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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...

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.

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...

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?

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...

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...

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

Heard that DeVries had recruited three 4-star guys for next season. Plus his son returning after injury. Am guessing any holdup is Iowa trying to figure out how to pay his recuits the same $$ WV had committed.

I thought Harding's game got quite a bit better this season, compared to last year. His distance shooting certainly improved, especially the last half of the season -- a PG who shoots 40% from treyland will definitely get a look from a lot of schools. He deserves to be remembered for the dagger...

Read somewhere that DeVries has three 4-star recruits committed to WV next season. If he can bring them (i.e. if Iowa can find the $$ to pay them), plus his son, and Pryce and Koch stay...Hawks could be a force in a few years.

What a great late-seasonn run to get a #6 seed! What a difference between being a #6 and #7 seed: the 7 has to play on the road at UConn; with a win, Iowa plays at Oklahoma instead. Couldn't have asked for a better draw, really. The Committee really liked the BTen: giving the conference two #1...

To answer the thread's title question -- in the immortal words of MLK, Jr.: "How long? Not long."

This is a long-shot, but Beth has already shown she's not afraid to make such a move. She could dictate to Fran in a similar way she dictated to Ferentz. She could inform Fran that "X" coach on his staff is fired, and he has 30 days to hire a defensive specialist coach or consultant; if he...

Amen to that...how this team shoots the 3s determines Ws and Ls more than any Iowa team I remember.

I noticed that too...either that, or they watched an old Groucho Marx movie last night!

The suggestion that Iowa "should be a clear #2" now and into the future, considering the resources that Okie St. has along with new coach David Taylor, is not realistic, IMO.

I'm just saying the sky isn't falling. Iowa actually scored more points at this year's BTen tourney and finished one spot higher this year than an last year's tourney. Iowa's best guys got beat by guys they've beaten before. Are they capable of turning the tables and beating them again? Yep...

Love your optimism, Huck! The Huskers gotta be in shock.

Take a deep breath, everybody. Yes, Nebraska had a nice tourney and overperformed their seeds. Will they do that again in 2 weeks? No one knows -- they're the same guys that got thumped by UNI earlier this season in Cedar Falls. This was a disappointing tourney for the Hawks, but it doesn't...

Got home in time to watch the final 16 minutes. Thrilled for the Hawkeye players (and coach), but boy, those were two subpar teams out there. Even in the win, Iowa's offense was SO stagnant -- basically standing around looking at the guy with the ball. Nebraska is really undertalented for the...