It’s official, the Hawks are the #5 seed in the Big Ten Tournament. They will take on the winner of #13 Nebraska and #12 Northwestern at 1:00pm cst on Thursday.
Big Ten Tournament - Thursday @1pm
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Who gives a rats a$$ when you are assured of dancing?
The BTT is a money grubbing exhibition. Bobby Knight knew it and was right.
The season is the proof of your worth.
Play the backups, hope for no injuries and prepare for what counts.
The BTT is a money grubbing exhibition. Bobby Knight knew it and was right.
The season is the proof of your worth.
Play the backups, hope for no injuries and prepare for what counts.
Change for some tournament success before the dance. Also seeding can change greatly, depending how we play
Play the backups? Lol this kind of loser mentality is why our country is in the shitter.. get better meds clown.
Play to win. Always. Go Hawks.
Yeah lets see Keegan sprain an ankle in this pointless exhibition and see what everybody thinks.
Teams that make deep runs in NCAA---they tend to win their conference title vs getting
beat by a Nebraska or NW type team in 1st game. Winning creates confidence/momentum.
Syracuse, UConn are a couple teams out
of past that were low seeds that got hot and won their conference tourney and then
deep runs in NCAA.
All of Fran's previous Iowa teams were 0-1 in BTT or 1-1 at best......so lots of rest before NCAA, and all bounced out in NCAA in round of 32.
We're winning it all this year, boys. This team is still playing like the best team in the conference, nothing from tonight convinced me otherwise.
Heading for game #3 against a much improved Nebraska team as of late. Super.
Come on Hawks. Make a good run.
Come on Hawks. Make a good run.
Why did he play at all this season? Should have just rested him for the NIT or NCAA. The difference between a 7-8-9 seed is night and day compared to a 4-5 seed. How about let's forfeit so nobody has to lose on the court. Bite me snowflake.
Yeah, this country needs more people like you who start threads ripping into a couple 20-year-old kids for not having "killer instinct" at the free throw line...
LOL
Personally I think this country is pretty good but I’m sure you have your reasons for thinking it’s shitty.
Nebby better worry about jNW first. One thing I’ve learned this year is not to take anyone lightly
Take care of our business. Go Hawks!!
Totally agree with this.
We'll beat Illinois on a neutral court, and we can beat PU and Wisconsin.
I really like our set up in this thing.
My throat is a bit scratchy. I think I may have a bad cold Thursday afternoon and have to leave work early.
Don't be a pansy. Schedule a surgery for Wednesday like I did and you're good to go! 😏 (just have to continually remind myself Thursday.....remain calm, remain calm, remain calm - Ha!)
So by extension, have the last several games been pointless exhibitions since Iowa was already in the tournament? Should Fran have held out all of the starters to avoid injury?
This really bothers me. We are the superior team but they have the players to take us one on one and get to the rim. They did it in the 2nd game and obviously have been playing a lot better here at the end. I don't like this matchup, if it happens, at all.
I wonder if someone has done a deep study on this between the correlation of conference tourney success to NCAA success. It SEEMS as someone who merely just watchers all of it that those that make deep runs in their respective conference tourney have less success in the NCAAs compared to their seeding. Maybe I am just thinking of all of those Iowa/Iowa St. teams that would do well and then get bounced first round?
I did a tally a few years back. I'd have to update that research to give you an answer, as I don't remember how much it mattered or not.
I will say that it hasn't exactly paid dividends as far as the Big Ten competing for a national title...........
With IU playing before us Thursday and, maybe, Friday it's going to be a tough ticket unless you buy the entire tournament.
I think after the lost COVID year most of these teams/schools NEED that money...in a big way.
I'm sure the other Big 10 teams who will make the NCAA tournament will be resting their starters. 🙄 Solid post.
Not!
I may have to be out of work Thursday and Friday afternoon I guess 😎
You're gonna have to go with COVID then instead of your run of the mill cold!
He can sprain his ankle just walking across campus! You can't protect yourself from every obstacle without isolating in a bubble!
It's actually all the meds as to why the country is in the shitter.
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