We won the game against a very tough team, yet we need to continue to analyze what Fran did wrong? Iowa's lack of depth at 4/5 is a serious problem that Fran has been coaching around all season. Not getting a portal big hurts,. Not sure how much NIL played a role. I am most surprised by how poorly Mulvey was playing until recently, when it has at least looked like he isn't lost. I don't have much hope that JoshO will ever give us more than a few spot minutes against opponents with monster bigs.
We need CMac on the court, whether he is scoring or not. There is more to winning games than looking at post-game stats. Patrick is more experienced than Dix, so Fran went that direction. I agree that Dix has been playing better, but I think it could help if we get Patrick back for at least limited minutes to make a serious run post season. I want Dix to keep getting regular minutes, because he has been very solid in all phases of the game. Some of the same voices were calling to bench TonyP. Now, maybe we see why Fran kept playing him and some of us were also saying we will need him.
Iowa is overachieving, relative to what most analysts predict, but Fran doesn't seem to get credit for any of that from you guys??? Is Fran dressing ok, or does he need to rethink his wardrobe, maybe even his hair style, which is kind of old...