i tore up the rest of my season tickets... no joke
I hope you didn't have any season tickets to tear up, because you are a moron if you did. I'm sure I could have found some less fortunate person who would have enjoyed the tickets.
i tore up the rest of my season tickets... no joke
I hope the "meltdown" part is over here, because I wanted to post an observation from last night's game.
Brackins takes the ball inside, is bodied repeatedly by Tate so that the shot goes wildly awry, no foul.
Garrett goes to the hole, is bumped all the way there, his shot goes awry because he's bodied, no foul.
An Iowa guard drives to the hole, the Cyclone defender more or less wtches him go--foul, basket counts and a free throw.
I saw this again and again and again last night, and it was the second game in a row. Someone posted days before the game that Brackins would accumulate "phantom" fouls right off the bat, but the refs didn't have to go that far, Brackins was getting bumped and hacked and fouled all night, with no call.
I know that Eustachy would have been out there ripping bloody chunks off the refs. Is McDermott not doing the same? I know that he's a really big guy, you would think that would make an impression.
Fouls all one way--it's no wonder a young team gets dispirited.
Of course, I could be wrong. Perhaps that was all my imagination.![]()
The refs let the teams play a physical game, that was it.
We need a strong inside player to complement Brackins and we need a guard who is better than Garrett. We have 1 of the 2 coming in next year. Hamilton and/or Pomlee might become the other with a year in the weight room. The rest of the players are in place. We just need to be patient.
Spot on. This team is lacking something and I think is it a true leader. BP does a good job leading at times, but he doesnt have the abality to take over when times get tough. He takes a lot of crap here but where would this team be without him. DG can be at times but he forces too much at times. DG and CB dont let the game come to them. Lucca is a shooting freak but doesnt get the touches he needs. There are some players on this team that play now that shouldnt be seeing the court, IMO.
This will make everyone feel better:
#17 Memphis is playing #19 Georgetown and Shawn Taggart has 14 & 7 at halftime.
The refs allowed physical play, then went the other direction, back and forth.
There was a stretch were they called Iowa, both Tate and Cole, for a foul every time Brackins touched the ball.
If he's stronger, the physical play won't frustrate him so much.
Fine, I'll accept that. The refs sucked.I thought the reffing last night was a joke on both sides - and the double foul had EVERYBODY in Carver booing like crazy. It's hard to get every fan in a rivalry game on the same side, but Mr. Eddy Hightower did just that.
Petey, Lucca, and Eik can't keep guys in front of them. We need them in on offense but need to figure out something on defense. I know Mac is a big M2M guy but we may NEED to go zone...
One of the guys who should not see the court is Eikmeier. His defense is laughable, he shoots a 3 about every time he touches it, he turns it over consistently, and his ball handling is easily the worst of all the guards that we have. Instead, he plays about 25 minutes a game. He will not face a Big 12 guard that he can guard.
AT should try another sport. Basketball is simply not his game.
I totally agree with other posters. Play Cam Lee, his defense is actually pretty good. Play the heck out of Boozer, he can't be worse than Eikemeier. Play Hamilton.... a lot. For that matter, Mann too. Keep playing Buckley too.
Yup, Cole picked up 3 fouls in a matter of about 30 seconds. Tate also picked up 2 in a matter of minutes.
I thought the reffing last night was a joke on both sides - and the double foul had EVERYBODY in Carver booing like crazy. It's hard to get every fan in a rivalry game on the same side, but Mr. Eddy Hightower did just that.
Brackins should start no matter how many bad shots he takes hes still one of our best players.
If anyone could do it, it would be Hightower. Go, Ed, Go.
The officiating was uniformly horrible and inconsistent. On the plus side, we can't blame officials, because they made the same terrible calls/no-calls both ways.
BTW, I enjoyed the hostile looks we got in our nice bright ISU sweatshirts. And the classy dude that sharply asked if my wife would be cheering the whole game (I told him she would).
Didn't ISU play a lot of zone defense against UNI? We played man to man against Iowa for the first 30 minutes or so. By the time we switched to zone, it was too late. I think we'll see a lot more zone from now on. If not, I'll finally start to question GMac's coaching ability.
Fine, I'll accept that. The refs sucked.