*** Official #23 Tennessee vs #6 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***
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I wish I could dumb this 1 million more times
Tj got us there three times in five years. We will be fine.
Yeah advance beyond a sweet 16 or at the very least show up we’ve been embarrassed in all his sweet 16s
For sure, the offense was at its best with Lipsey and Toure as a driving threat with a dish to JJ and if that was defended, a pass back out to Milan to hit a 3. ISU was very successful as an inside out threat. Primary goal of points in the paint, but second option was Milan sniping a sagging defense - it got him open looks.
I’ll never know if I was right, but my deep dive into Tennessee suggested they would not have struggled with Jefferson. They would have locked down on him the way they did Milan, and he turned the ball over quite a bit in those type of games. Really wish he’d gotten one more game though. Still crazy how he rolled that ankle. Didn’t step on anyone, wasn’t working around anyone…just a normal layup…
I mean, this is far from mediocrity…but if I can cheer for 2-22 I can cheer for mediocrity.
If there has been a better 5 year run of ISU basketball I wasn’t around for it.
No reason to think playing at this level can’t produce a Final Four eventually.
Do it then, I said when he rolled his ankle he was done unfortunately and got berated for it, was a brutal injury at a costly time
This types of players and just make shots guys!
(It's not at you, it's people that think they choose shot msking)
My childhood was filled with memories of 8 or 9 seed type of ISU teams and it was a blast.
That's exactly what I figured. Most medical experts were saying even on here that the way he rolled that ankle, it would be several weeks at the earliest he could be playing the sport of basketball at any kind of level, much less an elite level.
But yet... ISU tried to make other teams believe there was a chance, so they would have to prepare for him... and then all the average Joe's on here saying stupid s**t like... "I sprained my ankle once... and I was able to play in my adult men's league less than a week later... so I'm sure he can!!". That was one of the worst threads on here EVER! Nobody had a clue... but everyone thought they were a medical expert.
They implied Momcilovic needs more help than an All American and Lipsey. I disagree
You implied Momcilovic needs more help than Jefferson and Lipsey. I disagree
They wouldn’t have had the ability to lock down on everyone on the court with the way Heise, Lipsey and even Toure had been scoring. I feel very confident they would have stepped up if Tennessee was overplaying both Milan and Jefferson.
We needed another big to pull the defense from cheating the guards on our pick and rolls. Our offense was absolutely humming before he went down.
This honestly....Barnes has now made 3 consecutive Elite 8's
It is what it is. The effort and energy completely exited within the first 2 minutes of the second half and it was all downhill from there.
You may be right. It certainly would have been a different game. I just honestly liked our matchup with what we had. I’m surprised thy were able to guard the perimeter as well as they did, and I don’t know how thy lost twice to Kentucky.
Our half court offense remains to be not great.....we truly are one of the best teams in the country when we're forcing live ball turnovers and getting out in transition....but when we're not forcing as many and especially when they're dead ball turnovers, it usually doesn't go well for us against really talented teams.
