*** Official #23 Tennessee vs #6 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

[cdface]

I need someone to tell me what LP to put on to help me start healing. I don't care, just give me something so I don't have to think.

 

[ClonerJams]

Schmidt... and Jefferson injury... what it boils down to. Wish TJ was a better offensive coach to boot

How many teams are going to make a deep run without their best player? You saw it with Tech losing Toppin. BYU losing Saunders certainly hurt them. Take away Stirtz from Iowa, Boozer from Duke, Lendeborg from Michigan, or Wagler from Illinois. Could they still make a deep run? I suppose its possible, but its a heck of a lot harder to do. Truth is it was just bad luck with Jefferson getting hurt, and while tonight was a disappointing result it shouldn't be a huge surprise either.

 

[Xerxes_]

Everything that goes wrong in an Iowa State loss happened tonight. Bad free throws, players disappearing, and losing the rebounding battle. Tennessee wanted it more.

Maybe but they didn't really play all that well. Shot FT's poorly and turned it over 15 times.

 

[awd4cy]

63 other teams will be thinking exactly the same thing, but most of them won't have the chances to win it that ISU will. Hang on to Coach Otzelberger. As long as he is at ISU, the Cyclones will be serious challengers in the Big XII.

We’ve been here too many times. Can’t be done at Iowa State.

 

[CysEyesVet]

The Sweet 16 remains our ceiling and they’ll be lucky to even get there next season. What a joke.

 

[besserheimerphat]

Another what-if season. Damn.

 

[Tpups21]

Batemon is going to be an absolute dawg next year. He needs to get some strength to be able to finish on drives, but he's going to be lethal.

Batemon has no fear. Shot selection still needs improvement.

 

[LtRaczack]

I just have no idea what Buchanan is doing

Well he is not blocking out much but maybe there is another reason?

 

[not-the-manager]

Will his supporting cast be better? Will he want to waste his senior season?

So they should have two All Americans to help him? Arizona had zero on first and second team by the way

 

[GoSTATE71]

Just overall pathetic Jefferson wouldn’t have made a difference, Milan you’re good at disappearing In big games. Iowa elite 8 we’re going home that should piss you off as a fan

 

[CysEyesVet]

Maybe but they didn't really play all that well. Shot FT's poorly and turned it over 15 times.

And it’s sad with that stat that Iowa State got destroyed… (at least in the second half when it was clear they just gave up)

 

[GoSTATE71]

Momcilovic is the softest 6’8 that has ever existe

He has zero clutch gene pathetic performance by him

 

[fsanford]

Fair enough but shouldn't a great coach and talented Big 12 team be able to overcome that?

For example Florida is the top rebounding team in nation in terms of rebounding percentage and a team with no bigs, and far less talent than Iowa State managed to rebound even with them

In 2000 Cincinnati Bob Huggins was the coach. They were going to be a number 1 seed.


He had a player named Kenyon Martin great player first team all American. They had future NBA guards too
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He gets hurt in conference tourney, Bearcats go from a 1 to a 2 seed as a result

They lose in the round of 32 cuz Murray could not play

Now I always thought Hugs was an outstanding coach, maybe you disagree

But yet they lost in the round of 32 because their best player was gone

 

[cytheguy]

Great season with a huge what if at the end.

Good, not great. Winning the conference, winning the conference tournament, and/or getting past the Sweet 16 would’ve made it great.

 

[CycloneSpinning]

Milan needs to put on weight and work on being the guy in the offseason. Because he’s going to be the guy next year. No more disappearing and being a non factor when it matters. I hope he can do it, but tonight’s performance leaves me very doubtful he can do it

Agreed. Realistically I don’t want to be too hard on him. His growth from last year to this year was huge. It’s a credit to him that I’m frustrated that his game isn’t more well-rounded, because he has now proven he is an elite shooter.

 

[madguy30]

Definitely the same thing

Definitely stupid to think JJ should have played after how he was moving on a short film of shoot around yesterday.

 

[CySmurf]

I feel for Joshua Jefferson...certainly not the way he wanted to go out...but I hope he has a great career in the NBA and then life! Thanks for the great 2 years!

 

[LtRaczack]

It's really hard to impose your will against their advantage in athletes.

Broken record, but need to get Milan open and let him shoot...and maybe draw some fouls to get some pts at the line as our offense is struggling.

You mean try something other than swinging the ball around perimeter for 25 seconds every time down the court?

 

[Old87]

The good news is that there will be Cyclones hitting the gym on Monday preparing for next year. They have the pride and character to compete and improve their skills.

 

[cyclonestunners]

Just overall pathetic Jefferson wouldn’t have made a difference, Milan you’re good at disappearing In big games. Iowa elite 8 we’re going home that should piss you off as a fan

Uh... hes key in stopping lob passes and getting boards. He absolutely would have made a difference