Announcement coming this afternoon on basketball event in Des Moines

[Stewo]

The big 2 schools look like sissy girls for doing this. Should play both teams at WF in 2 days. They had a chance to make it cool and then fell on their face.

[brokenloginagain]

ok scheduling experts, tell me who you'd like to play the the "extra" slot, and more importantly, why that particular opponent would agree to play us home-home.

[cyclone87]

Is this just for the games that would have been road games though? Would we still play the other team at Hilton?

^^Maybe, although I haven't heard anyhting that would make me think so

[cybsball20]

Is this just for the games that would have been road games though? Would we still play the other team at Hilton?

No, Iowa is the only In-State school we will play in Hilton

[gocubs2118]

ok scheduling experts, tell me who you'd like to play the the "extra" slot, and more importantly, why that particular opponent would agree to play us home-home.

Tell me why Indiana and Kansas would want to do a home-home?

[dtISU]

I like the idea of not having to play them at their venue, just still want us to play both.

The old "mythical" state championship among the four schools used to be kinda cool. Now, nobody pays attention or even notices. AND, I thought it was decided in a thread last winter that we no longer needed to play UNI...too much risk.

[CYphyllis]

Yes, I do like the Drake game. I have alot of Drake grad friends like going to games at the Knapp Center... But I don't like going up to Ames to watch SW Mississippi State A&M Tech

Well congratulations, you are one of a handful that gives a damn about Drake or even UNI for that matter.

[cyclone87]

The old "mythical" state championship among the four schools used to be kinda cool. Now, nobody pays attention or even notices. AND, I thought it was decided in a thread last winter that we no longer needed to play UNI...too much risk.

No way we should be afraid to play UNI, they had some modest success but if Fred gets the program turned around they will be just another should WIN on the schedule.

[cybsball20]

The atmosphere at these games will be terrible too. Selling session tickets means that both games will be half full with people filtering in and out at the end of the first game and beginning of the second... This whole idea is a major fail.

[chuckd4735]

Is this just for the games that would have been road games though? Would we still play the other team at Hilton?

Iowa and Iowa State will continue to play annually on a home-and-home basis. But the Wells Fargo doubleheader will replace home-and-home agreements that Iowa and Iowa State have had with Drake and Northern Iowa.

[cyhiphopp]

Thanks Chuck!

That sucks. Either of those teams at home are as good as a majority of our non-con games. And we should improve enough to beat them annually to.

[gocubs2118]

Someone please tell me the benefits of playing both UNI and Drake with one of the games coming on the road?

[chuckd4735]

Thanks Chuck!

That sucks. Either of those teams at home are as good as a majority of our non-con games. And we should improve enough to beat them annually to.

Im not sure what Drake's opinion is, but UNI's AD has gone on record to state UNI would not play ISU or Iowa in Ames or Iowa City without a return game to Cedar Falls.

[cyhiphopp]

Im not sure what Drake's opinion is, but UNI's AD has gone on record to state UNI would not play ISU or Iowa in Ames or Iowa City without a return game to Cedar Falls.

Big talk from an athletic department that is hurting for money.

[isufan]

Big talk from an athletic department that is hurting for money.

Exactly.

You knows things are grim when they had to schedule two BCS football opponents for the coming season.