Not a great night …

[MikeyHawk]

Clearly you have never embraced a single Hawkeye BB team since maybe 1970..altho that team had no shot vs alcindor and UCLA even if they got past Jacksonville...so rule them out of your consideration of supporting them..so maybe the 1956 team?

Well, in that case, just give Fran a lifetime contract, this is the highest level Iowa basketball can achieve.

 

[the notorious r.d.m.]

I'm interested in what the overall winning percentage is in the nation during that time. 17% winning percentage seems like it would be well ahead of the curve. It's a miracle you can win at all doing that.

In the B1G (since 2010-11) the league as a whole is 86-447 when a team allows their opponent to score 85 or more. Which is a .161 win%.

Big12 is .215 (100-364)
SEC is .198 (134-543)
ACC is .154 (97-532)
Big East is .181 (98-443)

Fran's win% is about right. It's just that he probably leads the nation in such games.

 

[RocknRollface]

Yeah, there isn't a consistent Fran Fade in February, but all the teams he puts out ncaa Tournament time have struggled and looked overmatched. The Fran offense gets taken away or throttled back and there is no defense to fall back on. It's been a while since UNI had their Sweet16, but they did that without 5-star athletes and by playing a grinding style. Put Fran in charge of that UNI team and they'd have lost 1st game. Same with TJ Otzelberger's 1st team that made Sweet16----not a lot of talent, but they played defense. No way that ISU team makes Sweet16 with Fran as coach.

Agree,

Frans "shoot out" formula lends itself to a lot of up and down games but it usually does come out in the black over the corse of a regular season and put his team in a position to make the tournament.

But then the tournaments generally tends to expose its vulnerabilities. There's just a lot of variables that can mess up a jump shooting team compared to a defense first team.

He's had a pretty good chunk of time to test it and the results are poor.

 

[hawkjt]

Don't pay attention to the poster you responded to. The poster was a huge Alford supporter and Lick as well. The post is the same posted when Alford or Lick were questioned.

Factually incorrect. Never defended lick...ever. Hated his tenure.
The poster indicated he would only support a hawk team that could win the national championship.
How many hawk teams over the last 50 years fit that criteria?

Call me a dyed in wool hawk fan...guilty as charged. I support the Hawks...win or lose.