I'm surprised by that.

OT, but man, what a rough time to be a West Virginia Mountaineer fan.

First you get screwed out of a bid to the NCAA tourney.
Then you lose your head coach to Indiana after only one year.
Then you try to hire Ben McCollum, but you lose him to Iowa.
Then you try to hire Jerrod Calhoun, but he decides to stay at Utah State.
Then you make a run at Richard Pitino, but he ends up at Xavier.

Now, your top contender is somebody named Ross Hodge, from North Texas??

I’d feel bad for them, if their fans hadn’t been so smug in thinking BMac would chose WVa over Iowa. So instead, I’m more like:

Here we go

Wake up @The-Dude-Abides

Just like Big Tens. Will Brands realize that change needs to happen and make the move. Haven't had a heavier weight guy will since Borshell. If get it this year, it will be from a 1 year hired gun. Nebby is now kicking Iowa butt.

So, McCollum also has a couple of basketball-playing teenage sons. Are we going to have another nepotism situation the next couple of years? I don’t think his oldest son is a very highly rated prospect.

I did a quick rundown of the 1983, 1986, 1991 and the 1997 team scoring.

If you restored the 1997 Championships using the new scoring criteria and with the additional points for takedowns and near all, the 1997 Iowa team would have an additional 5 points from placement changes.

In 1997 Kasey Gillis placed 6th and Mike Uker placed 5th.
In 1997, 5th place was worth 5 points and 6th place was worth 3 points.
Under the current scoring rubric, 5th place is now worth 7 points and 6th place is worth 6 points. That is an additional 5 placement points.

If you look at the matches of each bracket, it is easy to find where the increased values of both takedowns and meatballs would add at least an additional 6.5 points.

That would bring the 1997 team total up to 181.5 points.

Rough numbers look like
1983 - 165
1986 - 174.5
1991 - 172

Just waiting for the Oregon Washington basketball game to get over with in overtime.

Good 7 minute interview.

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Anyone else going to watch our future coach?

The portal is officially open for Iowa's roster with remaining eligibility.

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Got word that McCollum's staff has contacted at least one player from Iowa's roster that has entered the portal.

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