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I'd say the one asterisk to that list is Vandenberg. His junior year, before GD showed up, he was at 59% completion, 3,000 yards, 25 TDs and only 7 INTs. That's damn good for a first year starter at Iowa. What would he have done with a second year starting under KOK? His numbers are pretty...

Made it to the second round and hung with an extremely athletic and talented Texas Tech, who had uber athletic and eventual national champ Florida on the ropes...down double digits with 5 or 6 minutes to go to the Final Four. I'm not sure Texas Tech loses to any other team besides Florida in...

I think people also have to rethink the typical circumstances around "Year 1" and having new pieces. There is so much roster turnover in college basketball these days. With six players who have played together multiple years and with the same coach, is it possible Iowa actually has more...

I'm at the point where I think it'll be a disappointing year if Iowa doesn't have one of it's better seasons of the past 25 years. This team is built to win, right now.

I am a little skeptical of just how much Thompson will play this year. Of course this is based on never even watching a highlight of him, so take it with a grain of salt. But I think Folgueiras has one front court position locked down and don't imagine he'll come out a whole lot. Manyawu...

There is a lot to unpack. One thing I find super interesting is that Iowa approached him about reclassifying. While I am not sure how I feel about this, you have to hand it to Ben. He is a creative guy and yet again is taking advantage of market inefficiencies. I don't know the details, but...

I didn't read any details, but did he offer any accountability at all? Any humility or self-deprecation? If not, I wonder how much reflection and growth have occurred.

Still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Iowa snagged a player who was wanted by these top tier programs. I think you could argue without question that UConn, Alabama, Tennessee and Purdue are top 10 programs right now....and maybe even TOP 5 (!) programs. Maybe Kansas has slipped, but...

Basketball is a long and skinny game these days. Iowa finally got some NBA players when the Murrays showed up. I also thought Garza played way too heavy at Iowa. Hard to argue with the results, but you see how much slimmer he is these days? Man, think of if he moved like that at Iowa? He already...

I think Jan saw two things that elite teams had that gave them trouble. Extreme length inside, and athleticism/speed in the backcourt. There were pretty obvious gaps in those two areas even with the Caitlin teams. This class coming in is a different caliber. And the Hawks are swimming in some...

That was 100% better than the dancin' bruhahas you see in the NBA these days, when nothing really happens. They all make like $80 million a year and are buddies. It's sort of why I like Draymond. He is over the top and somewhat dirty....but man, he wants to win so bad. It's personal to him...

I gotta think the Sophie acquisition was in large part for games like last night. I didn't know much about her before the season but then read a little bit about her in recent weeks. She is a Columbia, MO native, and played at UM. And got in her fair share of scraps in college, including at...

I always thought kind of a combo of Steph Curry and Magic Johnson.

I got a hunch she might do ok. You should go ask your coworker for his take now.

I think we might be headed this way...