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I agree - win at a higher level and it would help. Still - even our 2 seed in 1987 got shipped out west. The 4 seed in 1993 - Nashville (not TOO bad). 6 seed in 1996, got to play AZ in Tempe in the 2nd round. 5 seed in 1999, Arizona. The committee has typically never done us any favors...

I'm definitely pleasantly surprised. I have to admit that on paper, without seeing CJF play and just going by his "profile", I expected he would be another Oglesby or Ellingson type. The results have clearly been far better than that. Not just a "he shoots it well in practice!" kind of guy...

Unless you're playing Duke in Greensboro. ;) But for the most part, that's true. Iowa beat Cincinnati in Columbus last year IIRC, right? I love how there is ALWAYS a site in NC.. It's always kind of steamed my clams that the top seeds basically get to play on their home courts and it's...

I suspect there are various factors as to why home court is an advantage, because there's no doubt that it is. The home team can probably draw from the energy, it may rattle opposing teams at times (though I suspect most athletes are basically used to this, but still.. maybe it affects younger...

Yep Morris is good and his humor never fails to crack me up. I have no issues with Bardo, either. Don't know how you guys feel about him, but I wouldn't mind seeing Wayne Larrivee doing Big Ten games again. Always thought he was really solid back in the day.

Top 15 finish. Hard to imagine my not ever being pretty happy with that in any given year. Nice season!

Yeah, Duke in Greensboro. Seen that movie before.

Doesn't bother me in the slightest. Kinda like it, actually. Nothing wrong with playing with a chip on your shoulder and proving doubters wrong IMO.

OK, thanks. Yeah I remember that year, Clark Kellogg saying that Iowa looked like at least a Sweet 16 team, maybe better, when they won @OSU on national TV. Ended up losing in the First Four instead. That Indiana beam thing was just such an "Iowa" thing to have had happen. And I do also...

And wasn't it one year with Fran where we were on a roll, and were scheduled to play @Indiana and then some beams start falling in Assembly Hall, and the game ended up rescheduled? Maybe there's nothing to this one, but it seemed that whole situation seemed to break up some positive mo that the...

Yep. I thought of UNLV too, but the only reason I didn't mention that one was because that team won 30 games and made the Elite 8. Losing to the #1 seed by 3 points.. No shame there. But, that's the ultimate "the one that got away" game and is my all-time most painful loss. Ugh. Ronnie...

I'm not gonna sit here and roast Fran or anyone else for all the injuries that have happened. There's no way it can't put a dent in this team. So I'm not gonna go there. Not this year. Not in this case. But.. As a guy that's been watching and rooting for Iowa hoops for about as long as I...

First, let me say that I didn't see the game, so I didn't see the play. But from what you said about this particular play (and my brother said the exact same thing as you), then it boggles my mind how anyone can take a certain amount of time to review that and overrule what, from all accounts...

ZERO defense down the stretch. PSU scoring at will time and time again. Same ole Hawkeyes indeed. Seen this movie before and I've gotten tired of it. But yay, E for effort. Ok, go ahead and flame away. @$#!

Ditto. I guess it's good if the conference as a whole does well, but as long as Iowa is winning, I really don't care what the rest of the conference does. In my mind, they're the enemy - let 'em rot. :D

^^^ I'm tired of that 7/10 line, but guess it beats the 8/9 line and a 1 seed waiting in the 2nd round.. Hope the team can notch some big wins and climb to a better seed. But yeah, at this point, I still am not really looking very close at seed. Just way too early IMO. Mid to late February...

Come on now, you know that's not quite true. They were talking in our Holiday Bowl that USC's recruiting class in football was only ranked in the 60's. They weren't given a high rating just because they're USC. I'm sure you're right that there is SOME bias by the recruiting services based on...

Are you absolutely positive about that? Or did other players climb and push JW down? Awfully tough to stay at #16 overall. I'm not sure we can assume it's because of an anti-Iowa bias or something like that. Not saying you're definitely wrong, but these things aren't static. Some players...

If you're talking about Wisconsin specifically, I remember Iowa winning there I think during Aaron White's freshman season. Year 2 under Fran I think? As for this year, it's tough to say but looking at the schedule, a lot of the games appear winnable IMO, but it does get pretty brutal late...

I don't buy that. At all. When you're mostly getting 3* recruits or NR's, your recruiting classes just are never going to be highly rated no matter who you are. Name some top recruits we've gotten whose rankings have dropped after committing to Iowa.. I'm having trouble thinking of any. We...