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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Very disappointing game to watch as a fan.<div>The guys put in so much effort in enemy territory and to lead after being 16 points down and then to lose it again.</div><div><br></div><div>It looked like IN was playing to win while we were playing not to lose.</div><div>The ball bounced IN way many times and they hit shots at the end of shot clock several times.</div><div><br></div><div>But, if you look at the stats there is nothing much separating the two teams.</div><div>What really killed us was poor finishing at the rim and the free throws.</div><div>In addition to that our bench looks awful today on the stats sheet.</div><div><br></div><div>AW played his heart out once again but he left several shots at the rim.</div><div>I still do not get it as to why a 7 footer cannot leave his feet and slam the ball down.</div><div>I always cringe when he floats the ball above the rim and always fear it will come to haunt us in close games.</div><div>Guess what, it finally did.</div><div><br></div><div>Iowa never took advantage of IN center's foul trouble and the mismatch and that had left AW visibly frustrated many times.</div><div>That fault lies with the coaching staff in my opinion for players not being aware of that.</div><div><br></div><div>The only thing left now is to beat IN by 15+ points at home to get this bad taste out of my mouth.</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe we need Uthoff to be a bit more expressive to get his teammates going a bit.</div><div><br></div> </div></body>
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