******Iowa vs Rutgers Game Thread******

[Chishawk1425]

Iowa is going to make me some bank tonight

Checking in

 

[Mohawkeye]

One road win shouldn't make up for a lost season without a NCAA tournament appearance. Iowa will make up for this win with a blowout loss in the Big Ten tournament. Yes it will happen for sure. Fran needs to go....

F off. I hate Iowa “fans”!who root for defeat. I’m no longer a Fran fan, but if he can pull out an f’n NCAA tournament that’s great. I’m not rooting against him.

 

[IChawkeye45]

Harding's stat line, 13 points, 7 assists, 4 rebounds, 2 of 2 at the line, 1 turnover, not bad for a in your mind, a non D1 player.
And most of all the first win on the road, that should at least allow Iowa into the Big Ten tournament in a disappointing season.

Against an uninterested team that has checked out for the season.

 

[drh1150]

Rumor around CB is that Dix’s mom is very ill. Hoping things look up for him and his family and selfishly hoping he doesn’t move closer to home to play for the Bluejays.

Knowing what Dix is going through I would think is emotional for Fran.

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

Playing ourselves into the right side of the big ten tourney bubble with that massive program defining win.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Checking in

I"m pissed. meaningless win. Oh well. Other parlays are going well

 

[the notorious r.d.m.]

Perfect representation of how the outside noise is a real thing. You can just see the affect it has had on the coaches and players.
This team still isn't very good but you have to admire that win.
Rutgers is an enigma for me. Their talent is levels above Iowa. Yet, Iowa rolls into The Rac and gets a win. Rutgers fan has to be really disappointed with where there are at right now.

Personally I'd rather have a team of upperclassmen whose highest aspirations are maybe seeing the court in Europe than a bunch of freshman with a couple lottery picks. Not saying Iowa is the former, but college ball teams are usually better when that's the case. Kentucky last season was a great example. 2 lottery picks among a bunch of freshmen got bounced first game in both tournaments.

I like Pikiell but steering stud freshmen in an up-tempo, high-scoring offense isn't him.

 

[HoustonREDHawk]

Personally I'd rather have a team of upperclassmen whose highest aspirations are maybe seeing the court in Europe than a bunch of freshman with a couple lottery picks. Not saying Iowa is the former, but college ball teams are usually better when that's the case. Kentucky last season was a great example. 2 lottery picks among a bunch of freshmen got bounced first game in both tournaments.

I like Pikiell but steering stud freshmen in an up-tempo, high-scoring offense isn't him.

Really good team win, with a lot of guys making hustle plays, which we haven't been seeing. Dembele had his best game as a Hawkeye, making hustle plays that gave us extra possessions. Harding has his best game in a few weeks. Dix still needs to shoot more, but he made a lot of tough shots of the dribble. Payton missed a lot of open 3s, but made a big one when we needed it. Traore can't shoot, but our defense and rebounding is better with him on the court. Mulvey also made some winning plays. We actually outrebounded a team on the road by 7, and limited them to 4 offensive rebounds!!!

I am curious about what Payton said about Dix in the post-game interview with Katz. He suggested that Josh isn't totally healthy ("Josh is battling a lot of things", or something like that). Any idea what that might be?

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Personally I'd rather have a team of upperclassmen whose highest aspirations are maybe seeing the court in Europe than a bunch of freshman with a couple lottery picks. Not saying Iowa is the former, but college ball teams are usually better when that's the case. Kentucky last season was a great example. 2 lottery picks among a bunch of freshmen got bounced first game in both tournaments.

I like Pikiell but steering stud freshmen in an up-tempo, high-scoring offense isn't him.

I like your attitude....but that train has left the station unless you are going to constantly go after mid and low level school transfer portal players every year.

Every player thinks he is an NBA player. Look at Payton. I guarantee he'll never see an NBA court. But he thinks he can. So keep on chucking.

 

[DewHawk]

Against an uninterested team that has checked out for the season.

Sorry but I do not think that is accurate at all

 

[Knothole Hawk]

Nice road win guys. Go Hawks!