Good analysis,dirk.
I said coming into this season that making the tourny would be critical to maintain momentum in the Fran re-build at Iowa.
We made it easily, despite our lack of returning scorers, outside of JU. Jok came thru,bigtime.
Now, we will be shooting for a NIT bid next year....acceptable. If we do better...great surprise.
My concern remains at the pg spot....hope we can find a transfer or juco, assuming someone leaves.
Overall, Fran has done a solid job of resurrecting the program.
He came in and made lemonade out of talent that did not really fit his style. Fran 2.0 needs to feature quick, long athletes who can run all day and press all day and still knock down shots. Nova-like.
His success at Iowa will depend on getting the critical mass of those kinds of out of state talents to augment local shooters.
So far...he has not landed enough of them but jury still out.
I said coming into this season that making the tourny would be critical to maintain momentum in the Fran re-build at Iowa.
We made it easily, despite our lack of returning scorers, outside of JU. Jok came thru,bigtime.
Now, we will be shooting for a NIT bid next year....acceptable. If we do better...great surprise.
My concern remains at the pg spot....hope we can find a transfer or juco, assuming someone leaves.
Overall, Fran has done a solid job of resurrecting the program.
He came in and made lemonade out of talent that did not really fit his style. Fran 2.0 needs to feature quick, long athletes who can run all day and press all day and still knock down shots. Nova-like.
His success at Iowa will depend on getting the critical mass of those kinds of out of state talents to augment local shooters.
So far...he has not landed enough of them but jury still out.
