IOWA GAME DAY THREAD

[hskr4life]

U. G. L. Y.

[Cazzie22]

Why is Jaz still in the game?  It’s a blowout and she is playing garbage time minutes.

[KarlHessEatMy....]

Yep at the game and the answer still is we need new coaches.  

[Red Don]

What a diffference it makes when your shots go IN! Lady Huskers on a 12-0 run. (but it's a little too late.

 

[Red Don]

Not Surprising.

Elite Players & Elite Coaching vs Good Players and Good Coaching!

 

2-Point trys: ... IA - 39; NE - 31 .... (Shots Made: IA - 22; NE - 15)   
3-Pointers: ... IA - 20; NE - 33 .... (Treys Made: IA - 10; NE - 7)

 

FINAL:

 

Edited February 18, 2023 by Red Don

[Cazzie22]

We are average at best. Look for the Illini to bury us but I hope there is enough pride to beat Northwestern.

[Neb Nets]

Meh. I can’t say that I’m surprised, I can’t even say that I’m that disappointed. Iowa’s just better than us, friends.  Better players. Better team chemistry. Better coaches. Better schemes. (Did I mention better coaches? Well, it bears repeating) 

[huskerfrank]

33 of our 64 shot attempts were 3's, and we made 7.  That's a loser vs anyone. The 3 was meant to make the game more entertaining, but it makes us difficult to watch IMO. Too many players never bother to learn how to score any other way.   

[Cazzie22]

I won’t be renewing my season tickets for next season. The cost of travel is the main reason and not the team.  It is relatively inexpensive entertainment and I hope the Huskers bounce back.

[mwm89]

I'm always at least a little disappointed but obviously not surprised.  Most if not all of the posters here are pretty much on point.  Shots just needed to fall quite a bit more often than they did- some of that due to poor shot selection.  Made a 9-0 run by hitting 3 threes in a row but can't expect to live on that naturally.  Execution not good again for the most part- yes their defense has something to do with that as in every game but some errors were simply unforced which is endemic for this team.  Passes have to be smarter and crisper among other issues.  Offense seems mostly limited to inside post-up scoring or shooting 3s, which you need to be able to convert at a better % than we have.  Not saying all that would have made a difference in this game, simply an analysis of how to perform better overall in games.  Can they "bring it" at Illinois?  It's up to them to bounce back, tho as a fan I'd be a bit surprised to see a victory.  How much do they want to keep playing (into the postseason particularly)?  We shall see.  

 

Edited February 18, 2023 by mwm89

[redsteve]

We shot  35%, ....they shot 55% overall

 

You can debate all kinds of other stuff, but when your that outclassed scoring....the games over.

 

Our 3 shooting was 19%...them 47%. 

 

But liked our efforts. Fought hard, did the best we could. It just won't happen when your shooting doesn't match the other efforts.

Nice crowd. Congrats to everyone involved. The girls toughed it out, no matter the odds. They should keep their heads up after that effort.

 

Edited February 18, 2023 by redsteve

[Merlin]

Our 9-0 run was against their bench….

[redsteve]

30 minutes ago, huskerfrank said:

33 of our 64 shot attempts were 3's, and we made 7.  That's a loser vs anyone. The 3 was meant to make the game more entertaining, but it makes us difficult to watch IMO. Too many players never TAUGHT to learn how to score any other way.   

 

Fixed it huskerfrank...but yes you right...not taught how to correctly shoot layups, and how to finish layups. shoot short jumpers (we rarely do) etc etc

[longtimefan]

I have to say I was excited for this season to start.  We had a pretty good season last year and had pretty much all the significant players coming back.  Unfortunately  this season is probably ending in a dud.  As for next year we are losing Haiby and probably Shelly and Bourne.  So unless Coach Williams finds 2-3 very very good portal players, I'm expecting another down season and maybe worse than this years.  I know there are a couple of freshman coming in but it's unrealistic to expect them to be impact players immediately if ever.  I guess we'll need some big time NIL money to get some good ones.

 

 

[Husker22]

Game went about as expected for me, we played hard early but Iowa is just alot better team and eventually ran away. I dont blame Williams for leaving Shelley in for almost 40 minutes, a 20 pt loss looks alot better than a 35 pt loss.

[All About the Corn]

So senior day is Haiby, Shelley, Bourne, and Brady as per Matt’s pregame.

[redsteve]

11 minutes ago, All About the Corn said:

So senior day is Haiby, Shelley, Bourne, and Brady as per Matt’s pregame.

 

OUCH....how about a dose of reality coming to our house.

[12dozen]

12 minutes ago, All About the Corn said:

So senior day is Haiby, Shelley, Bourne, and Brady as per Matt’s pregame.

Ominous.  Say it ain't so Jaz!!

[redsteve]

A side note....

Notice Blubber put in McCabe late in the game and had her shoot threes? Their whole bench was up and yelling when McCabe scored. It seemed pretty planned beforehand.

 

A little Iowa stick it to you (us).  Blubber wouldn't do that would she ?

[Fastbreaker]

42 minutes ago, longtimefan said:

I have to say I was excited for this season to start.  We had a pretty good season last year and had pretty much all the significant players coming back.  Unfortunately  this season is probably ending in a dud.  As for next year we are losing Haiby and probably Shelly and Bourne.  So unless Coach Williams finds 2-3 very very good portal players, I'm expecting another down season and maybe worse than this years.  I know there are a couple of freshman coming in but it's unrealistic to expect them to be impact players immediately if ever.  I guess we'll need some big time NIL money to get some good ones.

 

 

Why is it unrealistic To have freshman impact players.Other teams do it all the time why should we be different. 

[Tom Jones]

3 minutes ago, Fastbreaker said:

Why is it unrealistic To have freshman impact players.Other teams do it all the time why should we be different. 

Other teams don't do it "all the time".  They do it occasionally. But it's clearly the exception, not the rule.  And, generally, they do it with top 25 or so in the nation HS players. And, again generally, teams who do this are adding these impact freshmen to an existing group of older high achieving players. 

[huskerfrank]

Wait a minute on this freshman thing. Cain and Kissinger were a huge impact. Sam, Ashtyn, and Brown were impact. Issy was kind of impact, and for goodness sake Markowski was an enormous impact just last year. This might be about this year's freshman, but nothing more than that.    

Edited February 19, 2023 by huskerfrank

[Husker22]

1 hour ago, All About the Corn said:

So senior day is Haiby, Shelley, Bourne, and Brady as per Matt’s pregame.

Does this mean they are for sure leaving? Didnt Haiby do senior day last year and come back?

[All About the Corn]

Just said senior day, nothing about their plans. We know Sam is done, Brady with her health problems should be done. For Jaz and Issie my guess is that they are not coming back. Seems like Sam, Jaz, and Issie are pretty tight knit group. Maybe the want to leave together?

Edited February 19, 2023 by All About the Corn

[Cazzie22]

2 hours ago, redsteve said:

A side note....

Notice Blubber put in McCabe late in the game and had her shoot threes? Their whole bench was up and yelling when McCabe scored. It seemed pretty planned beforehand.

 

A little Iowa stick it to you (us).  Blubber wouldn't do that would she ?

No problem with it.  She was playing in front of friends and family.