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Iowa 67, #16 Ohio State 62 (Final)

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I'll wait for the pros to do a game preview, but suffice it to say that this is one of the most important games of the year. The computer models are unable to distinguish between the teams, calling it one point either way. That is the case in five of the next eight games, so every game really counts.

There's some added incentive. Losses by a few above us suggest that we can rise as high as 12/13 in the polls if we win well.
 
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If it were at the Schott, I would say hands down Ohio State, but it's not.

Iowa has been sporadic this season. They have defeated Illinois and Indiana with lopsided wins at home. FYI, Indiana did not have White at the time.

Iowa has also had lopsided defeats at Wisconsin and at Michigan State.

Iowa has not lost at home all year thus far. This will be a game that goes down the wire, and both teams are lead by juniors and seniors.

I'll say we pull this one out by 4-5 points.
 
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This Iowa team reminds me a lot of the typical OSU squads during the O'Brien years; while they may not be the most athletically talented team, they play scrappy defense and are extremely well-coached. And at home, they are incredibly tough. If tOSU wants to be considered an elite team (and they're garnering that sort of consideration--ESPN has them at #10 on their Power 16), this is the sort of game they have to start winning. Home wins are a must for any team who wants to even hang in in the Big Ten; quality road wins separate the elite few from the rest of the pack.

That said, I think our athleticism on the perimeter will be too much for Iowa to handle. MSU ran around, past and through Iowa defenders in their 30+ point victory, and we compare very favorably to MSU in terms of guard play. Hopefully we won't constantly settle for contested 3-point shots like we did against MSU. If we knock down some shots and take the crowd out of it early, this could be a comfortable win. The key to the game will be how we handle the one or two runs that Iowa will inevitably make.

Prediction: tOSU 68, Iowa 61
 
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Well we are going to have our hands full, but I am with BN44820 that layoff should help us get our legs and hopefully get soem guys back on track.

We can not afford to have Dials in foul trouble, as we are going to need to control the boards. Iowa is also deadly from outside and we are going to need to shut that part of their game.

I think we can take them, but they seem to be a different team at home, we have the senior leaders to pull this one out on the road.

Keys to the game are going to be:
Rebound
No TO's
Knock down the 3's/limit their 3's
Keep Dials out of foul trouble

I will say we win by small amount. Anywhere from 1-5.
 
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They appear to play MUCH tougher at home, playing 12 points better and ranking fourth on Greenfield's power rankings when at home:

Home Ratings (12-0): 96.7 (4)
3-0v #1-25
0-0v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
5-0v #101-200
4-0v #201-332
League Power Rankings: 3-095.0
Non-League Power Ratings: 9-085.9
Last Ten Ratings: 6-091.9

Away Ratings (2-4): 84.3 (45)
0-3v #1-25
0-1v #26-50
0-0v #51-100
2-0v #101-200
0-0v #201-332
League Power Rankings: 1-282.3
Non-League Power Ratings: 1-286.4
Last Ten Ratings: 2-284.7
 
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I really think we're too athletic for them, as long as Terrence stays out of foul trouble. As long as we can shoot the ball like we usually can, I think we win by 10 to 12 going away. If we aren't shooting well, then, watch out. :oh:
 
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1/28/06

Hawks bank on Ohio St., Indiana similarities
With the offensive parallels, Iowa hopes to collect second win​




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Fresh off an invigorating victory over No. 13 Indiana, the Iowa men's basketball team must take on a team of similar makeup in a game of similar importance.

Iowa coach Steve Alford said he didn't think facing Ohio State tonight would be a trap-door kind of game because of the way the team approached the entire week.

"Right when we got back from the Michigan State game we didn't just talk about Indiana, we talked about this week being Indiana-Ohio State week."

Any lingering euphoria from beating the Hoosiers and washing away the poor performance at Michigan State needs to be cleansed before tip off because the Buckeyes are for real, and they've had a whole week to prepare.

The Buckeyes have probably arrived well before most thought they would, given that next year OSU coach Thad Matta brings in the nation's best recruiting class with the nation's best player.

Most figured Ohio State to be a conference contender. Its 14-2 record, which could easily be 16-0, puts the Buckeyes in a five-way tie for second place. The Buckeyes lost at Indiana on two free throws with 5 seconds left.

They lost to Michigan State in double overtime. Ohio State also has the advantage of a schedule in which it gets two shots at bottom dwellers like Purdue, Penn State and Northwestern but plays Illinois and Iowa (along with Minnesota and Indiana) only once.

Alford is hoping the similarities in Indiana and Ohio State will help his team.

"Very similar teams," he said. "A lot of very good guard play. Both teams shoot the three very well. Offenses are similar in that there are a lot of screen rolls, a lot of four-out, one-in. Both teams have big-time post scores in (Marco) Killingsworth and (Terence) Dials. Both teams are nationally ranked."

