Win Thursday
- Thread starter LaQuintaHawkeye
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My frustrations with this program go way deeper than any one game. If I'm down on Iowa basketball, it's not because Iowa got clobbered by Purdue last night. Likewise, all isn't automatically right with the world again if Iowa wins its next game, either.
Nah, I fully expect Iowa to make the tournament this year and I'm still ready for a parting of the ways.
Its just time to try something different.
Well I would get use to him still, he’s not going away unless he moves on himself, retires, or has at minimum has 2 underachieving seasons in a row.
Unless the donors really throw some money down to influence changes which doesn’t happen as much in basketball.
Do think the new AD might not give him too big of a free pass on a bad season due to some of the negatives he brings with on court behavior. But not sure that would be a point even next year yet.
Unless the donors really throw some money down to influence changes which doesn’t happen as much in basketball.
Do think the new AD might not give him too big of a free pass on a bad season due to some of the negatives he brings with on court behavior. But not sure that would be a point even next year yet.
It's not just you. Look at home attendance. You are in good company, and the lack of company at home games proves that.
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Iowa Basketball has been the same a while now.
No one seems to care that much really.
No one seems to care that much really.
I admit I’m not a huge basketball fan but did get into it Luka’s last year. That seemed like a great opportunity for Iowa to do something and they still couldn’t get past the first weekend.
I enjoy watching Fran’s teams better than Lickliter ball but it’s obvious Iowa can only go so far without playing any defense whatsoever. It seems like fans are about as tired of Fran as they are Ferentz.
It's a sick joke from the sporting gods that our football and basketball teams are polar opposites.
If the hoops O and football D could somehow merge we'd have a National championship caliber team....
As is we have good but severely flawed teams that are frustrating as hell to watch sometimes.
History/trends. Ive had this same discussion the previous 2 years.
This looks pretty much like every Fran team/season of recent memory but with possibly a little more upside than most because of Freeman.
I place zero relevance on this game as it pertains to Iowa in the long run.
Fran teams usually look like the Washington Generals at Purdue.
Go back and watch last years game at Purdue. You wouldn't be able to tell the difference from this year. It was just as pathetic besides Iowa closing the gap a little in the last 4 minutes by pressing. Other than that, identical ass whooping.
They lost by 36 at Purdue in Garzas junior year.
Iowa will start looking decent in mid December , look strong in January like they might even play a little defense, start to fizzle in February.
They'll be top 2 in scoring in the league and the worst defense.
This has usually led to a one and done tournament birth and I don't see any reason it won't this year.
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Okay.
I just saw they’re 5-3 with a couple more tough December games.
It seems like they better do really well in conference play come January.
It is similar to the late Dr. Tom and even Fry years. Fans know the flaws after a while and get tired of them. Often overlooking the good parts.
All coaches unless they are absolute HOF have a expiration date. Fran is getting on to his here. He knows it I am sure. I would not be surprised if he leaves after this year with Patrick being done. The younger one wont play for him here given the car incident. Fran will pass Dr. Tom for wins here. Its probably a good time to call it a day.
I'm honestly surprised there aren't more threads bashing Fran and the team after last night's game. Just to be clear, I'm not calling for that - it's just an observation. The message boards used to be on fire after any loss, particularly an ugly one (see the football board).
Maybe the apathy is worse than I realized.
Their 3 losses are road games to two top-5 NET teams and a neutral court loss to #19. We go at #12 NET on Thursday. Going 0-4 in those games doesn't keep you out of the tournament, and if they do happen to win Thursday I'd say it would boost their chances of making it by a ton. It just feels doom and gloom right now because Iowa will have played their 3 current highest ranked road games of the season before Christmas this year which is obviously pretty rare since so much of the non-conference schedule is usually home buy games and neutral court games.
Remember that last year, Iowa made the tournament and had a much, much worse start by losing their first 3 Big Ten games--which included a mediocre Wisconsin team at home and a bad Nebraska team on the road--plus they lost a terrible buy game to Eastern Illinois. Iowa just needs to keep beating the teams they are supposed to and hopefully once they get some good teams at home they perform better than they have so far away from Carver.
They could still make the tourney. The big ten is not great this year; there are winnable games on the schedule even with a no defense playing team.
Even if they do manage to win enough to make it into the NCAAs they'll once again fizzle. It's what Fran's teams do. We've seen the movie many times now. Unfortunately it's not one worth watching repeatedly.
Even if they do manage to win enough to make it into the NCAAs they'll once again fizzle. It's what Fran's teams do. We've seen the movie many times now. Unfortunately it's not one worth watching repeatedly.
