Tough day for EIU hoops hopes
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The funny thing with Iowa basketball is that this should have happened like 6 years ago but Fran got bailed out by Garza and two legacy players nobody else even offered. This roster is no different than what Fran has had over his stretch at Iowa, he just doesn't have that volume scorer. His rosters were always flawed but they play in a weak conference filled with easy wins.
How do you know it’s a Marge problem? Fran seems like the kind of guy that would call his junk “The Cow”.
The sad thing for Iowa is, IMO, Tony Perkins is giving Fran the best guard play they have had in years. And they are still an NIT caliber team.
Iowa should feel good about their prospects to turn around the fan apathy. The below should be inspiration for them.
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Detroit Mercy picked up its first win of the college basketball season on Wednesday in a 81–66 win over IUPUI, improving to 1-26 on the year. The victory ends a 27-game losing streak, including 26 consecutive defeats during the 2023-24 season, and saw one fan overcome with joy.
After the final buzzer sounded on the Titans’ victory, one fan could be seen storming the court all by his lonesome.
Lone Fan Storms Court After College Basketball Team's First Win of the Season
Detroit Mercy improved to 1-26 on the year, and one fan was eager to celebrate on the court in the aftermath.
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Detroit Mercy picked up its first win of the college basketball season on Wednesday in a 81–66 win over IUPUI, improving to 1-26 on the year. The victory ends a 27-game losing streak, including 26 consecutive defeats during the 2023-24 season, and saw one fan overcome with joy.
After the final buzzer sounded on the Titans’ victory, one fan could be seen storming the court all by his lonesome.
They need 5-1 and 1 or 2 in the BTT. 5 of their 6 remaining games are Quad 1. A blessing to still have a chance but more likely they'll go like 3-3 and fight to hold on to their NIT bid.
Iowa actually has the 6th most difficult remaining SOS in the country.
Hopefully they beat Wisconsin and Illinois at home to help us out.
Ben Krikke has a lower defensive rebounding rate than Jackson Paveletzke
I’d forgotten about him but this was actually the narrative when he was brought in.
The BTN has contributed to this living in a fantasy world in a huge way. BTN announcers are huge big 10 homers and they only talk about big 10 teams. It is kind of like only listening to your hand picked follows on social media. You are only going to hear what you want to hear.
Social scientists have already developed a jargony term for this effect --
"Bespoke realities."
Plenty of ways to avoid information that doesn't comport with your preexisting worldview nowadays.
It's usually used in a political context but works just as well for college sports.
ZRF has a lot of in-depth coaching knowledge/insight. Hoks would be wise to consider them.
At this stage in the season, them hypothetically picking up two wins out of a 30-game schedule isn't going to move their NET much at all. And, then you are talking about their 2/30th of a season impacting 1/30th of our season. Beyond that, what exactly do we need help with/for?
Dean Oliver a bit more recent than Woolridge, but that's as far back as I can recall them having a half decent one.
The only thing I could see is if we are competing with Illinois and Wisconsin for tournament locations and seeding. The Iowa win itself is meaningless regardless if it's a quad 2 or 3.