Iowa assistants pleased with summer basketball workouts
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trj
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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.
Certainly the 'defense' part of that is no surprise.
NorthKCHawk
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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.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.
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.
HuckFinn
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Very important point made here.
BILLYBOBSTEXAS
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Agreed
thedukeofearl
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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
thedukeofearl
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Damn, check out the muscles on Peyton McCollum
Looks like The Hulk or does he...?
I think that's the two-in-one combo muscle.
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.
BigD
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In fairness to Fran at the time we were coming out of a program with very poor offensive scoring and fans were begging for an offensive oriented team. Fran did bring that to Iowa City and at the time it was quite refreshing after what we had just gone through. March brought teams that were able to somehow hinder Iowa's offense while the other team's offense was able to break down Iowa's less than stellar defense.
The irony that just the opposite was happening in the Iowa football program. Now if both head football coordinators can do their thing at the same time this upcoming football season this could be a season for the books.
I am actually much more optimistic about the football season despite the tough schedule, yet quietly optimistic and curious what will come of the basketball program. I have no doubt about Ben's basketball knowledge and coaching ability, but will he have the skilled players who can play at a Big Ten level?
The irony that just the opposite was happening in the Iowa football program. Now if both head football coordinators can do their thing at the same time this upcoming football season this could be a season for the books.
I am actually much more optimistic about the football season despite the tough schedule, yet quietly optimistic and curious what will come of the basketball program. I have no doubt about Ben's basketball knowledge and coaching ability, but will he have the skilled players who can play at a Big Ten level?
