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Originally Posted by Pablo
Their season was actually defined by lack of defensive presence. You can boil it down to a couple of possessions if you like; but teams that don't play defense don't typically win close games.
Sure, I would have loved to have seen them send Craft packing, but I'm not going to act like one charge(bad call or not) defines the entire game. Especially when they let a half dozen uncontested layups go in and were down 13 at one point.
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So in five years, will we remember that Pablo didn't think ISU played good enough defense, or will we remember their heart-breaking defeats with the mass discussion about charging calls?
I get that you're on the defense soap box, but that's not how ISU won games. Hoiberg knew his team's strengths and weaknesses and played to them. It's easy to win games defensively with a Withey at the rim. It's not as easy when you play small and your best defender misses the entire 2nd half due to injury.