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And Shaka Smart proves once again that he's as useless in March as a claustrophobic astronaut.

For what it's worth the B1G was 4-0 on Thursday. On to day two of the round of 64 of the SEC Invitational. Heavy hitters like Maryland, Illinois and Sparty are on tap for today

Minnesota has to be looking at him as well.

It's crunch time. Where's Tony P?

That clicking sound you just heard was the Drake AD unlocking his office and drafting a sweeter ver$ion of McCollum contract.

We'll find out this weekend. Whoever comes to Iowa is going to have his work cut out for him in a big way. He will be fighting both a depleted roster and well documented lack of NIL funding. Ben may decide he ain't touching it with a ten foot pole

My point is that the world has changed like three times over since we last went. And that it feels more like fifty years than 25 (or 26) I didn't even think of the Billy Joel song but yeah, great reference:)

Mizzou is going to have to get to the line to win this. A bunch. They can't solve Drake's half court defense.

Had a long NBA career as well... When Iowa made their 1980 final four run Kenny Arnold was playing with a sprained wrist and Bobby Hansen had a broken bone in his shooting hand, in addition to all the teams other ailments

The last time Iowa men's basketball made the Sweet Sixteen: The Trade Center towers were still standing Microsoft was kicking Apple's ass Facebook was a myth No one had heard of Taylor Swift The first Harry Potter movie had yet to be released Bob Hope was still alive Tom Izzo was 44 years old...

At what point does suspending the 2025-26 season come into play. Obviously it would take extreme circumstances but if we end losing everyone that's entered the portal and with our well documented NIL situation theres no way we will bring bring in enough Replacements. You would need half a...

Anyone see Wisconsin's Steve Crowl technical from yesterday? You didn't need to read those lips the hear "don't gimme that s-t"! The cool part was that he was saying it not after he blocked the shot, but before and during.

I think refs called more fouls back then for sure. Look at the box scores from the Miller era, of even Lute's 1980 Final Four run. It wasn't unusual for 25-30 team fouls to be called. Players played with two first half fouls (until Dean Smith changed things) Players fouled out on a more...

Heres another take. Everyone has commented this year on his calm, stoic, hands in the pockets demeanor on the bench this year and many have criticized him for this as much as for his fiery demeanor. Maybe he is battling an undisclosed illness. Again, we will find out in time. But his players...

In a perverse way, did this year's recruiting class commit to Iowa knowing that Fran WOULDN'T be the coach? Guess we'll find out shortly. It was time for him to go. He has run a clean program with integrity in regards to the rules, and he developed some high end NBA talent. But....we too...

The best example yet of how far men's college basketball has fallen. A team is projected to have two of the top four NBA picks and yet finishes eleventh in its own league and almost certainly no postseason play.

So was Izzo. Not a well officiated game on either side. Peyton was denied clean at the rim twice and both were called fouls.. on the other side Dimbele was tripped and no foul called and MSU was getting away with their usual grabs and hip checks.

Hansen might as well been Steve Alford's agent, though at the time I was ecstatic about the hire as well. Of course we all know what happened. Alford turned out to be an average coach with a sanctimonious attitude.

Izzo didn't want to see Lickliter go either, and publicly said so. Unlike Todd, Fran has had some success against Izzo, especially recently.

He hasn't been anywhere near as animated on the sideline as we're used to seeing-and that isn't necessarily a bad thing. In any case I think that's where the "checked out" narratives are originating.