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nwhoopfan said:
It was in another thread, but like I said before Iowa whipped Michigan twice in the last few weeks. I have no problem with them being a 2 seed. Maybe today was just a bad day for them?
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But against FDU? That’s more than just a bad day, isn’t it? That’s like a week of bad days all at once.
 
Bone Dog said:
But against FDU? That’s more than just a bad day, isn’t it? That’s like a week of bad days all at once.
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Certainly if you only saw them getting completely taken apart by UCLA in the Big 10 Championship game, you would think Iowa is a bad team. So 2 games in a row they looked underwhelming. But they got to the Big 10 Championship game, had to beat some decent teams to do it. I don't know. Maybe they've just totally lost their mojo all of a sudden. Don't know how to explain it. Not sure about weakest 2 seed of all time. I'd have to go back and look at all the 2 seeds ever, and I'm not gonna take the time to do that. Not to mention I'd really have no idea how good or not good some of the 2 seeds were from the 80s and 90s.
 
Bone Dog said:
But against FDU? That’s more than just a bad day, isn’t it? That’s like a week of bad days all at once.
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The Hawkeyes didn't look very good at all. I was also curious about their game design as in the first half they rarely exploited their height advantage in the paint.

FDU shot the ball very well. It wasn't until the last 8 minutes of the game that the Hawkeyes looked very animated.

This was in contrast to the first game in which was Virginia and Georgia were energetic. In fact that was an entertaining game, perhaps because it was much cooler at 12:30 in the arena I enjoyed it much more than the sauna that was the second game. Didn't seem to bother the Iowa fans but I did mention to the couple next to me at least in Arizona we do have air conditioning...lol
 
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triaddukefan said:
@YoDore

Can you do me a favor? Would it be possible for you to get in touch with your coach and players to let them know to take it easy on High Point tonight? If they want to rest the starters after the 3rd quarter, that would be welcomed and appreciated. 😎
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Uh oh. Vandy is scoring in bunches right out of the gate. Might have to rest starters after halftime.

edit--I think they scored 8 more points while I was typing; LSU they coming for your Tourney high score from yesterday
 
nwhoopfan said:
Crooks has 37, she doesn't want to go home.


There have certainly been some big individual performances already in this Tourney.
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She is one I wish would transfer. She’s incredibly dominant at this level and Iowa State hasn’t done much if anything to capitalize on it.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Uh oh. Vandy is scoring in bunches right out of the gate. Might have to rest starters after halftime.

edit--I think they scored 8 more points while I was typing; LSU they coming for your Tourney high score from yesterday
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Well I did have Vandy -36.5 so.........
 
GoCardinal said:
She is one I wish would transfer. She’s incredibly dominant at this level and Iowa State hasn’t done much if anything to capitalize on it.
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My brain is getting scrambled. For some reason I thought this was her Sr. year. She's got one year left. If she keeps up like she has the last 2 seasons, she'll go over 3000 career points.
 
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Syracuse took out Iowa St. After 100% chalk yesterday, we have a few small upsets today. Although a #10 over a #7 and a #9 over a #8, especially when both are P4 teams, is hard to get too excited about. But at least it's not all chalk.
 
Oops, USC was #9 over a #8 as well.

In the men's Tourney it's pretty much automatic, you pick the 9 to beat the 8 every time.
 
Blakes w/ 19...5 minutes before halftime. I think we're gonna see another 30 point scorer in the 1st Round.
 
Cuse proved the age old theory today. 5 will beat 1 EVERYTIME. Iowa State's high scorer Audi Crooks scored over 35 points, but the Cyclones fell in the first round today. As an old fan, Crooks is the Pete Maravich of this era. Sure she can light up score book with points, but if there's no support staff, you'll lose EVERY TIME, and that happened. I know that this may ruffle some feathers, but the Cuse could......COULD cause some difficulty Monday. They have some decent talent, and it's spread out. Syracuse's Uchie is similar to Blanca. They have good outside shooting, and a decent inside game, and like to push the action. The weakness that UCONN can exploit is at the point guard. Syracuse's starting point guard is out, and they are relying on a guard who may have difficulty with KK Arnold's quickness. She did get hot in 2nd quarter, by draining5 3's, which gave the Cuse a lead they never lost. I don't think she'll get that same chance Monday. That being all said, Cuse will give UCONN a better game than the 1 trick ponies of Iowa State would have.
 
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