Luka’s defense hampered Iowa all year, and absolutely did again today. Couldn’t have asked for anything more at the other end
Looking ahead... refuse to sulk
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The AD ran a giant deficit last year. Idk that love it or leave it leaves them long for the world.
If your answer is to support the firing of Barta, I can definitely get behind that
I'm just tired of mediocrity and thr response always being how badly we mishandled something 20+ years ago for each sport.
2-22 crappy or like 15-13 crappy? I hope we recruit players like Indiana at guard because they always make the dance......wait
I’ve been an Iowa diehard for 41 years... and I can say... with 100% conviction... I don’t give a f@&k about Fran and what he does from here on out. THIS was his year to show he can coach. THIS was the year with the top college player on your roster ... THIS was the year with several veteran players...
And we flopped ... Big time. Poor coaching in close games and no answers to counteract quicker teams with good coaches.
I like Murray, younger McCaffery... But in the end... we will simply continue to follow the same “Fran” path of no defense and too slow on the court. I had not been this excited about Iowa basketball since the days of BJ, Marble, Horton, etc.
No more excuses ...for Fran... he laid an egg in what should have been a season that included a deep run in the tourney.
P.S. Do we have a strength coach? I’m often reminded of the movie “Hoosiers” when I see Iowa basketball. It is what it is... but we are too slow and too weak (overall)
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I have never been a fan of classes of 5 or more.
2021-2022 Roster (12 on scholarship; 1 scholarship available):
Freshmen: 1 player
6'7" F Payton Sandfort (***)
Sophomores: 6 players
6'11" C Josh Ogundele (***)
6'4" G Tony Perkins (***)
6'2" G Ahron Ulis (***)
6'8" F Keegan Murray (Not Rated)
6'8" F Kris Murray (Not Rated)
6'9" SF Patrick McCaffery (****); on May 29, 2020, Patrick received approval for a medical hardship after playing in just 2 games in the 2019-2020 season, giving him 4 years of college eligibility (through 2024).
Juniors: 3 players
6'4" SG CJ Fredrick (***); in early Nov, 2018, was decided CJ would redshirt the 2018-2019 season
5'10" PG Joe Toussaint (***)
6'11" F Jack Nunge (***); in his freshman year (2017-2018) he played in 33 games and averaged 5.7 ppg; in early Nov, 2018, was decided Jack would redshirt the 2018-2019 season. In the 2019-2020 season, he appeared in only 6 games before tearing his ACL in a game vs Cal Poly. On May 12, 2020, Jack was granted another year of eligibility (medical hardship waiver).
Seniors: 2 players
6'6" SG Joe Wieskamp (****)
6'5" G/F Connor McCaffery (****; announced on Apr 28, 2017 that he will play baseball in the Spring of 2018 and redshirt in basketball in the fall of 2017; ended up, however, playing in 4 games in Dec 2017 as a true freshman, mostly because of the Christian Williams departure. However, after missing two games due to a sprained ankle, eight contests due to mononucleosis, and 19 games after undergoing a tonsillectomy in December, 2017, he was granted a hardship waiver on March 26, 2018, where he will have 4 years of basketball eligibility remaining; on April 11, 2018, Connor was put on scholarship.
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The only bright spot is there will be zero expectations. Back to mid tier Iowa play. Lose some bad games and get some upsets along the way. Scrape for hopefully an 8-11 seed.
Kris Murray will be a revelation next year. He didn't play this year because of upper classman. What I saw of him from last year at DME Sports Academy was very little similar to Keegan except Keegan was needed for his rebounding and he turned out to be Iowa's swiss army knife. Kris will be a great addition to next years team. He may be a freshmen in name only and will be 21 years old to boot.
If the primary options are Garza and Weisy, in limited minutes I don’t think the players are giving a lot of leeway to take shots from them. Perkins and Ulis played for defense and rarely played at that. Take a shot and miss and Fran bench them. So if you are them, would you launch up shots?
I do feel like next year's team could be the type if Iowa team that sneaks up on people and gets to 5th or 6th in the conference. Underrated, no added pressure with high expectations, won't rely on one person every game,
I’m with you. I think people vastly underestimate the impact a healthy Nunge and CJ had on this team. And Keegan is as good of a freshman as I’ve ever seen at Iowa. I’ve got to believe his brother can’t be THAT far behind. Throw in some good athletes like PMac, Perkins and Toussaint and you have a solid nucleus. Hoping Weezy comes back, but even without him there is talent, if not experience.
I disagree with this. I think you give him the pg spot. He is gonna have some head scratching turnovers but with regular minutes and not worrying about coming out of the game he is going to be a solid player for us.
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I quit coming to this board because of the negativity a few years ago and now checking in and see it is still there. Some of the stuff you guys say about Hawkeyes that have gave there all to this team boggles my mind. It is frustrating we lost and how we lost but there is light at the end of tunnel. My thinking is before you totally go off on an individual player that he should leave the program, step away from your computer and get a new hobby. Some of you are just awful with your words. sickening reading some of this stuff.
You do know we averaged less than ten turnovers a game this year???
Use the success of this season to get 1-2 guys from the portal. If he is too much of a pompous ass to do this, well then I guess we get what we get for the duration of his contract. No second round wins doing it his way. Evolve Fran. Michigan won tonight because of their transfers. 2 of 5 Oregon starters were transfers. Look at all the better teams who are all over the PSU players in the portal.
Agree with much of the negativity being a common thing, but with a disappointing ending, what do you expect?
