Where does Iowa sit historically in Big10 MBB

[LaQuintaHawkeye]

I thought the thread was going to be about winning percentages for B10 conference games only. I think that would be a better measure of how B10 teams stack up against each other.

I’ll work on that. Oddly enough there isn't a site that provides that info straight up. I’ll have to gather it team by team off the sports reference site.

Cool! Thanks, man, I'll keep my eye out for that thread.

Original BigTen Teams, Conference Records from 1917/18 (year the "BigTen" was officially formed) thru 2018/19 season:

Indiana 885-598 .597
Purdue 883-601 .595
MSU 621-457 .576
Illinois 852-661 .563
OSU 818-669 .550
Mich 773-679 .532
Iowa 731-729 .501
Wisc 695-744 .483
Minn 688-802 .462
jNW 458-973 .320

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

Not sure I even want to know what we (Illinois) were sitting at circa 2007 ... I think since 2008, we’ve had some astronomically bad record in the conference, haha, until this year of course. Surprised MSU is that high, honestly, even with how good they’ve been since Izzo.

 

[Eternal Return]

Original BigTen Teams, Conference Records from 1917/18 (year the "BigTen" was officially formed) thru 2018/19 season:

Indiana 885-598 .597
Purdue 883-601 .595
MSU 621-457 .576
Illinois 852-661 .563
OSU 818-669 .550
Mich 773-679 .532
Iowa 731-729 .501
Wisc 695-744 .483
Minn 688-802 .462
jNW 458-973 .320

Awesome work! Thanks, man! Seven out of 10 teams with winning conference records and two with above .460? Thanks, Northwestern! lol

 

[Eternal Return]

Not sure I even want to know what we (Illinois) were sitting at circa 2007 ... I think since 2008, we’ve had some astronomically bad record in the conference, haha, until this year of course. Surprised MSU is that high, honestly, even with how good they’ve been since Izzo.

The 2000s haven't been kind to Iowa, either. Lots of missed tourneys and NITs under Alford and Fran and then, *shudder*, the "dark years" under Lickliter. Fran has more of an excuse because he had to rebuild after the dumpster fire of Lickliter, but Alfraud took a team that regularly made the NCAAs and turned them into an NIT team. I loved watching him take down the UCLA program, lol. I couldn't believe they signed him, lol!

 

[LaQuintaHawkeye]

Original BigTen Teams, Conference Records from 1917/18 (year the "BigTen" was officially formed) thru 2018/19 season:

Indiana 885-598 .597
Purdue 883-601 .595
MSU 621-457 .576
Illinois 852-661 .563
OSU 818-669 .550
Mich 773-679 .532
Iowa 731-729 .501
Wisc 695-744 .483
Minn 688-802 .462
jNW 458-973 .320

On the surface it doesn't appear the 'dark years' of Lickliter cost us all that much in way of standings.

Even if Iowa flips their record each of his three seasons, we'd still be 7th overall and revises their record to 751-709 .514 ...with a possible 3-5 more wins (NCAA/NIT) and 2-3 losses (NCAA/NIT).

 

[Eternal Return]

On the surface it doesn't appear the 'dark years' of Lickliter cost us all that much in way of standings.

Even if Iowa flips their record each of his three seasons, we'd still be 7th overall and revises their record to 751-709 .514 ...with a possible 3-5 more wins (NCAA/NIT) and 2-3 losses (NCAA/NIT).

It's been the 2000s, though, that have hurt overall. Alford was 61-67 in conference and, before this year, Fran was 78-86 (however, if you take out Fran's first year when it really wasn't his fault, his B1G record is 74-72). The thing that's really sad about Iowa's record in the 2000s is that the B1G hasn't been that good nationally most years. Iowa's overall conference record in the 2000s is 154-192 .432 -- significantly worse than their historical winning percentage in conference. Before Alford took over, Iowa's conference record was 597-517 .536

 

[LaQuintaHawkeye]

It's been the 2000s, though, that have hurt overall. Alford was 61-67 in conference and, before this year, Fran was 78-86 (however, if you take out Fran's first year when it really wasn't his fault, his B1G record is 74-72). The thing that's really sad about Iowa's record in the 2000s is that the B1G hasn't been that good nationally most years. Iowa's overall conference record in the 2000s is 154-192 .432 -- significantly worse than their historical winning percentage in conference. Before Alford took over, Iowa's conference record was 597-517 .536

When you say 2000's do you mean the '00s only, or the '10s too?

 

[Eternal Return]

When you say 2000's do you mean the '00s only, or the '10s too?

I mean the whole century, 2000s and 2010s. I like Fran, though. Outside of his 4-14 record that first year and the 4-14 record a couple years ago he's been an improvement. He still isn't even winning at the Tom Davis rate, but I'm not so sure Iowa can replace him with someone better, anyway, at this point. His teams are usually fun to watch--when they play SOME defense. But overall, the records in the 2000s have lowered Iowa's historical winning percentage.