you don’t comeback from down 20 against torunament teams like clemson and uconn by playing no defense but the thing is it feels like they try to flip a swtich on that end
on the other hand teams like us or iowa state might not have their A game but its rare to see either of them asleep on defense lol
Fairly evenly split overall of mostly
Vikings Bears Packers Chiefs.
The proportion of each varies by geographic location a bit within the state, but you’ll find them all everywhere.
Lol gosh darn utahs.
Great game by Saunders, he willed them a lot in the 2nd half there.
I appreciate the Joshua Jefferson shootout on the telecast in the 1st half, that was cool ! But Dybantsa is the Caleb Williams of CBB 
It was a very fun re-watch. ALMOST switched over from the Bears Packers game. Almost lol.
Rivalry games are weird. iowa bball always plays above themselves against ISU. I’m sure that’s what happened here.
^^ Hey, it’s my guys! I appreciate their firsthand perspective on the rivalry. I see they are both local kids (lone peak) like you mentioned before.
It’s funny, cuz back in 2013, I would have assumed Mika was a foreign Big from Germany or something like that… because his name and his maneurisms just kinda seemed like that might be the case at the time lol. Glad to see he still has both eyes intact.
Came here to see the reaction from ut beating Bama on their home court. Just finished the rerun of the game on espn. Tramon Mark had a big role at the end of the game, whorns win
I really like Mika.
Always seems to happen at the huntsman center. It’s resulted in Ls the last couple years.
It was a wild decision to introduce their new football coach during the holy war when outside of the student section there are more byu fans than Utes
Kansas went full ‘meh’ when the outsider came into the league…schools that focused on basketball…
The Illini will roll.
More than generically saying we “arent playing well” , we more poignantly arent playing smart basketball.
Our success, our lack there of hinged on things. First, our defense is at its best when the team plays and STAYS in strong man to man defense. We hedge screens hard, have crisp, switches, and are SELECTIVE (key word here) on our trap deployments. The defense getd mega effed when guys like Jefferson, Heise, etc try to double/trap everything. Bad traps lead to easy pass outs, ball movement, and open shots. Since the Purdue game, these things have been issues and, as a result, our defense hasnt been very good.
The second, which also pertains to defense, is man-on spacing. More or less, defenders should be spacing themselves approproproately relative to the opponents position on the floor. You dont guard someone (unless its a Momcilovic-like deep threat) within 1-2 feet when they are 4 feet or more beyond the arc. For starters, there’s no benefit to such stupidity, while the detriments are foul trouble and blow-bys. Even Toure has become increasingly sloppy with his spacing. As a result, we have been (rightfully) called for some very bad fouls (away from the basket) and have yielded lots of lane access. The solution isnt difficult, yet the players/coaches have yet to make an adjustment. Given the fact its been a constant problem under Otz, I dont have the greatest confidence it will be “fixed”.
The last key area of “failure” is shot selection. When Iowa State moves without the ball, passes first, and identifies/takes good shots, the results are usually good. At times, Jefferson and others are forcing shots, while the team itself isnt moving/passing enough without the ball to help create them. Bad shots dont go in and turn into transition/pseudo-transition opps the other way. Just when it looked like ISU could close the door, the team launched some really bad 3s that got taken the other way for quick buckets. Any team that willingly and unnecessarily creates transition defense “opportunities” is settiny themselves up for failure.
It really boils down to those three things. They lead to bad shots, transition baskets, foul trouble, missed shots, a reduction in steals/TOs/transition offense, and wide open shots (which OSU made a lot of). Play smarter and a lot of things things disappear.
I will say this. If the basketball weve seen the last month is what we (mostly) see over the next two months, I expect no less than 5 conference losses. We’ll see.
I think you are underestimating Iowa, and overestimating Illinois.
At home, I will take the Hawks. Illinois might be a better team on a neutral floor, but I dont think they are good enough to win on the road here.
Ill go on record right before tip saying I agree with zrf’s statement. I think it’s a true toss up.
Edit: Illinois off to a good start. This iowa wrestling/wbb fanbase is sitting on their hands quiet as Sunday Church, per usual.
TV just showed that Illinois has 5 Euro players…dam.
Peja stojakavoic’s kid!
Next year ISU will have 4 foreign kids…3 Euros 
and 1 Kiwi Kiss 
Here come the Bird Eyes
Missed dunk is never a good omen
Never bet on Iowa in anything. They might win this but they suck in the Vegas dimension
Still don’t have a quad 1 win.
UCLA at home was like 44 NET. Thats their best win. Next best is Grand Canyon neutral.
This would be a real kick in the McCollums to waste this big comeback.
Bennett Squirtz (off the rim)
They are just janky. Not confident. No swagger.
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