Just watched the Iowa vs Michigan game. Couple thoughts/questions concerning the upcoming game. I do think it will be a good game. If we can hit the outside shot, we should win. However, if the officials let them play, like they did in the Michigan game, we could be in for a long night. Garza should have been in foul trouble early on but they would not call it. He pushes off, hooks people, and backs into players all the time. In the NBA, he would be fine, but in college it should be a foul! He reminds me of Adam "poke in the eye" Woodbury. Are the officials in this game Big 10, Big 12, or neutral? I know in football, the traveling teams conference does the officiating. I just hope they call it tight...both ways!
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Conditt is going to need to play well, but I worry that he'll end up in foul trouble early against Garza. They're going to try to exploit our weak interior defense to either have Garza do the dirty work or kick it out to Wieskamp or Bohannon for 3s. Will be interested to see the lineups we roll out.
No excuses to lose this. With that said I agree with others. Play at the pace we did in the Alabama game and we will be fine. Garza would be gassed in 5 min.
I don't see anyway they can stay in front of our guards. Garza will get his, the key is not letting the perimeter go nuts. Bohannon is the guy that we all know can pull a career night out his ass.
There is no such thing as B12, B10, etc officials in college basketball. They're all freelance, generally speaking its a group of regionally located guys that will call the games.
I don't feel confident at all in this. I think Iowa wins easily.
Also I'd like nothing more than for Tyrese to draw a T on one of the McCaffery's 
You must be a Hawk fan. That’s the way it works around here.
Teetering on the agree button with this one.
This. No league has a monopoly on the bad crews, they share them. So it's probably 50/50 we get a competent crew.
This might not be a popular opinion, but I hope we get a Higgins lead crew. De Rosa and the white haired devil (will not say his name) can both sit and spin.
This is the Fran McCafferey way.
Any 'moves' they have is shoving their way to the basket. Mini-Fran does this, Bobo does this, and I saw some clips from Garza's 'offensive explosion' of him doing it. If no charge, it should have been a travel.
Not surprised that they're taught to do this by their thug coach.
I think ISU drops this game. Iowa's players have dreamt of winning in Hilton all their lives, and beating a marginal ISU team fits the bill.
If we double Garza like I’m betting Prohm will do we will lose.. period.
Michigan was smart.. let Garza get his and shut down letting JW or Jobo even get a shot off
Michigan was smart.. let Garza get his and shut down letting JW or Jobo even get a shot off
They can't play defense, like at all and it's at Hilton. We'll be favored so I hope you money line Iowa big if you feel this way
I agree with this. What's with all the angst and anxiety about Iowa all of a sudden? They don't play defense.
ISU should press and make their guards have to handle the ball, let Garza get his.
I can't remember the last time ISU played well (maybe 2014?) vs. Iowa and the last time Iowa played vs. ISU like they had prior to the game.
Seeing their players beat ISU feeds their bully fanbase even more so since their players are belligerent Iowa fans.
Sprinkle in our current struggles and inconsistencies and I don't see how any ISU fan can't be worried about this game.
No one has easily beaten us to this point. Garza will be tough down low, but we have much better guard play. Just need to have some fire in our bellies.
