That is some solid finance mathGuess we only beat them by 5. I rounded it up to 10.
Creighton-Iowa State (Not so) secret scrimmage 10/21
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I am LOLing at all the guys in this thread trying to convince themselves that a 20+ point loss AT HOME in a scrimmage doesn't mean anything. If it had been a close game, I could agree with them, but by all accounts, this was a complete and total blowout. That means something and what it means is not very good indicator for our season.
Just say you meant both teams scored double digits and ISU won.Guess we only beat them by 5. I rounded it up to 10.
Does "by all accounts" mean by one account? Because that's all I've seen.
A veteran team of top ten caliber should beat a squad with high turnover pretty easily in a preseason scrimmage, as they have a lot of players who have played together within that system.
CycloneErik
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- We didn't lose by 20+.
- There's very little (if any) home court advantage in a scrimmage that's closed to the public.
- It's an overreaction to cast gloom based on the results of a preseason practice scrimmage.
Hilton Magic is dead! October meltdowns are real!
Now if there are trends over a few games in the non-conference, that can be an indicator for the season although even that can be fickle vs. what happens in March.
But otherwise I can't think of a single game scenario that gave any actual indication for what the season on the whole is going to be.
For all we know ISU's staff may have just wanted to see how well defensive positioning/alignment or communication were without paying any attention to the score.
And, of course, they crawl out of the woodwork to show me who's boss.
I mean, you're the one wanting people to freak out because we lost a scrimmage (not by 20+ btw) against a preseason top-25 veteran team while our guys are still learning how to play with one another.
I'm not understanding. Are you upset that we aren't as good as Creighton? No one needs to see the results of a scrimmage to know that.
We're not the most talented team. We're not going to win the national championship. We'll probably lose a lot of conference games against top 25 teams. BUT... I saw enough last year to know that we'll also probably have some big wins and play incredibly hard and maybe make the tournament. A lot of us are excited about that. You don't have to be, I guess, but I'm not sure what's fun about being an ISU fan if you can't enjoy things even when we're not the best.
Where did I say I was upset? I said I was laughing at the people who are desperately trying to convince others and themselves that a lopsided loss like this doesn't mean anything in an exhibition game.
We got smacked around by SDSU and Northwestern last year in these scrimmages and then made the Sweet 16.. They seriously don't mean anything. The formats are weird, there are usually multiple stoppages in time for coaching purposes where they'll actually run through plays and stuff. They'll reset scores and clocks sometimes and that doesn't even mention them toying around with tons of different lineups and playing guys that won't play much during the year.
Plus it wasn't a lopsided loss.
AT HOME.
WTH does that mean with no fans. You know the secret of Hilton Magic 9'10" baskets? Heated seats on the home bench? Or is it we play audio of Bob Ross painting over the speakers in the visiting locker room?
We might suck, but to base that on a scrimmage is a big leap!!
I hope that we are a WIP in October. I think the goal is to peak in March.
OK, that's cool. I think it was partly the caps you used on AT HOME that made it sound like you were upset.
Also, I think maybe you are mistaking a scrimmage for an exhibition game. Exhibitions are typically played using standard timing and rules and an official score is kept. Scrimmages are not. That's a big part of why the results are so meaningless, win or lose.
I am LOLing at all the posters who think they know what happened in this thread and are overreacting to false information.
Not mistaking anything.. I know it was a scrimmage. I just brain farted when typing it out.
