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*******Minny vs Iowa Game Thread*******

Lol. Floor seats available for $63 including fees. Cheapest available without fees is $2 to an actual Big Ten game. 5 bucks plus fees puts you half court midway up. I know it's cold out, but if that's how little demand is for good seats that are basically free then that indicates a sad state of the program. Those that are so worried that without McCaffrey the arena will look like the Lickliter days, that's a couple more blowouts away from happening.
 
3000 actual attendance seems really low for a Big10 conference game. My family went to a Lickliter game at Carver vs Purdue during the Xmas holiday years ago and attendance had to be way over 3000 with no students. Interesting Factoid: I think it was the game Lil Lick was posterized for getting his layup attempt blocked .

We didn't have to pay because someone just gave us tickets rather than watch that Licliter B-ball.

These Hawks are way more exciting/competitive than Lickliter era teams at home.

Does Garcia hit 30 pts or does someone bash him in nutz again? I think we win, but if we don't we could be on verge of collapse if Fran sticks to his guns on small ball.
Dude I walked down 20 rows to sit in the front row under the basket to take pictures with my new camera. Lickliter had games with about 1500.

I have a photo of Basabee(?) staring straight at me at eye level.

It was sad.
 
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People will be spending vastly more money on refreshments tonight than they will on ticket prices.


Seriously though, what a joke. Even if I lived closer and didn't work tomorrow, I still wouldn't go.

Not until Mr. 'Hands Never Leave My Pockets, When I Can Be Bothered to Even Stand Up' is gone.
 
You miss the raging Fran don't ya? Admit it, we all miss this guy!


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If we could get the guy between FranCon 10 and FranCon less than zero, I'd be content.

Maybe its because a health scare or something - too much high blood pressure from late November through mid-March - but he went from what we were used to for 13 or 14 years to pretty much an emotionless and careless robot this season.

If not for health reasons, then he's as checked out as can be.
 
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If we could get the guy between FranCon 10 and FranCon less than zero, I'd be content.

Maybe its because a health scare or something - too much high blood pressure from late November through mid-March - but he went from what we were used to for 13 or 14 years to pretty much an emotionless and careless robot this season.

If not for health reasons, then he's as checked out as can be.
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Can get a ticket for 8 bucks tonight. 1 for the ticket and 7 for fees. Yet I still don't want to drive the hour in the cold. Sad that I feel this way about this team.
 
Yeah it'd have to be zone. Mulvey can't guard anyone one on one can he?
He most certainly can. I think he’s shown that. Hell, as a true freshman he held his own against the Edey green giant. I think he’s a bit like Woody. Very good at positioning. He disrupts more shots than you realize.
 
Mulvey would get absolutely abused by Garcia. Can't guard him on the perimeter and too slow off the bounce to be effective down low. One dribble and he will blow by him for easy buckets. Mulvey is more question than answer. We will see if Owen can stay out of foul trouble tonight. I'd play Tadjo before Mulvey. Much more physical and quicker.
Tadjo's only claim to fame so far is 9 fouls per 40 minutes played. He's not in any way ready to play extended minutes. Mulvey has shown himself to be much more effective in limited minutes.
 
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The only reason Iowa beat Minnie last year at Carver was because Garcia was kneed in the groan and had to sit out for most of the 2nd half. He is a beast and makes everyone on that team better then they are. It's going to be a tall task for Iowa to pull off a win tonight. Cannot afford to have long stretches' of empty offense and Iowa has to avoid leaving open 3 shooters uncovered as Iowa did on the west coast.
Someone from the bench is going to have to step it up and fill the gap left by the absents of Payton. will it be Pryce or Dembele and it will be interesting if Mulvey gets any minutes tonight, after getting minutes in the Michigan game he was MIA until the UCLA game in which he played quite admiralty for 8 minutes in the 2nd half, he deserves to see minutes despite some on here saying he's worthless. Brauns is how you spell worthless....

I applaud the story of Braun... Iowa City kid, came home as a walk on to play for the Hawks. That said, neither Braun on Mulvey or Dimbele have any semblance of a post game. Mulvey sticks out as at least he is 7'0 and can play position defense and rebound his position. Braun and Dimbele are undersized at Center on a team that plays small ball. I personally think Mulvey is better than he is made out to be and better option than Braun/Dimbele in a lot of matchups.

This will be a bad news if Hawks don't win this game vs bottom feeder at home. If we don't win, we'ret he bottom feeder.
 
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People will be spending vastly more money on refreshments tonight than they will on ticket prices.


Seriously though, what a joke. Even if I lived closer and didn't work tomorrow, I still wouldn't go.

Not until Mr. 'Hands Never Leave My Pockets, When I Can Be Bothered to Even Stand Up' is gone.

Ironically, he used to be criticized for being too animated and aggressive on the bench. Winning is all that matters. No one cares about the rest.
 
Ironically, he used to be criticized for being too animated and aggressive on the bench. Winning is all that matters. No one cares about the rest.
I mean, you're not wrong.

But its hard to ignore the last 3 road outcomes, while he's done what I characterized him as in the post you quoted. So it makes it really stand out all that much more.
 
Hawks showing a little more something than they did @ UCLA, but Minnesota still better to start.
 
Gotta love Payton 'Hero Ball' Sandfort.

"Ok guys, I got a bum shoulder but I'm gonna do my best MJ tonight - only a lot more bricks than he clunked off of rims."
 
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