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And yet, he keeps padding his NPOY resume.

He isn't a candidate, he IS the national POY. 14 straight games of 20+ points, avg 23 points and 9 rbs per game, he shoots, he posts up, he runs the floor. He's the most efficient player in the country. All in the toughest conference in america and he's doing it against best and worst...

The best candidates for firing would be: Chris Holtmann- 2 years, 2 fast starts followed by mid-season struggles. Archie Miller- 2 years, 2 lackluster seasons (Bob Knight return showed just what a huge shadow he still casts on that program). Little Richie Pitino- Living on his fathers...

I don't think Fran is a better or worse person now than when he got here 10 years ago. A coach's temper only becomes an issue when the team is losing. Nobody cared about Bob Knight's temper until his program went 13 years without a national title and 8 years without a final four. Nobody cared...

Win out at home and lose at Illinois and MSU. 21-10, 12-8 in the B1G. Considering the question marks before the season and how tough this conference has turned out to be this season i'd say this result is pretty impressive.

I think Touissant should average 20 ppg in a season before we start invoking the names of Iowa's all time greatest guards.

He got major play after they beat Kansas in 2008 and after their last great season in 2015. In fact, I think he interviewed for more than one major conference position. Texas A and M might have been one of them. I don't sense Jacobsen is seeking a ton of fame or money like alot of the higher...

Cedar Falls, IA has been mighty tough. UNI is 32-3 combined at home in the above mentioned sports this school year. That's a winning percentage of 91.4%. Iowa has a winning percentage of 91.8% this school year in the above mentioned sports. Seems like Eastern Iowa in general has been very...

The blowout win was great, but hidden in there was a horrible stretch the last 12 min of the first half where Nebraska went on a 10-0 run or something like that but a better team likely would have taken better advantage and gone on a 20-0 run. It was brutal watching Iowa play offense during...

The year was 1989. Bruce Pearl was the original high profile whistle-blower when he secretly recorded Jimmy Collins admitting the Swini gave Deon Thomas a chevy blazer to come to Illinois. Iowa/Illinois has not been this animated since then. Welcome back "Sqawk"/"Whini" rivalry.

I hope you are right. But as I have said, Iowa has the quietest sell outs in college basketball.

I actually like their chances of winning more tonight than on Sunday. Sunday afternoon games are a dud and the crowd seldom gets into it. That could work into Illinois favor alot if Iowa wins a big one in primetime tonight but has to come back for a Sunday afternoon game on a short turnaround.

Iowa is one of 3 teams in the B1G with a winning road record. The others are MSU and Illannoy.

Kris Kramer anyone?

If they really had guts they'd shelf him the rest of the season. Pull a Jim Crane. MLB punishment comes out, Crane goes further and fires coach and GM. B1G comes out with punishment, Barry needs to go further here and sack Davison the rest of the season (pun intended). This isn't isolated...

I wanted to see how Touissant would do against superior competition before I concluded he is the answer at the 1 and I think I have seen enough to say that yes he is. Far and away the best PG Fran has had and with time will be a legit 1st team All-B1G candidate. We have 1 for sure right now...

Sconnie always plays well against us. Gard isn't Bo Ryan but he's kept them respectable and they've beaten some pretty good teams. I think Iowa covers the 5.5 points but Wisconsin won't be intimidated and even in covering that 5.5 points Iowa might win by 6 or 7. I don't see a blowout, much...

Iowa's fan density is also a problem. Iowa has to draw from all over the state to get a true sellout, on top of all the other hurdles mentioned above. Some programs like Kansas, Minnesota, and Wisconsin can draw from higher population density areas. Iowa basketball fans have been notoriously...

No he isn't. That's why Creighton is a Big East team and he's still there. The Big East is hardly a mid major conference. If Creighton was still an MVC team he might have moved on by now.

I don't think any team can lose their top 4 players and expect to accomplish much. There's only so much a coach can do. That's why recruiting is the lifeblood of any program.