We win with Niang

[Muzzy]

And a lot of missed free throws and a lot of missed layups. What's the point of bringing up things you can't control? This team had plenty of chances to win this game. They didn't do it. I don't like the Hawkeye excuses floating around, but while we are at it, I'll add one, "If we'd have played UCONN at the beginning of the season we'd have won."

Agree, the table was set. We had our chance. Still feel bean-bagged w/o the opportunity to watch GN play.
Ready for next year!!

 

[demoncore1031]

Niang could have went 1-15 we will never know. Hats off to uconn. They were the better team tonight.

 

[3TrueFans]

Its tough to accept that Kane who was the only NBA player on the court (Napier is not) and almost had a triple double absolutely killed his team and losst teh game at the line after such a solid game.

Isn't Napier projected to go in the first or second round?

 

[tivo2224]

Hogue playing the way he did, Georges would have taken some pressure of Melvin.

 

[HFCS]

You can't say that with Niang we win that game for sure, I don't think there's any question that our team is better with Niang than without him, but whether that translates into a win depends on a lot of other factors.

Saying we win for sure w niang = silly
denying niang and road game weren't huge reasons uconn won = just as silly

there's just as much of both on the board

 

[CRcyclone6]

This is a stupid thread. Maybe if Niang plays, we win, maybe we don't. Maybe if Kane makes a wide open freethrow or two, we win, etc, etc

 

[ironsam]

And a lot of missed free throws and a lot of missed layups. What's the point of bringing up things you can't control? This team had plenty of chances to win this game. They didn't do it. I don't like the Hawkeye excuses floating around, but while we are at it, I'll add one, "If we'd have played UCONN at the beginning of the season we'd have won."

What's the point of this forum? To never discuss the hypothetical or reflect upon how close this team was to being a national title contender when healthy? I think it is very easy to discuss those things without treating them as excuses, but rather observations. Is it really so wrong to discuss this kind of thing?

 

[3TrueFans]

Saying we win for sure w niang = silly
denying niang and road game meant nothing = just as silly

there's just as much of both on the board

Agreed.

 

[Final42b]

Fred just brought up Georges...but go ahead keep flaming away.

 

[ISUFan22]

Fred just brought up Georges...but go ahead keep flaming away.

lulz

No one said it didn't have an impact. But you bumping your gums about us for sure winning with Niang deserves plenty of flaming.

 

[Stormwarning]

No doubt about it. We win by 20 if Georges plays. Easily

 

[chuckd4735]

Fred just brought up Georges...but go ahead keep flaming away.

He never once said we win with him...

 

[CRcyclone6]

What's the point of this forum? To never discuss the hypothetical or reflect upon how close this team was to being a national title contender when healthy? I think it is very easy to discuss those things without treating them as excuses, but rather observations. Is it really so wrong to discuss this kind of thing?

I don't think it's wrong to discuss them. To have a title as this is the wrong thing. Nothing is for sure. Tough, frustrating loss to a great season.

 

[3TrueFans]

Fred just brought up Georges...but go ahead keep flaming away.

You dense?

 

[swarthmoreCY]

Absolutely we win with Georges. Not only would the offense be appreciably better, but Hogue is on Daniels the whole game. To think otherwise it just trying to avoid the pain of the situation.

Other things would have helped and we could have won without Georges with a near perfect game- but we needed a near perfect game to win because of not having Georges. We knew this the minute Georges was ruled out. We could win, but it was going to be playing without any margin for error and depending on the other team to not play their best.

Think of last year if it is Craft that is hurt and not Babb. Or this year and it is Daniels that is hurt and not Georges.

Yeah, yeah, anything can happen in sports.

 

[Final42b]

He never once said we win with him...

I guarantee he was thinking it.

 

[ISUFan22]

I guarantee he was thinking it.

Psychic now too?

 

[CycloneErik]

I guarantee he was thinking it.

We're guaranteeing the man's thoughts now?

 

[chuckd4735]

I guarantee he was thinking it.

I guarantee you he also thinks ISU wins if they make free throws.

 

[3TrueFans]

No doubt about it. We win by 20 if Georges plays. Easily