UNI vs. ISU - thoughts/predictions?
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Your hypothesis is spot on - but as the OP noted, UNI has not been shooting all that well lately. And missed shots, provided we can rebound, which isn't at all guaranteed, could be the catalyst for ISU to run and gun.
I'm not predicting that to happen, and I'm not very confident in the Clones' chances. I hope they win, but I doubt they will.
Playing Iowa State always seems to be a struggling shooters slump buster. Whether UNI shoots the ball well or night we won't be able to try to push tempo. UNI is really good at taking that piece of the equation away.
I like UNI in this game 63 to 57. I think UNI is a solid fundamental team, and I think we are prone to taking bad shots. UNI will take advantage of that and they will keep ISU at arms length the entire game (down 7 to 10 points early). I hope I'm wrong, but that is how I see it playing out.
That's the plan. I hope we are favored. I have my doubts.
I think UNI's methodical pace will be tough for our guys to handle.
Wow a lot of people picking UNI. Surprising because I bet we will be favored by a few points in vegas.
Considering Jacobson is 5-1 against us and this isn't one of our better teams you shouldn't be that surprised.
Edit
The chart I was looking at was prior to the Big 4.
It looks like he is 6-2.
https://kenpom.com/team.php?team=Iowa+St.
If I'm reading that right, kenpom thinks we'll win a dogfight 65-63. (57% chance to win. Also predicts we'll only win 3 more games after this one, woof).
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game?gameId=400989156
Looks like ESPN's BPI gives us a 63.3% chance to win.
I get these sites don't know it all, but kind of surprised to see so many pessimistic predictions here. I think it'll be within 7 either way, and am going to go 74-69 ISU. Should be a good one!
If I'm reading that right, kenpom thinks we'll win a dogfight 65-63. (57% chance to win. Also predicts we'll only win 3 more games after this one, woof).
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game?gameId=400989156
Looks like ESPN's BPI gives us a 63.3% chance to win.
I get these sites don't know it all, but kind of surprised to see so many pessimistic predictions here. I think it'll be within 7 either way, and am going to go 74-69 ISU. Should be a good one!
ISU will come out flat as usual. I can see UNI taking a 20 point lead, they are going to shoot lights out from the perimeter. ISU will make adjustments in the second half and make a spirited rally, will it be enough......NO!!!
Our secret weapon from Princeton negates the UNI back door. I think it comes down to if Lard can stay on the court. Hard for me to believe UNI has the athletes to handle him. Shame on the poster that compared him to McKay. I really think freshman Lard is already better than Sr. Jameel. Jameel struggled offensively except for the alley-oop or open dunk. ISU in a nail biter, but yes UNI will lead at half.
CycloneErik
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Didn't know that, thanks. Guess that explains it then.
I admit I haven't watched UNI yet this year so maybe I'm way off. Seems to me they beat a couple Boise level teams, lost to the 2 great teams they've played & beat a bunch of nobodies in between. Just going off of that & what we've done it's hard for me to predict anything other than a toss up.
