Who is your least favorite Iowa player and why is it Connor McCaffrey
12 Likes
OMG this hideous court. There oughta be a law against this CSU court, the Oregon one, etc
2 Likes
I sincerely hope that was it because otherwise there is no excuse for him to just stand there and watch Kofi grab the loose ball.
1 Like
You mean Nunge, I see. It was so awful. Beat on the block and then slow to chase it down.
Lol, I mean, that doesnât excuse it. (I know you werenât saying that)
Yeah, just an awful sequence all around by Iowa. Nunge doesnât secure the ball, Wieskamp just stands there, mesmerized by its beautiful orange spin, and Garza probably mutters to himself about why he sat with four fouls.
3 Likes
Not that it matters, but the ref blatantly only counted to 4 before blowing the whistle
2 Likes
Thank you! I rewound it and counted too. Felt fast.
1 Like
Well, we have a pretty incredible chance to put a stranglehold on the conference in our next two scheduled games.
1 Like
In the words of Rasheed Wallace, both teams played hard.
2 Likes
I donât think itâs clear cut. Thereâs four swings of the arm and then number 5 is the other hand coming up to signal 5 seconds. It wasnât generous, but I donât know that it was for sure wrong.
If the timer on the video clip is correct, itâs clearly a correct 5 second call.
5 Likes
Are you shitting me, I asked Siri and I am 1000% sure she said this game was tomorrow. Gotta love missing the best non-Michigan game of the Big Ten season thus far.
At least the result is what I wanted 
Iowa defense down to 101st on Kenpom lol.
2 Likes
They had a little stretch where it looked like they were improving. I think it even got down to the low 70âs. But yeah, it quickly crashed back down. They were at 100 exactly pre-game FWIW, so the drop wasnât this particular game. As my comment above shows, I didnât watch this, but looking at the stats Iâm a bit alarmed at them only scoring 1.07 ppp despite shooting 40% from three and having an 11% turnover rate.
But the first swing is simultaneous to handing ball off. And he blows whistle at 4th swing. It was barely 4 seconds.
1 Like
I dropped it into my video editor and it was juuuuuuuust over five seconds from the first touch (under five seconds from the first arm motion). I think itâs the type of thing where the five second call is just not usually called like you see it here, they almost always give that 5th arm extension, and thatâs why people are mad. Even if itâs very technically the âcorrectâ call.
Itâs kinda like the Dickinson travel against Purdue. Someone was trying to argue that this was also âcorrect,â but itâs the kind of thing where itâs just not how college basketball is called. If it was, weâd see about 20 travels per game and the euro step would not exist at this level. Just look at how many times weâve seen Franz do the exact same thing this year with zero calls. Which, again, is why people will complain even if itâs not necessarily wrong.
1 Like
Reflecting on last nights game and am certainly happy to be 2 games clear of everybody. But I come away feeling that this is why Illinois is so scary. Iâve been saying that they are less than the sum of their parts and I still feel that to be true after last night. They have so much talent and they just canât seem to get everybody pulling in the right direction. Giorgi is basically a mess, Kofi disappears for long stretches, they make the curious decision to lean on Curbello in crunch time. I feel like Frazier, Williams, Grandison have settled into really good complementary pieces. I know Dylan has said all along they are the most talented team and I tend to agree. If they could get it all figured out they could go on a run.
Iowaâs defensive resurgance I think we will find was a mirage of playing the lower offenses in the league. Illinois had a bunch of wiiiiiide open shots and didnât make all of them or else it would have been a blowout. Frederick is a huge loss for them if he is out for any extended time. MSU should be a nice bounce back for them but that sets up a sneaky home date against OSU 2 days later that should be an interesting game.
1 Like
Pretty comfortable saying Illinois is the second-best team in the Big Ten. They just donât have the second-best resume in the Big Ten. They still have two tough games before U-M is supposed to host them on the 11th. Should set up an interesting one.
1 Like
Can someone explain when the 2 week pause officially ends? How much practice time will Michigan have before the game against the Fighting Illini on the 11th?