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Haha, very good. Yes, Kris doesnt seem to take as much time on his free throws as maybe he should. You can see it when guys shooting free throws dont look at the rim until the last second and sort of just 'here goes'. As far as fouls, coming off the bench with usually 10-15 minutes playing...

JoeT is a bigger loss than JoshO but Perkins is coming on (he seemed to play tight etc in the NCAA game but will learn from that). Perkins, Ulis working on his handles and moves, and Sandfort will give 3 guards to rotate and then the new guy might be a turnkey type. PMac and KrisM can handle...

I was also going to say what you did about Mulvey. I have not seen him play enough at all to say what he needs to do but he probably needs to get more coordinated with his footwork and shots, 10-15 more pounds would put him around 265, and work on his defense. And of course a big man who can...

Oh yeah, I get it now. Yeah, any guy like that who can go pro early would be huge.

What are you replying to me about Evan Mobley for? Just curious.

Basically but one year older. they improved and so did Keegan, Kris, Perkins, and PMac. Hell even Connor improved his shooting toward the ends

You are right and there is more parity and more, better teams but those same 10-15 programs still show up in the final four. The hawks just needed a real point guard and better lane defense and they could have won it all this year

Oh I/we all would love to have big time 6'11 or so leaper who is a great defender, shot blocker and alterer, and rebounder who could score maybe 10 a game. If they could score 15-20 my oh my. Let me ask you this and not to belittle Rebraca who played the 5 undersized but what if we had an Adam...

Yeah, same old same old. I think one of the last really great championship games were the two games with Butler because it was so new with an underdog. And the Big 10 has maybe one championship in the last 25 years or so. Jeez I remember Indiana and Mich playing in the final. Maybe the Big...

I was peeking in a little on the 1st half and saw the halftime score. Then I saw the final scored and thought 'what the hell happened'. So if any of you can explain such a turnaround from one half to another, what was it or what combination of things was it? TIA

Yes, that was just a terrible ending. Then the hawks went out in the regional consolation game (remember those) and iirc laid 75 point on NDame in one half. WOW. iirc The hawks came back to tie the game late against Jacksonville and a couple of chances to put it away. There was no shot...

You cant say "f'n no way" hawks beat a higher seed. It happens all the time where high seeds are upset. But it helps to get to the sweet 16 when you start off as a 4 or 5 seed or higher which Iowa had this year. But Iowa has to get past that first game and believe.

Dont you think Fran has almost always been shy a really good all around point guard? Name me Fran's 3 top point guards and tell me how they measure to being all big ten or all american.

Yep, the last Big teams to make the final four were Mich with a top point guard and maybe Wisconsin with 3 top shooting guards and their brand of tough, mugging defense. Pre-shot clock and 3-pt shots there was always time to run the plays through a big man in the post for high percentage shots...

No that is not what I am saying and I didn't write it that way. Keegan did twist his ankle and you could see on occasion he was not running his normal speed up and down the court. But he had 1/3rd of Iowa's points. What I am saying is a really top-flight point guard would of and could of set...

Well said and Fran and the team did take another big step showing they could handle a tournament stretch and win the Big 10 tourney. Another big goal is to have an outstanding season and win the Big 10 regular season title which is still the better conference title to have. And of course Fran...

I had read that article. And it is ok to post it for those who haven't read it. All you have to do is imagine any number of teams, including Iowa, with close to All-American guard play, to see how far they might go in the tourney. Or just imagine many of Fran's teams with close to an all...

The only thing that tormented hawk fans was that their teams shot poorly and played poorly all around. What ISU did was good but not to much effect.

I would say the Big 10 was somewhat overrated. The league did very well in non-conference. I didnt watch many of the teams except when they played the hawks. But I would say the league did not have very many top point guards and maybe guard play was down on many teams. The NCAA's format is...

I just saw the Purdue score and they were handled by the Pete's. Wow. Another poor showing by the Big 10 even though they had a good pre-season. Parity and more parity and a lot of good coaches.