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Agreed Steve. I was 16 that year but remember that team so well. They were incredible <div><br></div><div>June<br><br><br><a href="https://yho.com/footer0">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0">On Saturday, January 30, 2021, 7:36 PM, Steve <steve@somermeyer.com> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="yiv7175690562"><div>Tempted to agree “best offensive team in some 40 years” but the year I graduated in 1/70 the Hawkeyes with John Johnson & Freddie Brown averaged over 102 (without the 3point shot). I moved to Indy & got tickets to the IA/PU game where Mount scored 50+ but 5 Hawks scored 20 & won 125-124. <div>Steve<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr">From Steve</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 30, 2021, at 5:21 PM, Jayant Rajgopal <jay.rajgopal@gmail.com> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>You nailed it, Keith! </div><div>This is the best offensive Iowa team I've seen since I started following Hawkeye basketball some 40 years ago, but their defense is - at best - mediocre. They seem to constantly be out of position and are much too slow to react (except maybe for Murray). If you get a chance, take a look at around the 13 minute mark of the second half. Captures it all - the Illinois guy (can't recall who it was) on the baseline just outside the arc is WIDE open with not a single defender anywhere within the same zip code (of course, the fact that the bozo missed the jumper is a different story...).</div><div>Like you, I don't see this changing - I think most games our offense can overcome poor defense but if the offense decides to take a break (like it did against the Hoosiers) or it faces a team that is quick and hard on defense (like the Illini last night) we're in trouble.</div><div>Honestly, I thought Iowa was the better team last night and when they got the ball back (after foiling the inbounds play right near the end) I really thought they'd tie the game with a 3 - wasn't to be I guess :-(</div><div>h well, I'm still enjoying watching this team! <br clear="none"></div><div>Jay</div><div class="yiv7175690562gmail_quote"><blockquote class="yiv7175690562gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;"><br clear="none">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br clear="none">From: Keith Voigts <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:kvoigts@wisemanengine.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:kvoigts@wisemanengine.com">kvoigts@wisemanengine.com</a>><br clear="none">To: <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:herky@lists.herky.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:herky@lists.herky.net">herky@lists.herky.net</a>><br clear="none">Cc: <br clear="none">Bcc: <br clear="none">Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 14:23:50 -0600<br clear="none">Subject: Re: [Herky] MEN'S BASKETBALL / JANUARY 29, 2021 SEESAW GAME GOES TO NO. 19 ILLINOIS<br clear="none"><div lang="EN-US" style=""><div class="yiv7175690562gmail-m_3751686536141078816WordSection1"><p class="yiv7175690562MsoNormal">Regardless, Illinoiz outplayed Iowa defensively. Too many open men in the corner as our defense collapsed to the center and other side. Defense is our Achilles heel and unfortunately it probably won’t change. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="yiv7175690562MsoNormal">Also, when CJ isn’t in there, defenses have one less problem and can key on JB and JW. Bohannan was covered like glue the entire game. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="yiv7175690562MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="yiv7175690562MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Keith<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="yiv7175690562MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/kvoigtscommerial/"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;"></span></a></p><div><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/kvoigtscommerial/"><image001.gif></a></div><span style="font-size:12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="yiv7175690562yqt7930153893" id="yiv7175690562yqtfd68332"><p class="yiv7175690562MsoNormal"><u></u> </p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="yiv7175690562yqt7930153893" id="yiv7175690562yqtfd68515">
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