Tough day for EIU hoops hopes
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KenPom only sends people out to arenas that give out free pizza, hence the votes for Iowa. Good grief you're dumb!!
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Here's a couple of stats- Iowa lost at CHA last year by 15 to last-place in the Big East, .500 DePaul and by 9 to 10th place in the Big 10, 16-15 Purdue. Some homecourt advantage.
Here’s another stat - Iowa State lost in Hilton to a 12-15 Florida A&M team that was rated by Kenpom 314th out of 353 D1 teams. Some home court advantage.
You Hawk slappys are really something- I haven't seen one ISU fan on here not acknowledge that you were the better team all of last season. But over the last 3-3.5 decades, Hilton has been recognized as one of the most difficult places to play in CBB. And, yes, I will take the opinions of national media people who travel to over 50 gyms across the country each year over some clown named Ken who doesn't step foot in one gym. The BTN has to adjust their camera shots to hide all of the empty seats on any given night in Carver. If CHA is so tough for opponents to play in, name the last Hawk to go undefeated in his career at Carver, or for that matter, the Fieldhouse. I've got my two Cyclones and I'm pretty sure it was more recent. Hawk fans desire to be better than ISU in bb is embarassing.
So Iowa losing at home to DePaul means CHA is a poor home court advantage, but Iowa State losing at home to Florida A&M doesn’t mean anything. How convenient.
To quote Fran, "body of work". I'll say it again- IA was better than ISU LAST YEAR. ISU was NOT good last year, and Hilton was NOT a tough place for opponents to play LAST YEAR. But ask any coach who has coached in both places over the last 3 decades and the majority are going to tell you Hilton, year in-year out, is a tougher place to play. Ask your own boys who collapsed there in 2015- Uthoff pulled a Whoodini act in the 2nd half and disappeared. That last possession was a debacle. Those things happen in tough places to play- Breslin, Mackey, Phog, etc. Carver??? Not so often.
I know- we lost to Florida A&M last year and it was an awful loss at home. But Hawk fans are so desperate for it to be 1985 again, or even 1999, it just EATS at you.
BTW- still waiting on your last Hawk to go undefeated for his career at home- I'll give you a break- lets say undefeated for any two consecutive years of his career since ISU's 2 guys only played there two years. I really have no idea who it is for IA, so maybe it's more recent than I thought...but I doubt it.
