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*****Wisconsin vs Iowa Game Thread*****

I challenge anyone on this site to argue why Fran should keep his job.
Exciting brand of basketball.

Upper division finishes.

Players are good students and citizens.

Good family man.

Saved the program from Hitler.

Has a degree from Wharton Business School

Only one of his kids has killed someone.

His wife seems nice ....

That's all I've got.
 
The lack of a post scorer hurt in 2nd half. Fran thought enough of Dembele, Mulvey, Braun to put them on scholarship and they can barely make a layup and aren't shot blockers/rebounders Wasn't a good idea to put Tonje on line for his last 8 pts with 4 unnecessary fouls.

We are in dogfight to make the Top15 and make the BTT.
 
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Exciting brand of basketball.

Upper division finishes.

Players are good students and citizens.

Good family man.

Saved the program from Hitler.

Has a degree from Wharton Business School

Only one of his kids has killed someone.

His wife seems nice ....

That's all I've got.

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If Beth doesn't spend the revenue sharing bucks Iowa will never catch up to the talent level of teams like Wisconsin.
IOWA needs to show a glimpse of potential before you throw money into a money pit and the only potential i see is heartache
 
Competed but in the end another double digit loss.

Thought Dembele showed some improvement at least on the defensive end.
What? He was horrible. He gets beat off the dribble and has absolutely no shot blocking. Nor does he rebound well. Both Mulvey and Brauns are better defenders. And Dembele is an automatic turnover if he posts up on offense. His only skill is 3 point shooting.
 
I agree with a couple of you. At the end of the last two games against good competition with a chance to get a quality win Fran has chosen to give Dembele all of the minutes. When we have needed to get stops down the stretch against Purdue and Wisconsin you would think we would put in our best defensive players to get stops, but we put in our absolute worst defender. Dembele has terrible foot quickness which gets him burnt on pick and rolls all of the time which forces help defenders to get out of place to help out leaving wide open shooters. We've played 24 games already and it should be obvious to every coach on the team and to every fan that Dembele brings nothing positive to the team defensively. Why would you play him down the stretch when you need the win. If you like him so much then why start Mulvey. It makes no logical sense. I'm starting to think Fran is trying to lose.
 
And to all the Harding haters, this was by far his worst game as a Hawkeye, that can't be denied, he provided nothing to this game, I guess you're all very happy now, at least you can't blame him for this loss, he didn't play enough minutes to be the goat.
It certainly wasn't Pryce, Dix became invisible in the second half, and Iowa didn't win with Thelwell at the controls either. but he's 6-3, that makes it all better.....
This is strictly a jump shooting team, and because of that they don't get as many free throws like a team like Wisconsin. THE main reason Iowa is losing is because of Frans roster management and nothing else. HE NEEDS TO GO....
 
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What? He was horrible. He gets beat off the dribble and has absolutely no shot blocking. Nor does he rebound well. Both Mulvey and Brauns are better defenders. And Dembele is an automatic turnover if he posts up on offense. His only skill is 3 point shooting.

Dimbele is the reincarnation of Dom Uhl. Spazz inside when he gets the ball, all he can do is shoot face up 3pt shots with no one guarding him;

At this point, I would keep Dix, Freeman and give most of the NIL to those two guys. Traore supposedly not eligible for NIL as foreign born athletes. Thelwell probably won't get an extra year. We don't know anything about Tadjo because Fran doesn't play him--he might e worth a scholly but isn't eligible for NIL. . Harding would get zero NIL on open market, he would be good option as 13th guy on roster for backup PG. I'm hoping Pryce ends up better than Payton, but jury is out. Teams do need shooters and Pryce NIL wouldn't be much.

New coach shoud be able to bring in a few new guys. The revenue sharing NIL is key.
 
When your team captain is more likely to shoot an airball than a make, and is also the worst defender on the court, it is hard to win. Harding has totally lost his confidence, and Fran has lost his confidence in him. Not sure whether it was the chicken or the egg. We need Brock to give us some quality minutes.

Traore is starting to provide some positive minutes, and definitely makes the defense better. Iowa just can't win, if they aren't hitting shots.
 
Dimbele is the reincarnation of Dom Uhl. Spazz inside when he gets the ball, all he can do is shoot face up 3pt shots with no one guarding him;

At this point, I would keep Dix, Freeman and give most of the NIL to those two guys. Traore supposedly not eligible for NIL as foreign born athletes. Thelwell probably won't get an extra year. We don't know anything about Tadjo because Fran doesn't play him--he might e worth a scholly but isn't eligible for NIL. . Harding would get zero NIL on open market, he would be good option as 13th guy on roster for backup PG. I'm hoping Pryce ends up better than Payton, but jury is out. Teams do need shooters and Pryce NIL wouldn't be much.

New coach shoud be able to bring in a few new guys. The revenue sharing NIL is key.
At least Dom Uhl had his best season at Iowa as a sophomore, his last 2 seasons were Dembele like...
 
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What? He was horrible. He gets beat off the dribble and has absolutely no shot blocking. Nor does he rebound well. Both Mulvey and Brauns are better defenders. And Dembele is an automatic turnover if he posts up on offense. His only skill is 3 point shooting.
The baseline I was using was extremely low. I thought he was a little better in the second half.
 
Dimbele is the reincarnation of Dom Uhl. Spazz inside when he gets the ball, all he can do is shoot face up 3pt shots with no one guarding him;

At this point, I would keep Dix, Freeman and give most of the NIL to those two guys. Traore supposedly not eligible for NIL as foreign born athletes. Thelwell probably won't get an extra year. We don't know anything about Tadjo because Fran doesn't play him--he might e worth a scholly but isn't eligible for NIL. . Harding would get zero NIL on open market, he would be good option as 13th guy on roster for backup PG. I'm hoping Pryce ends up better than Payton, but jury is out. Teams do need shooters and Pryce NIL wouldn't be much.

New coach should be able to bring in a few new guys. The revenue sharing NIL is key.
A player at the top of the league in assists as a sophomore would get zero NIL on the open market. YOU ARE AN IDIOT....
 
It's amazing what 3 more years experience will do for a player. Harding in the end will have better stats then Drew when it's all done.
you're a joke. Thelwell will have many more wins than BH for his career. The only stat that matters. Go away,

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And to all the Harding haters, this was by far his worst game as a Hawkeye, that can't be denied, he provided nothing to this game, I guess you're all very happy now, at least you can't blame him for this loss, he didn't play enough minutes to be the goat.
It certainly wasn't Pryce, Dix became invisible in the second half, and Iowa didn't win with Thelwell at the controls either. but he's 6-3, that makes it all better.....
This is strictly a jump shooting team, and because of that they don't get as many free throws like a team like Wisconsin. THE main reason Iowa is losing is because of Frans roster management and nothing else. HE NEEDS TO GO....
I believe you made this very same statement in the previous game or was it two games ago? How many more "worst games as a Hawkeye" can he have?


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When your team captain is more likely to shoot an airball than a make, and is also the worst defender on the court, it is hard to win. Harding has totally lost his confidence, and Fran has lost his confidence in him. Not sure whether it was the chicken or the egg. We need Brock to give us some quality minutes.

Traore is starting to provide some positive minutes, and definitely makes the defense better. Iowa just can't win, if they aren't hitting shots.
And we know how this ended with our past few pg's. JoeT, Bowen & Ulis all gone. Brock next?

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