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He finished first in the conference once. His other four finishes were 9th, 7th, 5th, and 14th. He hit an assistant from the opposing team in a hand shake line. He tried to hit the strength coach for his team during practice. Bobby Knight with far less winning and half a century too late...

He's gotta go down as the first guy in NCAA history who only spent three years in high school, but then spent six in college?!

I keep saying this. If you are good enough to finish 4th in total wins in the Big Ten over a 5 year period, you are plenty good enough to win two games on the first weekend of the NCAA tournament.

Buckle up.

A bunch of market research. Maybe it's the location of Carver. Maybe it's needing a huge student section around the court. Maybe it's a capacity of only half the current venue, with a loud yet intimate feel. Maybe it's all those things to get the students to pack the place.

I'd boil it down to just this. Cater to them, get them there, and everything else will follow.

I texted my buddies the same thing at the time and then realized later it wasn't a mistake. I believe Iowa was out of timeouts. If you take Stuelke out and go all small, and Iowa misses the free throw, then Nebraska just dumps it inside for a huge mismatch and a quick 2. And then it is a 2...

In my book, Kate Martin cements her place as one of the all-time Hawkeyes. O Captain! My Captain!

Anyone know how this works? I think you can buy tickets now for Albany or Portland, but obviously you don't know who the teams are yet. Theoretically you could buy them Sunday night because you know which of those two regions Iowa would fall into. But you still wouldn't know if Iowa would be...

I hate the East Coast, but Philly might be the best college basketball town in the country.

CC has completely transcended any kind of niche status. I went to school with one of Gable's daughters and even went to some junior high parties at her house. Which is a cool talking point when chatting with Iowans over age 50, or if I ever run into a wrestling fan anywhere in the world. Last...

In my opinion, there is no Mount Rushmore any longer for Iowa sports. There is a mountain top with Caitlin Clark.

I like the vibe we got going. I'm struggling to come up with a time since the late 80s where Iowa had three backcourt players together who could all penetrate, shoot and defend. This year, give me a play-in game in Dayton on Tuesday, the 5th seed on Thursday, and the 4th seed on Saturday...

I think it'll take another quad 1 win. If they lose to Illinois, I think they'll need to beat a tourney team (at the minimum) during the BTT to get in.

Great perspective - thanks for sharing.

Yeah, no real way to measure, and the internet and then social media also adds a dynamic. It's more of a fun conversation than anything. I don't really consider John Wayne part of the conversation. He was born in Iowa but I don't think he even grew up there. I guess the part that's...

At first I thought the debate was whether she was the greatest sports star ever at the University of Iowa. And then I thought maybe instead the debate was whether she was the greatest sports star ever from the state of Iowa. Now I wonder if we'll look back one day and realize she is the...

This is fun. Unless Iowa loses the next two, we'll basically have a month of tournament type basketball, which started with the comeback win against Wisconsin. Man, if they can knock this next one back, it gets really exciting. Going to Evanston on a mission. Get that one, and we'd set up...

Yep, totally agree. Sometimes I'm surprised when he gets a call on his drives to the basket, too. Like sort of hard to see where there was a foul, since he's fading away/jumping to the side. Seems like he'll get the call once in a while when the ball doesn't go in.

My biggest complaint is his rebounding. Somehow he just doesn't have a knack for it, or the right mindset...I don't know. It's probably not a fair comparison, but his height, length, size and role are all pretty similar to Kris Murray. And Kris was an awesome rebounder last year. If Patrick...