Geezus, step away from the bottle dude. I was poking fun at you & ya blow a gasket? I haven't lost a game yet this year... oh wait, I haven't even played a game... I didn't fill out a bracket either. Go get your shine box...
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15 point halftime lead I believe. Krafcisin (sp) was having a great game, but fouled out.
It's not like Wichita State was the better seed to justify giving them a home game...they weren't. The Hawks had a first round bye. No way should that have been allowed.
Yes, Lute was a great coach. But a lot of fans forget the many times he flamed out early in the tournament....at both Iowa and Arizona.
Ah....you are one of those who enjoy making fun of people who make an incorrect prediction, but never have the guts to go on record with your own. You also get all p*ssy when you get a little push back.Geezus, step away from the bottle dude. I was poking fun at you & ya blow a gasket? I haven't lost a game yet this year... oh wait, I haven't even played a game... I didn't fill out a bracket either. Go get your shine box...
I figured as much.
Carry on, Mr. Internet Tough Guy! 🤪
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Agreed about the disappointments before Fran. It seems like Iowa basketball is just not made for the Big Stage…. 1990’s - Present Day. 😎
For decades, Duke and North Carolina played many of their NCAA tourney games within an hour or so of their campus. Their is still a little of that advantage given the top teams. Purdon't gets to play within driving distance it first few games this year.
I was lucky enough to come to Iowa City the year after Lute came, and left a year before. He is the best coach Iowa has had in my time watching Iowa BB, but he wet his drawers in the tourney more often than not.
I would sure take Lutes results in the ncaa now. Fran wets his drawers in every ncaa.
Yes, but the Hawks were the much higher seed that year...got the bye (48 team field). WSU was a 12 seed I believe...could be wrong.
They do it in the NBA and it works OK.
I would be OK with one challenge per coach, in the last 5 mins of the game. Teams should not have to lose like that in the tourney.
And they’ll still choke. Purdue does even less with more in the tournament than Iowa does.
Iowa was a 3 seed. WSU a 6. Complete BS playing at Wichita. Purdue got the shaft a few times i believe.
Hawks made NCAA tournament Lutes last 5 years. Always competitive in tournament. Lost double digit leads in 79 and 81. 81 Iowa beat national champion Indiana twice. Iowa lost by one in sweet 16 Lutes final game. I wouldn't say he wet his draweres but there were some heartbreaking losses.
Fran has trailed by double digits at halftime each time iowa has reached second round .
Making the tourney was a bit more of a special thing in the early 80s, not unlike making a bowl game. The down side was teams still got a home court advantage. This was just before March Madness blew up and they did away with that
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Yep most physical locked in team wins 7/10.
Frans whole approach doesn't make sense given how much physicality is allowed in college basketball.
If FAU starts making this a full court game, Northwestern will get run off the court.
Yep. Iowa and ISU have been fortunate a couple times to get to play in Minneapolis. 1986 they were both there.
Well that sounds easy. But right now they're on pace to score about 45 points in the game.
They should just do what you're saying.
This effort on defense is what wins in the ncaa tournament.
See final 4 last year.
The ncaa doesn't have any standards for officiating so it turnes into a fouling contest.
Yup. They let a lot go.
If this was a regular season game, half of the players would’ve been fouled out by now
Depends on the day and the mood of the officials.
There is no legitimate oversight so it's wildly inconsistent.
Yep, Dutcher's SD state team is terrible on offense, great on defense. very hard to watch at times.
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