I am very close to the court and there were walks not called and a few ended up with Iowa 3-pointers made.
No one is saying it affected the outcome
a big one was Murray traveled big time in the middle made a pass and BAMMM 3.
My friend sitting next to me swore that Iowa did this twice and that it was goaltending. I was hoping for replays but of course none for me to see better.
Rutgers lost because they did not make their shots. This has been a fairly consistent theme for Rutgers. Make your shots, win the game!
You stated the refs can take a team out of their rhythm. Rutgers had no rhythm right from the start of the game. So how could the refs undermine any rhythm when there wasn't any?
She has a point, not necessarily about the Iowa game but about basketball strategy in general. We fouled the crap out of Purdue and came away with a win, in part because we disrupted their rhythm. Iowa moved the ball around so quickly and so efficiently, putting the ball on the shooter's hands right where he wants it, and setting high screens that were difficult for us to get around, that we couldn't slow down their offensive rhythm. It didn't help that some of our individual shots looked like middle-school level.
It's harder to foul passers than it is to foul dribblers. Ball movement is the key to defeating physical defenses. Iowa had it AND they made shots.
In the first half Iowa was on offense right in front of us, and getting around the screens on the outside was a definite issue, even for Mag. I wasn't sure if we just needed to work harder to fight through the screens or if there was another strategy we should be trying.
Sandfort was on fire, some of his shots were wide open, but there were also some that were contested that you just had to tip your hat to the kid.
We weren’t, she’s right, we didn’t play our game the first 10 minutes for damn sure! Fouling (being physical) is a part of OUR game.
Don't forget the 10 three second violations they didn't call either I just can't figure out what 3 refs are looking at!!!!
