April 6

NCAA Tournament (Final Four)
Purdue 63, North Carolina State 50
Connecticut 86, Alabama 72

Final Standings
1. Purdue (34-4, 17-3)
2. Illinois (28-9, 14-6)
3. Nebraska (23-11, 12-8)
3. Northwestern (22-12, 12-8)
5. Wisconsin (22-13, 11-9)
6. Indiana (19-14, 10-10)
6. Iowa (19-15, 10-10)
6. Michigan State (20-15, 10-10)
9. Minnesota (19-15, 9-11)
9. Ohio State (22-14, 9-11)
9. Penn State (16-17, 9-11)
12. Maryland (16-17, 7-13)
12. Rutgers (15-17, 7-13)
14. Michigan (8-24, 3-17)

Monday - April 8

NCAA Tournament
National Championship Game

Purdue vs. Connecticut (8:20 PM - TBS)

A foul is a foul. I never believe in the “refs swallow” the whistle in the last minute stuff. The elbow was out, it’s a foul any minute of the game. Piss on the whiners!

Interesting that he now supports an age limit once retired.

Also, this is quite alarming.

Justice Breyer said on Sunday that such a reading of the Constitution, which focuses on the text and the original intent of its writers — a legal doctrine often referred to as originalism — “doesn’t work very well” because it prevents judges from doing what they think is right and forces them to “be bound by the text.”

If players really thought they could get away with most any common foul late in a close game there would be a lot of grabbing, stiff hand checks, over the backs, illegal screens.

It would be mayhem, or simply football. The game cannot be called that way. That is why I just cannot go with that so called reasoning of refs should let the players play at the end.

How many fouls did you see UConn do the last few times Iowa was taking the ball out of bounds? And they were not called.

My whole life, we have hardly ever been considered the kind of team that “got the calls”….

So worst case scenario we have arrived….😊

It has been mentioned in another thread before, but I don’t think any of us have really ever drilled down on it. I mean, holy hell Batman, how about that…

The little ole Hawkeyes are such a national brand now we are getting favorable referee treatment!!!!

Yee-fvcking-Haa!!!

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Last year after the championship game, Lisa said (paraphrasing) “It’s easy winning, where you show true character is being #2, and how you handle that”. Even with the officiating in last years title game, Kim M’s court antics, and Angel’s end of game drama, Lisa and her team showed nothing but good sportsmanship and carried themselves with class. With the exception of Paige B, not seeing this from the UConn contingent……..
I believe this may also be a component in the Hawkeye Women’s Basketball Team becoming a darling to so many “non traditional “ new hawk fans.

UConn scored 69

Season is right around the corner. There's been some "secret" scrimmage results rolling in over the past few days. Iowa is "secret" scrimmaging Wichita State today.

Rest easy, friend. I never came across you in yards or on the main, but I knew of you. We all did. And we know what you represented. To a man, we'd scoff at the companies telling us to run off hobos and riders. Nostalgia is a big part of why a lot of us work for railroads. From one railroader to another: Goodbye, Mark Nichols. Goodbye Hobo Shoestring.

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Last night vs UConn, the 1st half was brutal. We only had 26 pts at halftime. We had more turnovers (12) than made field goals (11).

The 45 point 2nd half looked more like Iowa basketball. Just 4 turnovers in the 2nd half & look at the shooting differences.

How Iowa got their 26 points in the 1st Half:

3-14 (21%) from 3
8-15 (53%) from 2
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11-29 (38%) overall

1-3 (33%) FTs
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26 POINTS


How Iowa got their 45 points in the 2nd Half:

4-11 (36%) from 3
12-19 (63%) from 2
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16-30 (53%) overall

9-11 (81%) FTs
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45 POINTS

Not a very important issue, but anyone else prefer live player introductions over the recorded crap used yesterday?

SC will blow them away if that happens again. Poor shooting, passing, and turnovers. Have to be focused from the get-go and hit those shots (very poor shooting early on too).

I just visited the UCONN and SC sites. They're nearly completely dead. Are most sites like this?

Women’s title game has Iowa, men’s has Purdue. Both will likely be underdogs and may not win, but I guess the B1G wasn’t too bad after all.

WHO: 1-seed South Carolina Gamecocks (37-0 overall, 16-0 SEC)
WHEN: 2:00 p.m. CT (Sunday, April 7)
WHERE: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Cleveland, Ohio)
TV: ABC
RADIO: Hawkeye Radio Network
ONLINE: https://www.espn.com/watch/
MOBILE: https://www.espn.com/watch/
FOLLOW: @IowaAwesome | @IowaWBB | @IowaonBTN

Caitlin vs. The Machine​

For years Lionel Messi was considered one of the best soccer players in the world and an all-time great. In discussions of who was the Greatest of All Time, though, critics dinged Messi for never winning the World Cup with Argentina. Sound familiar?

Messi and his Argentina team got two opportunities to win that elusive World Cup. The first came in 2014 against Germany in a game billed as Messi vs. The Machine. The matchup earned that moniker because the German team had several great players, but lacked a single clear star. The collective excellence of Germany trumped Messi's singular brilliance and the Germans earned a 1-0 victory.

