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Wish him well, but after seeing what happened to AJ Storr after his move to Kansas I would be careful if I were him. That dude went from superstar at Wisconsin to riding the bench a lot at Kansas. Would love to ask him what the hell was that?

"Donnie Lester" old joke guess you had to be there. I was at Iowa when Ronnie played and had student tickets. He was the real deal.

What you're trying to say is he is no "Donnie Lester". I hear ya

That's assuming he is able to recruit some depth. Fran didn't stress defense it appeared, but he didn't have much depth, so to sit say Dix or Sandfort because they were getting schooled and bring in an upgrade off the bench wasn't happening.

It doesn't matter what defense you're in if your players are out quicked. Packline defense I think has one guy tough on the ball and 4 sagging ready to help. How many times did last year's players get torched from deep because they couldn't get out fast enough to cover the shooter. Any defense...

It wouldn't have mattered. If you allow the other team to pass the ball anywhere they wanted without any pressure at all, you are going to get hammered.

It's like Fran designed the defensive game plan today. Okie has gotten any shot they wanted without any challenge .

Agree. This is a classic case of bigger, stronger, faster and that is hard to overcome.

Dix and Harding, if they were to come back can't be taught lateral quickness. This year they couldn't stop any guard from blowing right past them. You either have it or you don't. You can't teach someone to be quicker.

I'm surprised that he's getting that much interest. I had him undersized, not a great jump shooter, not a good defender, and not a guy who could manufacture his own shot. On the plus side, pretty good ball handler and could penetrate and find the open guy. Guess that explains why I'm hacking...

Fry lobbed in a softball. Couldn't help myself.

They might not like the way things went for Fran, but I would guess they are smart enough to realize that if you don't win , don't make the tourney, and can only put 4 to 5 thousand in the seats something needs to change. Do they like ISU more now because they're winning more, sell out more, or...

Harding into the transfer portal. I'm not worried about that one. We should be able to find a a bigger point guard who plays better defense and has a better shot. I understand Michigan had some interest in Freeman, I would be shocked if they had any interest in Harding.

He gone. Let the search begin.

Maybe when Boswell drove over Harding, that might have been a foul. I would have to see a replay. Boswell dribbled anywhere he wanted and Harding was like a sixth grader going up against a senior. It was just a classic case of bigger , stronger, faster and we had no answer. He won't be able to...

Man, I have a hard time thinking Fran is a great coach with the problems on defense we have seen over his time at Iowa. He certainly has the offense figured out for the most part, but the defense is usually terrible.

Boswell just abusing Harding.

I don't see a path to victory when Illinois knows they can get to the rim whenever they want to.

That pretty sums up the Hawks defense tonight. Out of position, just get blown by off the dribble, no box outs. Illinois on pace for 95 or better. Tough to win with that defense.

I had the Hawks losing by double digits. Glad I was wrong. Hitting the 3's made the difference today.