Do you think Nebbers get all confused and excited when they see NU-5 and think they're favored? 🤔
Northwestern favored by 5 tonight
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Dunno, but I put money on the Cornholers.
Question is, is Bryce McGowens going to play or not? GTD with a hand injury. If he plays, I like Nebraska. If not, I'm not so sure they can overcome the 17 points he averages
Probably regret saying this, but I would much rather be facing the Mildcats. The only team they've beaten down the stretch has been Nebraska at home. The Bugeaters have been on a three game roll entering the tournament, beating some decent teams.
If Iowa has problems with either team, the NCAA tournament will see a quick exit.
Huskers are the hotter team. Verge can hurt us . Give us NW, please.
Was it Aaron Whites senior yr where we got thumped by a shitty Penn St team in the B1G tourney and then beat Davidson by 30+ in the first round of the NCAA's?
I think Nebby presents the bigger problem for Iowa. We're the better team but when they decide to just go one on one and take it to the hoop, we have problems. I predict Nebby wins tonite.
That may have been the most perfect game played during Fran's tenure. I think the slight majority picked Davidson to win that game.
I thought there were a lot of talking heads telling people to watch out for Davison. Whoopsies.
They also said watch out for Oregon. They got us there.
I vividly recall him screaming "they can't f*&*^^* stop me" after he led the Hawks on a big run. That game was classic "get my hopes up" on the Iowa fan triangle meme, only to come crashing down the following round.
Many were picking Iowa to knock out Gonzaga in round 2. Iowa didnt play very well, but that Gonzaga team was very good. Bounced by Duke in the elite 8
Yeah. That was another disappointing finish for sure. They were never really in that game after the first 10 minutes or so going down by 17 by halftime.
That Gonzaga team had Domantas Sabonis (2 time NBA All Star) as a freshman coming off the bench. Gonzaga beat UCLA in the next round (The Bruins had Norman Powell and Kevon Looney - current NBA players as well as the Alford boys). And then, the Duke team that beat Gonzaga had all these players that played or still play in the NBA - Tyus Jones, Quinn Cook, Justise Winslow, Jahlil Okafor, Marshall Plumlee, and Grayson Allen.
God look bad our psyche has been destroyed by past failures!
We are honestly sitting here discussing whether or not we want the 12 or 13 seed in our first game! Sad. We should be instead discussing how bad we will beat either one of those poser teams.....sadly this is what getting our hopes up has done to us as a fan base..
Oh they were beaten by a better team for sure. I think it was the fact that Iowa was never really in the game after 10 minutes in that was disappointing.
No game in the NCAAs is a gimmie, not even a 16-1 matchup. Several 16 seeds have thrown the fear of God into 1 seeds in the past, and after years of knocking UMBC finally came up with the first upset.
There's a reason why 12 seeds are considered 'trendy' upset picks. Over the past 10 years, 12 seeds have knocked off 5 seeds 15 times (about a 38% success rate). 13 seeds have defeated 4 seeds 8 times, good for a 20% success rate. And 14 seeds have beaten 3 seeds 6 times, or 15% of the time.
Iowa fans should not be scared, but some concern is warranted.
The BC/Wake game on right now is our game tomorrow, just no gimmes this time of year.
Davison was a nobody team of midgets and then Iowa got throttled by a very good Gonzaga team, so just a standard 1 win and 1 loss in NCAA tourney.
At least this year's team can play defense, though post defense vs the Cockburns and Eddy's of the NCAA is a little bit dicey.
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Ok. Just sayin conference tourney results mean very little in terms of ncaa tourney performance. The guy i quoted thinks different.
I wonder how many games Nebraska has lost this season where they had a 10 point or more lead? Has to be quite a few. Their failure to close out games has been astounding. And it seems like they have pretty good talent too. They make a lot of poor decisions late game, I have seen this in many of their games this year.
It is amazing and clearly lack of discipline when they have the lead otherwise they are pretty good team
Spent too much time with the football team? Or something in the water
Talented but mostly playground players. They struggle against teams that play good team defense.
I wouldn't say you were wrong--they were a tough out. They're just their own worst enemy.
Nah. You are what your record says you are. Just like their football team.
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