Big Ten team news...(Hoopla's picks complete p. 17)

[KarlHessEatMy....]

Made my night watching Clark and bluder cry like the babies the whole team is!! Good work Ohio state

[whoopdeedoo]

9 hours ago, Cazzie22 said:

Did Holmes play?  Ohio St has Iowa down 90-87 with 18 seconds left. OSU will be tough for us.

wasn't paying real close attention, but, i thought the announcers stated Indiana hopes to have Holmes back in a couple weeks. i also thought they said she had a minor surgical procedure done in early January? 

[whoopdeedoo]

https://www.hawkcentral.com/videos/sports/college/iowa/2022/02/01/iowa-coach-lisa-bluder-breaks-down-hawkeyes-close-loss-ohio-state/9295334002/

 

"Obviously disappointed in this loss," Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said. "We had a lead in the last four or five minutes and gave it up. Ohio State's a great team and a very physical team. I don't know, it's like you quit calling fouls after a while.

"And it gets frustrating because the screens we saw tonight, I didn't think I'd be able to field a team after this game. It was that bad. That many kids were taken to the ground, slammed on screens. I've never seen anything like it before"

Edited February 1, 2022 by whoopdeedoo

[redsteve]

10 hours ago, KarlHessEatMy.... said:

Made my night watching Clark and bluder cry like the babies the whole team is!! Good work Ohio state

 

Actually Ohio St looked really good. They were matchings shot for shot with Iowa (Catlin) Like some one else said her antics are rude to say the least. Sure looked like she was even mouthing off to OSU players directly. 

Ohio St defense on her was tight and the refs weren't always buying lots of Catlin's fake flops, and whining.

 

That's the best I've seen OSU play his year. According to the announcers, they made it sound like there's some history there between the teams. OSU has beat Iowa several times in recent history apparently.

[HUD]

As previously stated by someone on this forum Iowa has no idea how or desire to play defense.

[whoopdeedoo]

Attendance

Attendance

Index	Team	G	Total ATT.	Home ATT.	Home AVG/G
1	Iowa	19	106535	70522	6,411.0
2	Maryland	21	87736	54376	4,943.0
3	Nebraska	19	72593	52066	4,338.0
4	Indiana	17	57597	35460	3,940.0
5	Michigan State	20	53498	38896	3,536.0
6	Purdue	21	57842	39138	3,261.0
7	Minnesota	22	58720	39122	3,260.0
8	Ohio State	20	60928	36566	3,047.0
9	Michigan	21	65619	31088	2,826.0
10	Wisconsin	20	44219	25613	2,561.0
11	Penn State	20	34156	19225	1,922.0
12	Rutgers	22	31530	18130	1,394.0
13	Illinois	17	30129	12785	1,278.0
14	Northwestern	19	26396	10675	970.0

[HUD]

I have a feeling that our attendance is going to increase some this year but big time next year.

[whoopdeedoo]

4 hours ago, redsteve said:

 

Actually Ohio St looked really good. They were matchings shot for shot with Iowa (Catlin) Like some one else said her antics are rude to say the least. Sure looked like she was even mouthing off to OSU players directly. 

Ohio St defense on her was tight and the refs weren't always buying lots of Catlin's fake flops, and whining.

 

That's the best I've seen OSU play his year. According to the announcers, they made it sound like there's some history there between the teams. OSU has beat Iowa several times in recent history apparently.

watched OSU earlier in the conf season (Maryland?) and they looked like world beaters that game. watched couple other games and they looked very beatable, so.......

[redsteve]

4 hours ago, HUD said:

As previously stated by someone on this forum Iowa has no idea how or desire to play defense.

 

Yes, 

No defense...don't foul anyone, let them shoot....and we'll beat you with 3 shooting and 20 free throws by our star whining good acting.... flopper.

 

Don't foul them and it takes away 1/4 to 1/3 of Iowa's offense / scoring. 

 

Blubber was unconsciously admitting...., few fouls called against OSU messed up her game plan

 

 

 

Edited February 1, 2022 by redsteve

[Merlin]

45 minutes ago, redsteve said:

 

Yes, 

No defense...don't foul anyone, let them shoot....and we'll beat you with 3 shooting and 20 free throws by our star whining good acting.... flopper.

