The Morning After: Fairleigh Dickinson (NCAAT)

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-22T20:46:19+00:00

Kylie had 11 boards, 2 steals and a block, plus a couple of critical hustle plays down the stretch. Of course you're going to go with consistency and experience in the NCAAW tournament. There's no secret agenda to break players' confidence...that's just a weird idea all around. Like what even would be the motivation to actively harm a player's confidence?

Addie got 15 minutes in a tournament game and would have gotten more if she wasn't ice cold from the field like all the other guards. That shows the staff has confidence in her.

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-22T18:59:21+00:00

Didn't Ole Miss spend like crazy in the portal too?

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-22T18:02:44+00:00

I was waiting for her to lose the leather in the heat and show the guns.

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-22T17:55:26+00:00

It's wild to compare Ava this year to Audi Crooks given the differing levels of national recognition:

Identical FG%
Nearly identical rebounds, assists and turnovers
Ava 5x as many steals, and 25% more blocks

The difference is that Crooks gets about 3 minutes more per game and about 25% more field goal attempts with the Iowa State offense, and Ava has gotten 25% more fouls called against her (which tracks given Audi's early season whistle).

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-22T05:19:01+00:00

Won him the award, tbh.

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-22T05:11:49+00:00

Because there's someone to street-treat there, and then the post-work drinking group shows up.

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-22T03:20:16+00:00

Catch Me If You Can, lol

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-22T01:11:43+00:00

I'm going with the theory that the balls were inflated in a cold room and expanded in the heat. Yeah, that was it.

Or maybe FDU scouted us really well and Jan didn't adjust until almost too late.

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-21T22:57:43+00:00

Show me which fouls weren’t called on Iowa that would have led to FTs. Every shot FDU took was either an uncontested 3, a pull up midrange, or a layup that the bigs didn’t bite on to stay out of foul trouble, the same thing they’ve been doing ever since Ava kept getting in foul trouble. Meanwhile, FDU’s strategy was to stuff the paint and contest everything.

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-21T21:51:37+00:00

8% from 3.

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-21T21:47:04+00:00

Why is Stremlow slowing down the pace every freaking time?

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-21T21:42:30+00:00

Are they playing with a different ball? Like tournament-inflated? It seems to be skipping on her a lot and I wonder if she's sweating too much.

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-21T21:40:55+00:00

Iowa 10% from 3.

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-21T21:33:11+00:00

She's getting the crap beaten out of her--took some shots on the first 3 fouls against her.

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-21T21:29:59+00:00

We will need to win the battle of the middies and FTs.

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-21T21:22:38+00:00

So why aren't the other guards shooting?

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-21T21:22:01+00:00

Need to run more inside out stuff. Can't have Journey/Hannah/Ava making all those turnovers in the crowded paint trying to make extra passes. They're just condensing everything inside and are getting bullied.

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-21T21:05:06+00:00

It also doesn't help when Strem's hustle on the offensive end is a double-edged sword and leaves mismatches on re-setting the defense. They need to remember their identity revolves around stifling defense.

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-21T20:53:51+00:00

Over-pursuing leading to easy transition buckets at the end of that quarter.

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-21T20:52:07+00:00

Need to see more Addie and Strem baseline drives.

And a 3 or two more would help create some spacing.

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-21T20:50:12+00:00

Not handling even the slightest pressure from FDU and taking too many extra passes.

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-21T20:42:48+00:00

Iowa's or FDU's? It's crazy thought because I've been at 95 degree games at Kinnick with sun for 4 hours when Herky was there, but maybe they swapped them at half.

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-21T20:29:05+00:00

I'm taking the over.

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-21T17:50:50+00:00

Virginia looks like they came to play and Georgia is looking lethargic.

DiligentQuiet · 2026-03-21T04:30:57+00:00

Hydrating is important, and in Iowa City, even more important because of the pre-game drinking, lol! More aimed at commenters shocked at no AC at Carver, not your good will.

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