@FromTheHawkeye Terrible officiating for an elite 8 crew. Two entirely different officiated halves. Props to Illinois. They adapted and Iowa struggled.
@LieDetectorHawk@owensiebring Kylie was a defensive specialist. Without her, it would have been a long season. Hannah isn't a great offensive player. If she doesn't have an uncontested layup, she can't do much. Had she developed a mid range jumper, she could have been unstoppable.
In their combined tournament games, Iowa shot 25/45 on free throws. That’s 55%… well below their season average of 69%.
The Hawkeyes shot 6/42 on 3-pointers. That’s 14%. Their season average was 36%.
The Hawkeyes played some outstanding basketball all season long… but they simply did not look like themselves over these last 3 games of the season.
But many of these sophomores will be defined by what happens next. Caitlin Clark lost in the second round during her sophomore season, and bounced back to lead her team to 2 straight NCAA championship games.
Are any of these players as good as CC? Not by any stretch. Are the Hawkeyes about to go to two straight Final Fours? Unlikely.
But there’s so much room for growth in these underclassmen; they’ve got a chance to make some deep runs and compete for Big Ten titles the next two years.
@ethanprice UCLA did it i think. I get it, we got spoiled with CC, but we don't have a playmaker. If we want to compete, we need athletic bigs and taller guards than 6'. Good news, we're young.
This is not the same team from a couple weeks ago.
I don’t get it.
I don’t want to sound negative. Because I love this team and program.
But something happened. And idk what it is.
@BRSchuff Officiating was horrible in the first meeting....both sides. This game was much of the same. The one that I would have like to see called was the 3 point attempt foul on Koch with less than 2 to go. Could have been potentially a 2 point game had foul been called, but went to 9
🚨 BREAKING: The US House has just OVERWHELMING voted to officially declare Iran as the largest state sponsor of terrorism, 372-53
Of COURSE 53 Democrats voted NO
What the hell was the argument AGAINST it?
The Democrat Party is the party of terrorism.
A game of heart, effort and having your teammates back…If people wanna dish it they should be prepared to take it in return….js 🖤💛 not our norm, but not gonna back down 😘
Thinking about why Addie got All Big 10 freshman team and not Journey
And I want to be really careful here because Addie absolutely deserved the honor as well
I think it's just a function of coaches not paying that much attention to what Journey did towards the end, when she started really coming on, started for Hannah, etc
Addie did win 2 FOTW awards back to back and generally was more visible (and I think more coaches probably game planned for her)
So again
Absolutely a well deserved award for Addie although I think we would all say she's less of a finished product than Journey
But Journey absolutely should have been on that list as well
I wish more people understood hockey and understood that Canada outplayed America in that game. The only reason America won was the goalie.
And everyone knows goaltending isn’t part of hockey.
With Megan Gustafson in the house, increasingly aggressive Ava Heiden delivered her own "stab and twist" finish on #5 Michigan.
4 thoughts from the Hawkeyes' upset, including why Kylie Feuerbach is all-B1G defense worthy.
hawkcentral.com/story/sports/c…