*** Official #23 Tennessee vs #6 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

[Die4Cy]

Oh well. I am not sticking around to commiserate. This is absolute misery though.

 

[bradcyclone]

Milan needs to work on his inside game to be creative like Niang.

 

[KCyclone2010]

3 years in a row Milan disappears in the tournament to get us bounced. As good as he is, he sucks when we need him the most

 

[Cyburbbalz]

I love this team and am very proud to be a fan. I just wish everyone had the heart of Tamin.

 

[Texbudman]

He's just proved all our fears correct this tournament. An absolute living nightmare now at a Cyclone fan living in this state

Only if you let it bother you

 

[HoustonClone]

Really.

Then go cheer for someone else. Really.

 

[RagingCloner]

3 years in a row Milan disappears in the tournament to get us bounced. As good as he is, he sucks when we need him the most

Don’t say that on here, you’ll get dumbed

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

I seriously think they will beat Illinois tomorrow.

Would not surprise me in the slightest

 

[deadeyededric]

We all knew this team wasn't making a deep run without Jefferson, as disappointing as it is. Just typical ISU luck to lose yet ANOTHER key player to injury before getting going in the tourney.

They had a great senior PG in Lipsey, Milan, and a pretty good supporting cast. They should have been able to win this game instead of getting beat handily. I'm not sure they would have won without Jefferson.

 

[Cardinal2001]

the worst part is that the Hawks are still in it. It's like a knife in my heart. Irrational, but it is what it is.

 

[GTO]

Niang broken foot
Lipsey shoulder injury
Last year - Gilbert and Lipsey injuries
This year - Jefferson ankle injury

We are cursed.

 

[cyphoon]

"Looks like I picked a bad week to quit sniffing glue."

H

 

[DurangoCy]

**** **** ****.

Good game team. I wish we don’t have our team destroyed by injuries one of these years.

 

[cyatheart]

I think this sweet 16 game is going to be hard for tj to win until we get better offensively. Other team gets a week to prepare for the trap, and to realize if you keep us out of transition it's really hard for us to score.

 

[madguy30]

Well, at least you're being rational about it.

I've been in Iowa all week and it's really not that bad...I'd guess bring in a bar with a bunch of drunkards or something would change that.

 

[fsanford]

I'm not arguing that losing your best player doesn't hurt badly. But we're talking about an opponent that was #6 seed who was pretty solid in the SEC but nothing to write home about.

They got absolute run off the gym by Florida. And I've seen many posts here downplaying the ability of that team.

Each game is different. If the one thing they do really well is rebound and your opponent loses its best big, it's a problem.

Each game has its own dynamic.

 

[harimad]

Great season with a huge what if at the end.

I’m sick to death of what if

 

[Bob f]

Tough things, aka iowa state basketball(football hasn't been close). Landscape of everything, seems it might be hard to get past the 16. Every mother fn ****** mother fn mother ****** time. My head space is trashed with iowa to the 8

 

[CycloneSpinning]

I knew when filling out my bracket, the FTs were the potential end of us…and it proved to be true. I just don’t understand how guys who play at this level can’t shoot 70% from 15 ft without someone guarding you.

 

[LtRaczack]

I can't belive jefferson didn't play. So much for being a great teammate. I

This is a really bad and stupid post.

Check out the film of him yesterday and imagine him running out there.

Id be happy to never play another game in the United Center ever again

Agreed