heavy on our defense early to keep it close.

That's either been the title game or semifinal recently and I don't remember ISU having that issue in either.

 

[MnBrPg]

I'm going to be very jealous of everybody in P&L at about 9PM tonight

 

[jdoggivjc]

A few things I'm watching today:

1. Arizona #0 Jaden Bradley trying to get into Toure's head between plays. In Tucson, Bradley was often chirping at Toure and bumping him as he came down court without the ball. One time, Bradley even wrapped his arms around Toure's mid-section as they walked downcourt on a deadball. It was like he was showing Toure what he could do without getting called for a foul. You can get away with more of that stuff at home than in KC.

2. Arizona #2 Dwayne Aristode constantly being all over Milan. In Tucson, Aristode was incredibly physcial and aggressive with Milan, both when he had the ball and when he was trying to get open. I hope that Aristode gets called for more fouls, but I also hope that Milan fights harder to get open for passes and shots.

3. Driving into their bigs early. In Tucson, it seemed like we were afraid to take it to the hoop. Yes, their interior defense is really strong, but I don't think we should leave it untested. Again, I think that they are more likely to be called for fouls in KC than they were at home.

4. Not leaving guys wide open under the basket. Kudos to the Texas Tech coaches for spotting the hole in our defense and exploiting it at least 3 times in the first 10 minutes of the second half. Kudos to the Iowa State coaches for making an adjustment. I don't Tech got another one of these for the rest of the game (although they did get at least two passes in the second half to someone under the basket, but they weren't uncovered) like in the first half.

ISU’s defense was so locked in during the second half that Tech players had to make highlight-caliber plays just to get open looks, whether under the basket or for three. The one that especially comes to mind is the Tech player having to make a skip pass through heavy coverage just to find an open man on the back side who hit the three, and even then he had to put the shot up very quickly because our guy closed in very quickly. And I’m not going to get upset at the defense for giving up something like that - when the defense is playing so well the offense had to make a spectacular play just to get an open look.