That was some great basketball last night!

[GunnerHawk]

For all the Bowen hype coming into the year he hasn't shown much when he has been in. Hopefully it'll all come together for him next year.

Very good athlete but needs to get stronger. bigger Big Ten guards muscle him around. His perimeter shot needs work. He'll get there.

 

[hawkeyeinmo]

Nice wins this week VS the two worst teams in the league, what happens in the next 4 will be far more telling. For a team that has looked flat in the last couple ncaa tourneys I'd like to see the bench getting more minutes in games where Iowa has a 20 pt lead... both for their development and to rest guys they will need when it counts. It was clear Connor was chasing a triple double towards end which is an awful look IMO

Oh, and it's been 16 years since Steve Alford coached at Iowa. Can we just let it go after all these years? Jeesh

Connor jacking up 4 shots for the game”chasing” that triple double!

 

[ZumaHawk]

For years everyone bitched that Fran played too many players. Now he’s down to playing the best 7 and there’s bitching about that. The time will come for Bowen and Dix. The shortened bench is working.

Isn’t that the truth…….unbelievable sometimes.

 

[KuwaitHawk]

Going to need bench support/production come BTT, playing 3/4 games in 3/4days can be exhausting. That is IF Iowa continues to win.

 

[paladinhawk]

People around here live ticked off 25-7...

fify.... We need the extra hour for the nepotism complaints.

 

[HoustonREDHawk]

I know we say this every year but another game like last night will bring up the topic again and again. Bowen played 2 minutes? Mulvey 0. Ogundele 0. Dix didn't play a ton. Walk ons 0 minutes.

Fran even said that Patrick and Rebraca were really sick and couldn't even practice the last few days. Had a hard time even eating food. He said he was going to try and limit their minutes and that's why Filip didn't come back in.

So, why are you complaining? Fran put some of the starters back in for the last few minutes to send a message to the OSU coaches, who started pressing when the game was over, and to the freshman guards who didn't handle it well.

 

[twindman]

I don't see how you can say Connor was chasing a triple - he only had 6 rebounds and 7 points.

 

[Hawkfan_08]

So, why are you complaining? Fran put some of the starters back in for the last few minutes to send a message to the OSU coaches, who started pressing when the game was over, and to the freshman guards who didn't handle it well.

Because that's a real opportunity, with no way for OSU to come back, for those guys to learn play through it. We were up 28.

 

[iahawks10]

I don't see how you can say Connor was chasing a triple - he only had 6 rebounds and 7 points.

He needed just three points for a double-double, but didn’t attempt a shot for the last nine plus minutes of a blowout.

Some of these posters like blhawk lose all rationality when discussing most things McCaffery. It shows their true ignorance, really. Chasing a triple double - awful look. 😂