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[amahawk]

Actually, no. Most posters believe if Iowa cannot get to the Sweet 16, then the season is a bust. Hopefully they are able to get at least two quality bigs and two or three guys that can shoot. If he is healthy, Koch is probably the best shooter on the team as of now. It will be interesting to see how well this group does during the Big 10 season.

A round of 32 once in a while would be a nice start.

 

[grayhair81]

Drake wasn't finishing with anything close to that record in the big ten

Agree. And if they went 22-10 and 11-9, they would have been seeded as high as they were this year.

 

[bojihawk44]

Unless he hates Texas, he is probably going to play for Miller, since he was going to Xavier to play for him.

It's possible, sure. But neither you or I have any idea what the kid is thinking.

 

[Buffalo43]

They will

It's possible, sure. But neither you or I have any idea what the kid is thinking.

Maybe he liked Ben alot but did not want to play in the MVC

 

[RocknRollface]

8 out of 10?

That's interesting because Iowa would have been favored in any game played at Carver.

I don't have a problem with someone saying Drake was a better team. 8 out of 10 is way too high

It would have been a really bad matchup for Iowa on both ends.

 

[RocknRollface]

Unless he hates Texas, he is probably going to play for Miller, since he was going to Xavier to play for him.

That could likely depend on who else Texas has and has coming in.

You can recruit a better player to Teaxs than Xavier.

 

[eyesofhawk]

It would have been a really bad matchup for Iowa on both ends.

And Iowa would have beaten them more than 2 out of 10

 

[AmericaNeedsMe]

Would you be happy to make the 2nd round of the tournament?

Do we get to compete in the MVC all season?

 

[littlez]

Do we get to compete in the MVC all season?

Answer the question.

 

[AmericaNeedsMe]

Answer the question.

I did.

This is not a complete roster so I'm going to withhold any kind of final judgement but ....look around the league and see the kinds of players our B1G peers are signing. Bennett aside, the difference is stark.

 

[RocknRollface]

And Iowa would have beaten them more than 2 out of 10

Iowas biggest weakness plays into Drake's biggest sstrength, rebounding, and Iowa wasn't built to exploit Drake's lack of size inside.

Maybe with freshman Owen Freeman vs this years fat sally version and a completely healthy Thelwell.

Drake would double them up on the boards every game and Drake's ability to switch on D would make it difficult on Iowa to do what they want on offense.

Drake would also slow the game down which would make it harder for Iowa to go on offensive runs.

It's a bad matchup for Iowa.

 

[eyesofhawk]

Iowas biggest weakness plays into Drake's biggest sstrength, rebounding, and Iowa wasn't built to exploit Drake's lack of size inside.

Maybe with freshman Owen Freeman vs this years fat sally version and a completely healthy Thelwell.

Drake would double them up on the boards every game and Drake's ability to switch on D would make it difficult on Iowa to do what they want on offense.

Drake would also slow the game down which would make it harder for Iowa to go on offensive runs.

It's a bad matchup for Iowa.

I would say Iowa's biggest weakness was defense. Drake didn't necessarily fill it up to take advantage. Although they were efficient, computers love Iowa when it comes to scoring outputs.

Defensive rebounding primarily comes down to sound defense, so I have trouble separating the two. Iowa did improve on the boards over the season, so there are a couple different versions of that.

Even so, Iowa got out rebounded in a lot of games they won or closely competed in.

And even with fat Owen, there are two different versions of Iowa. And he definitely could have exploited Drake inside.

Other than that, I don't disagree with you that it's not the best matchup for Iowa.

Still, nowhere near 2 out of 10. We will agree to disagree on that.

For perspective, that would be roughly a 10 point dog on a neutral court.

And, as I've said l, Iowa would be favored in games at Carver, so good matchup and all, you would have one of the biggest edges in sports betting history