In 2022 Messi and Argentina earned another shot at World Cup glory and faced another superteam in France in the final. The French had won the World Cup in 2018, and looked poised to do so again. Messi and the Argentinians had other ideas, going blow for blow with France in regular and extra time, then winning the World Cup in a penalty shootout. Messi finally had the one major trophy that had been missing from his G.O.A.T. resume.

South Carolina is very similar to those German and French superteams. In 2022, the Gamecocks went 36-2 and won the national title. Last year, they were undefeated until the Final Four when Iowa took them down 77-73 in one of the most stunning upsets in Final Four history. Now South Carolina is undefeated again and on the precipice of another title. Only Clark and the Hawkeyes stand in their way.

More here: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/national-championship-preview-iowa-wbb-vs-1-seed-south-carolina

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

One of the networks was playing that classic game this morning. You don’t realize how lucky that team was. I’ve seen the Lorenzo Charles winning put back a million times and I still can’t figure out what the hell Dream was doing. If he just put his hands up, Houston would have won.

After years of denial, feels like one justification after another after another. Talking themselves into doing the previously unthinkable.

Not surprising, really.

Bluder and Clark had media availability today ahead of tomorrow's national title game against South Carolina.

Lisa Bluder:

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It looked like a good crowd at the Iowa-UConn watch party at CHA on Friday night, so naturally Iowa will be doing it again for Sunday's national title game between Iowa and South Carolina.

Here's the info -- door open at 1 PM CT, tip-off time is scheduled for 2 PM CT.

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa Athletics Department will be hosting a FREE women’s basketball watch party Sunday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena for the second-ranked Hawkeyes’ NCAA Championship game against top-ranked South Carolina.

Doors at the North, South and West entrances to Carver-Hawkeye Arena will open at 1 p.m. (CT) -- 60 minutes prior to the 2 p.m. scheduled tipoff from Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland.

Fans attending the watch party will be asked to view the game on the jumbotron from the east side of the arena in Sections NN, N, M, L, MM, LL, KK.

Parking will be free in all Carver-Hawkeye Arena surrounding lots. There will not be reserved parking.

During the watch party, there will be in-game entertainment and the Hawkeye Fan Shop and concessions (including beer and wine) will be available.

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Here's the information for the Hawkeye Huddle ahead of Iowa-South Carolina tomorrow:

NCAA Women’s Basketball National Championship Hawkeye Huddle Information

Hawkeye Huddle to be held in Cleveland

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Hawkeye fans following the second-ranked University of Iowa women’s basketball team to Cleveland are encouraged to attend the Hawkeye Huddle before the national championship game.

The University of Iowa will host one event for all supporters coming to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. Fans are invited to join the I-Club, Office of Alumni Engagement, and the Iowa Swarm Collective on Sunday from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. (ET) at House of Blues Cleveland, 308 Euclid Ave.

The Hawkeye Huddle is free and open to all fans and will feature our Hawkeye DJ, door prizes, and cash refreshments.

Fans are encouraged to help welcome the team at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse during Red Carpet Arrivals starting at approximately 1:15 p.m. (ET).

No. 1 seeded Iowa will face one-seeded South Carolina at 3 p.m. ET at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland.

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WHO: 1-seed South Carolina Gamecocks (37-0 overall, 16-0 SEC)
WHEN: 2:00 p.m. CT (Sunday, April 7)
WHERE: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Cleveland, Ohio)
TV: ABC
RADIO: Hawkeye Radio Network
ONLINE: https://www.espn.com/watch/
MOBILE: https://www.espn.com/watch/
FOLLOW: @IowaAwesome | @IowaWBB | @IowaonBTN

Caitlin vs. The Machine​

For years Lionel Messi was considered one of the best soccer players in the world and an all-time great. In discussions of who was the Greatest of All Time, though, critics dinged Messi for never winning the World Cup with Argentina. Sound familiar?

Messi and his Argentina team got two opportunities to win that elusive World Cup. The first came in 2014 against Germany in a game billed as Messi vs. The Machine. The matchup earned that moniker because the German team had several great players, but lacked a single clear star. The collective excellence of Germany trumped Messi's singular brilliance and the Germans earned a 1-0 victory.

In 2022 Messi and Argentina earned another shot at World Cup glory and faced another superteam in France in the final. The French had won the World Cup in 2018, and looked poised to do so again. Messi and the Argentinians had other ideas, going blow for blow with France in regular and extra time, then winning the World Cup in a penalty shootout. Messi finally had the one major trophy that had been missing from his G.O.A.T. resume.

South Carolina is very similar to those German and French superteams. In 2022, the Gamecocks went 36-2 and won the national title. Last year, they were undefeated until the Final Four when Iowa took them down 77-73 in one of the most stunning upsets in Final Four history. Now South Carolina is undefeated again and on the precipice of another title. Only Clark and the Hawkeyes stand in their way.

More here: https://iowa.rivals.com/news/national-championship-preview-iowa-wbb-vs-1-seed-south-carolina

GREAT GAME, HANNAH!!!!

38 minutes

9-12 (75%) FGs
5-7 (71%) FTs

23 points
3 Rebounds (1 Offensive)
1 Assist
1 Block