*** Official #12 IOWA STATE vs #18 Baylor Game(Day) Thread ***

[t-noah]

For me it would have been an ALL-TIMER of re-watch.

Instead, I'm fairly certain I'm throwing it in the Cyclone pit of despair that will never see the light of day again.

I know, right?

I'll probably watch out of morbid curiosity.

 

[Cyclonepride]

It honestly felt like Baylor could have murdered our guys in the paint without a whistle in the last 5 minutes, but I’d rather have them let them play if I had to choose

 

[scyclonekid]

Finger tips, we will steal a few on the road and protect Hilton. Make Hilton loud.

 

[Cyinthenorth]

The game is over, gym is emptying, but the refs are still reviewing the call.

That game was 2 and a half hours long.

Yeah unreal how long it was. I was so dialed in that when the game ended I saw it was 9:40 and my toddler was still up.

 

[RezClone]

Also knew Baylor was going to be lights out from 3 tonight. They were due for a positive regression to the mean and we love leaving hot shooters wide open.

Facts. They had a 13 percentage discrepancy from non-con to conference play... and they were at home.

Still.

 

[clonedude]

It was a very close and interesting game down the stretch…. but horrible basketball basically all night by both teams. Ugly beyond belief.

So sloppy…. and not very enjoyable to watch at all. The worst part is that we played like s**t, and still could have picked up a Big 12 road win against a ranked team had we just shot FTs like a below average team would.

The way this team plays…. we could get hot in the tourney and make the Sweet Sixteen…. or we could play like total s**t like we did tonight and miss FTs…. and get beat by double digits against a 13 seed.

 

[madguy30]

Not going to look this up as I don’t care enough. Either way, we suck at free throws to a level that is embarrassing for division 1 players.

They absolutely practice them, but then I would say practice more than you already are lol. Lipsey is the real enigma. A guard should never be that bad from the line.

He was better last year so for whatever reason is down on it.

Milan's about the only one I feel comfortable with in waning moments.

 

[t-noah]

It wasn't an upset t...it was for being out of coaches box 2x

Naughty boy

 

[packattack425]

That game should have ended on a 3/4 court heave at the basket.

 

[CycloneSpinning]

Again... the clock plays to what it would have been. So it's from when clock should have started until when the whistle was blown. So if that took 1.9 seconds to blow whistle, yes.

This is just like the game we won against unc in ncaa trny. Clock malfunction you go to the tape to figure out what it should have been, and then set to that. It's why unc did not have time for a final shot.

I forgot about that. Was a dumb rule then and is dumb now. Seems you should blow it dead as soon as the error was made, not realized. That said, we definitely got a better shot than we should have. Need to shoot free throws better…especially Tamin. I can live with our center being bad at free throws but bout our point guard.

 

[exCYtable]

That shot would have made such an incredible slow Titanic music video if it counted

 

[iastatefan1]

Didn't deserve to win that one, but sucks to lose it. The fact that it's Baylor who is right up there with the Hawks on my hate list makes it even worse. On to Texas.

 

[3TrueFans]

I didn’t act like anything. Free throw shooting all comes down to practice practice practice. its repetition, and building muscle memory. Saying “they’re not a good free throw shooting team" is an excuse and that’s all.

Sounds easy, I wonder why every player doesn’t just make all their free throws?

 

[Marcelason78]

Ward fouling out with almost 4 minutes left was essentially a death blow. Rob Jones was really bad all and King made it 6 on 4 for Baylor.

At least we won’t hear about the ’needs more minutes‘ crap from Z.

 

[mynameisjonas]

Lipsey Missing free throws is a head scratcher. I expect that from Robert Jones, not Lipsey. Oh well. Loss won’t hurt much, but another missed opportunity.

 

[fsanford]

That was one hell of a play design at the end.
They fought back, they did a great job on the boards in the 2nd half... Ended up only down 3 for the game, that helped even things greatly.

 

[Old87]

One bright spot was the team having the confidence in Milan to take the potential game winning shot. Hitting the shot was huge for his confidence even though it was a few tenths late.

 

[tim_redd]

It was a very close and interesting game down the stretch…. but horrible basketball basically all night by both teams. Ugly beyond belief.

So sloppy…. and not very enjoyable to watch at all. The worst part is that we played like s**t, and still could have picked up a Big 12 road win against a ranked team had we just shot FTs like a below average team would.

The way this team plays…. we could get hot in the tourney and make the Sweet Sixteen…. or we could play like total s**t like we did tonight and miss FTs…. and get beat by double digits against a 13 seed.

I agree. Outside of Baylor's 3 pt shooting that was not a high level game that was played.

 

[cyclonestunners]

It was a very close and interesting game down the stretch…. but horrible basketball basically all night by both teams. Ugly beyond belief.

So sloppy…. and not very enjoyable to watch at all. The worst part is that we played like s**t, and still could have picked up a Big 12 road win against a ranked team had we just shot FTs like a below average team would.

The way this team plays…. we could get hot in the tourney and make the Sweet Sixteen…. or we could play like total s**t like we did tonight and miss FTs…. and get beat by double digits against a 13 seed.

Depends how the other team shoots the 3

 

[HoopsTournament]

I had to just sit in silence for about 15 minutes to process. Now I can move on. This one stings, but life on the road in the Big 12 is tough.