Tournament (Non-UConn) Thread - Sweet 16

[AntG168]

Man, I keep going back and forth on who I'd rather be against Saturday.

It won’t matter. The only team that’s beating us is us. Illinois vaunted offense hasn’t looked that scary to me .

 

[gsmooth]

Iowa State is blowing some golden opportunities

 

[Hurleyman216]

Illinois getting some favorable calls. Neither team looks scary

 

[98Uconn]

Iowa st with an air ball from 18 inches away!

 

[upstater]

Iowa State is a bit comical, from runaway layups missed to guys all alone underneath throwing up wild hooks.

 

[RedStickHusky]

Iowa State is blowing some golden opportunities

Yeah, I'm not complaining about our missed bunnies anymore... crazy

 

[LIuconn]

Illini fans sound loud on tv

 

[ec33]

Illini fans sound loud on tv

Those TruTV bastards put the microphones next to the Illinois fans and pumped up the amplification to make UConn look bad.

Cannot catch any breaks.

 

[98Uconn]

Shannon is a problem

 

[Ripper32]

Shannon acceleration on display

 

[UChusky916]

Can Castle guard Shannon? He'll be a problem.

 

[gsmooth]

It’s all self inflicted. The gimmicky doubles aren’t working. Yet they keep doing it and giving up wide open shots. They’re too small. Illinois is seeing right over the doubles

Oh I know. I see it clear as day here

 

[Blueballer]

Iowa State sure didn't play like a 2 seed. Real sloppy.

 

[jibsey]

Shannon is a problem

Every time he drives he gets the call. Castle hands full.

 

[HobokenHusky]

Shannon is a problem

I think we can just do what we did against the NW kid? The rest of the team is garbage

 

[ec33]

Iowa State just refuses to shoot the 3.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Steph is probably one of the best matchups in the country for Shannon, but he needs to stay out of foul trouble, which will be awfully hard.

 

[98Uconn]

Castle is foul prone. My concern is all the fouls Shannon will draw on everyone

 

[Scoe]

Need to get Clingan and Castle through half with 1 foul.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Need to get Clingan and Castle through half with 1 foul.

Also will need to figure out how to keep Clingan in the paint. Hawkins is going to try to drag him away all game

 

[Ripper32]

Domask and Goode saved their bacon tonight when Shannon was on bench.

 

[Ctedgeman]

Also will need to figure out how to keep Clingan in the paint. Hawkins is going to try to drag him away all game

I haven't watched much Illinois, but wouldn't clingan be on dainja most of the time?

 

[rman726]

Illinois can score with the best. Any time a team can do that, they are scary. I don't see how Iowa State would have been able to score enough points on us to outscore us no matter how good their defense did against us. In the end, I think we handle business against Illinois anyway.

 

[aceboon]

I haven't watched much Illinois, but wouldn't clingan be on dainja most of the time?

Dainja doesn't start, Underwood played Dainja and Coleman a bit tonight and has done so at points during the season but Coleman is the starting C.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I haven't watched much Illinois, but wouldn't clingan be on dainja most of the time?

Dainja only plays like 10 min a game. They normally go with a 5-out with Hawkins at the 5. He’ll get mauled by Clingan defensively though.