Sherman Dillard: "Winning isn't normal....This win today ranks near the top of any win for me."
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i honestly don't know how they are doing it.
On paper, it's hard to see where the scoring is going to come from (other than Garza).
JoeT (give him the outside shot & the 3)
Connor
Weezy (getting face guarded & mugged)
Kriener (has ups and downs)
Pemsl (has ups and downs; turnover prone)
Evelyn (has ups and downs)
Honestly, when you stop and think about it, it's pretty impressive. I don't think there's a single coach in the country who does more with less.
Seriously. For Iowa to lead the best conference in the country in scoring despite not having a team filled with 4 and 5 star recruits, you have to tip your cap to Fran.
One of these years (hopefully this one) Iowa is going to get a break in seeding and go on a terror in the tournament.
This is why I don't want to hear "Fran Fade" this year. JBO, Nunge and PMac out for the year and now Frederick out. Way more than just a lazy blame-the-coach.
what do you think happens in the BTT, when we have hopefully at least 2 games in 2 days? or 3 games in 3 days? do we run out of gas on the 2nd day, like we did vs San Diego State?
Honestly, I wouldn't mind seeing Iowa win one game in the tournament then lose and rest up for the Dance. The conference tournament is meaningless to me and the winner often does poorly in the actual tournament. Plus, I don't think making a deep run in the conference tourney will improve Iowa's seeding much.
I hope Sherm keeps up the good work. along with the other coaches.
OT: @Franisdaman I haven't seen Jess Settles lately. Has he been doing games?
yeah; he did color for one of these weekend games (MD or PSU; cant remember which)
Big Ten Conference Tournament champion in the NCAAs:
1998- Michigan (2nd Rd)
1999- Michigan State (Final Four)
2000- Michigan State (National Champions)
2001- Iowa (2nd Rd)
2002- Ohio State (2nd Rd)
2003- Illinois (2nd Rd)
2004- Wisconsin (2nd Rd)
2005- Illinois (National Runner-up)
2006- Iowa (1st Rd.......)
2007- Ohio State (National Runner-up)
2008- Wisconsin (Sweet 16)
2009- Purdue (Sweet 16)
2010- Ohio State (Sweet 16)
2011- Ohio State (Sweet 16)
2012- Michigan State (Sweet 16)
2013- Ohio State (Elite 8)
2014- Michigan State (Elite 8)
2015- Wisconsin (National Runner-up)
2016- Michigan State (1st Rd)
2017- Michigan (Sweet 16)
2018- Michigan (National Runner-up)
2019- Michigan State (Final Four)
*FWIW, Iowa has the 6th best record in the B10 Tournament, despite all our perceived struggles in the tournament.............
I get your logic but sometimes the tourney winner continues it’s hot streak right into March Madness.
It’s hit or miss really.
So 12 of the last 13 years the BTT Champ has made at least the Sweet 16? That sounds pretty, pretty good.
ISU thinks the B12 tournament is actually the Conference Champion and the National Championship.
I think he did color for the Illinois- Rutgers game.
it should be obvious, this 2B lineup does it with brutal defensive strength, holding MN to 35% shooting, holding the 2nd best B1G Big to well under his season averages, and scoring inside with high percentage shots.
winning is just as much about scoring prevention as scoring, and this 2B lineup has demos started this at home vs MD and on road vs Cincinnati
if Weezy has anything close to a normal game, this becomes a runaway Iowa win
Great info........this proves they do quite well winning the Big10 Tournament! Although, this year we may be too thin to play that many games back to back.
This was definitely a more with less win.
Essentially 1 scorer. Almost no team can win in a top tier conference with 1 scorer. But, they somehow managed to ride the B1G POY ( I've already given it to him ) along with a collection of gritty scrappers to win in a hostile road environment.
Impressive
Essentially 1 scorer. Almost no team can win in a top tier conference with 1 scorer. But, they somehow managed to ride the B1G POY ( I've already given it to him ) along with a collection of gritty scrappers to win in a hostile road environment.
Impressive
Did you watch the MN game?
that was a brutally contested game featuring tons of contact, elbows, blocks and contested shots. Daniel Oturu is one of the most physical players in paint, and Iowa’s brute force inside, forced him into his 2nd worst game of the year, a 55% FG shooter, 6-13 with 2 shots blocked.
often times he faced Garza and Kriener, and he lost that extremely physical battle.
a tough defense holds MN to 35% FG, Oturo to poor game, and closes out with 5 or 6 defensive stops in row, for an 11-0 run.
what are we not seeing here?
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The February Fade that has Iowa over .500 this season and in Fran’s career at Iowa.
We are extremely lucky to have Sherm and the assistants that Fran brought in. Top-notch basketball minds & class-acts all around. Hope none of them ever leave.
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Iowa's defense forced TWO 10-second violations and blocked a couple of shots, one a three by Kreiner, among its brilliant 5:43 defensive stand after Minny had taken what appeared to most as a game-ending eight-point lead in just 45 seconds. But Minny never scored again while Iowa ran off 11 straight points to pull out what I described in another thread as Iowa's biggest win of the year. So I guess Sherm agrees with me. 
Balanced contributions (notice how I didn't say scoring) is all you need when you have one dominant scorer. See any team with say a surefire NBA draft pick. Take Ja Morant for example. They had some good athletes on that team. But they didn't have anything close to what Morant was, and surely not enough depth, otherwise, to be real competitive in the tournament.
But Morant was the game-changer.
You just need guys who understand their roles and fill them out to the best of their ability.........and occasionally play above average defense..........and box out on rebounds..........just sayin.
Not this year and I love it.
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I would like to know how many Big 10 teams have won a conference game on the road this year without 3 of their starters? Fran and the players he's got are performing well overall even if they 'crap the bed' every once in a while.
Largely due to the 2001 and 2006 runs. Since 2006...not so much.
So...side question. Would you rather see the Hawks win the BTT? or make the Sweet 16? IMHO the answer is obvious.
Seriously, whenever B1G COY is being discussed, McCaffery's name should be in the conversation, but so far, it isn't.
Sweet 16, not even close.
Yeah, I found that to be kind of strange comment from Sherm...much as I like him. Winning SHOULD be normal for a good program. Not sure what kind of angle he was going for.
I still can't believe we outscored them 11-0 to end the game.
Minny had 5 turnovers in those last 5 1/2 minutes, which helped.
Not hearing much about Pemsl and his contributions... especially when Garza had to sit. I thought he played a terrific game, take away the intentional foul.
I was in a bar and could not hear the commentary. Did it really look like an intentional foul and correct call?
I was in a bar and could not hear the commentary. Did it really look like an intentional foul and correct call?
It seems to me that Sherm was trying to say that winning isn't easy. Winning is tough and not a simple thing to do especially when down on the road. It was a big win, stolen win, whatever you want to call it, it was an important win and it was a tough win. Sherm seemed to appreciate it more than some
And under the circumstances Iowa was facing during the game and with injuries.
Coaches appreciate ANY win. They know all of the details and intricacies involved in beating anyone at this level.
