Tough day for EIU hoops hopes
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It seems to be a forgone conclusion from what I’ve been hearing and reading. The win over a Northwestern team starting a walk-on has really cranked up the hype machine over there.
It took me way too long to realize you weren't talking about Ohio State.
But I think the point works just as well either way.
I think probably home team wins any of the hypothetical games. They're OK teams. If I had to guess Iowa would be slight favorite on neutral venue
UCF is tough inside. You guys are a house of cards down low. UCF would not be a hawkeye win on any court.
They lost to stetson and West Virginia. They could lose to Iowa. I'd pick the home team
Iowa lost to Michigan. We lost to Texas A&M and then prison raped you guys by just driving the lane and dumping off. That is what UCF did to us, they would eat you alive.
Ya and I'm not the one saying ucf is incapable of beating Iowa. Again BC I'm taking the home team.
Illinois isn't that good. Iowa is not that good, but I wouldn't count on a Brad Underwood team.
Illinois will probably be able to do whatever they want but will settle for 3s.
Coaches/teams go dumb against Iowa because they hold their arms out like a 7th grade team in 1994.
I don't think Underwood has had a team yet that fully lived up to its talent level. Gets the recruits, but underperforms with them.
Cincinnati has a good coach and is probably an NCAA tournament caliber team this year. They won 2 road games in 2 of the toughest environments in college basketball in conference play but just weren't able to stack enough wins. Unfortunately, they also drew the toughest schedule in Big 12 play.
KState was cooking before Huddle Gate. 14-4 with two non-conference wins against the field. All the Tang distractions and the Tomlin situation really did them in.
KState was cooking before Huddle Gate. 14-4 with two non-conference wins against the field. All the Tang distractions and the Tomlin situation really did them in.
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Winning and getting to the post season. Iowa is one of the bottom programs in the Big Ten if you look at basketball history. Yet they have been winning and going to the postseason more than programs that really should be better than them. He took awhile to build them up after Lick but sense then he has stayed pretty steady despite not using the transfer portal like he probably should have or recruiting at a high level.
He has one of the longest active tournament streaks in the country. If he gets back there this year it is really be 6 straight years as they would have been in during Covid. Look at the last ten years since he first got them back to the tournament compared to other Big Ten schools. Only ones that are better than them are the obvious like Purdue, MSU, Wisconsin. Michigan (but even they are struggling the last two and have a horrible year this year) About the same as OSU and Maryland both superior basketball schools.. He has been better than Illinois, Indiana both superior basketball programs and better than the rest (Nebraska, Northwestern, Rutgers, Penn State, Minnesota).
The fact that he doesn't have a ton of support from the fan base doesn't say anything about his coaching. One of the only coaches too to take 4 different schools to the tournament. I think some are just blinded by their hatred of Iowa and won't admit the guy is a good coach.
People say Fran doesn’t use the portal. Maybe, good players just don’t want to play for him.
I've used that Wilson ball. I don't like it at all. But I suck so it doesn't have a huge effect on me.
I will say also though that this is one of the reasons I love TJ so much. No excuses. You'd never hear our guys complaining about the ball after a game IMO.
Yeah, I still remember Iowa complaining maybe 5-10 years ago about the decal on the court causing them a disadvantage in the NCAAs. Any excuse to deflect blame of them always being completely one dimensional.
I can only imagine what they'd do if the new airless basketball became the standard. Coincidentally, Wilson is a big supporter of it.
Does Wilson know the eiu invented the color black? Expecting a lawsuit will be filed....
Not going to happen. Iowa will win and be all emotional and bug eyed afterwards. Then lose their first game of the BTT, get left out in the cold, and we hear nothing but wailing and gnashing of teeth about how robbed they were from the likes of Leistikow and their 247 nut job.
I don't know if I agree with this. He has gotten them to win more games perhaps than most thought they would, but the Big 10 is almost unfathomably down this year, too. I will be surprised if they have a team advance beyond the Sweet 16.
