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    Quality of BTN tour of practices

    Glad that Jon and Deace discussed the lackluster production quality of the BTN tour. Compared to the effort the network put into the tour when it first was introduced, what we have seen the last couple of years is woefully lacking. I get that it's a question of costs and that the BTN knows it...
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    Not that it will matter come next week..

    but UNI just had a 21-play, 90 yard TD drive against ISU. Getting it crammed down your gullet by a FBC team is not good. 13-7 UNI late in the third.
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    New normal?

    I don't ask this to be funny, but is the Iowa basketball program just at a place where if we happen to have a group of seniors who stick together and improve at the same time, where we are looking at making the NCAA tournament once every 10 years? Is that realistically the best we should hope...
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    A note on pace and style of play...

    much has been said about the up-tempo style of play. Looking at McCaffery's history and pace, it will definitely be a change from what Iowa has been used to the last 3 years. This year, Siena averaged 70.5 possessions per game, good for 39th in the country. Iowa by contrast averaged 62...
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    A few thoughts about Minnesota...

    Looking ahead to the Gophers, while the Gophers have 3 losses they are not a team that Iowa matches up well with. Purdue is 9th in the country in defensive efficiency according to Pomeroy, with the Boilers specialty being forcing turnovers on 26.8 percent of its opponents' possessions. Last...
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    DeCourcy's opinion on Iowa hoops

    Heard Mike DeCourcy on the radio here in KC this morning. Most of his appearance focused on Kansas/K-State/Mizzou as you would expect, but the final question was about Iowa, Alford/New Mexico. His opinion was that Alford handled things poorly at Iowa, but that Iowa urged him out the door...
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