If we can’t beat Wis at home or Minn on the road we don’t deserve to go to NCAA tourney. I hardly get this phased off after a game. Hope Cook takes a good look st himself in the mirror to discover that he ain’t no LeBron!!!
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Cook easy to point out, and I agree he was garbage.
But JBo and Joe combing for 5 points didn’t help either. Neither did free throw shooting
If we can’t beat Wis at home or Minn on the road we don’t deserve to go to NCAA tourney. I hardly get this phased off after a game. Hope Cook takes a good look st himself in the mirror to discover that he ain’t no LeBron!!!
Because EVERY TEAM shoots lights out against Iowa in one half or the other...How did Illinois hold Minny to 68 points?
Slow as molasses in January with a vertical leap of 9 inches is a bad combo for any BIG 10 guard. Both offensively and defensively. And oh..............he doesn't have a shot. His little dribble between the legs is ok for an 8 year old but man.....its getting old.So similar to jbo but Connor plays better D? What’s your point?
Played a bit of defense?How did Illinois hold Minny to 68 points?
Yes I would want Cook back for his senior year. We don’t usually get that type of athletic talent at Iowa.
Fran gets this team into the tournament, he’s secure for a couple more years.
He’s a good player but to be a great player you have to play smart. I admire the fact he tries to take the team on his shoulders but as a player he has to understand his limitations. And not have them exploited like missing practically every fast break opportunity.I feel sorry for Cook. You know the guy is trying his arse off. Maybe not as much as Garza(but who does!). And He just choked down the stretch.
He has been decent from the FT line. Completely missing the rim had to hurt him as much as it did the team....and that turnover right afterwards...Ugh.
Fran is secure for a couple of years either way...
I think he needs to, and believe he will, get us to the tournament, for 2020 and beyond recruiting.
We WILL be a darn good team next year. We are this year... Throw in a couple of real good recruits, and I see us trending up or holding steady as a top third tier B1G team for the next 4 years.
I want to be hard on Cook, too, call him selfish and all that, but I can't do it (yet). I watch a ton of college basketball. My whole life. I played, started out freshman year as a walk-on at Iowa, ended up playing D2 at U Alabama-Huntsville. When it comes to watching Iowa I watch everything looking for any and all evidence of something to get excited about. I watch the bench a lot. I'm always interested in how a player behaves on the bench especially if they're struggling. You can tell a lot about team and/or program culture by keeping an eye on the bench during games, especially bad games. Cook is almost never pouting, at least I've never seen it. When he's on the bench he acts like a great teammate, like he is fully engaged and enjoying playing for Iowa.I feel sorry for Cook. You know the guy is trying his arse off. Maybe not as much as Garza(but who does!). And He just choked down the stretch.
He has been decent from the FT line. Completely missing the rim had to hurt him as much as it did the team....and that turnover right afterwards...Ugh.
Luka Garza respectfully disagreesWE didn't lose because Tyler Cook. We gave up 52 pts in 1st half, that is why we lost.
Tyler Cook has most physical talents on the team. Fran probably had to give him the carrot that this would be Tyler's team to keep him at Iowa. After Cook is gone, less turnovers but we will miss a guy that can get his own shot from low post. I don't think it will be addition by subtraction..just more of the same.. middle of the pack Iowa b-ball, nothing special.
We'd do the same thing if their bigs played D like ours do
Like your optimism. But if Fran misses this year he’s on shaky ground. If he misses next year, he’s gone.
WE didn't lose because Tyler Cook. We gave up 52 pts in 1st half, that is why we lost.
Tyler Cook has most physical talents on the team. Fran probably had to give him the carrot that this would be Tyler's team to keep him at Iowa. After Cook is gone, less turnovers but we will miss a guy that can get his own shot from low post. I don't think it will be addition by subtraction..just more of the same.. middle of the pack Iowa b-ball, nothing special.
I want to be hard on Cook, too, call him selfish and all that, but I can't do it (yet). I watch a ton of college basketball. My whole life. I played, started out freshman year as a walk-on at Iowa, ended up playing D2 at U Alabama-Huntsville. When it comes to watching Iowa I watch everything looking for any and all evidence of something to get excited about. I watch the bench a lot. I'm always interested in how a player behaves on the bench especially if they're struggling. You can tell a lot about team and/or program culture by keeping an eye on the bench during games, especially bad games. Cook is almost never pouting, at least I've never seen it. When he's on the bench he acts like a great teammate, like he is fully engaged and enjoying playing for Iowa.
Cook is a natural athlete but not a natural all-around basketball player. 20 or 30 years ago the expectation for him would have been much more limited. Rebound your ass off, score on the low block. No mid-post, no face-up, not until you've fully developed either/both in the offseason. These days whoever is your most talented physical body it's like all resources available go into turning that guy into an all-court player, score at all levels, make him a pro. Crazy thing is Cook is fairly close. Damn imagine Cook playing alongside a guy who could drive and draw gifting him a dunk or two per game, easy scores to get him going.
Hopefully Cook learns from today. Keep it simple. That last turnover was so bad and unnecessary. Hell he gives it up early to I think it was Moss on the wing he might get it back (hopefully Moss drills the three).
I don't know. Fran drives me nuts. Good dude, gets good people, but this is the B1G. You need frickin' studs to win in late January and through February. You need guys in practice that can come close to replicating the size, athleticism and physicality of MSU and Purdue. I feel like it's inching closer, guys like Nunge and Pemsl and Kriener surely are part of why Iowa is more consistently effective with the bigs, because they give Cook and Garza all they can handle in practice. But the backcourt? Depth there needs improvement.
I wish Joe could be a lead guard for stretches, maybe next year. It definitely helps Bohannon to get breaks, both more time on the bench and time on the floor with less ball handling responsibility. But Connor doesn't attack the basket from the lead guard spot either. That's the big hole in the roster (duh).
Sonofabitch I hate Richard Pitino. I sincerely hope that the kid Connor fouled recovers from that awful, malicious, flagrant foul.
But as an Illinois kid who went to Iowa, who doesn't have that Iowa-bred hatred of Minnesota, god I love that gym. I would trade the Barn for Carver in a heartbeat, and I say that having witnessed Carver at its absolute best.
Net ranking? what’s Iowa’s NET ranking? Source please!Say what? Wisconsin has a NET Ranking in the top 15. Minnesota is in the 50s, and they have some good wins. They both will most likely be in the tournament...and we don't deserve it since we lost on the road? Ok...
Net ranking? what’s Iowa’s NET ranking? Source please!