Iowa State

[justinhub2003]

Going to be a huge huge game as Iowa State will still mostly likely be top 10.

Notes about Iowa State:
Not a deep team, play 7 deep
Just lost a 12PPG Player who played 30+ min a game for them
Can score in bunches
No deficit is too big for them to over come, we should seize every opportunity
I feat McKay more than I do anyone else on ISU. Because in the Iowa 20 point comeback he dominated every aspect of the game and in the near comeback on UNI, he did the same thing.

I'm going with a UC victory in front of a sold out arena

 

[jacobkdoyle]

7 PM on ESPN2. Not bad. There will be a lot of people checking in on this game I'm sure.

Iowa State has gone down big a couple times lately and it finally caught up with them tonight. Now they only have a few days for this tough road game. I think the wheels are going to come off.

I think we'll be -1.

Iowa State 65
UC 78

 

[Bearcat_NTS]

I think it will be closer to UC -3 or 4

 

[jacobkdoyle]

I agree they are very beatable, but we need to hit some 3's and make them play our Pace.

I watched them a bunch this year as I knew this game was looming on the schedule. I'd say Iowa state starts slow and finishes strong.


what worries me is we have a hard time building big leads against good competition and I think were gonna need to jump on them early

That's where the home court advantage comes in!

 

[Bearcat_NTS]

Reading the ISU message boards. They are really, really down on the team. Obviously they've been overrated in the polls. Without Naz Long they really only played 6 guys last night. I'm expecting us to win the game.

 

[jacobkdoyle]

We are now #19 in KenPom and Iowa State is #20.

 

[Bearcat_NTS]

We need to go 3-0 on this home stand (vs. Iowa State, Temple, Tulsa). I'd love to be 13-2 ranked in the top 15 walking into Moody against SMU.

 

[TheLivingLegend]

This team needs to find a way to win this game....

Them playing 6 deep should become a major problem for them as the game goes on. We need to attack/push tempo offensively.

 

[bearcat8290]

7 PM on ESPN2. Not bad. There will be a lot of people checking in on this game I'm sure.

Iowa State has gone down big a couple times lately and it finally caught up with them tonight. Now they only have a few days for this tough road game. I think the wheels are going to come off.

I think we'll be -1.

Iowa State 65
UC 78

Good points. I think the game will be closer. UC does not have the killer instinct to put Iowa State away by 13 points. As Mick says, we're too nice. Nope, ain't gonna happen !!

UC: 78
Iowa State: 72

 

[Bearcat513]

Thinking UC will be favored by around 3.5. The Bearcats should be able to win this game. ISU, like many have been saying, don't have much depth. Their defense is nothing special so hopefully we can bring the tempo up a bit. Wear them out. Then finish the game strong since ISU usually plays a better second half.

UC: 74
ISU: 68

 

[indydoug]

Thinking UC will be favored by around 3.5. The Bearcats should be able to win this game. ISU, like many have been saying, don't have much depth. Their defense is nothing special so hopefully we can bring the tempo up a bit. Wear them out. Then finish the game strong since ISU usually plays a better second half.

UC: 74
ISU: 68

Kenpom does rank them as #33 in adj. def Efficiency, so that's pretty decent. They do lack depth with recent injury though.

 

[jacobkdoyle]

I saw -4 and -3.5 on VegasInsider.

 

[justinhub2003]

Iowa State only dropped to 11. Wish they were top 10 stil but either way this is going to be an amazing game

And the crowd is gonna be a mad house.

We moved up to 22

 

[WAITE HOYT 2]

Well for all the aspiring young coaches out there how do we beat ISU. Do we push the ball,play a more deliberate game designed to limit possessions. Zone,man to man,press after every possession?

I think we grind this one out. If we have a run out of course we take it but if ISU gets to 70 points I think they walk out of here with a win. I think we frustrate them into trying to speed the game up and use our depth to wear them down. We won't be trying to get into a up and down game with them. I also think we have to win the battle on the offensive glass. They don't have a long bench and making them play defense and not giving up quick baskets should play to our strength.

 

[Bulldog01]

How do you speed game up without running up and down court?

 

[GarradJ21]

Watching ISU play they are very gifted on the offensive side. The two games I watched against Iowa and NIU they got down early but continue to fight obviously by the scores of their games. In my eyes we are the better team but just have to play tough (story of the season). I think we get out on them early but we need to stay focused and that is on Cronin to have our team never believe the game has been won. We keep having late game lapses (Butler VCU) so we need to pour it on them for 40 whole minutes. It will be a fun game and def a winnable game. I say we win by right where the spread has us at 4-5 points. Go Bearcats!

 

[GarradJ21]

Does anyone know how attendance is looking? I'd imagine pretty good just worries me a little with the holidays and school being out.

 

[cincrulz11]

Does anyone know how attendance is looking? I'd imagine pretty good just worries me a little with the holidays and school being out.

No idea but UC is doing a smart promo where local high school kids can get free student tickets if they apply for them for all the home games when UC is on break. Hopefully that will help.

 

[UCBearcats]

Don't have a good feeling about this one, I think we play them tough but in the end fail to keep up with them on the scoreboard. Niang loves to sneak out and shoot the corner 3, we can't figure out how to guard it........I think he proves to be the difference.

IAST - 67
UC - 59

 

[jacobkdoyle]

In the limited minutes KJ does get, I expect that he'll be a real pain in the a$$ guarding Monte Morris. I bet we'll have a similar plan offensively that we had against VCU. We just better be looking for every opportunity to get easy looks. Time for Caupain to have a big scoring game. I'm hoping for 15+ from Cobb as well. Clark and Ellis need to stay out of foul trouble.