Dials, a 6-foot-9 senior, usually feasts on Iowa, scoring 22 in the Buckeyes' victory last year in Columbus and 29 in a loss in Iowa City. He's shooting 60 percent in Big Ten games this season. He will be a focal point of the defense.

But like the Hoosiers, the Buckeyes have shooters to make you pay for too much attention to the post. Senior Je'Kel Foster is averaging 14 points per game and is shooting 47 percent from 3-point range. Sophomore point guard Jamar Butler shoots 46 percent and Matt Sylvester 44 percent behind the arc.

With league-leading Wisconsin having to play at Michigan this afternoon, there's a distinct possibility that the Hawkeyes will be playing for a share of the Big Ten lead by tonight's tipoff.

"We're definitely in the thick of it now," Alford said. "We still have control of our own destiny because we're one game out of first and the team in first has to play you again."

NOTE: Iowa's only back-to-back Final Four teams will be honored at the game. At least four members of the "Fabulous Five" will be in attendance: Bill Logan, Bill Schoof, Bill Seaberg and Sharm Scheuerman.

Alford hoped that members of that team would have a chance to drop by Friday's practice to meet the current Hawkeyes. This is the designated lettermen's game for basketball and Alford was enthusiastic about the presence of former players on campus and at the game.

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1/28/06


Hawkeyes take full advantage of home court

Saturday, January 28, 2006

Bob Baptist
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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The best home-court advantage in Big Ten men’s basketball?

Michigan State is 107-7 in the Breslin Center the past eight years.

Wisconsin, even after its upset loss to North Dakota State last weekend, is 69-4 in the Kohl Center in Bo Ryan’s five seasons as coach.

Illinois has won 32 consecutive games and 89 of its last 92 in Assembly Hall, the best home mark in the nation in the past 6½ seasons.

Indiana has won 12 straight Big Ten games in its own Assembly Hall, where some officials seemingly still make calls as if the ghost of Bob Knight was hovering over their shoulder.

Four weeks into this Big Ten season, though, no place has been harder on visitors than the place No. 16-ranked Ohio State (14-2, 4-2) invades tonight — Carver-Hawkeye Arena — for one simple reason. In three Big Ten home games, Iowa (15-5, 4-2) has enjoyed an advantage in fouls and freethrow attempts that dwarfs those other conference teams have had at home.

On average, the Hawkeyes were called for 12.3 fewer fouls and attempted 14.7 more free throws than their opponents in wins over Illinois, Minnesota and Indiana. The average advantage the other 10 conference teams have had at home: 1.75 fewer fouls and 4.4 more free throws.

"I think we’ve done a pretty good job, home and road, getting ourselves to the line," Iowa coach Steve Alford said. "We’ve probably done a little better job of attacking at home, which I think is natural. Getting to the free throw line is a big part of our offense. It’s something we work to do."

Ohio State has reason to be wary. Still fresh in the Buckeyes’ minds is their two-point loss at Indiana on Jan. 7 in which they were called for a season-high 26 fouls, nine more than the Hoosiers were and 10 more than their season average.

"It’s just something you’ve got to understand going on the road. The officiating is mainly going to (favor) the home team," OSU guard Je’Kel Foster said.

"Just imagine putting yourself out there in front of thousands of people rooting for one team. You make a couple of bad calls (against the home team) and they’re coming down on you. It’s not a good feeling.

"So they’re going to be with the home team pretty much. We just have to go beat everybody, refs and all."

In Iowa’s home wins over Illinois and Indiana, each of whom was ranked, Iowa was called for 29 fewer fouls and shot 39 more free throws.

"A lot of it is the way they play," OSU forward Matt Sylvester said. "They’re so damn physical, it really forces the referees to make tough decisions. The crowd is in their ear, Alford’s in their ear, and they’re human."

In situations such as that the Buckeyes encountered at Indiana three weeks ago, coach Thad Matta said he keeps repeating one simple piece of advice to his players as their frustration grows.

"Get to the next play," he said. "We try to make that a point at all times during practice, just let it go and get on to the next play."

Sylvester said it is difficult to maintain composure in such moments, "but if you want to win the game, you really have to have your mind as focused as you possibly can."

Iowa is 12-0 at home this season and has beaten Ohio State the past two years in Carver-Hawkeye. Before that, however, the Buckeyes won four in a row there.

"Last year, they beat us (74-72 on Jeff Horner’s) buzzer-beater," Foster said, "so we’re going to try to take care of business early so the game won’t be close at the end.

"You don’t want to let the fans get into the game. If the fans get into the game in the late stages, it’s hard to win."

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