That's more like it, #Iowa! #B1G
@johnjhanley
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That's more like it, #Iowa! #B1G
Great game for Kael Combs, huge shot to tie in regulation. Cooper Koch finding his shot is a great sign. Nice game for Banks. Nebraska bodied up Stirtz as good as anyone.
Folgueiras is the switch. On? Top 20 team. Off? CBI team. Mid (today)? [shrug emoji]
Incredibly frustrating run of games for #IowaMBB. Overtime loss to Nebraska doesnβt sting as much as the near-miss against No. 2 Michigan, but both pale in comparison to the horrible loss at Penn State. Hoping for at least one win in the BigTen tourney to right the ship.
Somehow Wisconsin is not ranked, and I think they are a legit final four threat. Should be ranked No. 10 or so. They have beaten MSU, Illinois, Purdue and controlled most of those games, plus the win against Michigan. Not sure what is missing in their profile.
Also that banked-in heave from Mara with 0.1 on the clock. Come on.
Great effort from #Iowa. Had opportunities. Certainly feel better about the Hawkeyes. Doubly mad at that Penn State loss now.
Maybe they got a shot at any team in the dance if it goes well. Michigan is legit.
That Banks play after the late TO β¦ man.
Incredible night for Manyawu. Great minutes from Howard. Go Hawks.
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Somehow completely changed the game with two touch fouls on Banks.
Thatβs a foul adjudicated as OB, then reversed. I hate that call.
Whatever his name is. Heβs traveled fifty times.
Yaxenborg getting more calls than Jordan in his prime. At Carver, no less.
I hate when officials encourage physicality all game and then all of a sudden whistle chippies.
I will see your loss at Maryland and raise you this one. Appalling loss from Iowa. Guess whoβs next.
Not gonna lie, I dropped into this #Iowa game at 14-2 OSU and almost shut it right off.
Obviously glad I didnβt. This one may seal the NCAA bid. Best effort of the season, great game from Folgueiras, who is a catalyst for this team when heβs on. Great game from Manyawu too. On Iowa, go Hawks.
I could not have been happier with the #Scrubs revival. Thatβs all.
Just not enough offensive firepower to hang with Wisconsin. Nail biter turns into boat race.
My hope is only that a befuddled Nick Boyd fouls out in the first round of the tournament when his offensive arm bar finally gets called repeatedly.
Pretty good half for #Iowa leading Wisc. at break. Very similar teams - UW has a bit more firepower and has been able to slay giants on their schedule. Iowa a bit quicker defensively.
- Good minutes from Sage
- Stirtz getting help
- Interior passing emphasis
- Folgueiras may be the key today.
That is as good as Duke can play, credit to their defense for the win.
I thought Michigan a bit complacent on offense early β content to fire 3s instead of working inside.
You know youβre playing against 6 when you play Duke, maybe 7 if you count ESPN.
Also I want Iowa nowhere near 8/9 line.
As if by example
Remember how I complained about the officiating in the Nebraska v Iowa rock fight? I would be much, much, much angrier tonight if I was a Michigan fan. Egregious, even for Duke.
#IOWA
Love the fight. Love the defense. Biggest win in a while at CHA. Was gonna say I donβt love the court storming for a win v. Nebraska but WE NEEDED THIS. on #Iowa, go Hawks
About time on that. Mast should have 10 fouls and a T. Stirtz getting bloodied all game.
Review that should have taken ten seconds takes four hours.
It is not βoffensive arm β on Stirtz. Shut up
This crew should never work again. Fire into the sun.
Where is the foul MY GOD #iowa
Double foul. Why. Guys getting body blocked on the way to the hoop, more post-shot, post-sequence fouls than Iβve seen in any game ever.
Officiating is ridiculous both ways. This game should finish around midnight.
Good, the officials protecting Mast and Hoiberg, thatβs what you love to see. π