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Justin VanLaere
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someone has blocked out the last 6 road games
Not sure about the Big Ten, but McCaffery said in the past they'd accept a bid to the CBI.
I know the CBI hasn't been around long but has a big ten team ever played it in?
I would hate to see Iowa play in the CBI or CTI...whatever they are, I couldn't even bring myself to look back at the beginning of the thread to make sure I had the acronyms right.
It's embarrassing. It's bad enough we spend enough time on these message boards, do we honestly want to break down our chances of getting into a third or fourth tier "post-season" and then waste more time breaking down our opponents leading up to these games?
I don't want to hear the argument about more practices, more experience, building into next year...blah, blah, blah. Honest to god, it's not that important. Let the season end. Let the players go back to being college students full-time for an extra week, let us move on and not have to break down the most mindless minutia for the umpteenth time on these message boards.
I've been a fan since Carfino was hittin' and stickin' and I can't stomach the thought of the University of Iowa participating in these tournaments. I get the NIT, there is some history there and the tournament generally is a consolation prize for a winning season. But let it end there. Please, please let it end there. This is a personal plea for no more posts acknowledging whatever it is that falls somewhere below the NIT but above the conclusion of a season.
The CBI is good enough for Stanford, Cincinnati, and Utah, but Iowa and its fans are above it?
Yes. We are above it.
Yes. We are above it.
Great post.I would hate to see Iowa play in the CBI or CTI...whatever they are, I couldn't even bring myself to look back at the beginning of the thread to make sure I had the acronyms right.
It's embarrassing. It's bad enough we spend enough time on these message boards, do we honestly want to break down our chances of getting into a third or fourth tier "post-season" and then waste more time breaking down our opponents leading up to these games?
I don't want to hear the argument about more practices, more experience, building into next year...blah, blah, blah. Honest to god, it's not that important. Let the season end. Let the players go back to being college students full-time for an extra week, let us move on and not have to break down the most mindless minutia for the umpteenth time on these message boards.
I've been a fan since Carfino was hittin' and stickin' and I can't stomach the thought of the University of Iowa participating in these tournaments. I get the NIT, there is some history there and the tournament generally is a consolation prize for a winning season. But let it end there. Please, please let it end there. This is a personal plea for no more posts acknowledging whatever it is that falls somewhere below the NIT but above the conclusion of a season.
The fans, maybe. The program, no.
In all seriousness, take a look at this...
Wins over the last 5 years:
Washington - 111
Stanford - 95
Oregon - 92
Cincinnati - 87
Utah - 80
Virginia - 79
Iowa - 66
If those teams can take a bid to the CBI, clearly Iowa can too.
I think if you ask Gatens if he'd like to play in ANY type of postseason he'd say yes.