For the 1st time in a VERY LONG TIME!

Not4cy

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I am half way excited about the future of Iowa Basketball. This was the first game that I have watched this season and I was actually blown away by the talent that we have on the court. Basabe, Marble, Cartwright and May all have the ability to be pretty good players. We still need a big man but WOW, I am excited again. This might be my first post on a Hawkeye basketball board in about 5 years. I know we have a long ways to go, but I actually think Fran might get something started again.

I am starved for a winning Hawkeye Basketball team again.
 
Are you kidding me? Iowa has been to the NCAA tournament 3 times in the last 11 years. Iowa has won 1 NCAA Tournament game since Mr. Davis left. Iowa basketball has been a complete train wreck for many years and it is finally nice to see some resembelance of a basketball team again. Will our record show it at the end of the year? Probably not but I believe Fran has something to work with on this team.
 
Yeah, nothing like getting beat by a team worse than us at the buzzer! Just like old times!

And had Iowa pulled it out, you would have been complaining that Iowa barely beat a team it should have beaten anyway! So, you wouldn't have been please either way. It's like you have "Lost your will to win!"
 
I am half way excited about the future of Iowa Basketball. This was the first game that I have watched this season and I was actually blown away by the talent that we have on the court. Basabe, Marble, Cartwright and May all have the ability to be pretty good players. We still need a big man but WOW, I am excited again. This might be my first post on a Hawkeye basketball board in about 5 years. I know we have a long ways to go, but I actually think Fran might get something started again.

I am starved for a winning Hawkeye Basketball team again.

Isn't it amazing how numb we've become over the last 5 years or so? I think we forget how incredible it feels to be a fan of the basketball program when things look like they're working in the right direction. We've definitely become 1 sport fans (no offense wrestling, I've never followed it and it gets almost no media coverage), I think that's why we're all so disappointed by the way the football season went this year. We need something to look forward to until bowl season.
 
Yeah, nothing like getting beat by a team worse than us at the buzzer! Just like old times!

So what were your expectations of this team? I'm excited about the future of this team. If you aren't, go away.

I guess I'm the stupid one for even responding to somebody like you. ;)
 
Agreed. There is signs of life in Hawkeye BB! The first half was very fun to watch and the Hawks were clicking on both ends of the court.

May is a stud. Gatens 3 at the end stays down we win the game. Instead WF hits a ghetto shot at the end and that's the way it goes.

For the first time in a long time I actually had fun watching Iowa play.

They are not close to being a contender - and they wont be for some time - but I think we may have seen the bottom and are climbing back up to being a respectable program again.
 
No, I'm excited too and frustrated we lost. Haven't felt that way for 3-4 years. But I'm also not getting all warm and fuzzy because we've been down this road before folks!! FOUR years in a row as a matter of fact. We all see "moral victories" and think everything is going to be great. Not falling for that any longer. So until Iowa basketball actually sustains a bit of relevance, I don't think we should get our hopes up.

I will say this team is much more enjoyable to watch and the freshmen look promising. But I also said that last year, the year before, they year before that and even the year before that. Have been let down ever one of those years, so please excuse me if I'm not optimistic...YET. Fran still needs to get some big time talent on this team.

The most frustrating thing is how is Iowa State 6-0 with a new coach and now they are talking championship! That is annoying!
 
WOW, I promise I will never stop watching again. Watched the whole first half. Didn't catch any of the second because of putting kids to bed and other things.

I'll take the blame for that loss guys.

Steve, It was the first game I have watched this year too, I was impressed (although only caught the first half)

The one thing I kept thinking about was that I never once noticed the shot clock. Did it ever get close to running out? I loved it!! Last year it ran under 10 every possesion
 
I am half way excited about the future of Iowa Basketball. This was the first game that I have watched this season and I was actually blown away by the talent that we have on the court. Basabe, Marble, Cartwright and May all have the ability to be pretty good players. We still need a big man but WOW, I am excited again. This might be my first post on a Hawkeye basketball board in about 5 years. I know we have a long ways to go, but I actually think Fran might get something started again.

I am starved for a winning Hawkeye Basketball team again.

If you're blown away by the talent we have on the court what is your reaction when you watch good teams play?
 
If you're blown away by the talent we have on the court what is your reaction when you watch good teams play?

He's not a fan of those teams, so it doesn't click with him. You appreciate it a lot more when it's "your" team.
 
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