Yeah I know, supposedly no scholarships available, blah blah blah. Things change & we may have more than one player leave. It's that time of the year when coaches get fired & players declare for the portal. So who may be out there that could help Iowa?

Stanford just fired Jarrod Hasse, former Kansas player. They have a 7ft 250 lb center averaging 15 points and 9.5 rebounds a game. He's a junior this year.

Vanderbilt fired Stackhouse, but I don't see anyone on that roster that'd help. Let the speculation begin.

Keep paying for your ILLEGALS though, jo, that's the ticket!!

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

I am not sure what is more idiotic, only letting 3100 people into an outdoor stadium of 14,600 or not offering any tickets to the general public so parents could purchase them.

Actually, it’s the ticket sales

Great actress. RIP in peace

Ooops never mind.

A lot of people are saying it

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Because humans are idiots. And they want to pick teams that are the best fit for the playoff. And they are getting paid by the sport and some teams make the money. And they think the SEC is still the God conference despite SEC teams often losing to other good power 5 teams. And they are fickle on what's the most important stuff and in what order in how they rank the teams.

And the other thing that drives my brain to the oven is with these massive super conferences the strength of schedule for every team will change every few years.
A team will be like "shit we may go 8-4 this year but in 2 years are schedule is soft and we are in great shape to finish in the top twelve.

HWC:

Eierman 65
Moody 74
Brands 86
Warner 97

IWWC
Valencia, Dias 50
B. Gonzalez 53
Baudhuin 57

*incoming Iowa women's class
Karlee Brooks 57
Cadence Diduch 62
Naomi Simon 76

I saw an eclipse last week. This lady had an ass about the size of a Buick and that blocked the sun on half the city.

The optic on the rifle is mounted backwards.

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Sucks to not even be in the tournament, even though it usually ends badly. It's nice to at least have a seat at the table.

Looks like MSU is going to get another win. Haven't looked at brackets, they have any chance against the #1 seed in their region?

Never surprised to see them go on a tournament run.

A New York judge on Thursday rejected Donald J. Trump’s bid to throw out criminal charges against him stemming from a hush-money payment to a porn star, setting a trial date for next month and clearing the way for the first prosecution of a former American president.

The judge, Juan M. Merchan, announced the decision at a hearing in a Lower Manhattan courtroom as Mr. Trump looked on from the defense table. The former president’s lawyers objected to the judge’s decision for jury selection to begin on March 25, noting that the six-week trial would conflict with Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign.

One of the former president’s lawyers, Todd Blanche, called the schedule “unfathomable,” arguing that, “We are in the middle of primary season,” and claiming that the trial would overlap with dozens of Republican primaries and caucuses.
But Justice Merchan summarily dismissed arguments from Mr. Trump’s lawyers, who had derided the case as “a discombobulated package of politically motivated charges.” From the beginning of the hearing, the judge bristled at the pushback from Mr. Blanche about the date, at one point instructing him to “stop interrupting me, please.”
The Manhattan district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, brought the charges last year accusing Mr. Trump of covering up a potential sex scandal involving the porn star Stormy Daniels during and after the 2016 presidential campaign. In a statement, Mr. Bragg said he was “pleased” by the judge’s decision and looking forward to the trial.
It will be the first of Mr. Trump’s criminal cases to go to trial, but it might not be the last. He faces 91 felony counts across four criminal indictments from prosecutors in Washington, Florida and Georgia, as well as Manhattan, all while he seeks to lock up the Republican presidential nomination.
The trial date in Manhattan leaves the door open for Mr. Trump’s federal trial, on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, to take place in the late spring or early summer. That case, filed in Washington, is now in the hands of the Supreme Court.
While Mr. Trump might portray the Manhattan case as the most trivial — and outdated — it presents a unique threat to his legal strategy. Unlike the federal cases against him in Washington and Florida, which Mr. Trump could seek to shut down should he regain the White House, Mr. Bragg’s case is immune from federal intervention. Mr. Trump would not be able to pardon himself, or otherwise deploy the presidency as a legal shield.
Mr. Bragg, 50, was the first to obtain an indictment of Mr. Trump and has cast his case as a stark example of Mr. Trump interfering in an election. Mr. Trump did so, prosecutors argue, by covering up the illegal payoff to the porn star and hiding damaging information from voters just days before they headed to the polls.
Until recently, the federal criminal case involving accusations of election interference was poised to go to trial first. That case, filed in Washington by the special counsel Jack Smith centers on Mr. Trump’s effort to remain in power after his 2020 election defeat.
Mr. Bragg had indicated a willingness for the Washington case to jump ahead in line, underscoring its historical significance. But appeals from Mr. Trump postponed that trial, initially scheduled for March 4.
Before entering the courtroom on Thursday, Mr. Trump suggested that he was the real victim of election interference, falsely claiming that Mr. Bragg’s case is being brought by “Joe Biden’s White House” to keep him off the campaign trial and stuck in a courtroom.
Here’s what else you need to know about Thursday’s hearing:

