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Not sure this counts as a 'societal collapse' issue, but perhaps... On vacation in CA and reading a few books. One I highly recommend is "Nuclear War: A Scenario". (Yeah, yeah, I know, kind of crazy book to read on vacation.) The author, Annie Jacobsen, interviewed about 50 people who are...

UCLA is now 16-5, and 3 of their 9 remaining BTen games are vs NWestern, which I consider gimmes given the gap in talent. So in my mind, UCLA is sitting 19-5. Should be a doozie of a finish to the BTen season! Glad to see big crowds the past couple weekends at Banks Field. Go Hawks!

Yesterday at 5:10 a.m. ran into UNI Coach Jacobson and coaches saying goodbye to a portal recruit at the Waterloo airport. After the coaches left we all had a 1.5 hour delay due to storms, so I had a chance to visit with the young man, and later his father. The player said most schools want to...

They are stackin' up those wins, man! Swept Minny on the road, swept Big Blue on the road. Love it! Only 9 more BTen games remain to seal the deal -- 6 of those at home. After underperforming last year, a lot things have fallen their way thusfar during the BTen season. Close the deal, guys!

If so, I think that's unfortunate. If coached up, seemed to me that he has the skill set. Perhaps not the mindset Coach is looking for.

My bad -- Pryce is 6'7".

The more I think about it, this is basically the replacement for Pryce Sandfort. Similar size and stats over the past 12 months. Altho Pryce has two years remaining, Brenden only 1.

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

Now THAT's funny!

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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

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.

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...