If you actually paid attention you’d know they have won 4 of their last 5 including beating the Clones by 20 in Ames. So yes, they are.
SIAP but DeVries or McCollum
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They are playing decent right now. They got down like 19-0 at AZ St and won last night. The game before that they went into Ames as a 15 point underdog and won by 19, smashing Iowa State’s 25ish home game winning streak
WVU just lost to a poor tcu team and have lost 4 of their last 5. Tucker has been out since December. Darian needs to rally his team, they are 8th in the standings right now.
If they end up like 10th in the Big 12 with a first round exit and no NCAA tournament; it might look a little silly to outsiders if Beth hires him as the golden son coming to save the program.
If they end up like 10th in the Big 12 with a first round exit and no NCAA tournament; it might look a little silly to outsiders if Beth hires him as the golden son coming to save the program.
Iowa needs much more than a new coach. They need people in the seats. It's time to get the old out of their seats and push their asses to the top of the arena. Get the students involved with our basketball team. Get young ticket holders down where they are noticed and heard. Everyone wants to talk about the donors. The big ten is handing money out left and right to the schools. If you put a product on the court worth a darn, fans will pay to fill the arena. It's time for a complete overhaul.
Let’s be honest here…it was a good defensive effort last night in the road, BUT Murray State ain’t Purdue, UCLA or Iowa Srate.
honestly, phuque you guys! Everyone has an agenda…run a clean program and win as baby Danes as you can. Not everyone goes to the tournament…why do you think Iow is special? What year have you that idea? Hells Hells, you guys fired the coach who got you there almost every damn year…. But ge wasn’t good enough for you.
Not sure what you’re getting at with your response to me. But where did I say they were or where did I make a comparison of UCLA, Purdue or Iowa State against Murray St?
Well, that was a bunch of unintelligible nonsense.
Also…..why would we want to win as baby Danes? Why can’t we just be ourselves?
When comparing teams, scores and games, it is always best to compare apples to apples..that’s all.
That's pretty hard to do when a school like Drake doesn't really get to play those schools. Oh, and if you want to compare scores Drake beat K St 73-70 ( in KC by the way ) and K-St just beat Iowa St in Ames by 20. And while I'll always be a big fan of Dr Tom he was fired over 25 years ago.
Only because schools like Iowa and Iowa State are scared to play them…ask Vanderbilt about Drake basketball…
not saying,
Problem is the way the formulas are for Kenpom and Net… it’s a no win situation for a high major to play a mid major. If you’re a high major they prefer to play a team they are absolutely sure they will beat, which are the low majors. High majors get more than enough opportunities within their own conference play to try rather than mess around with dangerous mid major teams.
Don’t kill the messenger. The “KenPom” formula obviously hurts as many schools achieve accurate ratings as it helps. There needs to be a better way. There is no reason why Iowa, Iowa State, Drake and UNI should not be encouraged to play annually and on a home/home basis.
Who is being “damaged” more by not playing these games? Iowa and Iowa State….or Drake and UNI? Methinks it is obviously the two smaller schools. Iowa/Iowa State play direction state schools 2-3,times as part of their “non-conference” schedules…why? For whose benefit?
I would love for the Big four game in Des Moines to pick back up… or at least Iowa and Iowa state playing drake/uni at their home arenas.
I would prefer a home/ home game and let the home team fans feast..that playing in SSM is better than not playing at all but not a as daur as a “home/home” situation …
The options are not just Devries or McCollum.
There's no reason to limit it to those 2.
The idea that it must be someone with Iowa ties should go away.
Devries or McCollum could be good options. So could others, many I've not heard of.
A proper search with extensive vetting of a decent sized candidate pool is in order.
There's no reason to limit it to those 2.
The idea that it must be someone with Iowa ties should go away.
Devries or McCollum could be good options. So could others, many I've not heard of.
A proper search with extensive vetting of a decent sized candidate pool is in order.
I'll be honest - I miss the old days of Iowa playing all three in-state schools in true home and aways. There were some great games back in the day at the Knapp center or the old UNI dome. Even if Iowa has nothing to "gain" by playing those, they were fun rivalry games.
They became expendable once UNI started to beat Iowa and Drake continued to beat Iowa State.
I don't disagree, and I don't support a McCollum hire BECAUSE he's an Iowa guy. I just recognize that BECAUSE he is an Iowa guy and seems like a good coach, that he's a viable option. Could say the same for Devries. But I agree that if there is another great option that can be found elsewhere, then by all means, add him to the list.
The system has done what it is designed to do which is basically help the Power 5-6 conferences. If Drake goes 28-4 and loses in the conference championship game of course they should be in. While the SEC is possibly the strongest conference overall in many many years, maybe ever, would you rather see the 11th place team in that conference in play the 8th place team from the ACC in a 1st round game? Most years beating Miami of Florida, Fl Atlantic, K State and Vandy out of conference would all be considered quad 1 or at worst quad 2 wins. Miami is horrible, Fl Atlantic fair, surprisingly Vandy the best of them all, currently Drake's only Quad 1 win, and K State is actually inching up to a quad 1 win lately.
I think most fans want a thorough national search, but McCollum and DeVries tend to be on Iowa fans radar due to being up and coming Iowans.
The next coach having an Iowa tie(s) could be a nice bonus. But it's not an important selection criteria. And I say this as someone born in Iowa, grew up there, grad of the U of I and 2 kids U of I grads.
In my life there have been a couple of really good basketball coaches at UIowa…..Miller, Olson and Davis….and they all had one common Iowa thread…. None of them had a connection to Iowa before moving here to coach.
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Special? WTF are you taking about poindexter, we haven’t been to a sweet 16 since Dr. Tom. I am not asking for national championships.
Amazing to me how short-sighted some fans can be… the same fans who thought we should hire BJ Armstrong …
Most fans won’t give two shits if the next coach has any Iowa ties- nor should they…
If these two coaches are the best you think Iowa can do … then holy shit …. No wonder we are so mediocre … zero expectations …
BG knows she needs to hit a home run hire. Not sure who it will be but it will NOT be either of these two. No way…
Most fans won’t give two shits if the next coach has any Iowa ties- nor should they…
If these two coaches are the best you think Iowa can do … then holy shit …. No wonder we are so mediocre … zero expectations …
BG knows she needs to hit a home run hire. Not sure who it will be but it will NOT be either of these two. No way…
Something I'd add in defense of DeVries is I think there's a much better chance we can be good right away. As in next year. Obviously Tucker would come and with revenue sharing I think there's a good chance a couple of those other high profile guys he brought in last year would follow him.
Maybe with McCollum there's a greater upside in the long run but his lack of recruiting experience is such a huge question.
Maybe with McCollum there's a greater upside in the long run but his lack of recruiting experience is such a huge question.