I've see many posting positive threads about the future and many thanking seniors.
As long as no one is tweeting hate at players or sending DM threats like OSU "fans". People are ok with venting a little.
You have heard? Who spoke this information to you?? Or, are you just making shit up?
Come on, man.
Yesterday, Weezy was asked postgame about his future and he declined to comment.
But you have heard he's ready to move on. Incredible.
And if people are paying attention, you have made similar comments on the football forum where you claim to have insider information or you claim to have HEARD something. LOUNGE members, who actually pay for insider info & who had not heard about YOUR supposed insider info, have called you out on this & have asked for your sources. And you replied that a buddy saw it on "the other site" and told you about it.
The other site. Incredible.
I am no fan of @Legend12 but he once called out a poster named HawkeyeinCentralCalifornia for similar types of BS. And your handle ironically is HawkeyeInCentralIowa That poster either got banned or left in embarrassment. Are you one in the same?
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HawkeyeInCentralIowa or HawkeyeinCentralCalifornia or whatever your name is,
Just curious why you started a duplicate Looking Ahead thread 2 hours after this Looking Ahead thread.
My god, as seen above, you even wrote in your duplicate thread that it is time to look ahead.
And the title of this thread is Looking Ahead.
Well, if you would look at all, you could have just replied to this thread.
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Agreed. I am glad OP started it 2 hours before the duplicate thread.
Please stop the insanity of covering up for Conner's lack of quickness, poor shooting and poor defense (due to lack of quickness) by the "well he's an effective post passer" excuse. I see lots of his telegraphed attempts to feed Garza get knocked away.
Joe T. is the only guard on the team right now that was the athleticism needed to compete against teams like we saw in Oregon (and many others).
I don't think I can stand watching another year of Conner starting.
Joe T. is the only guard on the team right now that was the athleticism needed to compete against teams like we saw in Oregon (and many others).
I don't think I can stand watching another year of Conner starting.
I was with the understanding that Fran is okay with everyone on the team to shoot.
Don‘t know he recruit a player only for defense only.
3rd in BIg Ten, top 10 rank all year, #2 seed, national POY - and you throw it in with mediocrity?
Why did you tag half the active posters on this board in your post? Can’t speak for anybody else but I don’t care
You are making this too easy. If you are gonna leave w/ your tail between your legs & come back w/ a new user name, at least have a new user name that does not start with Hawkeyein
According to Hawkeye Report,
Hawkeyeinsoutherncalifornia was LAST SEEN Aug 12, 2019 (after @Legend12 outed you)
HawkeyeInCentralIowa JOINED Sep 14, 2019
You might want to explain how you suddenly know that I’m said poster. I live here in Central Iowa. That poster you’re referring to is from Southern California. Plus, you can always report me to the mods, because they can check and see if I have a duplicate account (which I don’t) and then ban me. So if you really think I’m Hawkeyeinsoutherncalifornia, report me.
As I mentioned above, members of the Lounge called you out on the Football Forum when you claimed to have insider information on prospects. You clearly were lying. And those Lounge members obviously reported you because those posts got removed.
So, its quite apparent others are on to your nonsense as well.
And based on your lies and nonsense, I am convinced you used to post under
Hawkeyeinsoutherncalifornia, left disgraced on Aug 12, 2019 (after @Legend12 outed you) and returned as HawkeyeInCentralIowa on Sep 14, 2019 .
You aren't fooling anyone.
Fran, you are trying to stir up drama. I have respect for you as a poster, but you obviously are trying to lose it.
Again, you kept saying that you heard this and heard that about 2022 and 2023 prospects on the football forum. Lounge members (who pay for this type of insider info) called you out on it and basically called you a liar, and rightfully so.
And now you are saying you heard that Wiesy is not returning, which is obviously not true. You didn't hear that from anyone!
So, just like the Lounge members calling you out on your lies, I am calling you out on your Wiesy lie, because Wiesy has not made public his intentions.
So quit acting like you have all of this football and basketball insider info when you clearly do not.
I’m not going to stir up drama like you and Harb did/do. I’m putting you on ignore for a while.
You can't handle/face the truth and you don't like being caught in all of your lies by Lounge members and by me. It's as simple as that.
And you can change your handle from HawkeyeIn California to Iowa but you clearly did not change in the way you post.
Joe & Ahron will battle for the starting position; they will be better defensively but won't have much of a scoring punch
There are about 330 teams that would have traded seasons with Iowa in basketball. We were ranked top ten almost all season and finished ahead of all but 16 teams.
There are about 120 that would have traded seasons in football. Won 75% of our games and finished with a national ranking of 15.
You write off seasons like that as "mediocre." How many teams are in the Sweet 16 and also ranked higher than 15 in football? You are talking about a high level of success that hasn't been around since Bucky and Evy, before I was born and Ike was President when I was born. None of the demographic, social, media or athletic changes have worked to Iowa's advantage. The Iowa fan that defines "success" in an absolute terms is always going to be very frustrated and unhappy.
Any chance you could be wrong with that prediction? You're not painting a very rosy picture for next year. Need more then a whirling dervish and a smooth operator that can't shoot. Please tell me there's hope 1 or both can be have some consistent offensive to go along with what we have coming back.
They did shoot. JT shot whenever he wanted to, the 2 freshmen were timid much like many freshmen are but especially Perkins put up several shots. Ulis was very shy, he needs to be more aggressive as he was a scorer in HS. But McC NEVER holds back his players from shooting if they have good shots. That's the norm.
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