Friday, January 14, 2005
Hilton Magic not enough against KU
I'm a little late in my update but I don't like writing right after the game is over and I was dealing with some stuff all day yesterday so, here it is.
This game was one of the most anticipated in Ames in recent years as everything was setting up beautifully for an upset. #2 Kansas coming into Hilton just a few days after winning an emotional game against Kentucky in a game that potentially cost them a few of their key players when they were already playing without Wayne Simien. ISU has been a team that plays the role of world-beaters at home and doormats on the road. The Coliseum was packed to the rafter with thousands of fans braving single digit temperatures and a potential ice/snowstorm to cheer the Cyclones to victory.
Unfortunately, things didn't quite work out that way. The opening tip went to Kansas and that possession would be an unfortunate precursor to what was to come as an easy backdoor alley-oop to Giles gave the Hawks a 2-0 lead. Any hope of KU exhibiting a similar shooting performance they displayed a few days earlier in Kentucky went out the window as they hit a blistering 11 out of their first 14 shots, including 5 three pointers. Curtis Stinson was the exact opposite of this missing 11 of his first 12 and finishing 6-20. I've got a post waiting to happen on Stinson and what his problems have been.
Anyway, now it's on to Oklahoma State game. Gallagher-Iba has been absolutely brutal to the Clones and I think they've lost 11 in a row there or something so I'm not expecting much.
This game was one of the most anticipated in Ames in recent years as everything was setting up beautifully for an upset. #2 Kansas coming into Hilton just a few days after winning an emotional game against Kentucky in a game that potentially cost them a few of their key players when they were already playing without Wayne Simien. ISU has been a team that plays the role of world-beaters at home and doormats on the road. The Coliseum was packed to the rafter with thousands of fans braving single digit temperatures and a potential ice/snowstorm to cheer the Cyclones to victory.
Unfortunately, things didn't quite work out that way. The opening tip went to Kansas and that possession would be an unfortunate precursor to what was to come as an easy backdoor alley-oop to Giles gave the Hawks a 2-0 lead. Any hope of KU exhibiting a similar shooting performance they displayed a few days earlier in Kentucky went out the window as they hit a blistering 11 out of their first 14 shots, including 5 three pointers. Curtis Stinson was the exact opposite of this missing 11 of his first 12 and finishing 6-20. I've got a post waiting to happen on Stinson and what his problems have been.
Anyway, now it's on to Oklahoma State game. Gallagher-Iba has been absolutely brutal to the Clones and I think they've lost 11 in a row there or something so I'm not expecting much.
# posted by Ben @ 5:20 PM 
