Iowa blasts Michigan St

[JFCats22]

Crush them by 17 at MSU.

5 top 10 teams have now lost this week

[Wonderstruck]

Can we get some melodramatic hyperbole about how terrible Michigan State is, or is that only reserved for Kentucky?

[Friendsofcoal]

The Spartans are just terrible this year and it's going to be difficult to watch them.

[George]

No sense in picking a fight. Carry on with game discussion (or feel free to spiral off topic), but cut out the other stuff, please.

[Friendsofcoal]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[teamchemistry15]

I think it only shows that there really isn't a dominate team who will for sure get to the final four this year. That is a good thing for an inconsistent team like UK.

[Matt Dillon]

I think it only shows that there really isn't a dominate team who will for sure get to the final four this year. That is a good thing for an inconsistent team like UK.

Still, in my opinion, the Cats are going to have to have consistent improved play inside if we have any hope of making a deep run come March.

[Joneslab]

Who saw Iowa as the best team in the B1G before the season started?

[JFCats22]

Can we get some melodramatic hyperbole about how terrible Michigan State is, or is that only reserved for Kentucky?

Excellent contribution to the site!

[JFCats22]

Who saw Iowa as the best team in the B1G before the season started?

Yeah, probably not many.

Iowa and....Indiana (have yet to play Iowa, MSU, Maryland though) now atop the Big 10 standings at 4-0.

[Joneslab]

I thought Indiana would be pretty good. Didn't think they would take off after Blackmon Jr. got injured, but he's such a terrible defender that it might've made them better.

[Wonderstruck]

Excellent contribution to the site!

I take this as an admission you know there's a double standard and you know that it's completely wrong. I appreciate that.

Look, if we're calling a spade a spade, Michigan State should be crushed for this loss. But it seems that's only saved for the teams we love and support on a daily basis. The bottom line is that these losses, as "crushing" as they may be, just don't matter all that much on January 15. Go to ESPN.com and you can barely find any info on this game. So when Kentucky struggles (and wins) next time, let's just...relax. Enjoy the team you say you support. Don't let it be a burden.

[teamchemistry15]

Still, in my opinion, the Cats are going to have to have consistent improved play inside if we have any hope of making a deep run come March.

I absolutely agree. We saw some potential when we ran the pick and roll with Alex. Skal is SLOWLY making improvments. If we can get 25 and 15 from Alex and Lee combined with some effort from Seal I think they would be good enough for a run with a guy like Ulis running the show. I don't think we need dominate play inside, just consistently average. I think we can be good enough to beat a top 5 team on any night but also bad enough to lose to anyone. This last week of basketball shows that just about everyone can be beat.

[George]

Can we get some melodramatic hyperbole about how terrible Michigan State is, or is that only reserved for Kentucky?

Excellent contribution to the site!

I take this as an admission you know there's a double standard and you know that it's completely wrong. I appreciate that.

Look, if we're calling a spade a spade, Michigan State should be crushed for this loss. But it seems that's only saved for the teams we love and support on a daily basis. The bottom line is that these losses, as "crushing" as they may be, just don't matter all that much on January 15. Go to ESPN.com and you can barely find any info on this game. So when Kentucky struggles (and wins) next time, let's just...relax. Enjoy the team you say you support. Don't let it be a burden.

No sense in picking a fight. Carry on with game discussion (or feel free to spiral off topic), but cut out the other stuff, please.

This is what I was referring to earlier. Cool it.

[J.Jennings]

Who cares about these ranked teams, no way Kentucky can beat the ALMIGHTY KANSAS JAYHAWKS smh

With our Cat team this year it's pretty simple. We are subject to lose to anyone we play but if we play and play like we are capable, we can beat anyone on any given night......