Final: ISU 59 Drake 69

[Murph]

The last 5 minutes was a foul-fest by ISU just so they could get more possessions and pad their stats.

Coach....Have you been drinking?

[bigdaddystuck]

Yeah my guess would be to extend the game, stop the clock and try to win the game! Horrible idea!

[peoriaspitfire]

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Braves on their road victory at DU earlier this year.

[BUfan14]

I think that we are in a part of the schedule where we can make a run with ISU kind of struggling now. I don't think SIU is that good, but it will be tough to win at their place, but if we get that one then our next 6 include 2 with Evansville, 2 with IL. St., and 2 home games with Drake and Creighton. All those game look winnable to me if we play like we did against MSU. The last 4 look tough with 2 road games and Wichita and UNI coming here, but until that point if we reach our potential, now is a chance to make a run!

[tornado]

given the intentional design ISU had to go out and select the worst, 300+ RPI opponents, just to pad their win total...
why is it so odd they might want to keep all the starters in a game that's already lost just inflate a few stats when that's all that's left to do in an otherwise embarrassing defeat?

I offer just this...
with 55 seconds left and ISU behind by 15 points...
OE was still launching 3-pointers...

When BU was up by that in the 2nd half yesterday -- they had Ryan Phillips and the gang in the game...

Eldridge also jacked yet another 3-pt attempt with 24 seconds left and behind 13..
seriously - is there ever game when maybe Blake Mishler and Matt Coates can get some PT??
I guess not when King O is getting rewarded with all 20 minutes in the 2nd half after that 1sty half performance......

[Nacho]

given the intentional design ISU had to go out and select the worst, 300+ RPI opponents, just to pad their win total...
why is it so odd they might want to keep all the starters in a game that's already lost just inflate a few stats when that's all that's left to do in an otherwise embarrassing defeat?

I offer just this...
with 55 seconds left and ISU behind by 15 points...
OE was still launching 3-pointers...

When BU was up by that in the 2nd half yesterday -- they had Ryan Phillips and the gang in the game...

Eldridge also jacked yet another 3-pt attempt with 24 seconds left and behind 13..
seriously - is there ever game when maybe Blake Mishler and Matt Coates can get some PT??
I guess not when King O is getting rewarded with all 20 minutes in the 2nd half after that 1sty half performance......

Are you really comparing being UP 20 points, with being DOWN 20 points? God forbid a team try to win a game when they are losing late... I guess some coaches don't like to give up ever in hopes of a miracle... stranger things have happened... heard of Reggie Miller? Other coaches throw in the towel to get their walk-ons important PT!!!

[Future Walk-On]

yeah i waiting for reggie miller time while game casting this. O obv knows he is 8th is scoring.....that isn't POY material. he had to keep shooting.

is it the general consensus that Osiris is very cocky and full of himself? my cousin is an acquaintance and says he is quiet and more on the humble side...as well as a great guy.

i have never met him...anyone?


I lost all my respect for ISU's game plan last year in the tourney in their first round game. I remember oguchi and osiris launching with 30 secs on the clock when up single digits late in the game. i could not believe that jankovich found this acceptable!! a few of them happened to fall to seal the game..but whatever, i have never seen that in my life.

[Lakeview Brave]

given the intentional design ISU had to go out and select the worst, 300+ RPI opponents, just to pad their win total...
why is it so odd they might want to keep all the starters in a game that's already lost just inflate a few stats when that's all that's left to do in an otherwise embarrassing defeat?

I offer just this...
with 55 seconds left and ISU behind by 15 points...
OE was still launching 3-pointers...

When BU was up by that in the 2nd half yesterday -- they had Ryan Phillips and the gang in the game...

Eldridge also jacked yet another 3-pt attempt with 24 seconds left and behind 13..
seriously - is there ever game when maybe Blake Mishler and Matt Coates can get some PT??
I guess not when King O is getting rewarded with all 20 minutes in the 2nd half after that 1sty half performance......

We also get Ryan Phillips in the game during critical first half minutes so not sure if you can use him as an example.

[Future Walk-On]

We also get Ryan Phillips in the game during critical first half minutes so not sure if you can use him as an example.

how long will the RP jokes continue lolol

[Lakeview Brave]

how long will the RP jokes continue lolol

When you consider that the loss to SIU is the only thing keeping us out of the top 3, I dont think its a joke.

[BradleyBrave]

When you consider that the loss to SIU is the only thing keeping us out of the top 3, I dont think its a joke.

That's just a minor detail...

[Future Walk-On]

When you consider that the loss to SIU is the only thing keeping us out of the top 3, I dont think its a joke.

haha i did not boo at the end of that game....i actually laughed.

[Tulsa Brave]

given the intentional design ISU had to go out and select the worst, 300+ RPI opponents, just to pad their win total...
why is it so odd they might want to keep all the starters in a game that's already lost just inflate a few stats when that's all that's left to do in an otherwise embarrassing defeat?

I offer just this...
with 55 seconds left and ISU behind by 15 points...
OE was still launching 3-pointers...

When BU was up by that in the 2nd half yesterday -- they had Ryan Phillips and the gang in the game...

Eldridge also jacked yet another 3-pt attempt with 24 seconds left and behind 13..
seriously - is there ever game when maybe Blake Mishler and Matt Coates can get some PT??
I guess not when King O is getting rewarded with all 20 minutes in the 2nd half after that 1sty half performance......

So UAB should have packed it in down 24 midway through the 2nd half last night at SMU, huh? Bet they're real glad they didn't have you to advise them, as they somehow, someway found a way to overcome certain defeat to win 63-62.

Heck I remember a game at SIU arena...back in the '90s when we were down 17 with 5 minutes left and won on a 40 footer by AP at the buzzer...glad Molinary didn't do what you would have that night...

[Tulsa Brave]

When BU was up by that in the 2nd half yesterday -- they had Ryan Phillips and the gang in the game...

At the only BU game I was in town to attend this season (SIU) they had Ryan Phillips in the game in the 1st half, and also in the 2nd half when we were trying to hang onto the lead. I remember about 1 minute of playing time and 3 personal fouls being the result...oh and a loss that may prove to be very harmful...

[dogsrus]

Just when you think you've heard it all.....I'm all for ISU bashing but lets be reasonable.

No one is "paddding stats"....they are trying to win the game. Its what you are taught from an early age....play to the buzzer.

Mercy..............