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    Just can't understand why we don't have better attendance at Carver.

    It's up to Fran and the players. Get your doors blown off by EIU and Nebraska and think fans are going to turn out? Fran refuses to recruit over guys and/or use the portal so a scholarship at Iowa is a union gig. Regardless of performance you are going to play and be entitled to minutes with...
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    Time for a shake up with the starting 5

    Fran won't make any changes but this team needs a wake up call IMO. Next game Fran needs to go with a new starting 5. Bowen is young but exponentially more capable of making baskets than Ulis. Connor needs to shoot more. Dix is gaining confidence, doesn't hurt the team and cannot be worse...
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    3 Point shooting in Iowa's last 9 losses: 25%

    So can those that blamed the EIU debacle on not having Connor and Kris accept the reality of the situation now? Connor is one of two bright spots on the team with Rebraca being the other. Connor went from someone I didn't want to shoot in the past to a guy that needs to hunt his shots given...
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    19-12 regular season

    To me it comes down to who on this roster poses a match up problem for opponents? Kris maybe but not when getting smothered by defenders and pushed outside the arc. After Kris you go to Rebraca as the next guy defenses will focus on. After these two the best defense is to let everyone else shoot.
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    Is Sandfort

    I am not giving up on Sandfort but Fran has to get him going inside the arc. The dude has a pretty extensive arsenal but doesn't get to use it because his "role" is to stand behind the arc and shoot 3's. Whatever Fran is doing with the offense isn't working. The crisp ball movement that...
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    Guard play is pathetic!

    Where is Amarion Nimmers? I don't ever see him dress out. I am not implying he is going to fix this mess but the dude is super athletic and per Fran, his stock rose towards the end of his high school season. Ulis is another Fran guard that can't score. Teams have figured out to get up on...
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    NIT bound ….

    I think the NIT is a pipe dream for this team. Kris is not close to being an NBA player. I would put him behind Rebraca and Connor as the 3rd best player on the team. Watch a G League game or check out their rosters online. You will see guys that had prolific college careers that are bigger...
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    Guard play is pathetic!

    I agree. Can Kingsbury be worse than Perkins and Sandfort? Fran will be telling us in March that guys are lighting it up in practice and need to keep shooting. Iowa is so inferior athletically all over the floor that 3 point shooting is less of a strategy and more of a default. Other than...
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    Year 13 of Fran and outplayed in every phase by Nebraska

    It's a bad roster. Guys with the same holes in their games who lack athleticism to play on both ends. Put a hand in their face or a guy in their space defensively and they panic. It's OK to have a couple of these guys as reserves but other than Rebraca, Kris and Connor (this year) I am not...
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    Guard play is pathetic!

    Fran getting exposed for not having a Garza or Keegan level talent on the team. What a pathetic performance. Iowa looks like Davidson and other gimmick teams that know they don't enough athletes so they live behind the arc. Ulis is flat out awful. The wrist injury that Fran told us...
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    Are we gonna lose to Nebraska?

    I think tonight will tell a lot about the rest of the season. This was a W on the schedule but after the EIU game it is hard to tell if this team has it in them to man up. Hopefully Fran talked to the team about shot selection and that there is a lot of court inside the 3 point arc to...
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    Arctic cold front thoughts on Iowa footb

    The dust has somewhat settled. Here is may take on current/future state. It will be interesting to see what unfolds in the bowl game. Does KF run the risk of opening things up and letting Laybas showcase his mobility or will that elicit a fake news response to his season long narrative that...
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    Who does the recruiting?

    Fran has been here 13 years and the only recruiting pipelines he has established are IC West and Waukee. I thought by now Fran and staff would have some solid relationships built with high school programs in the Midwest but I don't see it. Olaseni was a great find from Sunrise Christian...
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    The Fran post game interview

    It's hard to imagine a Fran team winning a second round game because the deficiencies are the same year after year. Lack of toughness, defensive lapses, and under 5 minute choke jobs due to inferior guard play.
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    Rebraca

    Good post. Rebraca has been a solid scorer and distributor in the post but today it was a bunch of guys jacking shots with no semblance of offensive continuity.
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    This game was Gatens scout

    Agree. Eastern Illinois could have played out of their minds and Iowa could have played (hopefully) their worst game of the year but there were multiple EIU guys that would look on Iowa's roster.
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    the loss is the biggest upset in the last 30 years

    Two assists in the second half. That says a lot. Fran needs to start coaching based on the talent he has not the talent he thinks he has. The team is way too reliant on the 3 point shot and nobody is making them.
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    *****Iowa vs Eastern Illinois game thread*****

    84-73 with a minute and change left.
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    Absolutely Embarrassing

    Losing to this team is bad enough but the fashion in which it is happening is disconcerting. Sloppy ballhandling, awful shot selection, brutal 3 point shooting and better athletes on EIU.
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    *****Iowa vs Eastern Illinois game thread*****

    All these "shooters" Fran has recruited are not panning out. Guards getting schooled by EIU. Not only losing but getting run.
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