Big Ten Basketball 2022-23 Discussion

I feel bad for our country resume. But this is tremendous content.

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If by funny, Ant means ridiculous.

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Iowa scored 52 points on Wednesday.

As a former coach I’m telling you, it is ridiculous. I get on officials all the time, did as a coach (seriously respectful, though) and now as a fan, I know that, but this kind of thing can’t be allowed. Nor can Izzo’s antics, like when he gestures to an official and says, ā€œGet over here!ā€ or when he looks at his player or an official as if he could rip their face off! There are things that honestly shouldn’t happen, and I don’t care how ā€œHall of Fameā€ or whatever the coach is! There still must be a sense of decorum, of class, and certainly of sportsmanship exhibited by these guys.

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How fast does Juwan get the second T there

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Iowa had gone 6-52 on threes over the two previous games…

Yeah, they made as many in the last 90 seconds of regulation as they did the previous two games. Just nuts.

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Without two last second threes against Michigan schools I don’t know if Iowa is even in the tournament. Crazy how thin the margins are in the conference this year.

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That game was like an overdose of speed

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A shocking outcome in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. As improbable as that may have been, it pales in comparison to Kobe Bufkin’s desperate 3-point heave – ā€œThe Blind Flingā€ as spartan fans now refer to it – that allowed Michigan to barely defeat Michigan State by 12 points in regulation.

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I left to walk the dog when MSU was up 10 late. Looks like I missed something :rofl:

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Dylan I will literally venmo you $25 to watch the last 2 minutes of that game and live comment it here

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The stats on this game … utterly insane. Just to pick a few:

Iowa put up 21 more shots than MSU (75-54)
Relatedly, MSU murdered on the offensive boards again - 15-4.
Tony Perkins was 9-12 from the field, 4-5 from 3, with 3 steals, 9 RBs, 5(!) ORBs
MSU had 36 FTs. Hoggard, just Hoggard, had 14 FTs
Every single player whose last name is not Hoggard or McCaffery and who had more than 1 shot shot over 50% from the field.

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Still too soon.

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Iowa has now suffered the season’s least likely loss AND pulled off the season’s third-least-likely win, at least according to KenPom:

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I am holding a $20 and $5 up to my screen right now as well.

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Iowa -5.5
Measure Job

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thought MSU committing big time to small ball was interesting. Rebraca torched the bigs 1H, then Mady gets benched to start 2H, then Hall/Hauser frontcourt played majority of 2H and they were great, then they played crunchtime with that lineup and gave up 6 offensive rebounds in the final 3 minutes of regulation that resulted in 14 Iowa second chance points in that small stretch.

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