*** Official #3 IOWA STATE vs Texas Tech Game(Day) Thread ***

[fsanford]

Jefferson probably played his worst game offensively as a Cyclone with all of the easy missed bunnies, and STILL came up absolutely clutch. Dude is special!

He was 60,% from the field and 5-6 from the line. Pretty solid overall. You are right he is special

 

[cyclonestunners]

Jefferson probably played his worst game offensively as a Cyclone with all of the easy missed bunnies, and STILL came up absolutely clutch. Dude is special!

Love that tj still trusted him too.

 

[CychiatricWard]

I’m going to be really annoyed if Duke jumps us. Would make absolutely no sense, but I’m not confident that there isn’t a chance of that.

Duke won by 8 at home against a terrible ND team, and we won’t on the road against a fringe top 25 team. Tech was 17th on net before that game, and notre dame was 99th!

 

[alarson]

Pics or it didn't happen.

 

[awd4cy]

Duke won by 8 at home against a terrible ND team, and we won’t on the road against a fringe top 25 team. Tech was 17th on net before that game, and notre dame was 99th!

Agree. I did say if they jump us it would make absolutely no sense

 

[isucyfan]

I don't know if we'll make it there as the tournament is so random, but this is the type of game a team needs to have in their pocket to get there. Even the most deserving teams will likely run into a game like this.

Sure, completely agree about the randomness of the tournament. But it comes down to which teams have the ingredients to minimize that randomness potential and make it through.

 

[fsanford]

I'm not sure what constitutes a "statement game" but pretty sure this is

There are 2 houses of horrors for ISU Boulder and Lubbock. TJ is the exorcist

 

[8bitnes]

He needs to find a way to knock down those open shots though. We can't have 1 guy out there airballing stuff with the game on the line. His shooting has been very poor this year. If he shoots anything besides an easy layup I have zero confidence it's going in.

He's third on the team in 3pt percentage, ahead of tamin, keshon, and jefferson. 31.8% is respectable.
And #2 for the guards in overall FG% behind keshon
Today, he was a bad shooter and yet the right five guys were on the floor at crunch time.

 

[JohnnyFive]

So close to taking this one but they just cant make a bucket when they have a chance for a dagger. Tech is hitting those open 3’s like crazy

Never a doubt lol

 

[Cyched]

Duke won by 8 at home against a terrible ND team, and we won’t on the road against a fringe top 25 team. Tech was 17th on net before that game, and notre dame was 99th!

Agreed, but you’re missing the biggest data point

 

[SolarGarlic]

Jefferson probably played his worst game offensively as a Cyclone with all of the easy missed bunnies, and STILL came up absolutely clutch. Dude is special!

He was 6/10 from the field. He missed a couple bunnies, but that's part of the game.

 

[awd4cy]

Sure, completely agree about the randomness of the tournament. But it comes down to which teams have the ingredients to minimize that randomness potential and make it through.

A lot of times the final four isn’t really random. Sometimes it is, but I think this team for sure has the tools and it will help if they can set themselves up with a 1 or 2 seed again.

 

[alarson]

Agreed, but you’re missing the biggest data point

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I think it probably ironically benefits us that our game was so close.

We go in and get a comfortable win and fewer people see it than they did when we took it to OT and gutted out a win. Showing that ability to fight through is more impressive.

 

[CySmurf]

Cyclones win in epic fashion. I'm going on a date with my wife tonight. AND I'm gonna get laid!

With different women????? You animal! ;-)

 

[bawbie]

He played tough but was having a hard time on D. Someone who can go real small might be a bit of an Achilles heel.

Whaaa? He shut down their best player in Williams. He usually takes over late in the game and he didn’t do much of anything during the last 5 minutes and OT. Heise’s D was very good.

 

[SolarGarlic]

I'd love for a fan to play one game to see how easy these "bunnies" are. There's nothing automatic about hitting a contested shot inside, no matter how close it is. You should make them at the rim. Same fans who think any time a player is within 7 feet of the hoop that you should just dunk it. Too many video game players who've never played a competitive game of basketball.

 

[bozclone]

Love the depth and versatility of this team.

 

[Cyclonefan89]

Texas Tech? DEAD!

 

[Texbudman]

Terrible basktball by Gilbert and Heise, terrible officiating and we still found a way. I'll take it.

Terrible is a little strong. Keshon had 14 with 4 assists and 4 steals. Heise had 9 rebounds when no one else was rebounding and played solid defense

 

[Kinch]

Tech fans on Reddit are complaining about the refs, hahahaha

Of course they are.