I live in Des Moines, I went to vets when young in the 1960's and loved Drake Bball. Iowa was my first team though and I dont see Coach Ben's offense as being low scoring even if they go deep into the shot clock.

I didnt watch this year's Drake team much except for highlights. But I watched the Mizzou game and there is that Princeton type offense in play.

I would rather have 40 layups and dunks taken than 40 treys taken. Dunks and layups are about a 95% make while treys are a 30-40% make rate. Yeah you will get a few offensive rebounds off of missed treys but you do the math. Or I will, 40 dunks and layups equals about 74 points while 40% made baskets out of 40 treys is 16 baskets x 3 pts = 48 points.

Late in the Drake - Mizzou game when drake's lead was cut down, Drake did great at making Mizzou pay for overplaying and chasing them by getting layups and dunks to put it away.

I think I will be back to watching all of the hawks games next year. Oh and the defense will get better

Discussion between Russia and Ukraine?

damn.

Login to view embedded media

Good lord. He looks like sh*t!

I actually kind of like him as person but somebody get that dude a salad.

President Trump unveiled his new “liberation day” tariffs on Wednesday, and they are another large step toward a new old era of trade protectionism. Assuming the policy sticks—and we hope it doesn’t—the effort amounts to an attempt to remake the U.S. economy and the world trading system.

All details aren’t clear as we write this, but Mr. Trump’s tariffs look “reciprocal” in name only. First he’s hitting every nation in the world with a 10% “baseline” tariff to sell in the U.S. market. For those he calls “bad actors,” he’s adding up the country’s tariff rate on U.S. goods, plus an arbitrary estimate of the cost of its “currency manipulation” and non-tariff barriers. He then takes that total number and applies half of that in tariffs on the country’s exports to the U.S.

Girls tournament is currently underway, but the field is finally set for the 2025 HS Boys State Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena next week:

Class 4A-
4) Waukee Northwest (21-3) vs 5) Cedar Rapids Kennedy (20-4); 3/10, 10:30 am

1) Cedar Falls (21-2) vs 8) Dubuque Senior (17-6); 3/10, 12:15 pm

2) Linn-Mar (21-2) vs 7) Waukee (18-6); 3/10, 2 pm

3) WDM Valley (20-3) vs 6) Ames (21-2); 3/10, 3:45 pm

Class 3A-
1) Clear Lake (24-0) vs 8) Central DeWitt (13-11); 3/10, 5:30 pm

4) Storm Lake (22-1) vs 5) A-D-M (20-4); 3/10, 7:15 pm

2) Knoxville (24-0) vs 7) Cedar Rapids Xavier (15-9); 3/11, 10:30 am

3) Ballard (21-2) vs 6) MOC-Floyd Valley (20-4); 3/11, 12:15 pm

Class 2A-
1) Western Christian, Hull (22-3) vs 8) Jesup (16-9); 3/11, 2 pm

4) Grand View Christian (23-1) vs 5) Treynor (22-3); 3/11, 3:45 pm

2) West Lyon (21-3) vs 7) Union, La Porte City (17-9); 3/11, 5:30 pm

3) Unity Christian (20-4) vs 6) Grundy Center (22-2); 3/11, 7:15 pm

Class 1A-
4) Gladbrook-Reinbeck (22-3) vs 5) North Linn (23-2); 3/12, 10:30 am

1) Marquette, Bellevue (25-1) vs 8) Remsen, St. Mary's (21-4); 3/12, 12:15 pm

2) Madrid (25-0) vs 7) Boyden-Hull (18-8); 3/12, 2 pm

3) St. Edmond, Fort Dodge (22-3) vs 6) Woodbine (23-2); 3/12, 3:45 pm

I need some help.

Ever since Kramers in La Porte City closed down I haven’t been able to find a good German style Brat like they had. Anyone have any suggestions around Iowa? I am looking to get a hog and if I can find a place that makes great Brats I would buy a whole Hog there.

FWIW, I think Tiefenthler Beats are avg.

This may read negative to some, but it is not.

We all know about the COVID enabled possible records for wins and points. But there is another side to that coin. With more opportunity to win comes more opportunity to lose. And sadly there is a wrestler who has the chance to become the losing-est wrestler in NCAA tournament history.

But don't take that statement as a judgement (as many on the forums are want to do), because to attain that title a wrestler needs to be a winner first, and foremost. Oh, the irony. The only way to rack up loses is to win. Finishing 6th or 8th gets you three loses. That's an All-American, baby.

So shout out to Kyle Parco. Having finished 6th, 8th, 4th, and 5th he has 10 total loses (3+3+2+2). If he finishes with 2 more loses (fourth or worse), the record is his, and his alone. With an asterisk, of course. The current holders of the title, with 11 total loses, are Kirk Mammen (Oklahoma State 6th, 6th, 5th, 8th), Mike Evans (Iowa DNP, 6th, 6th, 6th), and Ben Bennett (Central Michigan 6th, 8th, 6th, 4th).

Long may you ride, Kyle.

Enjoy the matness for the next 2 weeks.


I enjoy seeing all of your predictions.

Isn't this why cops exist?

Or are we supposed to settle these as 'private matters'?

Login to view embedded media

That's one massive bill for just two months in office

BG, in conjunction with the UofI Psychology Department, are conducting research on fan knowledge deprivation. Fran wasn’t really fired and is coaching from Air Force One.

Seriously, the silence is deafening. If McCollum wasn’t the guy then it would have been leaked by now.