One down!

SCHawkeye2 said:
Rebounds
Iowa - 24
Illinois - 41

Can't win with those numbers.
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Rebounding is defense... Until you've gotten possession of the ball forcing up a missed shot is just half the battle... That's never gonna get it done. It's how South Carolina beat Iowas women by just chucking up shots and getting all the easy putbacks. In the mens case this was more about effort and ability more so then the womens where it was 98% about size.

Tough way to go out but it was pretty typical. Fran was working the refs with the foul discrepancy and earned his early exit. I kinda think he wasn't gunning for the first T so much but once he got it he just decided F it and got himself the 2nd on purpose. He knew what he was doing. He knew it woulda took something magical for Iowa to have came back at that point. Yeah the lead was hovering around double digits or so but Iowa couldn't string together 3 stops in a row. Iowa putting up 90 plus wasn't gonna matter. Wishing for IL to get cold and have unforced TOs isn't a defensive strategy to hang your hat on.

Ideally by 4:55 pm we could get that Friday afternoon news dump that Iowa seems to be notorious for with Frans news. They'd have had time to be back home and for Beth to sit down with him. From what Frans publicly said he's gonna make her fire him. But till they have that sit down we'll just have to see.
 
InGoodCo said:
If Iowa wants the dude at Drake, they better move fast.
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I do find it to be in poor taste that the pressure to make these moves now. All the while the post seasons for most schools are going. Instead of all these coaches prepping their teams for the tournys they're on the phones with their agents and other schools negotiating another job. And recruits trying to flip em to follow them to the next job. I just wish it wasn't that way.
 
Hawkfnntn said:
I do find it to be in poor taste that the pressure to make these moves now. All the while the post seasons for most schools are going. Instead of all these coaches prepping their teams for the tournys they're on the phones with their agents and other schools negotiating another job. And recruits trying to flip em to follow them to the next job. I just wish it wasn't that way.
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Yep, it's all very transactional, which is not what Iowa basketball is....but it needs to adapt and get in the game, we've sat on the sideline watching enough. I hope Beth is aggressive, already has her top 2 or 3 guys vetted and knows their interests.
 
InGoodCo said:
Yep, it's all very transactional, which is not what Iowa basketball is....but it needs to adapt and get in the game, we've sat on the sideline watching enough. I hope Beth is aggressive, already has her top 2 or 3 guys vetted and knows their interests.
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I don't consider anything besides the NCAA tourny real post season hoops. For all I care I wish they'd do away with the NIT/Crown or whatever else they come up with to try and make a buck. 1 tourny for all the marbles is all that should matter. So for schools that aren't in like us I'm totally good with making their changes now.
 
HuckFinn said:
Yeah. Illegally.
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Maybe when Boswell drove over Harding, that might have been a foul. I would have to see a replay. Boswell dribbled anywhere he wanted and Harding was like a sixth grader going up against a senior. It was just a classic case of bigger , stronger, faster and we had no answer. He won't be able to do that against Maryland as easily as he did against us.
 
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