#7 Iowa St vs #2 Texas A&M - 3/24/21

[Urshurak]

In all honesty, a ton of turnovers for Iowa State. 16 threes or whatever it was bailed them out. Refs were pretty bad, but not all on the refs.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Not too often you're going to lose a game shooting 16-30 behind the arc. A&M was only 4-19.

 

[SECbbfan24]

Glad I didn't watch OT, just would've pissed me off. Kudos to Nixon. Shameful reffing. Whenever the order from on high doesn't come down to protect A&M anymore, they're going to lose.

A&M is a good team but not a final four or even an elite 8 team to me right now.

They bought an extra game but the clock is slowly running out and it will catch up with them soon.

 

[cancontent]

Oh please give me a break. A&M gifted 2 games in a row in this Tourney.

It's not all on the refs. A 23-7 turnover ratio doesn't help. They did tighten up towards the end of the game. Ref calls don't do that.

 

[Dwilliams02]

I would still be mad at Pitts for taking that shot if I was a coach lol

 

[SimpleDawg]

I'm so glad A&M is revealed to be the team I thought they were. At this point, they're bound to get bounced badly by Arizona, NcState, UConn, Baylor, or Stanford, etc. Just feels inevitable eventually, but they can cry croc tears over getting by the skin of their teeth today.

 

[Blue Huskie]

It's not all on the refs. A 23-7 turnover ratio doesn't help. They did tighten up towards the end of the game. Ref calls don't do that.

No, their non calls do that.

 

[Adriacus]

Funny (not really) how a weight room [workout area] received massive media coverage but the officiating in these two games will draw stone cold silence.

SMH

 

[Sched234]

Not too often you're going to lose a game shooting 16-30 behind the arc. A&M was only 4-19.

It was kind of a game of extremes across the board between ISU’s red-hot shooting, ISU’s turnovers, and Nixon’s seeming inability to miss a shot.

It was a good game. ISU wasn’t known for its defense and it kind of showed. Still, some terrible calls.

I think Joens went too early on the final play, but she probably saw a gap and went for it. 32 and 18, not a whole lot more you can ask for.

 

[Vowelguy]

They had over what 20 turnovers? Refs didn't help but they contributed to it also

True. But 2 major ref decisions in the final 15 seconds. First to call a jump ball, and then to call 0 fouls on the reach in and Joens' shots.

 

[Gurleyman]

I would still be mad at Pitts for taking that shot if I was a coach lol

In a way it worked - they got 2 for 1 out of it. Might be giving her too much credit to think she had that in mind ... but maybe she did.

 

[Orangutan]

ND coaches watching Nixon transfer and go off for A&M

What do you mean? It's totally cool that ND has been searching for a PG since Lindsay Allen and Patberg, Nixon and Clark are in the Sweet 16.

Doesn't hurt my feelings at all. No sir.

 

[Aluminny69]

So, of the four #2 seeds, Baylor was by far the best. Isn't UConn lucky? /sarcasm off

 

[Baylor1994]

Oh please give me a break. A&M gifted 2 games in a row in this Tourney.

Look I agree! A&M shouldn’t have won the last 2 games but Iowa state didn’t help themselves with 20 plus turnovers

 

[Vowelguy]

So, of the four #2 seeds, Baylor was by far the best. Isn't UConn lucky? /sarcasm off

By far? Maryland on line 1 for you.

 

[Mulder]

I'm glad the game wasn't decided from the foul line.
The officials, in the end, let them play.

 

[SECbbfan24]

So, of the four #2 seeds, Baylor was by far the best. Isn't UConn lucky? /sarcasm off

Baylor, UCONN, Maryland and Stanford seem like in a different hemisphere compared to the rest of the field right now. Shame UCONN and Baylor couldn't make the final four at the same time.

SC is very good as well, just not convinced they have the offense to do it this year unless their guards get very hot.

 

[darkstar1]

I think both of these teams would not have made it very far in the Riverwalk group, but they had no choice but to play each other in this weak group. Joens clearly the best player on the floor. The last 2 plays were tailor made to get her to the line and she was fouled both times, clearly...but the refs swallowed their whistles. Really a shame when the refs decide the game by bad calls and non calls. If it’s a foul with 5 minutes left it’s a foul with 5 seconds left. Terrible result. And Joens’ dad should be not allowed in the building!

 

[Sched234]

I guess since I almost died of an eating disorder I don’t take kindly to nicknames that are of that nature. But that’s just me.

I apologize for my choice of words in a heated moment. I’ll leave it at that.

 

[Vowelguy]

I'm glad the game wasn't decided from the foul line.
The officials, in the end, let them play.

Other than when they called a jump ball after 1/2 second.

 

[Aluminny69]

By far? Maryland on line 1 for you.

Yes, I forgot Maryland. But why should UConn get either Baylor or Maryland in their bracket? I would argue they both could be #1 seeds.

 

[Plebe]

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Not understanding why you're suddenly marking out for A&M. Especially after what they got away with in the 1st round. I would understand if they were in the Atlantic Chumps Conference, but...

 

[triaddukefan]

So, of the four #2 seeds, Baylor was by far the best. Isn't UConn lucky? /sarcasm off

Well look at it this way... if UConn beats Baylor.. they get the Land Grant Champ in the National Semi-finals.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I'm so glad A&M is revealed to be the team I thought they were. At this point, they're bound to get bounced badly by Arizona, NcState, UConn, Baylor, or Stanford, etc. Just feels inevitable eventually, but they can cry croc tears over getting by the skin of their teeth today.

Arizona looking sketchy, not sure if they could take out A&M.


edit--jeez, looking at the bracket I could see them making the Final 4, even though they shouldn't have made it out of the 1st round...or 2nd.

 

[GoUconn7961]

I apologize for my choice of words in a heated moment. I’ll leave it at that.

Thank you.

 

[SECbbfan24]

Arizona looking sketchy, not sure if they could take out A&M.

I like AZ but that offense is nonexistent and lost more often than it probably should be.

 

[SimpleDawg]

Arizona looking sketchy, not sure if they could take out A&M.

I think they can. A&M got a lot of easy layups against Iowa St. They're gonna get those less against Arizona. Gonna be a low scoring game imo but Arizona can easily win.

 

[Sched234]

I like AZ but that offense is nonexistent and lost more often than it probably should be.

Is it just me or was Zona’s offense better last year? They have more pieces this year, but the chemistry hasn’t been found.

 

[Orangutan]

The most galling part of the end game was watching the A&M staff examine Morris as though she had just got mauled by a bear when she (a) didn't have a mark on her and (b) should have been called for a foul on the play.

 

[Vowelguy]

Yes, I forgot Maryland. But why should UConn get either Baylor or Maryland in their bracket? I would argue they both could be #1 seeds.

As I said in another thread, you can't base everything off the eye test when seeding. Baylor's resume was terrible. If they got a 1 seed it would've been a travesty.