Game Thread: CBB Mens: Iowa at #20 Ohio State - ESPN2

[iowajerms]

I just noticed they were playing and Iowa is up 52-43 with 11:53 left of game

 

[iowajerms]

Hawkeyes 59
Buckeyes 52

6:30, 2nd

 

[iowajerms]

With 1:20 left, Iowa leads 70-65

Iowa has 3 timeouts, Ohio State has 2

 

[jarrod49]

Lets go Hawkeyes!!! Jarrod Utoff just hit 2 huge shots!!! 120 left

 

[iowajerms]

Great hustle by 7' Woodbury.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Sloppy as shit game.

Iowa was doing everything they could to keep giving OSU a chance.

And OSU was just embarrassing. Jacking stupid 3s, rushing lay ups.

As I type this a 20 second shit show takes place off missed 1 and 1

Good road win for Iowa though.

 

[iowajerms]

12.7 seconds, Ohio State's ball with 1 time out. Iowa leads 70-65 still.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Russell has been laugh out loud bad

 

[iowajerms]

Sloppy win, but I will take it.

Iowa is now 10-4.

Going by the current AP rankings, Iowa beat #19 and #20.

They lost to #9, #11, #23, and unranked Syracuse (8-4)

 

[rmilia1]

I was just telling my buddy that 3 of Iowas losses came to teams that were better than every team in the B10 aside from Wisconsin ( Texas, Iowa State and UNI ) and that I thought Iowa may be the second best team in the league from what Id seen. He told me I was nuts. LOL. This win helps my case.

 

[wingsauce7]

was the crowd chanting "OSU didn't want you" when Aaron White was at the line? Fucking Douchebags.

 

[rmilia1]

was the crowd chanting "OSU didn't want you" when Aaron White was at the line? Fucking Douchebags.

Which time?? He was there like 20 times.. LOL. Nice D Buckeyes!!

 

[Clemenza]

Iowa could be a dangerous team in the NCAAs if they ever figure out how to get the ball down low and score from inside. As it stands, most of Iowa's points are from the perimeter......fine if you have consistently good shooters. But Iowa's defense is what will get them Ws. You might say OSU played a sloppy game but I would say Iowa's D caused that sloppiness.

 

[ericd7633]

All these games underscore just how mediocre the league is. After Wisconsin, there is a big drop off to Maryland, and after Maryland, there is a big drop off from 3-11 in this league. Outside of Wisconsin and Maryland the B1G accomplished very little in OOC.

Ohio State and Michigan State are no locks to even make the tournament this year. This has all the making of 10 years earlier when Illinois breezed through the conference, and the conference only got 4 bids to the tournament. Ohio State may finally be penalized for continually playing garbage OOC games, they don't have the B1G this year to improve it that much.

 

[wingsauce7]

Iowa could be a dangerous team in the NCAAs if they ever figure out how to get the ball down low and score from inside. As it stands, most of Iowa's points are from the perimeter......fine if you have consistently good shooters. But Iowa's defense is what will get them Ws. You might say OSU played a sloppy game but I would say Iowa's D caused that sloppiness.

Me too. Defense is our strong point so far.

 

[wingsauce7]

All these games underscore just how mediocre the league is. After Wisconsin, there is a big drop off to Maryland, and after Maryland, there is a big drop off from 3-11 in this league. Outside of Wisconsin and Maryland the B1G accomplished very little in OOC.

Ohio State and Michigan State are no locks to even make the tournament this year. This has all the making of 10 years earlier when Illinois breezed through the conference, and the conference only got 4 bids to the tournament. Ohio State may finally be penalized for continually playing garbage OOC games, they don't have the B1G this year to improve it that much.

If anyone in this thread thought you knew what the fuck you were babbling about, you might be taken seriously. Piss off for shitting on our party you fuck.

 

[gpm1976]

I was just telling my buddy that 3 of Iowas losses came to teams that were better than every team in the B10 aside from Wisconsin ( Texas, Iowa State and UNI ) and that I thought Iowa may be the second best team in the league from what Id seen. He told me I was nuts. LOL. This win helps my case.

You might be right, but OSU just doesn't have much going right now. Zone defense if a huge problem for us right now and Williams just can't figure it out to save his life. Russell plays WAY above his ability right now and doesn't seem to do a good job of creating shots for others.. but I'm sure it's not easy for him anyways since we have zero presence in the paint which means we end every possession with a long range shot. OSU has a LOT of work ahead of them if they want to salvage this season.

 

[ericd7633]

If anyone in this thread thought you knew what the fuck you were babbling about, you might be taken seriously. Piss off for shitting on our party you fuck.

Enlighten me on exactly where I am wrong? I said: Wisconsin is the best team in the B1G, followed by MD, and then followed with a lot of mediocrity. Iowa appears to be the 3rd best team, but even they performed poorly OOC(Non conf. RPI of in the 80's) Beating Ohio State doesn't appear to be anything of great significance.

And finally I said Ohio State played a poor OOC schedule, again. Which is true since their OOC schedules have been in the 200's the last 6 years.

 

[gpm1976]

Enlighten me on exactly where I am wrong? I said: Wisconsin is the best team in the B1G, followed by MD, and then followed with a lot of mediocrity. Iowa appears to be the 3rd best team, but even they performed poorly OOC(Non conf. RPI of in the 80's) Beating Ohio State doesn't appear to be anything of great significance.

And finally I said Ohio State played a poor OOC schedule, again. Which is true since their OOC schedules have been in the 200's the last 6 years.

This is nothing new and no, OSU won't be punished for playing a weak OOC schedule. Since Matta took over, he's missed the tourney only one time. If OSU doesn't make the tourney, it'll be because of poor conference play, not what they did OOC.

 

[ericd7633]

This is nothing new and no, OSU won't be punished for playing a weak OOC schedule. Since Matta took over, he's missed the tourney only one time. If OSU doesn't make the tourney, it'll be because of poor conference play, not what they did OOC.

They will be punished in terms of seeding/selection since the B1G isn't as good as it has been the past 5 years or so. There are only 3 schools in the top 60 of the RPI at this point. Ohio State ONLY has 4 games remaining against teams in the top 60 of the RPI(two of those are PSU), my point is they won't have the opportunity to get signature wins in conference because it's not as good as it has been. Ohio State's best win at the moment is against High Point.

Ohio State made the tournament two times in the past 6 years with a 10-8 conference record, if they do that this year, there is a good chance they will get left out. They also went 10-8 in 2007-2008, only be left out, I don't think it's a coincidence the B1G only got 4 teams in the tournament that year.