was supposed to be an NCAA yearIt's a rebuilding year.
This team isn't making the postseason. It's all about growth and development right now. As long as they keep improving I'm not going to get too upset. It's a lost season in terms of the NCAA's or NIT so I'm just going to do my best to enjoy the young hawks.
This still isn't at the level of Lickliter. Not even close and this is a rebuilding year.
This team isn't making the postseason. It's all about growth and development right now. As long as they keep improving I'm not going to get too upset. It's a lost season in terms of the NCAA's or NIT so I'm just going to do my best to enjoy the young hawks.
This still isn't at the level of Lickliter. Not even close and this is a rebuilding year.
1. The RPI is an extremely flawed system, that is widely known at this point.
2. Even more so the RPI is less valuable at the beginning of the season, especially for a P5 team. By virtue of playing or conference schedule our RPI will improve.
3. Iowa is basically a minor miracle away from postseason play so again our RPI is just a meaningless stat right now.
If you want a decent tool for seeing where Iowa stacks up I suggest KenPom or Sagarin.
Iowa:
KenPom - 80
Sagarin - 87
UNI:
KenPom - 81
Sagarin - 57
ISU:
KenPom - 63
Sagarin - 67
Drake:
KenPom - 194
Sagarin - 219
Wow We are 5-6 with a pre season schedule that everyone agreed was terrible. A team that is playing like a deep second division team in the big ten. A team that is NOT fun to watch unless you like turnovers and bad defense. A team that doesn't seem to get much better. In fact Bohanon Cook and others seem to have taken a step back. Who looks to have improved from last year?Did you forget the condition that the program was in when Fran took over? It has taken at least 5 years to get the recruiting mess that existed when he took over straightened out and it is still affecting the program to a certain extent. Not to mention all the other recruiting disadvantages any Iowa basketball coach encounters. All things considered, I think he has done a decent job trying to make Iowa basketball respectable again. Did anybody actually think that Iowa would be back in the same discussion as MSU and others over night?
Personally, I like his style of basketball. The boring BB we were subjected to in the several years before his arrival was unbearable.
Wow We are 5-6 with a pre season schedule that everyone agreed was terrible. A team that is playing like a deep second division team in the big ten. A team that is NOT fun to watch unless you like turnovers and bad defense. A team that doesn't seem to get much better. In fact Bohanon Cook and others seem to have taken a step back. Who looks to have improved from last year?
OK i am very frustrated and dissapointed with this team and it shows, but there is no way in McCaffrey's 8th year I am going to continue to say its ok because its better than Lick!
Did you forget the condition that the program was in when Fran took over? It has taken at least 5 years to get the recruiting mess that existed when he took over straightened out and it is still affecting the program to a certain extent. Not to mention all the other recruiting disadvantages any Iowa basketball coach encounters. All things considered, I think he has done a decent job trying to make Iowa basketball respectable again. Did anybody actually think that Iowa would be back in the same discussion as MSU and others over night?
Personally, I like his style of basketball. The boring BB we were subjected to in the several years before his arrival was unbearable.
This team isn't making the postseason. It's all about growth and development right now. As long as they keep improving I'm not going to get too upset. It's a lost season in terms of the NCAA's or NIT so I'm just going to do my best to enjoy the young hawks.
This still isn't at the level of Lickliter. Not even close and this is a rebuilding year.
No, but I did not think in year 8 Iowa would not be heading to the NCAAs.
So you thought Fran would bring Iowa to the NCAAs every single year by now? Or is there just something special about year 8?