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I would agree that Davidson doesn't have the athletes that Indiana does on the perimeter. Davidson, however, is a much better coached team offensively than is Indiana. Davidson likely won't stand around and do nothing for 25 seconds against Iowa's zone. Can't wait until Friday. Ready for...

I'm not disagreeing that Iowa's schedule hasn't been superior to Davidson's. It has. All I'm saying is that this isn't like playing the Sun Belt conference winner. Davidson's program is used to being in the NCAA tournament, they aren't going to be awed by the moment or by playing a team from the...

The whole Power 5 conference thing isn't as relevant as Davidson plays in the A-10. And in hoops, there are the Power 6 conferences (B1G, B12, SEC, PAC-12, ACC, Big East). The A-10 is right behind the PAC-12, and Davidson played 17 games against Top 150 RPI teams (Iowa played 23). Sagarin has...

Agree that Iowa's highest priority is a big guy for next year. A graduate transfer at the 4/5 spot would be ideal. But were a very good guard to fall into Iowa's lap, it would be welcome as well. The improved consistency of Gesell, Clemmons and Jok was a big reason Iowa won more games down...

Yeah I'm not sure what all the angst is over not having the likes of Lohaus and Morgan on the team. Put them on Iowa's roster and take away Jok and Ellingson, and Iowa is no better. Arguably worse as Jok is the best player out of all those guys. I believe Fran was interested in Morgan but wanted...

Because Iowa football would win 10+ games a year if they just "tried harder" or "had an attitude to dominate." Wrestling and football are completely different sports. Most of the SEC/South doesn't even compete in the sport. In terms of recruiting base, tradition, resources commitment to the...

I get why he Fran is defending Woodbury so vociferously. The narrative is that Woodbury is a dirty player (from the jump ball thing to the eye pokes) and Fran doesn't agree (I would agree with him). But Fran ended up making it a much bigger deal with his reaction. Should have just said that he's...

As others have said, Wisconsin has had a better team the last 2 years compared to Frans first few years. And Cartwright, Marble and Gatens all had big games in Iowa wins over the previous couple of years. Gatens was in the midst of one of the greatest shooting streaks ever (something like 13...

It's fair to say that the edge provide by the S&C program at Iowa isn't as great as it might have been 10-12 years ago. I would argue it's not the fault of Doyle, it's the fact that S&C across the board in big-time college FB has improved a great deal. When you look at guys like Hitchens (a...

Calling for his firing seems a bit extreme. As did Dakich's comments calling Woodbury gutless and a coward. Looking at the videos, I can see how a person would come to the conclusion that Woodbury purposefully poked Kaminsky. But I could also see how a person could interpret that as incidental...

Kaminsky is the Badgers most-important player, the X factor that other teams can't really guard. He's averaging 17 points a game, on 53% shooting from the field, over 40% from 3. He also has a couple of assists per game and nearly 2 blocks per game. Oh and he shoots 76% from the line. Not really...

This is true. If guys toward the end of the roster want to move on for more playing time, it's not a bad thing (some would argue it's healthy). And if a guy works hard and wants to stick around and get his degree from Iowa, even if he's not going play much, it seems as if Fran will not run him...

Plays such as that one are basically won or lost at the time the inbounds pass was made. Once Mathieu was able to catch the ball already moving toward his basket with no one directly in front of him, it was going to be very difficult to stop him from at least getting a shot off. Clemmons is...

Fair assessment. We will see how Iowa responds Thursday. Michigan State needs this game, and Iowa will get their best shot. The win over Nebraska was nice, but in reality it was a game Iowa had to have if it wanted to make the tournament. Nebraska is depleted and would have been crushing to not...

For where Iowa is as a program, being ranked (even if it's for a short while) is a semi-big deal. When/if you are ranked, ESPN shows highlights of your games, increased exposure, plus you can go out and say it's 2 straight years where you have been ranked during the season. Winning games in the...

Not sure on the answer, but I believe B1G teams are required to travel in the day before the game, for this very reason.

Fran went to the bench so Uthoff/White would be able to give effort on defense down the stretch of the second half. Iowa was able to just not get obliterated when Uhl/Clemmons/Oglesby were all in at once, which was all they needed. I thought the divvying up on PG minutes between Gesell and...

That is correct. Both likely NCAA teams, but would be good if UNC and OSU won all/nearly all of their remaining home games.

You are correct he was exaggerating to make his point. May have worded it a bit harshly but the point stands. If you are going to base your team off running the ball, then you need to have a RB who turn a well-blocked play into a big play. Iowa has not had that for the last 3 years. It's not...

Coker had little/nothing to do with the football program. That was a university/administration issue. It impacted the FB program because it caused him to leave, but Coker was pretty much what you want as a player in the program. Good player, good teammate, good student who took the academic side...