Iowa is one of I believe only 6 teams to make the NCAA tournament the past 5 years in a row in the country.
Iowa has the current Mr. Iowa and Mr. Illinois basketball in this year's freshman class.
Recruiting is okay, but there isn't one kid on tis Iowa team that will sniff the NBA other than maybe Freeman and he is 50/50 at this point.
Lol well yeah, he's only played in 11 games in college so far.
And was a 4 star, Nike All-American Basketball camp participant and the #7 ranked forward in the 2000 recruiting class nationally.
And that's totally fair. I just felt that you referring to them as a "mid to lower tier team" was factually inaccurate, and it is. That's all. I'm not sitting here trying to say Iowa has been a powerhouse, but they have only been a "lower tier" team twice during his time at Iowa and one of those seasons was Year 1.
What the disconnect shows is how little the regular season in college basketball matters anymore.
Your lack of coherent dispute proves my point.
Yup, I do think it comes down to the lack of postseason success. I will also admit, that it seems like a pretty regular thing during our "strong" seasons when we get to a HUGE game in the schedule, one that would catapult us up to the top 1 or 2 spots in the conference, and then we lay an egg. It does seem like we struggle w/ a lot of our "big" games during the conference schedule. But that also is just what happens sometimes when playing in a strong conference, but I'd be a liar if I said it didn't frustrate me year after year.
The crazy thing is it feels like that has been with EVERY Iowa basketball coach!
I hope he doesn’t think the best way to play is the Wisconsin way. Dribble for 28 seconds then chuck up a three pointer at the end of the shot clock. Try to win 51-48. That would be brutal to watch.
That’s an antiqued way at looking at recruiting anymore. First of all Mr. Basketball in Iowa or Illinois just means u were the best high school player . Which with all the prep schools, academies etc etc it’s been water down. That’s even before comparing different states talent levels. Now the portal has become the monster that it is. Not even a whole new world but a new universe.
Yeah, everybody cries out for top 6. My response is that fans aren't coming to see a product they don't like. No conference titles, no sweet 16's. If you like that, keep on supporting them. Buy up those 8,000 leftover tickets and give them away. If there's any takers.
True. It'll be hard to get the Badger stank off of him. Probably should go after the Iona coach. It's only one letter different, so it'd be an easy transition.
Between the Portal and the amount of elite players that aren’t eligible for Mr. Basketball because they attend an Academy or Prep school that’s antiqued view of things.
So you wouldn't have wanted these guys from the past 10 years?
Those guys aren’t on Iowa’s recruiting menu. ($$$$$) My point is not all Mr BB’s are created equal. Same with transfer recruits.
When you get the chance to recruit the kid that is deemed the best player in Iowa or Illinois, you are doing OK recruiting. That's all I'm saying and I stand by it.
I get that, but often u got to look at college as a completely different animal. Often u get kids that win Mr. BB that have peaked or have extremely high floors. Wade Lookingbill is my Exhibit A for this.
At least tag @WadeLookingbill if you're gonna talk shit about him
the McDonald’s all American is the better pick. Mr Iowa is a popularity contest by the ina. Many in the ina don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground. They most likely looked the other way because Omaha left his hs then came back.
