**** Men's NCAA Tournament ****

[Mohawkeye]

Isu has had majority black teams since Tim Floyd. And that's been consistent over the 6 or 7 coaches since.

Iowa has only had 4 coaches in that time and none of them have been good recruiters.

It's an example that you can recruit out of state to the state of Iowa with the right guy.

The administration at Iowa needs to put in more effort and money though.

I’m not saying it’s true today, but there was a time when Iowas admission & grade standards got in the way. Roy Thompson and some others come to mind.

I think Johnny Orr actually got ISU on the map for recruiting inner city black youths. His Detroit connections were invaluable.

 

[hawkirugged17]

Gonzaga 56 - Kansas 49 with 15:55 left in the game.

 

[Randall Stanhope]

Gonzaga 56 - Kansas 49 with 15:55 left in the game.

Has Dickinson been this bad for Kansas all year?

Wonder how much they paid him in NIL.

 

[hawkirugged17]

Gonzaga up 23 on Kansas with 7 minutes left.

 

[stillh8unlv]

#justiceforsamford

 

[83Hawk]

Gonzaga up 23 on Kansas with 7 minutes left.

Now 27 with 6:01.

 

[hawkeye_wx]

Gonzaga..... NINE consecutive sweet sixteens.

Iowa..... ONE in 30+ years.

 

[SDHawkDoc]

Not a zaga fan, but if it's between them and kansas I'm happy to see kansas get bounced.

 

[hawkjt]

Gonzaga..... NINE consecutive sweet sixteens.

Iowa..... ONE in 30+ years.

Few has done an amazing job.
I thought this was the year they faltered but they get Nemhard from Creighton and keep rolling.

 

[83Hawk]

Gonzaga..... NINE consecutive sweet sixteens.

Iowa..... ONE in 30+ years.

Can't recruit the quality of players Gonzaga gets to Iowa.
Fran is as good as coach as the Hawks can expect to have.
We're just lil' old Iowa and it is unrealistic to expect the Hawks to go to the Sweet 16.

 

[Hawksfor3]

Watching Sparty and NC. Watching Tyson Walker defend with his chest instead of his hands is great to see.

 

[RocknRollface]

Izzo has the tournament figured out.

They rachet up the physicality by about %50-60 vs the regular season right from the tip and the reffs won't do jack shit about it.

That's the formula that works every year.

 

[HawkBall23]

Kansas was clearly not that good this year, even using the excuse they played in the B12. They lost badly - at least - a few times during the season.

And going out bigly today.

 

[Bulldogs1974]

But none of that matters if the coach doesn't emphasize it.

I would love to see Fran bench a player for a defensive breakdown. Never happens.

What’s far worse is being benched for a pass or hustle but not benching lazy defense. It breeds apathy for defense. It is why it’s time to move on.

 

[Derekd3408]

Iowa State isn't playing against soft Big 12 teams anymore.

 

[Hawksfor3]

NC defending the pick and roll well, but the roller is late for Sparty. A man in front of him as he gets to the basket.

 

[hawkirugged17]

UNC 40 - MSU 31 at halftime.

 

[hawkirugged17]

ISU has scored 8 points in 12 minutes. Only trail by 6.

 

[hawkirugged17]

 

[Hawksfor3]

UNC 40 - MSU 31 at halftime.

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Home game for UNC.

 

[Steamboat529529]

ISU plays so hard and gets after it defensively.

 

[Hawksfor3]

ISU plays so hard and gets after it defensively.

They defend with their chests and not their hands. Mike Brown has been teaching Keegan and some others how to do that. If He had learned that under Fran, he would of had a better start defensively, I believe.

 

[MWardT]

ISU doing a lot of flopping in this game.

 

[hawkirugged17]

Kansas was clearly not that good this year, even using the excuse they played in the B12. They lost badly - at least - a few times during the season.

And going out bigly today.

 

[hawkjt]

MSU hanging pretty tough vs #1 seed. 3 weeks ago Hawks handled them in East Lansing.

ISU and UNC have huge crowd edge in these games. Refs are affected.
Last season MSU made that run late and when all their guys came back I had MSU top 5 in country.

Now again making a run and W Booker and Carr looking good I am tempted to install them as favorites in BIG next season.

 

[hawkirugged17]

He doesn't even start!

 

[Hawksfor3]

He doesn't even start!

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"We're not Cinderellas".

 

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[hawkirugged17]

MSU hanging pretty tough vs #1 seed. 3 weeks ago Hawks handled them in East Lansing.

ISU and UNC have huge crowd edge in these games. Refs are affected.
Last season MSU made that run late and when all their guys came back I had MSU top 5 in country.

Now again making a run and W Booker and Carr looking good I am tempted to install them as favorites in BIG next season.

 

[RocknRollface]

They defend with their chests and not their hands. Mike Brown has been teaching Keegan and some others how to do that. If He had learned that under Fran, he would of had a better start defensively, I believe.

Fran teaches the jump out of the way defense.

 

[hawkirugged17]

Fran teaches the jump out of the way defense.

 

[wilson reborn]

Clones are so athletic. This game shouldn’t be close.

 

[Hawksfor3]

Laughing at the Gohlke cardboard faces they hold up when he hits.

 

[hawkirugged17]

Laughing at the Gohlke cardboard faces they hold up when he hits.

 

[Hawksfor3]

Gohlke not only buries 3's, he can get you a rebound lol.

 

[Hawksfor3]

Oakland shooting too many 3's. Need to stop that, but let Gohlke get his shots up.

 

[HawkBall23]

Not that I'm planning on watching much, but go Dukes in an hour!

**** Illnois!!

 

[hawkirugged17]

Oakland shooting too many 3's. Need to stop that, but let Gohlke get his shots up.

Seems easy ...

 

[Hawksfor3]

Seems easy ...

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A specialist!

 

[BlIIlken2]

Iowa state basketball fans are insufferable