IUFLA Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 (edited) When: Thursday, January 5th 9:00 pm EST Where: Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa TV: FS1 Iowa comes in at 8-4 (0-1 in the Big 10) coming off of an embarrasing home loss (definitely Quad 4) to a 3-9 Eastern Illinois squad... One impressive win (Iowa State without Kris Murray) and they gave the game vs Wisconisin away at home... A lot of players we know here...Big question mark is Kris Murray. He hasn't played since 12/6 (Duke game) due to a foot injury but was averaging 19 ppg...You remember he torched us for a career high (at that time) 29 in our regular season meeting in Iowa City last year, but we did hold him to 5 points in the BTT rematch. Fran said that he's "day to day" so I would expect him to be in the lineup... Iowa is big...Start 6'9 Filip Rebraca, 6'9 Patrick McCaffery, and 6'9 Murray...6'7 Payton Sandfort had been starting. but has fallen out of the lineup during an extended shooting slump, though he did replace Murray in the starting lineup vs Eastern Illinois......I expect Tony Perkins and Aron Ulis to be the other 2 starters ...As almost always, they're better on offense (9th according to KenPom) than defense (102nd) My guess as to the matchups... TJD-Rebraca Race-Murray Kopp-McCaffery Trey-Perkins JHS-Ulis I'd think Fran will try to exploit the matchup between Kopp and his younger son... The Hawkeyes go about 8 deep, but their bench hasn't provided much firepower beyond Conner McCaffery... Hope we come out energized, and hit some early shots...I think it'll be a grind, but we can win this... Edited December 26, 2022 by IUFLA 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 Iowa will be coming off of back to back road games @Nebraska and @Penn State. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 I don’t think the importance of this game can be overstated. Yes, the season isn’t over if we lose, but if we harbor any dreams of competing for the B1G title, we have to win some road games. Even if a B1G title isn’t in the cards, we need to win games like this on the road to at least climb up the conference standings. I’ve beaten this drum now for 2-3 seasons, but we need to keep above 0.500 in conference. Beat Iowa then go home and beat NW and we are two games over. Lose and we are playing against NW to claw back to 0.500 instead of putting some space between where we are and that mark. Along with the above, even though this facet has zero impact on the team, it’s an important game for the psyche of the fan base. Win against a decent team on the road, and we’re feeling good. Lose, and the “here we go again” mentality takes hold. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted December 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 47 minutes ago, Parakeet Jones said: it’s an important game for the psyche of the fan base. Agree... And the psyche of the players too... Winning on the road in the Big 10 takes mental toughness...Always has... That's why 75-76 are so impressive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 13 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Agree... And the psyche of the players too... Winning on the road in the Big 10 takes mental toughness...Always has... That's why 75-76 are so impressive... And why Helms Foundation Championships are dumb and totally irrelevant. Picking UCLA over IU for 75 is all the evidence needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted December 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 4 minutes ago, mrflynn03 said: And why Helms Foundation Championships are dumb and totally irrelevant. Picking UCLA over IU for 75 is all the evidence needed. Some people are awfully proud of them... Of course, when that's all you got... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdue7 Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 Got my Helms foundation Tattoo 😳 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Purdue7 said: Got my Helms foundation Tattoo 😳 Too bad you were drinking heavily in Tijuana 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted December 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 (edited) IU is currently 5th in the Big 10 in 3 point percentage at 37%. The Hawkeyes sit 9th at 33%... The last time Indiana finished with a better 3 point percentage than Iowa was the 2015-16 season 😮 Edited December 27, 2022 by IUFLA 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierfan1901 Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 A win at Iowa will send IU to the 1900 wins club 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierfan1901 Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 10 hours ago, IUFLA said: He hasn't played since 12/6 (Duke game) due to a foot injury but was averaging 19 ppg So he will likely play against us then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdue7 Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 7 hours ago, 13th&Jackson said: Too bad you were drinking heavily in Tijuana Is that real? Mayonnaise 🤢🤮😵 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 Huge game coming off the break, and hopefully having TJD back. A win here can really propel us to a strong start and conference and give us a shot to win the title, but a loss could kinda flip things the other way IMO. Win this, we should get to 5-1 in conference at a minimum IMO, with chances to really expand on that the next three. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted December 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 11 hours ago, Hoosierfan1901 said: So he will likely play against us then As @mrflynn03 said, they have 2 games (@ Nebraska on Thursday, and @ Penn State on Sunday) before we play them, so we'll probably have a good indication by early next week... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted December 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 I think the Tony Perkins/Trey Galloway matchup will be a good one... They both played on the 2020 Indiana All-Star team, so they know and have played against each other in both high school and college. Perkins is a strong kid that like to go to the hoop. They experimented with him at PG, but he's more a combo... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierfan1901 Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 Biggest question? How made will Fran be for this one 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted December 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 Ran across this nugget... "Filip Rebraca averages team bests in every major statistical category: points (21.5), rebounds (9.0), assists (3.5), steals (1.5), and blocked shots (1.5) over the last four games. He is shooting a staggering 77.3 percent (34-of-44) from the field during that span." In our 2 games with Iowa last year, he had 4 points and 4 boards in the regular season game, and was held scoreless with 4 rebounds in the BTT game... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButlerHoosier Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 6 hours ago, Hoosierfan1901 said: Biggest question? How made will Fran be for this one I was just about to say which Fran con level are we going to be at and how much whining is he going to be doing to the refs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizard Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 (edited) I would just like our team to show up for no other reason than to kick Iowa's @$$. Not just hope to "get over the hump" or "make some shots" or even to "match their energy." Show everybody who says this group is soft (i am one) that we are mistaken. Anyone on here think that will happen? Edited December 27, 2022 by Lizard 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyhoosier29 Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 Just not confident we’ll win. But as others have mentioned, this is a must win game if we want to compete at the top of the Big. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 Which IA team shows up? The one that blew out IA St or lost to E. IL? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cthomas Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 4 hours ago, 13th&Jackson said: Which IA team shows up? The one that blew out IA St or lost to E. IL? I always assume the best version of whatever team we play. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 On 12/26/2022 at 12:08 PM, mrflynn03 said: Iowa will be coming off of back to back road games @Nebraska and @Penn State. That's just odd and good catch by you. Seems like several Big 10 teams have had long breaks and I can't really find a reason why other than maybe TV is tied up with NFL, Bowl Games,etc....don't recall us ever having this long of break in any year. No complaints though. Buying time to get X healed and some other lingering injuries too. I know 1 Hawkeye fan. Whenever Indiana comes to town it just means something more. With that said he's told me the what's left of the fans might be done for the year if they lose at Nebraska or at Penn St or both. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach1K Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWB Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Seeking6 said: Buying time to get X healed and some other lingering injuries too. I thought X was out for an "extended" period of time, like maybe the rest of the season. Do you have some new info? I know TJD welcomes the rest period with his back issue, but hadn't heard anything about X coming back anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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