Do we know if Tyrus McGee of Christopherson has any eligibility left???
Jake Sullivan maybe?
John Neil?
Jake Sullivan maybe?
John Neil?
******OFFICIAL IOWA STATE VS KANSAS GAME DAY THREAD******
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Please, the negativity needs to be put elsewhere. This is a damn good team and we will be fine. 95% of great teams have a slump. This is still a good team; upcoming schedule and emotional rebound will be the true test as to if they're a great team.
Not in the least. I really wish I had a screen shot of him pouting on the bench. If whoever told him to stay sitting on the bench- its alright- but to pout like he did (towel over face during time outs, head in lap, not giving 2 ***** about what is going on in that arena- in his mind he was already on the charter flight and halfway back to Ames) He could have stayed positive, been a leader from the bench, been applauding the effort from his teammates- but no he pouted like a 4 year old!
All I want is for him to stay positive- I don't see anybody else on the team acting the way he does.
Can probably cancel the order on that National Championship banner .....and the Big XII championship banner too
That sums up my feelings too.
We should have lost by 20+ pts IMO. I've never seen such a horrible game from Niang in my life. Actually, nobody had a good game IMO except for possibly Kane and Morris. Hogue gave us at least a chance with some rebounding, but that was about it.
Even the refs were basically on our side. We had WAY more FTs, until maybe the end there when we were forced to foul them. AND, KU just kept turning it over too. Without all the FTs the refs gave us and all the turnovers KU committed, we'd be looking at a 20+ pt loss for sure.
For all of those on here that said that height and size doesn't matter, you're dead wrong. Rebounding again killed us. Embiid owned us all game on both ends. And they also owned us on most of our drives to the hoop too by rejecting everything we threw up. Their size KILLED us.
This game was NOT close. Don't kid yourselves. As the announcers said, the talent gap between us and them is quite staggering. They have 4 or 5 NBA guys on their team to our zero. That's a big difference. It sure would have helped to not be ice cold from 3, but you can't always count on that. Two games in a row now we couldn't hit our 3's and we lost.
Nadir Tharpe: 7-9 (3-4), 6-7 FTs, 6 rebounds.
Georges: 4-20 (0-9), 3-4 FTs, 6 rebounds.
We were going to have to beat KU as a team, but there is no way we are going to beat KU when their 5th best starter has a career night and Georges is not himself.
-The sad thing is, as bad as we played, if we shoot well from the line, we have a chance. 22-34 is not good enough when you have as big as disadvantage as we do.
-As most people recognize, we need on average 15-20 from the trio of MT, Naz, and MM. Tonight we got 10 in a 7 point loss.
-I thought we gave good effort. We easily could have gotten run out of the gym. However, we gave effort like a team that did not think it was going to win, or at least one that did not think they HAD to win.
Georges: 4-20 (0-9), 3-4 FTs, 6 rebounds.
We were going to have to beat KU as a team, but there is no way we are going to beat KU when their 5th best starter has a career night and Georges is not himself.
-The sad thing is, as bad as we played, if we shoot well from the line, we have a chance. 22-34 is not good enough when you have as big as disadvantage as we do.
-As most people recognize, we need on average 15-20 from the trio of MT, Naz, and MM. Tonight we got 10 in a 7 point loss.
-I thought we gave good effort. We easily could have gotten run out of the gym. However, we gave effort like a team that did not think it was going to win, or at least one that did not think they HAD to win.
Am I the only one or is our offense just not in sync anymore - spacing isn't there and we just seem to be forced to take it one on one with 5 or 6 seconds on the clock? Maybe its just the pressure of being ranked so high? I give up.
It was better IMO, when Kane was just "one of the guys". Since the 30 pt Baylor game, Kane has been all over the national media. In the last two games, he's played a little too selfishly IMO. I know that's being harsh and picky, but he's been better when he lets the game come to him IMO and not forcing things so much.
Smartest post of the night. If anything the officials helped is, just look at the ft attempts. They had close to 20 turnovers, not typical for a Self team. They're more talented and starting to play well together. Bout all there is to say
I don't know if the hype is making him take it too much upon his shoulders, but it certainly looked like he pressured himself too much on the possession down the stretch, the possession following the Thomas 3, when ISU might be best-served to work for another kick-out 3, and he drove and forced it up — even if he went full-throttle to the hoop, that's fine, too, but he went about 75% "all-in" then threw up a prayer in the lane.
Yeah, we really need to stop turning down guys like Anthony Davis and Nerlens Noel.
Replying to my own post for balance: I don't mean to diminish a ton of killer-instinct by Kane during the 14-0 start — ISU is probably 11-5 without him. Sometimes when you have so much impact, you can burden yourself with take-over mode.
When you shoot like absolute ****, you are going to get killed on the boards against even average teams.
