Might be the first time the 11 would win and it's not an upset.
Do we have any chance of actually winning on Thursday?
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I think they win at least 2 this week. Worms Gunna turn.
Yes. It’s sports. Teams win who “shouldn’t”. And teams lose who “shouldn’t”.
That being said, if I asked a magic 8 ball I think it would say it doesn’t look good.
That being said, if I asked a magic 8 ball I think it would say it doesn’t look good.
Iowa has no business being in the NCAA tournament and Fran sure as hell deserves 0 credit for engineering anything remotely resembling a successful season. 2 wins against NCAA teams and the collapse all of us not delusional predicted. Really thrilled Fran ran Williams off to actually have a downgrade at PG and that is not a big compliment to Williams just a realistic assessment of a kid who has ridden the coattails of others on stacked high school and AAU teams.
No, because there is no bubble for Iowa. They’re in.
We have to break this downward spiral. The B1G tourney would be a good place to right the ship but I'm not confident we will.
There is a difference between excuses and explanations.
Seriously.
Why isn’t every other B1G team “mentally fried”?
It’s BS.
This team has a lot of weaknesses and B1G coaches have figured out how to exploit them.
Simple as that, and why I have more than a little hope that we win our first NCAA tourney game — coaches won’t be wise to no D Fran ball.
I just talked to Fran. He's definitely rooting for Northwestern on Wed. He said that it's not good enough that he's the only coach to ever lose a BTT Thurs game to a #12 AND #13 seed, so he is determined to add the #14 to his resume.
Ran him off. Start of end?Fran should answer questions at end of year on CW impact.Ugh!
Iowa isn’t mentally fried, they’re unprepared for the final grind. Teams are tired, you have to fall back on solid fundamentals and mental toughness down the stretch. Fran doesn’t emphasize either and never will
No, this isn't an excuse. The team put themselves in this position, I want to make that clear. Also, no, not every team is mentally fried at this point in the season. I am pointing out the mental weakness of the team as a whole. There has to be something said about today's game too. It can go 1 of 2 ways. Can't wait to get back on the floor and work hard to fix what has been going wrong... OR, realize you have lost 4 in a row to teams that aren't very good (sans Maryland) while not playing well for a month. The easy and most likely thing to do is dwell on the negative, its human nature. It takes exceptional positive mindsets and belief to turn this around. The reason I do not have confidence in that happening is due to the constant whining about calls and dropping heads. I really want to be wrong and I will support the guys but I have little hope of not going 0-2 the rest of the way.
I believe they will win Thursday. After that, I'm highly uncertain. 
More than that. He got the 10, 11, 12, and 13 in the first round 4 consecutive seasons. (Not in that order) Only needs to lose to a 14.
I agree with you on these points. I agree that our competitors have indeed "figured us out" and they come right at us. And, I would add that the situation involving Fran hasn't helped, and probably caused a distraction to the players having to be led by two different assistants in a critical stretch of games. However, I wouldn't say that they are mentally fried. They just need to keep a positive attitude, play fundamentally better, and maybe some good things will happen.
Iowa will play Illinois on Thursday. We will get beat
by an Illinois team that is more athletic and hungry
for a win.
by an Illinois team that is more athletic and hungry
for a win.
No, lots of average in college hoops. Unless there is a plethora of surprises in conference tourney's for example if Rutgers wins the Big 10, WVU wins big 12, Georgia wins the SEC and so on, there are some 1 bid leagues that could become 2 bid leagues if the likes of Wofford and Buffalo lose.. A lot would have to happen
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