Iowa assistants pleased with summer basketball workouts



Cooper said that 2 biggest differences between this year is focus on physical defense and the weight training and conditioning is much more intense and more difficult. He said they sprint and run in between reps, no wasted time.
 


InGoodCo said:
Cooper said that 2 biggest differences between this year is focus on physical defense and the weight training and conditioning is much more intense and more difficult. He said they sprint and run in between reps, no wasted time.
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Lol, is that an indictment on Fran? Maybe we should let Conner know why his Dad was let go.:)

In all seriousness…I am excited what potentially the BM era could be.
 


InGoodCo said:
Cooper said that 2 biggest differences between this year is focus on physical defense and the weight training and conditioning is much more intense and more difficult. He said they sprint and run in between reps, no wasted time.
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Certainly the 'defense' part of that is no surprise.
 


trj said:
Lol, is that an indictment on Fran? Maybe we should let Conner know why his Dad was let go.:)

In all seriousness…I am excited what potentially the BM era could be.
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I don't view as that way, just a different approach. Fran usually tried to go 10-11 deep, and so conditioning was not as critical, and as Fran talked about all the time, he was focused on having "fresh legs." Fran had tremendous success during the regular season given the limitations in Iowa's MBB, he just could not find any juice in March.

BM's approach is a shorter bench, focus on defense, and focus on valuing the basketball. That requires tough nosed kids that can play 30+ minutes night in and night out. So, there are a lot more suicides in BM's practices it sounds like. I am excited to see how it comes together in a few months.
 


NorthKCHawk said:
I don't view as that way, just a different approach. Fran usually tried to go 10-11 deep, and so conditioning was not as critical, and as Fran talked about all the time, he was focused on having "fresh legs." Fran had tremendous success during the regular season given the limitations in Iowa's MBB, he just could not find any juice in March.

BM's approach is a shorter bench, focus on defense, and focus on valuing the basketball. That requires tough nosed kids that can play 30+ minutes night in and night out. So, there are a lot more suicides in BM's practices it sounds like. I am excited to see how it comes together in a few months.
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Very important point made here.
 




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Iowa men’s basketball chief of staff Jesse Shaw high-fives players during practice June 19, 2025 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa

Hold the phone, that looks like it is on The Down Low
 






NorthKCHawk said:
I don't view as that way, just a different approach. Fran usually tried to go 10-11 deep, and so conditioning was not as critical, and as Fran talked about all the time, he was focused on having "fresh legs." Fran had tremendous success during the regular season given the limitations in Iowa's MBB, he just could not find any juice in March.

BM's approach is a shorter bench, focus on defense, and focus on valuing the basketball. That requires tough nosed kids that can play 30+ minutes night in and night out. So, there are a lot more suicides in BM's practices it sounds like. I am excited to see how it comes together in a few months.
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Conditioning is always critical. There are things like OT, injuries, foul trouble, etc. so the so deep method is usually waiting for the other shoe to drop. Like what I mentioned or one or two guys just don't come around. So you play them anyway to give rest?

Give me the BM approach. Big Ten goes to 20 games then a tourney then maybe post season. Still remember the way they couldn't just wear down Richmond by the end and take that game. You'll never convince me to get on board with Fran's philosophy there.
 


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