It sucks cuz it likely cost us a #1 seed. We all knew @AZ, @KU and @HOU were going to be very tough games. To have one of them in our grasp and lose it really hurts.
*** Official #3 IOWA STATE vs Arizona Game(Day) Thread ***
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The game was pretty much lost when Love hit the miracle 3 pointer to tie it. Road teams rarely win in OT ( ISU vs TTU game notwithstanding).
Making the 2nd FT gave Arizona the chance to advance the ball down the court with the clock stopped. That's huge with only 2 seconds left.
1 seed would obviously be cool and a great accomplishment
At this point, I hope they can somehow get the Midwest 2 seed. Feels like a better path to be in Indy vs San Francisco (obvs have to make S16 first)
For the people questiong how the team handled the end of regulation situation start watching at the 55 second mark. That answer, and more importantly look, is for you.
He said he wouldn't change anything in his public response, but I would bet he has some changes in mind if a similar situation arises. I really like what he said about removing chance from the equation.
Well yeah, but he's talking about playing better throughout the whole game, which is something you can say about any game really. If we had shot free throws better or turned the ball over less throughout the whole game we would have won, and Arizona could say if they hadn't shot the ball so poorly from 3 they would have won. But that's not what everyone has been debating for the last 2 days. Everyone's been complaining that Jefferson should have purposefully missed his second free throw or we should have defended the play differently. That's what he addressed in his answer. You can tell yourself "Well secretly TJ really agrees with me" if you want, but look at his response and body language. I don't think so.
