Graham Couch: Iowa Basketball is a mid-major roster

Why do you feel the need to constantly defend Twins?

I can have decent conversations with everyone on this board except Twins and you.
I defend people that arent liars, like you. I've even complimented and said certain Iowa posters are decent.

And you arent having decent conversations with anyone other than some other Iowa trolls.
 
This has definitely got to be a bit. Lots of Hawk fans were expecting a tournament birth. Most had them in the top 4 of the Big 10 race. Local writers and fans kept saying over and over how special a season it was going to be. Lots of fans cried foul and lack of respect when national writers were picking the Hawks in the 8-10 area. There is zero percent chance you have blocked this all out.

Um, yes there is a chance. I felt Iowa would be upper half and fighting for a chance to be in the tournament. I was not upset with the prediction of 8-10, I was more reserved about that.

Can you post all the articles about how special the 17-18 season was going to be by the local writers. Oh the register picked them to be 4th. The local paper. Pick the local team. To be good. SHOCKER.
 
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Big ten prediction, that was 100% accurate. Mount Fran erupted and the rest is history.

7. Iowa. Losing Peter Jok hurts. But there is plenty of offensive talent, including Tyler Cook and Jordan Bohannon. But a big key to success will be to play better defense for a squad that has lots of good young talent. If it doesn’t happen, count on Mount Fran erupting.
 
Um, yes there is a chance. I felt Iowa would be upper half and fighting for a chance to be in the tournament. I was not upset with the prediction of 8-10, I was more reserved about that.

Can you post all the articles about how special the 17-18 season was going to be by the local writers. Oh the register picked them to be 4th. The local paper. Pick the local team. To be good. SHOCKER.

Iowa fans and local media were losing their mind why national guys didn't have them in any preseason tourney projections last season
 
Iowa fans and local media were losing their mind why national guys didn't have them in any preseason tourney projections last season
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Iowa fans and local media were losing their mind why national guys didn't have them in any preseason tourney projections last season

I questioned why in the hell teams like ISU were getting the benefit of the doubt when they lost everyone but Iowa was not in it. Turns out I was half wrong. All the predictions I have just read state.... Iowa can be good, but the defense has to improve...... Well the defense did not so all of those predictions were correct. Iowa was good in one area of the game and terrible in another.
 
I questioned why in the hell teams like ISU were getting the benefit of the doubt when they lost everyone but Iowa was not in it. Turns out I was half wrong. All the predictions I have just read state.... Iowa can be good, but the defense has to improve...... Well the defense did not so all of those predictions were correct. Iowa was good in one area of the game and terrible in another.

Steve Prohm is nationally respected, Fran McCaffrey isn't
 
Steve Prohm is nationally respected, Fran McCaffrey isn't

Does he still have all of that respect after a last place finish in 2017-2018? Just for comparison sake. I remember guys saying good things about Fran too after the 2nd year.
 
Does he still have all of that respect after a last place finish in 2017-2018? Just for comparison sake. I remember guys saying good things about Fran too after the 2nd year.
Yeah, he does. Almost every game down the stretch last season, the commentators would bring up the difficult situation they were in this year with the roster turnover, and praise Prohm for going out and getting the recruiting class he got coming in next year.

Is that "respect"? I guess, I'm not sure. But the talking heads weren't discussing "How did Prohm lose this team?" "he's really had his team underperforming this year" or things of that nature. So if there was respect there before, it wasn't lost due to last year.
 
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This has definitely got to be a bit. Lots of Hawk fans were expecting a tournament birth. Most had them in the top 4 of the Big 10 race. Local writers and fans kept saying over and over how special a season it was going to be. Lots of fans cried foul and lack of respect when national writers were picking the Hawks in the 8-10 area. There is zero percent chance you have blocked this all out.

Um, yes there is a chance.

So you blocked all of the things the local media and fans were saying? Okie dokie.
 
So you blocked all of the things the local media and fans were saying? Okie dokie.

LOL wow! Even in late January the local beat writers, radio, and TV guys were still commenting on how they didn't see this coming and "what did we miss" with this team.
 
LOL wow! Even in late January the local beat writers, radio, and TV guys were still commenting on how they didn't see this coming and "what did we miss" with this team.
Even most of the folks on this board thought they were a NIT team....
 
Prohm has accomplished more at Iowa State than Fran has in his entire career. Cmon you really don't think Prohm is better than Fran?

You are correct he did win a big 12 tournament will all of Hoibergs guys.
 

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