Rewatch thoughts:
1. We didn’t play nearly as poorly, or we were t as *outplayed* as it seemed in real time. Rotations were abysmal and we let their guards cook us 1:1, and they shot unconscious, but there was almost always a timely bucket to stop the bleeding from getting completely out of control.
2.Milan while not doing much compared to avg, contributed his buckets at helpful times in the first half.
3. Brandt C has monster big boy minutes in his limited time. Great traps that led to turnovers and block outs. He got some unfavorable whistles going against dirtball Owen Freeman, but liked his time on review.
4. Tamin’s tip outs. Didn’t count but he must’ve had 3-5 rebound tip outs that helped us close out uofi possessions. Doesn’t show up on stats, but amazing plays.
5. 2 missed T’s. And other misses. Freeman did an air humping on the rim. Much less has been called at home against ISU that I can remember. And of course the ball slam. More than one over the back then quick whistle on ISU after they let Iowa play through. Really quick to call the fouls on the *floor* when Gilbert was driving.
Really let them play against our bigs down low and overall on our drives which felt atypical.
6. How did they call the ball going out of bounds on review out on ISU? Seemed clear Gilbert was slapped on the arm and the swiping motion also was last to touch the ball.
7. Jefferson strong hands grabbing boards, but can be next level if he hits those bunny put backs. He straight SNATCHED a few rebounds in traffic and just willed it. Same with the late game fouls when Harding went for the steal. Didn’t even bump it loose. If when he finds his touch around the rim in traffic that’s a 20 pt win
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