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    Now That The Novelty Has Died Down Some...

    Also 6'4". That's 1 of about 3 key pieces needed to be competitive next season. Wonder why he left K-State?
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    Data…

    Now THAT's funny!
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    Sullivan in the portal.

    Can't blame Sully, and it makes no sense for him to stay in ICity. He has 1 year left to play college ball, and with Gronowski already named the starter, and the coaches already in love with him despite not seeing him take a FBS snap -- except in the game he lost to the Hawks at Kinnick -- it...
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    Now That The Novelty Has Died Down Some...

    I think it would have been a heckuva game between the two teams early in the season, when both were healthy. A bummer that Iowa and the Clones backed out of their annual games with Drake and UNI.
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    Now That The Novelty Has Died Down Some...

    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...
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    Honor Huff

    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.
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    Now That The Novelty Has Died Down Some...

    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.
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    Data…

    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.
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    Tavion Banks: Another Drake player joins Iowa

    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...
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    Another former Drake player to Iowa

    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...
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    Cooper Koch is Returning!!

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

    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.
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    Second Four Star Recruit Badara Diakite Decommits

    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...
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    Hawks in ‘Receiving Votes’ For Top 25

    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...
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    Brock Harding

    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.
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    O/T Baseball Post

    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...
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    Chad saying it’s McCollum

    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?
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    Don't blame Goetz

    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...
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    Brock enters portal

    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...
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    Brock enters portal

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


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