before the season, do you remember your predictions?

[mrolympia]

I do, 20 wins overall and 9-9 in the big 10 for the regular season. Give me a contract to sign before the season started and I'd have thought it was a pretty decent deal and gladly signed on the dotted line. The close losses sucked major arse, were hella deflating to morale and p***ed fans off to no end but in the end I guess I got the record I wanted, however I thought it would be good enough for an NCAA bid. We'll see on sunday but I'm not going to hold by breath.

btw, the NIT still sucks

 

[nationalchamps]

I said 9-9 with one BTT win and ncaa birth. Will see if I am right tomorrow night.

 

[HawkAttack]

Hopefully Jon will bump that prediction thread again.

IIRC the Hawks have outperformed my preseason prediction by one or two conference wins and I believe I had them going 2-1 in the NIT.

 

[WindsorHawk]

I had them at 12-6 and 23-8 yet I'm not disappointed at all and many that expected less are going crazy.

 

[DexterMorgan]

Said we would be much improved but still miss the big dance.

 

[busabus114]

I had them at 21-12 and 9-9 in the conference with a quarterfinal loss to MSU in the BTT

 

[thejumper5]

I thought Iowa would go 11-2 in the non-con with losses to DePaul (Iowa played WSU instead) and VT. I thought Iowa would go 11-7 in conference with losses to Indiana (2x), MSU, OSU, Michigan, at Wisconsin, and at Purdue. I thought Iowa would go 1-1 in the BTT to finish at 23-10 and earn a 7-seed.

I thought Minnesota would be worse than they were early in the year; I thought DePaul and Purdue would be better than they've been; and I thought 23-10 would earn a higher seed than it would have. With the way things have gone, had Iowa had that 23-10 record, they would probably be about a 10-seed.

 

[ShadasRevenge]

I had them at 21-12 and 9-9 in the conference with a quarterfinal loss to MSU in the BTT

You and I are going to Vegas.

 

[TritonHawkeye]

Was pretty close...

TritonHawkeye said:
11-05-2012*02:49 PM
Re: On the Record: Post your Iowa Basketball season predictions here
9-4 NC
8-10 Conf
1-1 B10 tourney
2-1 NIT

 

[MNHawkeyeFreak]

I had them at 21-12 and 9-9 in the conference with a quarterfinal loss to MSU in the BTT

Smooth as usual.

 

[TritonHawkeye]

You and I are going to Vegas.

Last night could have been much more enjoyable if you two would have just called for Iowa to win back in Nov!

 

[ShadasRevenge]

Never made a prediction - at least here - but wanted a .500 finish or better in the league, and top 6 in the standings. Wherever that landed, I was going to be happy with it.

 

[HawksMN]

Top half of the Big Ten is a highlight for sure. One the Gophers cannot remotely claim.

 

[mrolympia]

I had them at 12-6 and 23-8 yet I'm not disappointed at all and many that expected less are going crazy.

how drunk on black and gold kool aid were you when you made this prediction?

 

[WindsorHawk]

how drunk on black and gold kool aid were you when you made this prediction?

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I follow Iowa basketball 1st and Iowa football a distant 2nd. I also know a thing or 2 about basketball. They went 11-2 non conference and they lost the 2 games I thought they would lose.

Marble got hurt which cost us the Michigan State game and at least 1 game during that stretch before he was right again. I thought our only home loss all season would be to Indiana. The other 2 (besides Michigan State) I had wrong were at Purdue and at Nebraska...certainly were in both of those games.

Save this for next year. I predict we go undefeated at home and I don't need to see the schedule and I don't care who we play. I don't think we will lose a home game. If Oladipo, Zeller, Burke and Thomas go pro I think we will finish 2nd in the conference behind Michigan State. They only lose Nix...dirty player that I won't miss. I reserve the right to adjust my order of finish if any of these 4 players return but definitely won't have us lower than 4th. My blind guess on our conference record is 14-4 without seeing the schedule.