Graham Couch: Iowa Basketball is a mid-major roster

[CyTwins]

4 in a row actually earned 1st team all-B1G.

Marble, White, Uthoff and Jok. Uthoff was the only Top 150 player in that group.

Fran even landed two of those 4 too. Impressive

 

[BCClone]

4 in a row actually earned 1st team all-B1G.

Marble, White, Uthoff and Jok. Uthoff was the only Top 150 player in that group.

When put into perspective, this is quite sad.

 

[IASTATE07]

8 and 5 as a senior? Move over Tim Duncan.

Sadly he should have got more minutes and been better than he was.

 

[MeowingCows]

Sadly he should have got more minutes and been better than he was.

Those both sound like typical Fran issues.

 

[Rural]

Those both sound like typical Fran issues.

Being the worst coach in the league is a huge drawback.

 

[JP4CY]

Sadly he should have got more minutes and been better than he was.

Well, he wasn't getting minutes because Lew Alcindor, I mean, Adam Woodbury was getting them all en route to becoming B1G player of the year.

 

[CyTwins]

Dude, the old worst team now has Jamie Dixon and the second worst just coached his team to the Elite 8.

Fran would be the worst coach in the Big 12 by quite a large margin

 

[IASTATE07]

Those both sound like typical Fran issues.

Agreed.

Well, he wasn't getting minutes because Lew Alcindor, I mean, Adam Woodbury was getting them all en route to becoming B1G player of the year.

Fran definitely played the local kid over the better option.

 

[BCClone]

Agreed.



Fran definitely played the local kid over the better option.

Take it easy on Fran about playing Trex. When you have a decent contract and are pulling 1200 fans to games, playing the kid that bumps it to 1250 is probably justified. How do you recruit with so few fans in the stands.

 

[JP4CY]

Take it easy on Fran about playing Trex. When you have a decent contract and are pulling 1200 fans to games, playing the kid that bumps it to 1250 is probably justified. How do you recruit with so few fans in the stands.

Well there is quite a swath of bad to mediocre B1G ball in that area. Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, MN, NW. Wisconsin could be trending down too. Seriously, could Nebraska be the best team out of those? Yikes.

So the thought of being able to win in a P5 is a pretty easy sell but unfortunately the Iowa coaches aren't good.

 

[RedDog]

Take it easy on Fran about playing Trex. When you have a decent contract and are pulling 1200 fans to games, playing the kid that bumps it to 1250 is probably justified. How do you recruit with so few fans in the stands.

To be fair, it did snow a couple times that season in IC.

 

[Thinker]

This thread is fun

 

[CyTwins]

This thread is fun

Do you think Fran would be the worst coach in the Big 12?

 

[JP4CY]

Do you think Fran would be the worst coach in the Big 12?

 

[JP4CY]

Do you think Fran would be the worst coach in the Big 12?

What was the worst team, with their first year coach, didn't have one of their best players and went into the dungeon and beat Iowa in the NIT.

 

[IASTATE07]

What was the worst team, with their first year coach, didn't have one of their best players went into the dungeon and beat Iowa in the NIT.

That was the game that made me realize both programs were on the rise.

 

[YeahBuddy]

8 and 5 as a senior? Move over Tim Duncan.

1 and 1 as a freshman. Looks like development to me.

 

[JP4CY]

1 and 1 as a freshman. Looks like development to me.

Yeah, those 5 minutes a game of half the season to judge that on sure are useful.

 

[srjclone]

1 and 1 as a freshman. Looks like development to me.

Development from 1 and 1 as a freshman would be more along the trajectory of Naz Long.

 

[YeahBuddy]

Yeah, those 5 minutes a game of half the season to judge that on sure are useful.

Thats true, we should look at his per 40 minutes numbers or per 100 possessions numbers.

Those all show a big jump from freshman Gabe to senior Gabe.