What will Iowa’s Regular Season record be (Assuming 25 games)
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21-4 assuming all games are played and we have reasonably good health.
22-3 or 20-5
Both would be awesome schedules when you play in the toughest conference in the country. Where’s @IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life to give us his doom and gloom prediction?
Both would be awesome schedules when you play in the toughest conference in the country. Where’s @IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life to give us his doom and gloom prediction?
FWIW, I heard Coach McCaffery predict a 27 game season yesterday.
21-4. We lost 8 in B1G last year, right? And that was with only 7 players some games and I am not sure if I would count Pemsl as one. So with 7 or 8 STARTERS, I would think we could only lose 3 in conference and maybe 1 out of conference. I would be okay with this, but would really like losing only 1 or 2 in B1G.
OK, then I'll go with 25-2...………………#GoHawks !!!
Would be great to win a regular B1G title. It has been forever, and this team has the real ability to accomplish that if everyone stays healthy. I'll say 20-5, which would probably do it.
We’re going to have the National player of the year and the Big Ten freshman of the year, plus a few first, second and third team all Big Ten players on the same roster, all coached by the likely national coach of the year.
This team will not lose a single game. Probably won’t have a game closer than a double digit win.
San Francisco, North Carolina, UCLA, Indiana and Iowa. Phil Woolpert, Frank McGuire, John Wooden, Bob Knight, and Fran McCaffery.
This team will not lose a single game. Probably won’t have a game closer than a double digit win.
San Francisco, North Carolina, UCLA, Indiana and Iowa. Phil Woolpert, Frank McGuire, John Wooden, Bob Knight, and Fran McCaffery.
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So much will depend on the B1G schedule. I don't know if we can predict the matchups based on the past few years, but if we get MSU, Wisc, Illinois, and our nemesis Purdue, home and away and only get the lower level teams once, it could be a tough year.
Yeah, I'd probably go with something around 21-6. 20-5 if it ends up a 25 game schedule.
20-5, 22-5 if we play 27. Second seed, probably playing in Anchorage Alaska and then on the 1 seeds home court in Sweet 16.
I'm very optimistic but the Curse is out there waiting.
I'm very optimistic but the Curse is out there waiting.
I would go with the 18-7 ish mark. I know everyone thinks it's Final 4 or bust for Iowa, but with the arguable Player of the Year last year Iowa went 11-9 in conference. A good team, but nowhere close to being good enough on defense to content for a conference title or make a run to the Final 4.
I will be hoping like crazy I am wrong, and I will cheer wildly for this team to do well. They really play together well and seem to care for each other. But they will have to prove they can consistently guard people to win a league title.
In general, I agree with you. I am hoping that another year of playing together and getting stronger will help a lot on the defensive end. I think that experience will especially help on the perimeter with JoeT and CJ. On the other side of that, Nunge needs to prove that he can be the high quality post defender that I hope he can be. On the offensive end, the sky is the limit.
Given how short-handed Iowa was last season, I don't think we really saw this team at its peak. Most people talking this team up as a Final Four contender are looking at the potential: last year they only had 12 scholarship players (and one of those was former walk-on Riley Till). Bohannon, Patrick and Nunge missed most of the season. Fredrick was hurt a bunch. And still... they won 20 games and were a tournament lock. Now, add back those three guys, all healthy, plus a fully stocked 13-man roster. The only player we'll really miss from last year is Ryan Kriener, and Nunge should be able to fill his role and then some. A trio of deadly 3-point shooters plus Garza down low and Connor feeding them the ball, with talent and experience coming off the bench. That sounds like a pretty dangerous team to me.
You're right about defense needing to improve. It's the main thing that could limit Iowa's ceiling. But a healthy, deep, veteran team should be able to improve that. And Garza has made defense a top priority in his offseason training.
I never expect a Big Ten title. But a Sweet Sixteen appearance should be manageable with what we've got, and after that the sky's the limit.
I'm going with 22-5, a #3 seed in the tournament, and a trip to the Elite Eight.
Patrick McCaffery.
Freshman of the year or “Newcomer of the Year.”
I read it here so it must be true.
Can the NPOY be divided up to the whole team?
Patrick is easy to overlook with all of the others returning. Not sure about the defensive end, but he has already shown that he is a plus on offense, which is already loaded. How Fran will work the rotation and give minutes should be interesting.
According to 247Sports, and I realize they're not infallible, Patrick is the fifth highest rated recruit in Iowa history. You would hope that being that highly thought of would translate into some nice production on the court eventually.
I am in general agreement with this....that said, I think that our last final four team finished 3rd in the conference?...meaning, this team could win less in the regular season than I think they should AND STILL make a deep run in the tournament. I think it's about playing well, being hot, when it counts most.
