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Drummond can play again. Why don't we try to actually use our height advantage?

Also, let's keep playing defense. I knew that shooting couldn't last, but it might be too much of a hole.
 
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10 points is only too much of a deficit if the defense continues to be this clueless.
 
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10 points is only too much of a deficit if the defense continues to be this clueless.
They've already cut 12 off of it in 7 minutes. The defense got much better. Also, Iowa State was due to cool off.
 

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Bet if that ally oop was to Drummond instead of Boat...we would have gotten 2 points out of the deal
 
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Going to our bigs sounds good in theory but then you get possessions where Drummond backs his man down, he flops, AD has a wide open path to the basket and tries to throw a shot off the glass instead of dunking it. Same thing with AO early in the game, he did a great move, had great position, and then threw up something disgusting at the rim. As much attention as our guards are getting I would much rather create for the bigs, buts its on them to make that pass and Bazz & Boat don't always do that. In a game where we're clawing back I just don't want to waste possessions by our bigs being a circus act in the post.
 
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They've already cut 12 off of it in 7 minutes. The defense got much better. Also, Iowa State was due to cool off.
Most of the reason they cooled off was that we made them work a *lot* harder for it.
 
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Most of the reason they cooled off was that we made them work a *lot* harder for it.
They're great shooters. All those shots weren't uncontested. I'm not arguing the defense was great--my point was that the offense was far worse. If the offense didn't suck during that stretch, they'd probably be winning right now despite the poor defense/insane shooting.
 
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They're great shooters. All those shots weren't uncontested. I'm not arguing the defense was great--my point was that the offense was far worse. If the offense didn't suck during that stretch, they'd probably be winning right now despite the poor defense/insane shooting.

Good point. If we have one of our usual scoring droughts 2nd half, its adios.
 
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Other teams sometimes get hot. You sometimes go cold. Playing good defense is work and focus, and something you can do all the time.
 
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Good point. If we have one of our usual scoring droughts 2nd half, its adios.
Speaking of those scoring droughts. They need to score, and score a lot, or their done.

They've gotten some decent looks--Lamb had a wide open foul line jumper that he missed--but they need to start going down if they're going to put some pressure on ISU.
 
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This has to be the worse rebounding team we have had since 07 yet one of the biggest. So disappointing
 
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I won't argue that point. We certainly can't seem to put up points on anyone but Depaul.
 
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