*****Virginia vs Iowa NCAAT Game Thread*****

BringBackBradBanks

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Iowa is going to win. I’m much less worried than against FDU because Virginia is not good. We are going to have to hit threes though. Can’t just pound it in the middle because Virginia’s size is giving us fits.
 
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Anon1750875978

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Where's the JJ defenders today...

Crickets...

Pictures on a milk carton?

Announcers said Jensen cut practice short yesterday. Looks like that's paying dividends. 👎
 
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Burghawk87

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As I've pointed out before, good assistant coaches don't automatically make good head coaches.

The monumental loss to UCLA apparently affected JJ more than the players.

Today puts to rest any remote chance of getting even close to the Elite 8.

This is shockingly bad so far.
And Virginia isn't even a good team.
I'm replying to this one just in case it's another monumentally dumb game thread comment.
 

LetsGoHawks83

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Iowa is going to win. I’m much less worried than against FDU because Virginia is not good. We are going to have to hit threes though. Can’t just pound it in the middle because Virginia’s size is giving us fits.

The players have ZERO confidence in their outside shooting right now.

I don't see how they regain that mid-game.

Run some set plays to get a good look at a 3, so the shooter KNOWS they are going to pull the trigger...?
 

Hawk-A-Doodle-Doo

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2-25 from three now in the tourney. It's hard to shoot that poorly.
Yep. If you invented a game where the actual goal was to miss as many 3-pointers as possible BUT the one rule is that for any shot to count as a miss, it has to come within at least 1 foot of the rim.....by sheer luck (or lack thereof in this example) they'd make more than 2.
 
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IowaCityLit

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VA may change D but Iowa with just a little ball movement can get wide open 3s whenever they want. Which normally would be a great thing. But…
 

The Big Z

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Feurbach is absolutely killing us. And Heiden is rushed and playing very poorly today. Just needs to slow down a bit. She should have just picked up her 3rd foul. At this point I'd rather have Deal ( yes I said it) than Feurbach,
 

Iowameat

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Go Fast GIF
 
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The only thing worse than Iowa's play in the 1st half has been Virginia's play to open the 2nd half. Why are they not going at AH and getting her another cheap foul? The look more lost than Iowa did on offense in the 1st half.
 

IowaCityLit

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D has been phenomenal. Maybe protecting Ava and HS with zone gave them freedom to play like maniacs on D in 2nd half.
 

toddhawk

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The gals just finished playing 5 awful 1/2s of basketball. True they lost to UCLA by a bunch. But we MAY survive this awful stretch still alive and well. Looking better
 
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jhoosh43

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Where's the JJ defenders today...

Crickets...

Pictures on a milk carton?

Announcers said Jensen cut practice short yesterday. Looks like that's paying dividends. 👎
I'll defend her. The Iowa team is young and has some glaring weaknesses. They outperformed expectations in the regular season and BTT and now people (you) are freaking out that they aren't meeting the adjusted higher expectations.

At the start of the season, I would not have expected a sweet 16 for this team.

Clark's team lost at home to Creighton in the round of 32. Was Bluder a crappy coach?