Tough day for EIU hoops hopes

[CyDude16]

Just noticed that Garza has been up with the big boys the past week and a half. Played 57 seconds so far this season...no stats to report yet.

He couldn’t crack it with an awful pistons team. He isn’t going to crack it on a mediocre twolves team that’s loaded at front court even with KATs injury.

 

[Rural]

If we’re going to pare down why stop at 8 to 10?

Think small.

 

[Cyrocks]

Posted without comment:

A lot of you young folks won't remember this, but when Carver Hawkeye Arena was finished and Indiana was came to Iowa City to play in the brand new arena, Jim Zabel, in a press conference, asked Bobby Knight what he thought of playing in the brand new, wonderful arena.

"Felt like the other 40 arenas we played in this year," Knight said.

HAHAHA. Deflated Zabel big time.

 

[jcisuclones]

I mean, he's right about needing a new arena. Carver Hawkeye is a poorly designed dump. Not sure why you'd want to make it small. Honestly I can't even understand why Texas went as small as they did. That is a huge university with 50k+undergrad enrollment. If any university is suited to fill a 20k+ arena for basketball, it would be them. Fan support has maybe been an issue, but with a new-ish coach and coming off a fairly successful campaign, I'd like to think fans would start coming to games more. Fan support was poor because Shaka had all but killed the program.

They should have done at least 15-16k.

Technically it can sit over 15k, but they curtain off the upper deck. They say it's to keep it intimate, but it's clearly to drive the demand for tickets up so they can make more money. If they were smart, they'd open it up for games that were in higher demand.

 

[Statefan10]

Technically it can sit over 15k, but they curtain off the upper deck. They say it's to keep it intimate, but it's clearly to drive the demand for tickets up so they can make more money. If they were smart, they'd open it up for games that were in higher demand.

The only time that'd happen would be for the Texas Tech game and it'd be Texas Tech fans buying the tickets lol

 

[Statefan10]

#2 vs. #7 tonight and they're not opening the top in Austin.

 

[Rural]

#2 vs. #7 tonight and they're not opening the top in Austin.

They’re closing the top in the new smaller arena?

 

[Statefan10]

They’re closing the top in the new smaller arena?

Haven't had a game yet where it's been open.

 

[trevn]

#2 vs. #7 tonight and they're not opening the top in Austin.

They need to give Baylor their tarp back.

 

[CyPunch]

Saw on Twitter Iowa fans ******** about fan attendance and how the ISU game isn't even closed to sold out yet.. One person in the comments said something along the lines of "yup! driving around 2 hours to get to the game" as if that was some asinine thing to do..

Roughly 2,000 available tickets currently

 

[jcisuclones]

Haven't had a game yet where it's been open.

From what i've read, they're only opening it up for concerts.

 

[MeanDean]

Taylor lol

Capitalized it t'boot! Someone needs to reply with a picture of Pete. And maybe Chris as well.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

Brilliant. Now it’s the size of the arena.

Iowa fans and media have been beating this drum for a few years now.

 

[Die4Cy]

I'll be able to do a live report from Carver next week! Bringing my yarn and knitting needles to fit in.

I was captivated watching a woman make her walking taco in her lap behind the announcers of the ISU-ND game last night.

 

[Cyismymonkey]

I love to bring this up because it’s so humorous but in 2025 Iowa will have 4 players on the roster that are legacies.

Pryce Sandfort
Luke Wieskamp
Jack McCaffery
Cooper Koch

Easier for lazy ass wacko Fran to recruit.

 

[LarryISU]

We need to rename this thread. There is no "tough" day for Iowa hoops, I'm convinced. Look how dismal the B1G mens basketball is. Wisconsin is down, Michigan State down, B1G West as usual is one of the worst in the P6. Two teams that look the best, Purdue and Maryland, they play the Hawkeyes just once, I swear they get that advantage every season. All they have to be is mediocre and they will win at least 20 games and go dancing. Because ESPN will tell us 1,000 times how tough that conference is when it clearly is not. They are all easy days for EIU Hoops, or so it appears IMO.

 

[MeanDean]

Iowa fans and media have been beating this drum for a few years now.

As long as they set aside a place for the free pizza giveaway in their Fran-tastic new micro-area they should keep SOME fans coming back.

 

[HFCS]

#2 vs. #7 tonight and they're not opening the top in Austin.

Texas never has any basketball fans. I remember our '00 team played them and we were both ranked highly. They gave everybody who went to the baseball game a free ticket and still nobody came.

 

[Dr.bannedman]

As long as they set aside a place for the free pizza giveaway in their Fran-tastic new micro-area they should keep SOME fans coming back.

maybe they team up with pizza ranch. have a bball court inside the buffet

 

[FerShizzle]

We need to rename this thread. There is no "tough" day for Iowa hoops, I'm convinced. Look how dismal the B1G mens basketball is. Wisconsin is down, Michigan State down, B1G West as usual is one of the worst in the P6. Two teams that look the best, Purdue and Maryland, they play the Hawkeyes just once, I swear they get that advantage every season. All they have to be is mediocre and they will win at least 20 games and go dancing. Because ESPN will tell us 1,000 times how tough that conference is when it clearly is not. They are all easy days for EIU Hoops, or so it appears IMO.

ESPN is not going to be beating that drum. Maybe Fox, but not ESPN.