***2023-24 Mens College Basketball Thread***
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If Iowa loses today I think their toast unless they can pull off two wins in Big Ten Tourney
Hope you’re right but I’m not 100% sure the Sycamores get in if this beating continues.
If you're a 4-6 seed you don't wanna play Drake
They aren’t going to lose. My opinion of Underwood has done a complete 180.
Yup. Drake is one of those darkhorse sweet 16 teams. DeVries is a fantastic player.
If he’s content with what he’s making salary wise right now he should hold off for the Iowa gig whenever that opens. Iowa will backup the cash truck for him I’d assume.
But I guess he could take a pay raise elsewhere and still leave for Iowa if Iowa is a job he really wants.
That could be 5 years down the road at this rate though. With no guarantee things maintain at drake.
Maybe. I think you gotta move up when the opportunity comes, no guarantee holding out for a particular job works out in your favor due to circumstances. It's possible the parties could be in agreement well ahead of time, however.
Depaul would be dumb to not reach out.
Mayne Okie St if they move on,
I thought about them but can't see Big Blue hiring a Mo Valley coach no matter how well they do.
Okie State would be an interesting fit. They'd like that style there if he could recruit to Stoolwater.
Besides Brodie every other major contributor is back also theoretically. I'm not 100 percent sure wright has covid year left though.
Whoever is on the broadcast made a strong argument for teams like Drake and Indiana State. Basically that these power 5 schools who’ve had countless opportunities to pick up Q1 wins and failed to do so should be left out. These good mid majors can’t get anyone to play them yet have taken advantage and picked up wins when given the rare opportunity.
Personally I agree Drake and ISU should both be in if Drake wins.
Personally I agree Drake and ISU should both be in if Drake wins.
It is an unfair standard that for conferences like the Valley, the expectation is that you must be perfect (outside of a tournament AQ) in order to qualify. The idea that Iowa could seriously be more "deserving" of a tournament slot over either of these teams just doesn't pass the eye test.
