HawkeyeOfTexas

Would love to see y'all go on a deep tourney run!

Houston actually plays defense.  Going to be a big shock after playing Iowa.

2 minutes ago, yngwie1995 said:

Don't know about the "get beat by 20" stuff. We were up by 17 (?) at bama just a couple of weeks ago, before the wheels fell off refs got involved. Not sure how we match up against UH, but with a home crowd hopefully we can hang. Depends on which Auburn team shows up.

Houston is a lot better than Alabama (if Sasser is healthy).

Congrats guys.  One of us was going to get beat by 20 on Saturday.  Wish it was us, but knew what to expect away from Carver.

So tired of no defense/rebounding.

...and there is the Iowa road shooting team we all know and love.

Game is being called tight.  If our game is called similarly, it definitely favors Iowa.

If it's called tight, that definitely favors Iowa.

25 minutes ago, KansasTiger said:

Thanks! Good insight from the other side, here. There's the Auburn side of this, too. Does turnover prone KD/Flan/WG turn up for this game, or is this one of the few games where all three decide to take care of the ball? Does WG decide he wants to facilitate (like the Missouri game) or be the hero and be the primary scorer? If he is our primary along with Broome, are we able to drive the lane consistently or can Iowa's average defense plug it up and force us to shoot? If you can make us shoot, statistics say we will most likely lose this game. I don't know enough about Iowa to know if they can execute on defense well enough to *make* us do anything.

Average defense is being very kind.

38 minutes ago, Golden Eagle said:

ESPN's Jay Bilas thinks Iowa will win:

https://hawkeyeswire.usatoday.com/lists/iowa-basketball-espn-jay-bilas-picks-hawkeyes-ncaa-tournament-auburn-tigers/

 

I think you could have an individual who knows more about both teams than anyone else in the entire world and they wouldn't be able to pick this game with any significant accuracy.  It really all depends if "good" shooting Iowa shows up (call it >33% from 3).  If they do, the Tigers are in trouble.  If they don't, it could be an easy win for Auburn.  If Iowa shoots >50% from three, then it should be a Hawkeye blowout.  As I've mentioned above, this is not likely to happen as their away from home shooting has been pretty miserable (with the exception of the Indiana game).

Best of luck to you guys and safe travels for those who are going to the game.  I'm picking Auburn in my multiple pool brackets.

8 minutes ago, bigbird said:

Welcome, HoT. Where in TX?

Thanks for the insight.  

You're welcome!  Up around Dallas.

...and the assertion that Iowa doesn’t play much defense is incorrect.   We don't play any defense (with any consistency).  Unless we're shooting well, then we play downhill and actually give some effort on the other end of the court.

Dribble penetrate, wait for the overhelp and find the open guy on the arc.  We aren't quick enough to recover to good ball movement.