Tough day for EIU hoops hopes

Beyerball

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Never should have been. They won by 16 at a not good Seton Hall team and everyone was like WOW they are GOOD. Fool's gold...always.
Seton Hall and Clemson won't finish .500..

TCU didn't do anything special...they just played normal man D and had big bodies to throw at Iowa with length..

Iowa didn't shoot well but a big part of that is TCU didn't just let Iowa get good looks.

TCU was without their 2 best bigs too..Miller and Baugh. TCU wins that game by 30 with those two playing honestly.
 

EIClone

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Scouting report to beat Iowa,

1. Play very physical defense. Iowa doesn't like the physical contact style of play. (not a new thing)
2. Get back on transition defense. Don't let them run.
3. Chase them off the 3pt line. Don't give uncontested looks.
4. Limit fouling them. Keep them off the free throw line.
5. Rebound the ball on both ends.
 
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clonehome

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B10 media D riding is a real thing.

Look at our results when we actually got to play the best big ten teams last year. It was like an easy breather compared to playing the worst b12 team.
A middle of the pack Big 12 team down it’s two best players faced a middle (maybe upper middle) of the pack Big 10 team and it was a joke. Iowa could not handle TCU’s size, athleticism and physicality. I will be very disappointed if we don’t win in Iowa City.
 

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A middle of the pack Big 12 team down it’s two best players faced a middle (maybe upper middle) of the pack Big 10 team and it was a joke. Iowa could not handle TCU’s size, athleticism and physicality. I will be very disappointed if we don’t win in Iowa City.

Silly things can happen on the road in a rivalry. It’ll be their season while ISU will already have several elite non conf wins going into another year in the by far toughest conference.
 
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cyclone1209

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for context... they only played 38 minutes.
Well, that is a lot.

The McCaffrey kids playing too many minutes will rip that locker room eventually, just watch.

The reserves there I am sure are well aware they are better players. How Connor plays at all is shocking in and of itself.
 
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