*** Official #3 IOWA STATE vs Iowa Game(Day) Thread ***

Statefan10

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I’m a broken record on this, but there is one small silver lining to an Iowa win tonight for us. Anything that might keep Fran around longer is fantastic. I believe there are some really good coaches out there who would/will be very interested in the Iowa job when it comes open.
Nah I'm done with that. Beat the breaks off of them. Fran isn't getting fired this year and the end is near for him anyway. Plus, they're just as close to hiring a worse coach as Fran than they are to hiring a better one.
 

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I think it's the only way they beat us. Getting hot at the 3 line and hitting their free throws. We play them 10 times we would beat them 9-10. However, there is always that one anomoly where everything goes right. It's like when UNI beats us in a sport when they have no business being on the same court as us. I am talking myself into thinking this game is gonna go wrong for us. If we play our normal game, we should beat them by 15-20 points.

As the programs separate it's really becoming a lot like how even some of our NCAA tourney teams struggled to win @UNI.
 
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There are all sorts of reasons the game gets me nervous, but the thing that makes me confident is ISU is a lot better than Utah State, Michigan and Northwestern which is the best they've faced and ISU has faced Auburn, Marquette and Dayton that are all a lot more talented than Iowa.
Yeah we're a lot better than those teams you just mentioned. If we play well we should win handily but if we go in there and act like we don't really want to be there, we will lose.
 

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Key to the game is Turnovers.

ISU needs to turn hoks over 12+ times and score 20 points off those.

Can win without doing that but that would insure winning. Biggest effect of the turnovers is those are 12 more 3's they can't hoist.

That's the way to beat them if they are raining 3s. If they aren't hitting 3s there's all sorts of ways. We know they'll be launching. Some game a few weeks ago the Sandfort brothers launched 30 just between the two of them.
 

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Going to Iowa city for this game. Why am I nervous?

First hostile away crowd for a team that will be desperate and a program culture of pulling out all the stops.
 

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I was just thinking this - I suspect he'll be asked to shut down Sandfort when he comes in. It's also a great game for him to pick up some easy buckets on the offensive glass - we haven't really seen his rebounding show up yet.
Sandfort or Dix
 

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Nah I'm done with that. Beat the breaks off of them. Fran isn't getting fired this year and the end is near for him anyway. Plus, they're just as close to hiring a worse coach as Fran than they are to hiring a better one.
I’m just emotionally hedging any way I can man. I hate this game so much.
 
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I genuinely like Hassel. I like his takes on all sports, like his takes on ISU, like that he's a grounded realistic Iowa fan, like that he's REALLY funny.

We're insanely lucky to have him on a podcast that covers ISU. He's light years better than anybody who has had a national sports radio show since I've been listening the past 25 years. Basically just a fluke that an A+ daily sports radio guy happened to grow up an Iowa fan.
Respectfully, couldn't disagree more.

I think he's a suckeye through and through, and every bit of "non-negativity" or perceived positivity towards Iowa State is complete BS. He hates Iowa State with passion and does nothing but talk sh*t and degrade Iowa State in his personal circles. The type that shouts "go h*wks* on vacation in Mexico, that calls us 'little brother' because it makes him feel cool, the type that has this undeserved/unearned sports-arrogance about them, the giant doucher that screams "Rose Bowl! Rose Bowl!" as a news anchor on f*cking SportsCenter after doing the highlights of the Iowa-Iowa State basketball game in December of 2014. Goodness, to this day, I cannot think of a douchier thing a suckeye media person has ever done, maybe other than Ross Peterson's batsh*t whiny rant on KXNO (I think that same season) about Cyclone fans not thinking Iowa deserved to be ranked #3 in the country (which was great because Cyclone fans were correct; Fran crashed down the stretch like he always does and their "Top 5 basketball team" was obsolete in March).
 

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ISU will be fine as long as Mad Fran doesn't use the Crane technique

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You’re killing me with all these gifs.
 
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I really wouldn't be too worried if I was you guys. Thelwell is the only player on Iowa who can break down a defense (to an extent) but Fran loves himself some Brock Harding. When Brock has flashed it's been against lower quality opponents. ISU will fluster the hell out of him but Fran will stick with him. Iowa has basically no one that can create their own shot. Payton loves to force shots even when he's not hitting. It actually drives me crazy. Payton has been bad this year and given how good ISU is on defense I think Payton will struggle mightily (but he will still keep shooting; I'm thinking 4-20 seems about right). Owen is good but if he gets into early foul trouble Fran will sit him forever and Owen's backups are Brauns and Mulvey LOL. Traore is intriguing but he's struggled with injuries. I'm anticipating a final score somewhere in the neighborhood of ISU 84 Iowa 65. I don't think the game will be in question by the time the first half is over.
 

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I really wouldn't be too worried if I was you guys. Thelwell is the only player on Iowa who can break down a defense (to an extent) but Fran loves himself some Brock Harding. When Brock has flashed it's been against lower quality opponents. ISU will fluster the hell out of him but Fran will stick with him. Iowa has basically no one that can create their own shot. Payton loves to force shots even when he's not hitting. It actually drives me crazy. Payton has been bad this year and given how good ISU is on defense I think Payton will struggle mightily (but he will still keep shooting; I'm thinking 4-20 seems about right). Owen is good but if he gets into early foul trouble Fran will sit him forever and Owen's backups are Brauns and Mulvey LOL. Traore is intriguing but he's struggled with injuries. I'm anticipating a final score somewhere in the neighborhood of ISU 84 Iowa 65. I don't think the game will be in question by the time the first half is over.
Nice reverse psychology