• The judge’s decision to set the March 25 trial date was a forceful rejection of Mr. Trump’s most battle-tested legal strategies: running out the clock. Facing a lengthy legal docket in courtrooms up and down the East Coast, Mr. Trump has sought to use the calendar to his advantage, pushing for appeals and delays until Election Day. If Mr. Trump returns to the White House, the remaining cases against him will freeze. Noting this strategy, one of Mr. Bragg’s prosecutors on Thursday lamented Mr. Trump’s effort “to try to evade accountability in any proceeding.”
• Mr. Bragg’s case is best known for its salacious facts: During the 2016 campaign, Ms. Daniels threatened to go public with her story of a tryst with Mr. Trump, who then authorized a $130,000 payoff to keep her quiet. Paying hush money is not inherently illegal, but in this case, prosecutors argue that the cover up crossed a line. If convicted, he could face up to four years in prison.
• The case might come down to the word of Mr. Trump’s former fixer, Michael D. Cohen, who paid Ms. Daniels just days before voters went to the polls. Once Mr. Trump was elected, he reimbursed Mr. Cohen — and that is where the crime occurred, prosecutors say. Mr. Cohen, the prosecution’s star witness, is expected to testify that Mr. Trump authorized his family business to falsely record the reimbursements as legal expenses. And that is exactly what the company did, describing the repayments in internal records as part of a “retainer agreement,” when in fact, no such agreement existed.
• Mr. Trump’s lawyers have argued that Justice Merchan should throw out the case, disputing whether the charges should even be felonies. For falsifying business records to be a felony, not a misdemeanor, Mr. Bragg’s prosecutors must show that Mr. Trump intended to commit or conceal another crime. The prosecutors have invoked potential violations of federal election law — under the theory that the payout served as an illegal donation to Mr. Trump’s campaign — as well as a state election law that bars any conspiracy to promote “the election of any person to a public office by unlawful means.”
• After Justice Merchan’s decision about the trial date, the lawyers discussed details about how jurors would be interviewed, driving the home the reality of the coming trial. One of the key discussions focused on whether jurors could be asked whether they believed the 2020 election had been stolen. Prosecutors said that the question was important, because it would indicate a willingness to “blindly rely” on Mr. Trump’s statements. The defense objected and the judge withheld a final ruling for now.
• This week is a perilous one for Mr. Trump. On Thursday, at the same time that Mr. Trump was in Justice Merchan’s courtroom, there was a hearing in the Georgia case, in which Mr. Trump is accused of seeking to subvert the 2020 election results in that state, concerning a romantic relationship between the two prosecutors leading the case. On Friday, Arthur F. Engoron is expected to deliver a final ruling in Mr. Trump’s civil fraud case. Justice Engoron is weighing the New York attorney general’s request that he penalize Mr. Trump nearly $370 million and effectively oust him from the New York business world.

Somewhere in the depths of HORT there is a Lucas80 book review of Rogue Heroes, by Ben MacIntyre, a book about the formation of the SAS in North Africa during WW2. Sadler was one of the originals, recruited in a bar as he went on to another assignment. Never much of a fighter, Sadler was a driver and navigator who led missions deep into Axis territory that to this day read like movie scripts due to their audacity and spectacular results.
Sadler went on to fight with the SAS in France. Never much for formality or structure, he felt at home in the early SAS with its emphasis on camaraderie and action. After the victory by the Allies, Sadler moved on to working for MI6 in the Cold War.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/14/mike-sadler-obituary

Hope you relax today with some chainsaws! Enjoy those Ribeyes and reverse JB's!

We are all upset about losing. There was nothing in that game that didn't go the way is was meant to. SC was more physical, longer, and more aggressive.

Our girls fought hard and came up short like we all thought was the most likely outcome despite hoping for better.

The posters on this board are making all of us look terrible to other fan bases. All you did is perpetuate stereotypes that aren't true. Your messages are all over twitter. Thanks for repping all of us. Delete your accounts.

Caitlin was named ESPN's National Player of the Year on March 13, 2024.

