The Opening Tip: Rival Wisconsin Visits Carver-Hawkeye Arena

[RobHowe]

No. 19 Iowa plays host to Badgers in lone '19-20 regular-season meeting between teams:

LINK

 

[ModebaSan]

I’m just hoping that Davison tries that flopping this year. He’s most likely responsible for this rule. He flopped so much, he looked like a freshly caught fish. We win this game going away by a +10-20 pt. margin.

 

[RobHowe]

Hawkeyes are a 5.5-point favorite.

 

[tksirius]

Hawkeyes are a 5.5-point favorite.

We will cover that!

 

[HawksMN]

This is a game that cannot be lost at home to these rag-tag bedheads. Period.

 

[atomicblue224]

We will cover that!

Piece of cake!

 

[RobHowe]

I wouldn't bet against Iowa at home right now.

That said, it was a 5.5-point favorite against Rutgers.

 

[MisterLucky]

That loss at home last season was particularly galling. Kick some butt tonight, guys!

 

[RobHowe]

Hawkeyes up one spot to No. 18 in this week's AP Poll, which was just released.

 

[mopkins]

ESPN BPI gives Iowa a 66.4% chance to win.

Iowa is favored by 5.5 points

realtimeRPI has Iowa winning 82-72 (!?!?!)
Torvik has Iowa winning 71-65

I'm sick of Wisconsin beating us in sports. Can we please just murder them tonight in basketball?

 

[NikeHawk21]

Wisconsin is going to do what they do try to limit possessions, make this a half court game, hang around, and hope they can make a run towards the end. There is no way they look as bad as they did against Purdue so I expect this to be a dogfight.

Iowa should keep the tempo up when they can. Don’t slow down and play Wisconsin’s style. This is a game where turnovers are magnified and could be a concern for Iowa so we need to value the basketball.

 

[InGoodCo]

We will cover that!

Not gonna lie dude, you nail a lot of your predictions, specifically when you are confident about the Hawks.

 

[4thngoal]

I would suspect with the Hawks being ranked and the weather affecting attendance a couple times this year, the place should be packed tonight. That would be nice.

 

[NikeHawk21]

Kobe King did not make the trip for Wisconsin.

 

[SteveGarvey1]

Kobe King did not make the trip for Wisconsin.

Kobe distraught about Kobe maybe?

 

[RobHowe]

That's a big absence. He's their second leading scorer.

 

[hoxrock]

Sconnie always plays well against us. Gard isn't Bo Ryan but he's kept them respectable and they've beaten some pretty good teams. I think Iowa covers the 5.5 points but Wisconsin won't be intimidated and even in covering that 5.5 points Iowa might win by 6 or 7. I don't see a blowout, much as Iowa is due for one against these guys.

 

[SpiderRico]

Kobe King did not make the trip for Wisconsin.

That's huge. 2nd leading scorer.

 

[RobHowe]

 

[NikeHawk21]

I really hope Fran doesn’t zone too much tonight. King is really Wisconsin’s best one on one player. They can be a good 3pt shooting team at times and they are the type of team (good passing and IQ) that knows how to get good shots against a zone.

Really hope we stick with primarily man to man.