I think we all knew that with 4 incoming freshman and 2 players from the portal would cause Iowa to lose some games because of unfamiliarity, but Krikke being up and down on offense and having no defense, Brauns basically a foul machine and getting few minutes, redshirting Mulvey, the only backup for Owen, the 4 freshman, Owen became a starter for rebounding and defense is really crafty around the basket and is refreshing to see playing actual defense and the other 3 seeing spot minutes not really providing much. Then there's up and down Patrick that is mostly a black hole, Sandfort that is on fire one game and nonexistent in others, Perkins has become the face of this team, but now that he is the focus of opposing defenses he has to work doubly hard to score and help Iowa from losing games, up to 10 now which is now 13 of 14 years of Fran's leadership.
Playing with guards that are not point guards is becoming a problem for Iowa and yes I know, Brock Harding is the only point guard Iowa has on it's roster, but we all saw how Iowa fell apart in the last 4 minutes of the Penn St game when Fran went with guards that can't handle pressure.
Fran just can't help himself. No matter how much he pushes the idea that positionless basketball is the future of college basketball it fails every year at Iowa.
Can't wait until the start of next year. No Krikke, hopefully no Patrick, and if anyone else wants to leave that's ok with me as long as it's not one of the 4 freshman. Hope Tony decides to return next year, that is all.