*** Official Cincinnati vs #10 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***
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The lineup with 3 guards, Milan at the 4 and Jefferson at the 5 won the game. Cincy was running high ball screen every time down and as soon as we could switch everything, it was over.
I'd agree with Chatfield as the POG, but toward the end, Tamin makes winning plays.
Play of the game was Gilbert’s T. Fouls started actually getting called after that. How in the world is Cincy one of the lowest fouling teams in the country. Unless they constantly just push us.
I get that the Cincy coach is getting desperate, but man, you can’t whine so much when your team plays hackball. We get it, that was TJ’s initial identity to get wins, we’ve had other coaches in the past play that way to a degree (Floyd, Eustachy). As a coach, you’re going to try and push the boundaries and many nights, the refs will allow teams who play more physical to get away with it so their foul numbers end more even. See Bob Huggins. It’s an unfair advantage and officials need to not allow for it. Looks like this crew heard TJ loud and clear. All he probably said was “enforce the GD rulebook.”
Well we are still in 4th. It doesn't feel like we are the 4th best team in the big 12. It feels like we are better than that.
Well that isn't really surprising though, those 5 are our 5 best players.
Bad turnovers are going to be the thing that dooms this team in March.
You can’t tell me he hadn’t already committed way more than 5 fouls, so I’m not feeling sorry for him.
Mental fortitude is better now than it was at several points in the last month. West Virginia, like Cincinatti, had one guy going off and beat us when we gave up 14 turnovers on the road. Today Iowa State was good enough to not take care of the ball, one guy going off, and still win by 11.
Outside the T's, I felt the officiating was pretty consistent - which is all one can ask for. T's seemed thin-skinned somewhat, but since K Gilbert's call (which was warranted, but I support him doing so there), they must have felt they had to control the game & call some more. Seemed like a chatty game & it was getting heated as Cincy has little room for error.
I hope they can work that out, but they probably can't do too much. It's the difference between losing in the round of 32 or 16, and maybe a trip to the final four.
Tech still has to play Houston at home and Kansas on the road. Arizona still has to come here and go to Kansas.
Decent chance if we win out or just lose at Houston to finish 2 or 3 in the league. More importantly getting to the 2 seed line.
win against Colo on Tuesday and then 'what should have been' our biggest game of the year is there for us next Saturday. Not sure if we have a puncher's chance or not. Probably depends on if we can hit shots. I like us when we are the underdog though.
I’m snorting pelletized gypsum enjoying this win and boy does it feel good
100%. But beyond that, being able to switch 5 is super valuable when you’re getting killed by guards off of ball screens.
A bit closer and more tense than I would have liked, but I also really like that we made the winning plays when we needed to. IMO that is the mark of a very good to great team.
