Not GOOD

[Ken58]

I'm really hoping this doesn't turn into another coach favoring his less talented kid dynamic. Don't Ben, just don't!

Already done!

 

[Anon1751457816]

Another?

Yes.

 

[eyesofhawk]

Yes.

Feel sorry for you

 

[DukeSlater]

Wow this isn’t good and the way they played and I am hoping that this won’t be a long year for them but they just didn’t look good whatsoever

And still would have won IF they'd been able to make ONE more free throw, so there's that. Howard and Koch were fabulous, and Coleman was great most of the time. It's a tad early to get discouraged, IMHO.

 

[DukeSlater]

Ben said there'd be ups and downs this season. We lost Bennett, Banks, and Alvaro. ESPN said to, "Check back next year." We watched this team play real competition last night, and they lost. That's it. I'm not mentioning the troubles we had. That would be superfluous. I'll keep watching and hope for the best. Plenty of games left. Let's see what Ben comes up with.

Iowa beat itself by missing all those FTs. As ugly as it was, you make ONE more FT somewhere along the line in regulation and you win. Simple as that. And don't forget Iowa gave up a tough 3-pointer at the first half buzzer and went in down 1 when they could have/should have been up a pair. That, too, would have turned defeat into victory.

 

[JerseyCityHawk]

And still would have won IF they'd been able to make ONE more free throw, so there's that. Howard and Koch were fabulous, and Coleman was great most of the time. It's a tad early to get discouraged, IMHO.

Love the positivity…. I hope so too as I think this could be a really good team… all we can do is cheer them on and I definitely will be

 

[Hawksfor3]

Iowa beat itself by missing all those FTs. As ugly as it was, you make ONE more FT somewhere along the line in regulation and you win. Simple as that. And don't forget Iowa gave up a tough 3-pointer at the first half buzzer and went in down 1 when they could have/should have been up a pair. That, too, would have turned defeat into victory.

The season is still in it's infancy. Let's see what Ben can iron out. The sample is still small. I'll give it blocks of five games and assess.

 

[Roncuba65]

We were lucky Coleman made his first FT by luck... he did not look confident or ready for that moment at all!

 

[Anon1751457816]

Feel sorry for you

Why?

 

[eyesofhawk]

Why?

Because you believe there has been nepotism

 

[Anon1751457816]

Because you believe there has been nepotism

 

[Ken58]

This.

I'm ok with seeing that many points being put up and not resorting to slow-ball so much. Seems like the D needs work which is in good hands.

I see all the coaches son bull-sh*t popping up in the forum, which seems misinformed. Could it be he was put in because BM desperately needed the attempt at aggressive D and putting in the alternatives to spell other players just wasn't a11n option for that yet?

We'll get there. I'm glad we faced a good solid althetic team like that early. Will make thoses teaching moments easier this week, I would imagine. And, I gotta think Va Tech will be a 'Quad 1' all the way - at least from how they've looked so far.

The coach's son played poorly. Looked like he was wearing snow boots.slow slow slow. Not a big 10 caliber of player

 

[The Big Z]

This is ridiculous. I feel sorry for those that couldn't enjoy that game. It's been a long time since we've been able to hang with athletic teams, and have a chance of winning when we played poorly. . How we probably win the game if we would have had our healthy center available all year so he could have been in tune with the team by last night.

We should be happy to hang with a mediocre team like VA Tech in basically a home game? Seriously?

 

[bansheexyz]

We were lucky Coleman made his first FT by luck... he did not look confident or ready for that moment at all!

I think we should all be more angry at Cam and McKeever going 2-9 from the line combined. That is atrocious. Every player should be above 60%, no excuses. You either have the discipline to practice free throws or you don't. You'd think bigs would be even more motivated by not wanting to get hacked. Why would anyone do anything but hack you as hard as possible on every shot when you shoot like that.

 

[1inamillion]

^^^ This.

Honestly, I saw nothing that was particularly surprising last night. Disappointed we couldn't pull out the win.

Also, fans need to get used to the idea that our coach is going to do unconventional things, whether it's calling a timeout right after we've seized the momentum, playing out-of-the-box lineup combinations, or any number of moves that make you tilt your head and squint. This is who we hired. If this is something that's going to bother you, you may want to invest in a stress ball for the entirety of the McCollum era, because it's not likely to change.

Love it. Message board people are very entertaining.