Official Post-Game Meltdown - You Post Here

[ISUFan22]

Sissy effort today, period. By far worst game all season and it was all effort. Or lack of any effort. That was pathetic. Pathetic.

Got thst early 10pt lead and the team thought the game was over.

******* sissy sad pathetic effort. Ashamed.

 

[stormchaser2014]

I can't say anything clean right now, maybe later

 

[swarthmoreCY]

Because we had the talent to play with anyone. Not pre-recruited ranked four star talent but those "how did all the other schools miss these guys" talent. Niang exploded on the scene last year. McKay was unstoppable with this wing span and speed. Hogue was a beast down low. Morris the best PG in Big 12 and top 5 nationally. Talent was there for a final four run.

We as fans take the very best of a player and say that is the player. Anything below that is deemed "a lack of heart" or no "effort".

About 40 teams have the talent for a FF run if you take their very best against other teams fluctuations in play. We were thought to have a better chance than most because of how often we approach our best, not because we have such superior talent.

A good portion of the "unstoppableness" you mentioned is derived from the system. As we have seen, teams that are athletic and physical with length can take us out of our system. Hoiberg has done a hell of a job.

 

[The_Architect]

"UAB is terrible. TERRIBLE."

If you truly believe that, you don't know squat about basketball. UAB was gutsy, hard-nosed, composed, and could score when it really counted. Take your "talent" and trade it for the above stated qualities.

Umm no they suck. They played very hard and deserve credit for that but they have no business beating ISU today. I think I counted around 5 airballs today.

This is not a regular 14 seed that can shoot lights out and upset some teams. They are a poor shooting team that beat us up on the boards and that's it. This loss is 100% about how poorly ISU played.

 

[WastedTalent]

Ha big 12 sucks

 

[CRcyclone6]

So Much for Baylor

 

[Wally86]

"most competitive" in-league, I'll give it that this season. I never bought the "best" analysis.

Baylor just stunk it up. Big 12 is looking over rated. Ouch.

 

[shagcarpetjesus]

Should we just start a full blown Big 12 meltdown. Down goes Baylor.

 

[ClivePurple]

Nah, they were pretty bad. Their offense was atrocious. They'd wait 25 seconds to put up a really bad shot. It would either go in or they would get the rebound. It was really ugly basketball. And how many times did they leave a guy on the 3 point line open? Naz had 3-4 shots where nobody was within 8 feet of him. He just couldn't knock them down.

Did you ever think there may have been a reason why they left Naz open? And swarmed on Niang?

 

[ISUFan22]

Should we just start a full blown Big 12 meltdown. Down goes Baylor.

They played like whimpy entitled boys too.

 

[BigBake]

We as fans take the very best of a player and say that is the player. Anything below that is deemed "a lack of heart" or no "effort".

This team was light years ahead of the talent we had in from 2001 till Fred arrived. That's what I'm looking at. Last two years we probably didn't have all the pieces for a deep run in the tourney. We could make noise with the talent but not enough. It was there this year but we folded up mentally.

 

[TXCyclones]

I've been disappointed in Cornell Mann all season. I don't think he was the Man to replace Doc. I think he was to our basketball team what Courtney Messingham was to our football team. No more coaches with initials CM.

 

[swarthmoreCY]

Maybe we would have played better had we gotten down by 10 early?

Who would have thought in November that GSU would go farther than us?

 

[CarolinaCy]

Our best rebounding guards are bryce and matt.

Unfortunately they were parked on the bench for the bulk of the 2nd half when we needed to shore that **** up.

 

[ISUFan22]

I've been disappointed in Cornell Mann all season. I don't think he was the Man to replace Doc. I think he was to our basketball team what Courtney Messingham was to our football team. No more coaches with initials CM.

lol. Defense wasn't the issue and that's was Doc's bag.

Today was all about effort. ISU had very little across the board.

 

[mapnerd]

I thought they learned from thinking their crap didn't stink? One game at a time guys. Stop thinking about playing Duke or Gonzaga.

 

[cowgirl836]

Gopher fan just asked if I'm on suicide watch.

Gopher.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand another welfare check. Technically a Wisky fan, I suppose.

 

[KnappShack]

The day sucks, but ISU still invented the computer, played a pivotal role in winning WWII, and helps feed a world.

Life, it seems, will continue.

 

[KMAC_ATTACK]

Now that i've put all the sharp knives away!!!

ISU succumb to the type of game that has plagued them this season and in the tourney - that means your out...... They just would not - WOULD NOT, stop shooting the three. Seriously in our Big 12 tourney games, we shot the 3 badly and made the conscious decision to stop shooting it, got good spacing and simply went to work and made those games grind fests. However, in this game, on key possessions, we still chose to shoot the three. There's a reason you were open - your missing!!!!

Mirror game against KState and that one ended in similar fashion.

A lot of talk out of Louisville focused on Istate being really cocky... didnt take this game seriously. That gets you knocked out of the tourney!!!

Learn from it and move on.... sorry to see the seniors go out this way.

 

[clonedlion]

When I was six, I learned how to box out. That is one of the easiest aspects of the game. That's the stuff that you are supposed to keep with you as you progress as a player, especially an elite player The shot goes up, you find a body and put a butt into them. Period, end of story. It felt like this team assumed every rebound would just fall into their hands. Embarrassing effort of the boards. Embarrassing effort in general. Hopefully they learn to finally grow from your mistakes and cut this crap out in the future.