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Iowa State is a preseason top 5 team

We’re going to have to be way more physical than we’ve been in any game this season. And if we’re going to play the Sandfort brothers a lot together and keep Traore on the bench like Friday we will get punished on the boards.
 
Is it sad that part of me hopes that they remain unsold?
If you can't fill the joint for the in-state rival ranked in the top 10 (5), then that sends a message.
Sending a message is showing up and booing. That’s what we do for football. Passionate fans (like an Eagles fan for example) would still show up and let the coach have it.

Simply not going to games just sends the message that we don’t care about this program. Which we don’t unfortunately
 
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Legit Final 4 team. But I’m told it’s too hard to compete if you aren’t a blue blood. We are just Iowa, we should be happy just to get to the tournament once in awhile.
Isu has three things going for it that we don’t:

1. A great coach;
2. A passionate fan base;
3. A billionaire bank rolling the program.

We could fix the first two with an aggressive AD. But not the last one.
 
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Isu is a legitimate national title contender. Their defense is elite. (Just so Jess settles knows what elite looks like).
They are stacked at guard, a funky 4, and bangers down low.
Best of all they look like they’ve seen a weight room. Fran has kids with high school bodies.
Isu’s defensive intensity has nothing to do with nil.
 
Isu has three things going for it that we don’t:

1. A great coach;
2. A passionate fan base;
3. A billionaire bank rolling the program.

We could fix the first two with an aggressive AD. But not the last one.

Wait....who is the billionaire bankrolling Iowa State basketball? We have one of the smaller NIL Collectives and barely keeping our head above water.
 
Wait....who is the billionaire bankrolling Iowa State basketball? We have one of the smaller NIL Collectives and barely keeping our head above water.
Harry Stine, with a net worth of 9.7 billion, is reportedly a clown fan.
 
Harry Stine, with a net worth of 9.7 billion, is reportedly a clown fan.
It’s not Stine.

They are talking about Albaugh. I don’t think their NIL is very robust, but Albaugh is the billionaire who supports ISU. Stine is the cheapest person on earth.
 
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ISU 68 - Marquette 61 with 5:00 to go at Hilton. It was tied at 61 a couple of minutes ago.
 
They’re really good.
Don't Fret, we have Francis. Just like Kirk , we little ole Iowa.
We can't compete with them big boys. Lol. Beth needs to make some changes or she needs to go too.
Iowa State is not little brother this year, or most others in men's bb.
I'm tired of this chicken shit old boy mentality that we can't do better.
 
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Don't Fret, we have Francis. Just like Kirk , we little ole Iowa.
We can't compete with them big boys. Lol. Beth needs to make some changes or she needs to go to.
Iowa State is not little brother this year, or most others in men's bb.
It’s night and day watching a game like tonight at Hilton to basically any Iowa home game. In so many ways.
 
It’s night and day watching a game like tonight at Hilton to basically any Iowa home game. In so many ways.
It's pathetic, we can't play with these teams. How does TJ do it? Coaching, recruiting, etc....
We stick with these stale, old coaches who's time has passed.
So irritating.
Agreed 100%
 
It’s not Stine.

They are talking about Albaugh. I don’t think their NIL is very robust, but Albaugh is the billionaire who supports ISU. Stine is the cheapest person on earth.

I don’t know what Iowa State’s NIL budget is exactly, but the director of We Will said said spent more on Coleman Hawkins than Iowa State did on the entire team.
 
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