He's one guy who when he takes these deep, off-balance three-pointers you don't even get upset. He's that good at hitting them.
NW up on Iowa in 2nd half
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He's one guy who when he takes these deep, off-balance three-pointers you don't even get upset. He's that good at hitting them.
noted on the post game, McCaffery got extra time to set up a play because of reviewing the time off the kicked ball
McCaffery is a great coach. RU could have had him if Pernetti just fired Hill in March instead of waiting until late April for some convoluted way to do it.
He got Iowa to the tourney in his 4th year but to the NIT finals in year 3 and then made the NCAA in year 5 and 6. After graduation losses, a rebuild with one down year and now a NCAA lock and top 20 ranking.
didnt Hobbs interview him but passed in favor of Willard?
McCaffery is a great coach. RU could have had him if Pernetti just fired Hill in March instead of waiting until late April for some convoluted way to do it.
He got Iowa to the tourney in his 4th year but to the NIT finals in year 3 and then made the NCAA in year 5 and 6. After graduation losses, a rebuild with one down year and now a NCAA lock and top 20 ranking.
didnt Hobbs interview him but passed in favor of Willard?
I think our best ball has come in higher-possession games.
FDU and Drexel = 74 and 76 possessions
Nebraska, PSU, Indiana winning streak = 73, 69, and 69 possessions
MSU, Wisconsin, Ohio State, and Michigan losses = 64, 63, 60, and 66 possessions
Not ironclad (St. John's, Maryland, and Minnesota were 70+ possessions) but I do think the tempo can favor us especially as NW would prefer to slow it down.
he had 23 last year in a losing effort vs RU who raced out to a big lead and won 80-64....sigh Thiam was 4-6 from 3 in this game with 16 points in 35 minutes.....35 freaking minutes..wow
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I agree . Best outcome for Rutgers , especially playing NW next. Law broke out of his slump and no way NW will play as well against Rutgers. They have to be disappointed. Iowa's ability to make 3's and FTs keeps them in any game and shows how quickly a 12-14pt lead can disappear. Love that Joe Weiskamp--really high basketball IQ , plays tough and can really shoot. Hard to believe he's a freshman.I was surprised Garza was a non-factor. I like his game . I'd press NW a lot . No real point guard and they struggled against Iowa's press. Just an amazing ending with Bohannon's clutch shot. Just love watching Big ten basketball this season. Every team is decent and can give you trouble. No off nights permitted.
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I think we do need to speed it up somewhat, last game without Eugene, they really set the pace. However a run and gun game not so sure, even Iowa couldnt get untracked tonight against this defense. This game will probably turn out similar to the Penn State game with both teams not shooting all that well
in the first matchup...RU was a bad 60% from the line...15-25 while Northwestern was 14-17...NW 9-22 from 3, while RU was 4-17...this game was tied with a about 6 minutes and one points with 4 min left
Bac - did you see the last bucket by Pardon in the lane after heavy pressure near the scorer’s table with a double team.
Watching the replay, the NW player clearly dragged his foot and walked before he passed to Pardon.
Glad they lost (for the reasons you stated), but it would have been a shame for them to lose by a bucket after that horrible no call.
Watching the replay, the NW player clearly dragged his foot and walked before he passed to Pardon.
Glad they lost (for the reasons you stated), but it would have been a shame for them to lose by a bucket after that horrible no call.
Thiam far and away has the most minutes played of any guy on the roster. Thiam has played significantly more career minutes then Gene. Prior to the last game it was 1,948 to 1,594. Geo has actually played prior to last game 1,766 despite just being a sophomore. The only other 2 players on the team to have played a minute for Rutgers before this year were Doorson with prior to last game 1,310 over his career to date, and Doucoure with 476.
I feel like people really underestimate how inexperienced this team is, but it is crazy to realize how integral to the team Issa was his first 2 years. Hope he figures out whatever is going on.
Uhhh. Law played 31 minutes in our first game, going 2-10 from the floor. Yes, he was returning from injury but he still played most of the game.
Both teams are coming off of tough losses going into Wednesday and know how much this one means in the standings. Can't wait!
Bohannon comes from a sick athletic family...his dad was QB at Iowa and his two brothers played hoops for Wisconsin.
And their other brother was a 4-year starter at Northern Iowa, took them to the second round of the tournament twice. His last game was that wild collapse against Texas A&M though.
I'm not sure great is the word Iowa fans would use to describe him. This is his 9th season in Iowa City. He has 3 total NCAA tourney appearances (headed to 4). He has 2 NCAA tournament wins, never having left the first weekend. In the Big Ten his 2 best finishes were a 4 way tie for 3rd and a 3 way tie for 3rd, but short of that he has basically been middle of the road most of the time (or worse). In the Big Ten tourney, he comically has never won a game on Friday (never even made it to the semifinals).
Iowa has bounced back strong this year, but his seat was getting mighty hot after last season.
