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Because they can shoot and we cant!
Matt Hein Fan
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How many of our shots hit every part of the rim and didn’t fall?
SlackBooDom
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Respect Pedon trying to hype his players up who have bought in, but him calling Kendall Lewis All-MVC emphatically at his presser before the year is embarrassing.
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This is absolutely embarrassing. This is the type of effort that got Muller fired.
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I think effort is there. The talent compared to Drake, UK, etc. is not.
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Every Drake player knows his shot is going in. Every ISU player thinks his shot is going to miss. We are not very good. That is all.
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It is disappointing. I expected a loss, but was hoping we could keep it to 10 points or less.
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The effort is not there tonight. Playing horribly on defense
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We knew these four games were going to be the toughest stretch in the schedule. I don't think anyone realistically had us winning at Kentucky or Drake but I think everyone was hoping we would be more competitive.
Saturday against SIU is turning into a must win situation. If not we may be staring squarely into a 4 game losing streak with the next game at Belmont.
Saturday against SIU is turning into a must win situation. If not we may be staring squarely into a 4 game losing streak with the next game at Belmont.
Every Drake player plays for his teammates. Most of our guys are trying to carry the team by themselves.
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We do so many things poorly it’s hard to pinpoint what to fix. Work as hard as you can for a contested two and give up a three to DeVries because you don’t know the ball screen coverage. Start the second half with four turnovers and three shot attempts in the first media segment. I posted recently about the offensive numbers and got told, well who gives a shit we’re 2-0! Well. I give a shit. The makeup of this roster, the system we are running, and the consistent mistakes won’t be going away. It’s what this team is. We’ll be competitive in spurts and win some games, but over the course of a season with the variance factored in this is a below .500 basketball team that is poorly coached and out-executed at both ends by good teams.
Unfortunately “this is Redbird Basketball” ISU has a long way to go. Can we get it back? Or does our basketball program look like our football program from the 60s, 70s and 80s? Never hire the legend, never hire the local. This is a direct result of a terrible contract period. We are still a”Thursday night program”. And, finally once again on National TV. Not selling our brand in every sports bar in America. The effort is there but we don’t have the talent to be on the track with good horses let alone a Secretariat. Do not take this as knock on the players or the coach, this is a direct result of past failures by “the program”. Hopefully we can finish around 500 for the year and maybe build a little. Problem is we still have a huge rebuild ahead of “the program”.
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Johnny has left his feet a few times on a drive and looking for a pass. Hopefully not developing a bad habit.
Not much good tonight.
Not much good tonight.
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I hope at some point in time before I die, ISU basketball returns to relevance. This is sad.