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There are multiple explanations for the declining interest. If you have been following men's college basketball you know that there is a lot of criticism of it. Some of the blame for declined interest is the turnover in the rosters. The transfers impact development programs and mid majors...

Maybe TAM wants someone familiar with the Big Ten because they want to exit the SEC?

I feel the conference officials did a poor job planning the tournament. My family members said the Target Center was completely overwhelmed by the crowd size. I don't know who scheduled an 11am start on the 1st day of daylight time, but both teams had less than 18 hours to rest. Iowa didn't...

I would say Purdue winning would be the preferred outcome because Illinois would be eliminated from being co-champions. Illinois' motivation would be nothing to gain except NCAA seeding. It will be a tall order for Iowa to beat Illinois. Iowa's bench needs to play more minutes and keep it close...

There are many famous Iowans and each generation of Iowans probably can identify someone from their generation that became nationally famous. The closest parallel to CC in my estimation would be Nile Kinnick. Both were or are sports figures that became nationally known for their performance and...

For anyone that is interested in team and individual statistics for the current season here is a link. In the PSU game Iowa starters outscored the PSU starters significantly. PSU's bench performed almost as well as the PSU starters. Iowa's bench actually did a little better scoring than in...

I hope you're being facetious.

The difference in this lost is the lack of a bench. Iowa doesn't have a sixth man and for that matter a 7th or 8th. Illinois' bench outscored Iowa's bench 34 to 12. The bench was 4 of 9 shooting, PM was 1 of 5. Iowa was out rebounded by 6. The failure to keep Illinois off the offensive glass...

I note that Iowa's bench out scored MSU's by 2pts. Iowa held Walker to 16. Dix guarded him well. I thought that was key. Iowa held its own on rebounds, which can be a horrible problem when they don't. Overall, best road win. The @Illinois game comes next. I hope Freeman stays out of foul trouble.

I hope we can enjoy this win. It may be tough to get many more.

I wasn't able to watch but the box score indicates that free throws were instrumental in the win. WI was 19 of 28 and Iowa was 24 of 30. The Iowa bench matched the 11 points of the WI bench. This hasn't been the case in the losses. Iowa shot 30 of 57 for a 52.6% rate on FG's. WI shot 30 of 63...

I see by the box score that Iowa had 23 PFs to MDs 11. Iowa was out rebounded by 8. Maryland's bench outscored Iowa's by a big margin. Woe is us.

Very well written.

One more comparison. It uses only records since 1998 or the last 25 years.

Yes, I'll have to correct the tables. My eyes aren't what they use to be.

Below is a set of 4 tables based on 2024/2025 conference affiliation. The bold number on the bottom is the average of the teams' winning percentage. Corrected VA Tech/Florida conference assignment.

For the purposes of discussion, included is an image of the performance of the present P5 teams since 1978, which marked the beginning of the FBS division. It really sorts out kind of who counts and who doesn't count in this new free agent/NIL Era. There are some factor not included like fan...

When Maryland went on that run in the third quarter I thought Bluder should have called a time out when the lead dwindled to 10. Maryland had 4 players in the painted area to keep Iowa from penetrating and dared Iowa to shoot from distance. Unfortunately the shots were not falling. On the...

Exactly. I was being generous when I used 32. Realistically it is more like 24. If you sit down and go through the conferences and pick out teams for the top 24 it gets progressively harder after number 18. Small population states that have two FBS teams and skew Caucasian are unlikely to be...