Player of the Year: Caitlin Clark, Iowa Hawkeyes​

Last season felt like a breakthrough for Clark, who was the Wooden Award recipient -- the national player of the year -- with South Carolina's Aliyah Boston still in the mix. This season has been more of a coronation for Clark, who has broken records left and right while leading Iowa to the Big Ten tournament title and a likely No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.

Clark passed Kelsey Plum for the NCAA women's scoring record, Lynette Woodard (who played in the AIAW era) for the major-college women's record, and Pete Maravich for the NCAA Division I overall record. Clark is also the first D-I player to have back-to-back 1,000-point seasons and to top 3,000 points and 1,000 assists for her career.

"That is mind-boggling when you think about it," Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said. "I mean, everybody's defensive plan is to stop her, and nobody's been able to figure out really how to do it. She's faced every kind of defense. She really knows how to pick them apart." -- Voepel

All-America team​

Each voter heavily considered Virginia Tech Hokies senior Elizabeth Kitley, but ultimately left her off a guard-heavy first team.


Paige Bueckers, UConn Huskies

Bueckers has dazzled in her first season back from ACL injury and has had more responsibility than ever as a senior leader on a team depleted by injuries and leaning heavily on freshmen. Nonetheless, the guard has posted her most efficient shooting season yet (61.1% effective field goal percentage) while doing a little bit of everything for the Huskies. Her defensive impact is particularly notable, as she's averaging 2.1 steals and 1.4 blocks per game. -- Philippou


Cameron Brink, Stanford Cardinal

Brink's steady improvement from her freshman year has culminated in a first-team All-American campaign as a senior, as she has spearheaded the Cardinal's climb to a likely No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. She's the best, most versatile two-way post in the country and a likely top-three pick in the upcoming WNBA draft. One only needs to see how Stanford fared without her against Gonzaga and Arizona to understand her value to a team that won the Pac-12 regular-season title. -- Philippou


Caitlin Clark, Iowa Hawkeyes

No one came into this season with higher expectations placed on her than Clark, and she has delivered. She leads Division I in scoring (31.9 PPG) and assists (8.9 APG) and has had six triple-doubles as a senior. Her exceptional play has elevated not just the Hawkeyes, who hope for a return trip to the Final Four, but the sport. Her impact on attendance, television ratings and merchandise sales has been unprecedented. -- Voepel


Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Ivey said she crafted Notre Dame's entire defense around Hidalgo's ability to pressure the ball, get steals, cover so much of the court and stay out of foul trouble. Her defense alone was headline-making. Add in her ability to score and direct the Irish offense, and Hidalgo had one of the best freshman seasons in Notre Dame history. She's also adding to the school's reputation as "Guard U," with so many greats in the WNBA. -- Voepel


JuJu Watkins, USC Trojans

Watkins and Hidalgo headline a freshman class that's shaping up to be a game-changer for the sport -- so much so that two of them made our All-America team. Only three players were named Associated Press All Americans as freshmen: Oklahoma's Courtney Paris, UConn's Maya Moore and Bueckers. -- Philippou

Player of the Year, All-Americans: Clark, Watkins and the best of the season

ESPN's picks for national player, freshman and coach of the year for 2023-24 were runaway winners. But our All-America team has a notable absence.

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I know I’m doing the same thing I’m upset about. But why does the media love promoting bad behavior.

In this article it talks about the punishment a student received for misbehaving in class.
Which might have worked but instead the media is making it seem like she was the victim. How are kids supposed to learn and become better humans when they are rewarded for negative behavior.

Before you jump my a$$ and back up this troublemaker. Myself along with 30 some other people went through this sort of situation.
I was on our high school football team and one Saturday practice roughly 10 of our teammates didn’t show up for practice.
Instead of those 10 players being punished. The rest of us that showed up had to do 100 yard bear crawls for every person that didn’t show up. The entire team had blisters when we were done.
We didn’t cry and complain to the media. We made sure to hold each other accountable after that and learned from it.

And to think our coach at the time is now a superintendent at an Iowa high school.

These young Dem voters interviewed by CNN believe he is.

CNN's Rene Marsh spoke with four Black voters in Georgia who were registered Democrats and supported Biden in the last election but said they wouldn't be voting for him — or former President Trump — this November, because of their strong disagreement over the U.S. approach to the war.

Three of the voters said they would be choosing an independent or third-party candidate this time. Another voter admitted that if the election were held tomorrow, she wouldn't vote at all.

Without a cease-fire on the table, Biden wouldn't be getting their vote, they all seemed to agree.

If there is no substantive policy change, when it comes to the genocide in Gaza, then there's not really a discussion for me," one young man in the group said.

"I think what Biden has done in aiding and abetting genocide is just something I cannot stand for," another woman added.