Tough day for EIU hoops hopes

Man, Izzo really should have hung it up about a decade ago.
Michigan State isn't very good though.

And Tom Izzo isn't Tom Izzo from even 5 years ago.
Its the basketball version of the Saban and Dabo phenomenon, but on steroids.

Makes me recall a time OVER a decade ago when it his tough love no nonsense shtick delivered to us, not one, but TWO key pieces on OG version Transfer U and Transfer U 2.0, respectively.

If not for Izzo being Izzo, AIN'T NO WAY Chris Allen and Korie Lucious (literally Final Four guys) would have given Ames a second look...let alone even pick up the phone! Izzo thought he was giving their careers the proverbial kiss of death, And he was, too.

Back then, nobody wanted anything to do with transfers. Nobody dared cross Izzo Especially ones written off by the likes of a legend. He was judge, jury, and executioner. Wanna get exposure on the biggest stage? Wanna make your singular dream come true?

Just sign here.

-Guys like Izzo were the only game in town, and it was their way or no way, no matter the circumstance.
-Now there's NIL. They have freaking agents. They have options now.
-Sending Izzo packing, one way or another, would be the ultimate irony/poetic justice here. Is it possible?


[Side note: Korie Lucious had that saaaauce. Didn't always work, but talk about underrated. Especially from purely an entertainment value standpoint.]
 
Its the basketball version of the Saban and Dabo phenomenon, but on steroids.

Makes me recall a time OVER a decade ago when it his tough love no nonsense shtick delivered to us, not one, but TWO key pieces on OG version Transfer U and Transfer U 2.0, respectively.

If not for Izzo being Izzo, AIN'T NO WAY Chris Allen and Korie Lucious (literally Final Four guys) would have given Ames a second look...let alone even pick up the phone! Izzo thought he was giving their careers the proverbial kiss of death, And he was, too.

Back then, nobody wanted anything to do with transfers. Nobody dared cross Izzo Especially ones written off by the likes of a legend. He was judge, jury, and executioner. Wanna get exposure on the biggest stage? Wanna make your singular dream come true?

Just sign here.

-Guys like Izzo were the only game in town, and it was their way or no way, no matter the circumstance.
-Now there's NIL. They have freaking agents. They have options now.
-Sending Izzo packing, one way or another, would be the ultimate irony/poetic justice here. Is it possible?


[Side note: Korie Lucious had that saaaauce. Didn't always work, but talk about underrated. Especially from purely an entertainment value standpoint.]
The post is real. Anyone who played basketball knows defense and working hard isn’t the thing that’s easy. I hope we have the guy in TJ who finds the magic formula for guys that want to win, get better, and also get to a next level. Seems like a tough needle to thread this day and age
 
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The problem now is with 16 wins and likely to pick up at least 2-3 more, their will be large public outcry from their fans, the media, and their fan media, about how they got snubbed wrongly by the committee and why their resume was better than team A, B, or C bubble team that makes it in over them. It will be the "it wasn't a fair catch" whine all over again. Which now that I'm thinking about it might actually be kind of entertaining lol
If they lose @Illinois and win out and beat a bubbly team like Nebraska in the BTT then they’ll prolly make a play-in game. I don’t think it’ll happen but would be hilarious and another excuse to let Fran run out his contract.
 
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It is time to give Fran his props. They just beat a Tom Izzo led team in their own house, trotting guys like Pr. Sandfort, Brock Harding, ladji Dambele, and Even Brauns out there for a combined 27 minutes. Fran should be winning conference coach of the year titles and other B1G coaches should be losing their jobs for losing to him and the Missouri Valley conference roster he is rolling out there on an annual basis. I would love to see Iowa go thru just one season in the Big 12, because then I am fairly confident he would've been exposed by now. Steve Prohm could've guided the 2020-21 Cyclones to a .500 record in the current B1G

Yep. Fran is your classic just good enough coach. He clearly knows basketball (offensive side of it)....but he lacks self reflection. Too stubborn to understand the portal is the life blood now. Too stubborn to go and look at why he's never made a second weekend in the dance.
 
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Connor is like the college sophomore going back to the high school homecoming dance.

Players only meeting with a secretary to keep notes so it can become public.

Bully’s? LOL. We should invite them to Ames for a game. Show them what bully’s and badasses look like. They seem to have forgotten
 
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If they lose @Illinois and win out and beat a bubbly team like Nebraska in the BTT then they’ll prolly make a play-in game. I don’t think it’ll happen but would be hilarious and another excuse to let Fran run out his contract.
Does Fran still have the clause that making the tourney is an auto one year extension?
 
That's a good win and a must win for Iowa. They're doing exactly what they need to do to get into the tournament. Still an uphill battle and will likely need to win 3-4 or 2-4 and one in the big 10 tournament.
 
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If we had a former player doing this we would be all for it. I'm just sayin'.
Tyrese Haliburton >>>>>Connor McCaffery

George Naing >>>>>>>Connor McCaffery

And you are right. I would be all for it if those two former Iowa State players would do the same thing.
 
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Anyone ever notice at what the Iowa Athletic Department puts in the middle of men's game day team picture? "Fold here in March".
 
Tyrese Haliburton >>>>>Connor McCaffery

George Naing >>>>>>>Connor McCaffery

And you are right. I would be all for it if those two former Iowa State players would do the same thing.
You'd be against an average former Cyclone being involved?
 

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