It was a game of spurts where Northwestern dominated for the first 35 minutes and Iowa made a late rush with foul shots and 3 pointers.Law will be a bad match up for Rutgers because he can shoot off the dribble and also get to the foul line.I expect a game in the 60-70 point range where foul shooting will be the deciding factor.
I had a thought while this was going on. Would it make sense during a review that teams were forced away from the sideline. why should a team who burned all their timeouts be given a free pass because a ball was kicked and refs were fighting over .6 seconds?
Anybody else watching the game unfold feel nervous identifying with Northwestern as that could have easily been us.
4 NCAA appearances in 9 years, two years of which rebuilding from the trainwreck before him and his third year he reaced the NIT final....not sure how anyone can complain
This isnt the late 80s. To expect Iowa to be a sweet 16 program every year is absurd. I think getting to the NCAA tourney most years is a reasonable expectation for a program like Iowa and Fran is delivering that. Before Fran was hired, Iowa had not won a NCAA tourney game since 2001.
There is nothing sexy about Iowa basketball or being a fertile recruiting grounds...they can easily be a bottom feeder in the league with the wrong coach with they had before Fran. Talk to Indiana about expectations and former glory. Those days are over with.
yes...I believe we have lost games like that....you need a perfect scenerio but the thing is once it starts..it happens. I mean I was pretty confident Iowa was going to win after that last missed free throw....snowball effect. If that 80% ft shooter hits the one and one earlier NW probably wins.
I felt a little bad for NW but they looked like they were in a panic trying to get the ball up court. We really need to focus and get a W on Wednesday. It is huge if we can get back to .500 at 12-12.
We could use you on our board lol
Fran’s probably in the middle tier of B1G coaches. He has three main faults that fans latch onto: 1) recruiting during the ‘14 and ‘15 seasons was very weak and noticeably did not get a PG worth anything (which makes sense why we struggled the last two years), 2) he’s lost far more close games than he’s won which leaves a bitter taste, and 3) he’s pretty gruff with the media which doesn’t always go over well, especially when you’re losing.
But you’re right, Iowa is a long ways from the 80s so expectations have to be managed and they’re usually pretty fun to watch.
I’m still a Fran supporter, but he soured a lot of fans with last years performance and the Gary Dolphin issue from December which you can google.
But seriously. Come hang out on our board.
Bac - I think you have seen too much R hoops offense over the years and you are having a difficult time seeing that with the Mathis and Harper especially, we have new tools in our offensive toolbox. These kids like to get out in transition and make plays.
I am not saying we completely change everything on O, but more fast breaks and open shots in secondary breaks have already begun to happen and we should be taking advantage of these new skills opportunistically.
My knock on McCaffrey...his teams, for the most part, don't compete at a high level defensively.
http://barttorvik.com/coach-history.php?coach=Fran McCaffery
I am going to guess if it weren't for Jarrod Uthoff he wouldn't be at Iowa right now.
http://barttorvik.com/coach-history.php?coach=Fran McCaffery
I am going to guess if it weren't for Jarrod Uthoff he wouldn't be at Iowa right now.
I'm not an Iowa fan, I just have read plenty about their feelings and they do have some merit. I don't think anybody expects Iowa to be a "sweet 16 program every year" as you put it. But he has NEVER been to a sweet 16 and he's in year 9. There is a bit of a gap there. Iowa isn't such a blackhole that they shouldn't expect to be in the sweet 16 occasionally (maybe once or twice a decade if not a little more) or maybe contend to win the Big Ten tournament once in a while.
I think he is what he is. He's decent enough and will usually have his team around the middle of the pack in the Big Ten and if he hits a peak roster year maybe 3rd or 4th place. Iowa could do worse for a coach, but I personally would not call him great. The Big Ten has some great basketball coaches and I don't think he's anywhere better than maybe 8th-10th best in the conference.
Iowa, while not hanging any NCAA championship banners, has an excellent basketball history and has only had two coaches with losing records. They have been to 25 NCAA tourneys and had an excellent runs of success under Lute Olsen in the '70s and Dr. Tom Davis following him. They have an excellent, enthusiastic fan base. They were leading Louisville in the first half of a semifinal game of the 1980 tournament when star Ronnie Lester was injured and left the game. They ended up losing by eight. Steve Alford, hired after Davis left in 1999, never met expectations (same as at UCLA), and Todd Lickliter proved to be a disaster (one of their two coaches with a losing record). McCaffrey seems to be righting the ship. Iowa fans have every reason to be expect success, and their recruiting area is not that bad. Iowa produces a number of good players for a small state (Bohannon, who killed Northwestern the other night, is from Iowa), and Illinois and Indiana are not far off. As one example, Talen Horton-Tucker, Iowa rival Iowa State's star freshman this year, is from Chicago Simeon. Kansas has picked off good Illinois players for years.
And yes, we do lack a point guard at Northwestern. Had a four-star recruited, but his offer was rescinded due to an off-court incident. Still, make a couple of FTs and we win the damn game. Par for the course as the NU program has to be the most snake-bitten program I've ever followed in my life, and I've followed some dandies. Good luck when you play us in Evanston.