 

Don't foul them and it takes away 1/4 to 1/3 of Iowa's offense / scoring. 

 

Blubber was unconsciously admitting...., few fouls called against OSU messed up her game plan

 

 

 

Can’t stand Bluder but Clark, whether you like her or not, is an incredible player. 

[caveman]

Clark great, not truly great to bush league of an attitude.  She reminds me of Andrea Riley a few years ago.  Her hot head cost NCAA runs.  Clark's will to, if she doesn't find some personal balance.

[Merlin]

1 hour ago, caveman said:

Clark great, not truly great to bush league of an attitude.  She reminds me of Andrea Riley a few years ago.  Her hot head cost NCAA runs.  Clark's will to, if she doesn't find some personal balance.

And the fact they play no defense..

[HUD]

Iowa is not in the same league with Michigan and a healthy Indiana.  They haven't beaten any one of note (rated).  They beat us twice. One they earned due to uncanny shooting and one they didn't earn due to us missing Haiby and Shelley and decent refs.  Both games were within one possession with 3 minutes left.  Iowa still has to play both Michigan and Indiana twice and also Maryland.  If we take care of business at home and we upset either Maryland or Ohio St. on the road we could end up ahead of Iowa in the final regular season standings.

[All About the Corn]

In case anyone was interested, Iowa lost to Maryland last night. While Clark was getting attention for her triple doubles she did have 10 turnovers last night. I would not mind seeing her add to that stat line a bit more. 

[redsteve]

1 hour ago, All About the Corn said:

In case anyone was interested, Iowa lost to Maryland last night. While Clark was getting attention for her triple doubles she did have 10 turnovers last night. I would not mind seeing her add to that stat line a bit more. 

 

Watched a replay....Maryland is just to much for Iowa.  You don't defend against Maryland, and they'll school you on your home court. There was some anguish expressed on the Iowa side....bench and on the floor. 

 

Maryland didn't go out of their way to defend Clark, but they were affective slowing her down, with a taller defender following her, and had about as much quickness as Clark.  Later had a quick guard on her.. Clark had something to sy to the defender a couple of times. 

She just didn't have a great night. 19 pts...but shot only two or three free throws, instead of 20....and 10 turn overs.

 

Anyway....Maryland was up 10-15 most of the game. They're just big, strong, and athletic. Playing well at the right time ...tourney time. They seem to have good chemistry, and good repour with their Coach.

 

Iowa has a very tough schedule to finish the league play. Wouldn't be surprised to see them lose a couple more

 

 

 

Edited February 15, 2022 by redsteve

[whoopdeedoo]

from the Big Ten news release:

• The Big Ten leads the nation with five teams in the top 25 and 10 in the top 35 of Tuesday’s NCAA attendance report. Iowa is the top Big Ten team at No. 8 (6,806 fans/game), followed by Maryland (11th - 4,965), Nebraska (19th - 4,234) and Indiana (20th - 4,076). Michigan State is 23rd (3,556), with Minnesota at No. 27 (3,215), Purdue at No. 28 (3,207), Ohio State 30th (3,077), Wisconsin at No. 32 (2,955) and Michigan 33rd (2,910). In addition, Monday’s Maryland-Iowa game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena drew a Big Ten season-high 9.820 fans.

[whoopdeedoo]

Monika Czinano has posted on her instagram that she will be returning to Iowa next season.

