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#10 Iowa St +6.5 vs #2 tOSU (ov/un 141.5) Sun 12:15 CBS

Aaron Craft played exceptional in first half..no surprise there. Interesting thing is, every lay-up he got where he penetrated came with Scott at the other guard spot.

ISU packs the paint and entices the 3 ball when Smith and Thompson are at the wings. When its Shannon, Craft, and Thompson on the wings, the ball doesn't "stick" as much and we are much more aggressive in attacking the paint. Even though Shannon can't shoot, he opens the entire court up.

Shannon's +/- differential is somewhere around +8, whereas Lenzelle is around -6.

The most frustrating aspect of the first half is that if Shannon keeps his composure and avoids the techical, ISU was reeling. It'd be interesting to see what would have happened the rest of the half with the momentum we had just taken.
 
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billmac91;2319567; said:
Aaron Craft played exceptional in first half..no surprise there. Interesting thing is, every lay-up he got where he penetrated came with Scott at the other guard spot.

ISU packs the paint and entices the 3 ball when Smith and Thompson are at the wings. When its Shannon, Craft, and Thompson on the wings, the ball doesn't "stick" as much and we are much more aggressive in attacking the paint. Even though Shannon can't shoot, he opens the entire court up.

Shannon's +/- differential is somewhere around +8, whereas Lenzelle is around -6.

The most frustrating aspect of the first half is that if Shannon keeps his composure and avoids the techical, ISU was reeling. It'd be interesting to see what would have happened the rest of the half with the momentum we had just taken.

If Lenzelle could hit an open 3 this game is not even close. They are not even bothering to cover him on the 3 point line. This would have been a really nice game for him to find his shot.
 
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Message to other fan bases. Every time Craft and Scott get a steal it isn't a foul. That bump they called on Craft wasn't a foul and the Scott steal you couldn't tell if it was a foul or not. I'm tired of the whining I see. Enjoy being eliminated :)
 
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