Recent content by Hooper

I try to keep in mind that we played most of last year without an effective/healthy starting pg and pf. (Cartwright and Basabe). What Fran accomplished was a magic act. When those two returned somewhat to form you saw how salty we were and it was (barely) enough to sneak us a spot in the NIT. We...

The main difference is Aaron really looks to score everytime he touches it. Bowen was unselfish to a fault early in his career. The thing I love about White is he really UNDERSTANDS the game of basketball. Has an awereness I have not seen from a rookie Iowa player in a long long time. I...

The new Club lounge is awesome, and it was full. Lots of happy Hawkeye Fans!

I think Gary would tell you that not having the game on TV helps the Hawks sell more tickets and gets bigger crowds.

You almost got to feel bad for Crean. Almost.

You don't lead the big ten in assists or be close to leading it if you are a below average pg. That notion is just ridiculous.

Great take, Jon. I can't tell you how much this recruiting class means to me.

I thought Coker showed good patience which you need with zone blocking. Might have been a split second late making his cuts. It's a timing thing.

I hate this game. It is like a civil war, except it isn't all that civil. It tears families apart for weeks. And Iowa should NEVER play AT ISU. Hawks take a big money hit when they do that. No reason to reward ISU and do anything to make their program stronger.

Every year in the NCAA tourney there is a small school with a player who everyone wonders why the big boys missed out on him. BYU had a guy like that and so did VCU and so did Butler for example. Well Ingram could very well be one of "those" players.

Most of the people taking this poll likely live in Iowa where there is no NBA team. I suspect people living in NBA cities will miss it very much.

It is nice to see Hawkeyes dominating the PTL stat sheets once again. That has not been true recently as the UNI guys seemed to have more talent. Not anymore.

Jon- I am intrigued by your comparison of White to Bowen. I got that sense as well. The thing I remember about Ryan was he was a tremendous athlete but needed to learn to be a bb player. But to me White looks to be pretty fundamentally sound. When Ryan learned hoops he was phenomenal and...

I see absolutely no downside. None whatsoever.

For some reason Archie and Olaseni are not getting their minutes. Larsen better do something.