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I'm surprised that the Buckeyes lost, but like Iowa they do rely on 3pt shots a lot, and in a strange arena, weird stuff happens. They were missing shots today that they've made all season. After watching the replay of the Iowa-Ohio St. game which OSU won in OT, I actually wouldn't have minded...

I knew none of this, but am only somewhat surprised. From a distance it's always seemed to me the IHSAA is always slow to change or adopt new ideas. Even tho Iowa is supposedly the wrestling hotbed of the nation, many other states have had girls wrestling for many years. I always wondered why...

I agree, I don't see Payton leaving. He's the heart and soul of this group, and if he and Perk both come back, they've got a great year ahead of them, with the maturation of Freeman & Dix. Perk will either return to UI or head to Europe. I would guess NIL may play a role in his decision. I...

Re neither player living up to their ranking, I have wondered in recent years about the quality of boys h.s. hoops in Iowa. I'm not in that world, so have no idea. But I remember seeing clips of PMac in h.s., and seeing his high ranking, and thinking, "Really?" The highly-touted Bilaw (?) who...

Yeah, kind of odd that today's win over the Buckeyes meant more to national seedings than BTen tourney seedings! Other than poor passing which led to numerous Hawk fast-break layups in the 2nd half, it wasn't like Ohio St. played poorly -- I mean, they knocked down a ton of 3pters. I could see...

Great, gutsy win --- even tho the Cats were undermanned. Sandfort at the FT line is MONEY. Man, the 3s were really dropping for the Hawks in the 1st half; and if Freeman and Krikke would be more assertive in positioning under the basket and demand the ball, this team could be REAL dangerous...

I'm not scared by S.Carolina -- I've watched them twice this year on the tube and they've trailed most of both games: once to LSU, and once to Georgia, which is something like 3-12 in the SEC. I can understand not putting teams from the same conference together early in the tourney, but I didn't...

I thought typically the brackets would be structured, if all games went chalk, #1 v #8, #2 v #7, #3 v #6, #4 v #5. Yet yesterday the latest Top 16 teams had Iowa as the #7 seed at the same regional as #1 S. Carolina. Not that I'm complaining -- I think Iowa would stand a better chance of...

I can see voters putting Stanford ahead of us, using 'the eye test' -- heck, I might rank us behind Stanford too. But absolutely no reason we should be behind VTech, after beating them straight up on a neutral court. It's just crazy to not take into account head-to-head matchups if the resumes...

Even if the Hawks lose to Ohio St. and in the BTen tourney (as long as they make it to the semifinals of the BTens), hard to see them dropping below a #2 or #3 seed. I think the NCAA Selection Committee will do whatever they have to, in order to set up an Iowa-LSU rematch!

I don't know, but McCabe is certainly making a case for more playing time. 2-2 today and 45% for the year from treyland should get Bluder's attention -- altho she's not nearly the defender that Gabbie is.

DAMN good! On paper, this was 5 wins for both teams -- a total toss-up. Sometimes the final scores are misleading, but 22-9 was really what took place on the mat. Iowa's guys were more aggressive than usual on their feet from the get-go, and it paid off. Caliago's one TD move had me jumping...

I haven't seen anything about this coverage -- surely SOMEONE has to be broadcasting it.

Yeah, that's gonna be a real interesting coach's decision of who to put out there at 125 at the BTen tourney.

125 – Ayala -- YES 133 – NO (Neither Teske nor Shriever get past Blood Round) 141 – Woods -- YES 149 – Rathjen -- NOPE (Blood Round) 157 – Franek -- NOPE (Will get knocked out early) 165 – Caliendo -- NOPE (Would love to say YES, but Blood Round) 174 – Patrick Kennedy -- NOPE (Blood Round)...

Yeah, at one point during the last 2 min of regulation, the Badgers missed 3 of 5 FTs. Ouch. I was REAL nervous when WI got into the Bonus so early in the 2nd half, but then on a couple possessions they committed multiple fouls which got the FT situation balanced in the 2nd half...but man...

Hawks were down 15 when my out-of-state son called and I turned it off. How did they climb back to within 4 at halftime?

I've had similar thoughts. Experience at the Guard position, with a do-everything Guard in Perkins and a shooter/driver in Sandfort. An experienced Forward in Krikke who can consistently nail mid-range shots. Conference Freshman of the Year at Center. I mean, the pieces are there from an...

Agree that it would have been good to get McCabe worked into the rotation with more minutes during the season during blowout games. I hope she doesn't enter the portal -- she would start for a lot of BTen teams.

Yeah, when Wisconsin broke the Top 10, I thought they might be the weakest team to crack the Top 10 in years. They ain't a Top 10 or Top 15 or even Top 20 team. And from what I saw of their last game, they are still grabbing and holding as always -- amazing what they get away with. I see a...