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Agree on the need for big, athletic guys down low. I'm hoping that Dembele is still in the mix to perhaps return to Iowa City. I think he could fit what little I've seen of Ben's system: he can move, he's long and a decent rebounder, and can step out and hit the occasional 3. He needs to be...

The Hawks desperately need a proven 3 pt shooter, and this dude would go a long way toward filling that gap. But with those stats, he's gonna need a lotta green.

I'll feel a lot better if they land a tall and/or strong big, and a proven 3pt shooter. Have no idea if either of those type of players are still available in the portal or not.

Kinda crazy when you think of the other teams ranked below Iowa on this list. Yeah, talkin' about you, Michigan. Didn't Wisky have a super-long run of winning seasons until last season? Not sure Iowa's streak of 12 will get to 13 after the '25 season...tough schedule ahead.

New coach Ben desperately needs to add a couple 3-pt sharpshooters. Pryce would have partially filled the bill, but that ship has sailed. It's been shocking to see the 3pt % of some of the Drake recruits. Egads...Banks' was 9%? Never even heard of a % that low! Also, some are not great FT...

Thusfar two starters and a sub have followed from Drake. The continuity with these players and the coaches he's bringing along from Drake will undoubtedly help with the transition. I can only imagine how helpful it will be to have 2 starters -- especially a great PG -- who know the system and...

It's a lot easier to get defensive rebounds when you aren't leaking 2-3 guys out to start a fast break.

Your mention of Lickliter reminded me of how many of his players left AFTER playing for him a year or two...it was like rats fleeing a burning ship! And that was before NIL/pay for play and they had a financial reason to leave.

Fran recruited guys who thought their skills and/or temperment fit an up-and-down offensive game. They'd been shown tape of how their game would mesh with Iowa's fast pace. So, I wouldn't expect ANY of those guys to stay with Iowa now -- they're not dumb, they understand pace of play. If Iowa...

Gotta love weekend sweeps of two BTen teams. Granted, those teams have a combined 2-14 BTen record (!), but the Gophers' RPI prior to the Iowa series was #24 due to some big early season wins...after the Iowa series they dropped to #38. After the MN series, Iowa's RPI jumped from #120 to #98...

Harding shot 40% from 3 this season. That surprised me when I saw it, but he really got hot from distance late in the season. A quick point guard who can penetrate AND hits 40% from 3? You bet he's gonna have some good options.

Since this is the only baseball thread going: don't look now, but Iowa has a 7-2 BTen record and is tied for the conference lead! Granted, that includes a 3-game home sweep of what has to be one of the worst P4 teams in the nation (Ohio St.), but they did take a series from Sparty, who has a...

Yeah, there's no doubt in my mind about that. On the flip side, a lot of BTen teams this year were as good or better than Texas Tech, and the Bulldogs lost to them by what, 13?

I'd remove Nebraska from that list. They have better facilities, more fan support (they sold out their last game of the season vs Iowa when the only thing at stake was making the BTen tourney), fans have low expectations (as a coach that's a positive), and they have no other state university to...

Bummer about Pryce. His first 1.5 years as a player at UI was underwhelming, and he didn't really live up to the high expectations. But something clicked the last month of the season, and he started playing like he actually belonged in the BTen. I was really hoping he would stay. Even before...

Gotta figure Beth had that figured out before pulling the plug on Fran.

Heard that DeVries had recruited three 4-star guys for next season. Plus his son returning after injury. Am guessing any holdup is Iowa trying to figure out how to pay his recuits the same $$ WV had committed.

I thought Harding's game got quite a bit better this season, compared to last year. His distance shooting certainly improved, especially the last half of the season -- a PG who shoots 40% from treyland will definitely get a look from a lot of schools. He deserves to be remembered for the dagger...

Read somewhere that DeVries has three 4-star recruits committed to WV next season. If he can bring them (i.e. if Iowa can find the $$ to pay them), plus his son, and Pryce and Koch stay...Hawks could be a force in a few years.

What a great late-seasonn run to get a #6 seed! What a difference between being a #6 and #7 seed: the 7 has to play on the road at UConn; with a win, Iowa plays at Oklahoma instead. Couldn't have asked for a better draw, really. The Committee really liked the BTen: giving the conference two #1...