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New Story - The Hyball: A Newfound Optimist's Take on Iowa and the Final Four

Bobby Loesch

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The Hyball: A Newfound Optimist's Take on Iowa and the Final Four​

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Bobby Loesch • Go Iowa Awesome
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The Hyball is a weekly basketball column


Spent a long time as a fatalist.

A long, long, long time. In many ways, I still feel like that is my default DNA as a sports fan. The sky is falling, the next injury, the trap game, the "are we rooting for a paper tiger?" feeling.

There are bigger issues in the world, so if we are going to willingly choose college basketball as one of our interests, why not keep on the sunny side? Because this Iowa women's basketball team, as I've said maybe 15 times in the last three years, is a routine Celebration of Joy every time they step on the court.

And if my beloved Michigan Wolverines can win the natty in football, then I assure you any-freaking-thing can happen.

But I'm not asking you to lean on random chance here.

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