Arch Madness-- Northern Iowa Preview and Game Thread

[GoRamblers]

That end to the half was disgusting.

[LU Rambler12]

Sigh...not a great way to finish that half, but at least the defense has tightened up a bit. We really had a chance to close the gap, but the open shots that were falling yesterday are just not going in today.

We are still in this!

[goramblers2011]

Rough end to the half. Single digit deficit so we are in striking distance.

We don't seem to have the same intensity/fire that we had yesterday. That probably has a lot to do with the suffocating defense that UNI plays.

Hope Porter makes some adjustments and gets these guys fired up.

[GoRamblers]

We looked tight the entire half and allowed UNI to force turnovers.

Just have fun, guys!

[JCT]

Eight freakin' turnovers. That's what they do. With half as many TOs and that Richardson three going down we'd be even.

[ToledoRambler]

We did not play a great first half of basketball turnover wise, but we are still in the game. Tuttle has two fouls so we need to just go at him early and often on offense at the start of the half to try and get him out of the game to neutralize the match ups to make a run. We cannot win by continuing to triple team him and leave guys open on the perimeter. I think we are much better just letting him go one-on-one and hope that he misses some.

[ToledoRambler]

I would rather it Montel James trying to stop him alone, then leaving their guards to take open jump shots uncontested

[LU 86]

UNI exposes weakness. Man, are they well coached

[Robbie Aces]

Tuttle is definitely the key... they seem like a very different team when he's on the bench. I was hoping our Ramblers could have cut more into their lead when he was out...

[ToledoRambler]

Can we please make these three pointers????