[whoopdeedoo]

Offense

Offense

Index	Team	G	W-L	PTS	AVG/G
1	Iowa	25	18-7	2098	83.9
2	Ohio State	25	20-5	2021	80.8
3	Maryland	27	20-7	2146	79.5
4	Nebraska	27	20-7	2126	78.7
5	Michigan	25	21-4	1832	73.3
6	Indiana	24	19-5	1743	72.6
7	Michigan State	25	14-11	1810	72.4
8	Penn State	25	10-15	1780	71.2
9	Purdue	27	16-11	1887	69.9
10	Minnesota	29	12-17	1988	68.6
11	Northwestern	25	15-10	1689	67.6
12	Illinois	23	6-17	1479	64.3
13	Rutgers	27	9-18	1538	57.0
14	Wisconsin	26	7-19	1480	56.9

[whoopdeedoo]

Defense

Scoring Defense

Index	Team	G	W-L	PTS	AVG/G
1	Rutgers	27	9-18	1601	59.3
2	Michigan	25	21-4	1503	60.1
3	Indiana	24	19-5	1461	60.9
4	Nebraska	27	20-7	1695	62.8
5	Northwestern	25	15-10	1596	63.8
6	Wisconsin	26	7-19	1731	66.6
7	Michigan State	25	14-11	1669	66.8
8	Ohio State	25	20-5	1674	67.0
9	Purdue	27	16-11	1814	67.2
10	Maryland	27	20-7	1816	67.3
11	Iowa	25	18-7	1752	70.1
12	Minnesota	29	12-17	2094	72.2
13	Illinois	23	6-17	1699	73.9
14	Penn State	25	10-15	1854	74.2

[whoopdeedoo]

Margin

Scoring Margin

Index	Team	G	Offense	Defense	Margin
1	Nebraska	27	78.7	62.8	16.0
2	Ohio State	25	80.8	67.0	13.9
3	Iowa	25	83.9	70.1	13.8
4	Michigan	25	73.3	60.1	13.2
5	Maryland	27	79.5	67.3	12.2
6	Indiana	24	72.6	60.9	11.8
7	Michigan State	25	72.4	66.8	5.6
8	Northwestern	25	67.6	63.8	3.7
9	Purdue	27	69.9	67.2	2.7
10	Rutgers	27	57.0	59.3	-2.3
11	Penn State	25	71.2	74.2	-3.0
12	Minnesota	29	68.6	72.2	-3.7
13	Illinois	23	64.3	73.9	-9.6
14	Wisconsin	26	56.9	66.6	-9.7

 

[whoopdeedoo]

just finished watching PSU defeat MSU in East Lansing. great opportunity for Huskers to stay ahead of MSU in the standings. 

Marissa went over 30 i believe. 

[Cazzie22]

I am surprised that Iowa took our Indiana twice in three days.  The standings are really tight.  I was hoping to sneak into the Top 4.  It appears that Michigan, Ohio State, Maryland and Iowa will get double byes.  Hard to believe that IU won’t.  Huskers need that 6 th place finish.  As of today we would face the Penn State-Illinois winner. 

Edited February 22, 2022 by Cazzie22
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[whoopdeedoo]

9 hours ago, Cazzie22 said:

I am surprised that Iowa took our Indiana twice in three days.  The standings are really tight.  I was hoping to sneak into the Top 4.  It appears that Michigan, Ohio State, Maryland and Iowa will get double byes.  Hard to believe that IU won’t.  Huskers need that 6 th place finish.  As of today we would face the Penn State-Illinois winner. 

Holmes isn't the same Holmes....................yet, anyway.

[whoopdeedoo]

Final Big Ten attendance stats:

Attendance

Attendance

Index	Team	G	Total ATT.	Home ATT.	Home AVG/G
1	Iowa	27	163716	111049	7,403.0
2	Maryland	28	129202	77065	5,137.0
3	Nebraska	29	111434	76317	4,489.0
4	Indiana	26	102081	59595	4,256.0
5	Michigan State	28	87270	56332	3,755.0
6	Michigan	27	103461	46769	3,340.0
7	Purdue	29	86602	52696	3,293.0
8	Ohio State	27	89855	52385	3,274.0
9	Minnesota	30	87355	50649	3,165.0
10	Wisconsin	28	76226	43003	2,866.0
11	Penn State	28	57036	26828	2,063.0
12	Rutgers	29	49354	24876	1,554.0
13	Illinois	25	47779	18549	1,236.0
14	Northwestern	27	50023	14497	1,115.0

 

[whoopdeedoo]

Lindsay Whalen has received a 1 yr contract extension. she is good through 2024-25 and will receive a $600,000 base salary.

(won't let me access complete article so i could not post the article)