*** Official #3 IOWA STATE vs Arizona State Game(Day) Thread ***

Probably and he's had a great year although the shooting numbers are kind of average but CuJo has to at least be in the conversation. His consistency is what makes him so good.

Totally agree. But unfortunately the media votes on that award. They are slobbering over Flagg.
 
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For this team to take the next step and reach its ceiling……they need that ”hungry you’re not going to beat me” dawg mentality that they showed down the stretch today, but for a full 40 minutes.

If we can come out of the gates that way start to finish…the sky is the limit.
 
The end of this game is what elite teams do to just good teams. I thought the difference in the game was when JJ started taking it to the rim. His aggressiveness with the ball changed how ASU had to defend us. They sagged more and just that little bit of space gave KG some space. KG hits a big 3 and the bucket gets unlocked. But the key always seems to be JJ.
 
Damn, had to take the kids to an event so missed the 2nd half. Someone must have lit a fire, they looked completely out of sorts in that first half.
 
I don't love this method, because it's what we did in 2014-15. That came back to bite us.

Yes...alot more extracurricularly going on with that team... but don't love a team thinking they don't have to turn it in until final ten.

I don't that's what is going on here.

TJ's teams iirc have been very good at closing things out and this one is a higher level of it.

If you can keep the fouls at bay and a close game you can crank it up a notch while the opponent is exhausted.

Weird turnovers/impatience and/or an opponent with length on the perimeter will imo be this team's issues in an upset.
 
That bald ref is going to get a visit from whoever he placed his bet with.
I don’t think the refs were criming the game for betting purposes. I think they were just bad and doing the typical ‘home team gets home calls’ BS.

I do wish the NCAA would make bench decorum a point of emphasis, and end this whiny coach ********. They shouldn’t have to deal with coaches like the Hurley brothers. And their antics do affect games.
 
This one felt similar to Iowa and Colorado, only difference is we saw more Watson than Heise down the stretch. Some of that was due to Heise getting earlier minutes bc of Gilbert's fouls but TJ really seems to be liking Watson again, just like every year. He definitely trusts him.