***Big 10 Thread***
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I don't think many on here thought Iowa state was going to be on NCAA bubble.
Thank us for what since you just admitted there would be these threads regardless?
The difference is Iowa fans and local media expected Iowa to be in the tournament and ISU fans and media expected ISU not to be. Combine that with the fact that ISU is better this year which you guys would have never thought and next year looks promising for us it's kind of the perfect storm
Just find it odd that ISU is also having a disappointing season and all they want to do is rip on Iowa for their misfortune.
He can thank you guys for us laying it on a little thicker. There are more posters than usual participating in the Iowa sucks threads.
I dont agree. This thread was from over 2 years ago and a lot of Clone fans are in that one.
https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/iowa-loses-to-augustana.210092/
Good for the lil guy to feel loved. Bet he'll be able to use his older bro's fake ID in about 15 years.
Disappointing is too strong based on what most reasonable ISU fan's expectations were. We knew we were in for some growing pains and that it was going to be a tough road to maintain our NCAA streak. Even if you want to use the word disappointing, there's a big difference between what ISU is doing, which is for the most part competing night in and night out in the toughest conference in the country and whatever the hell it is Iowa is doing.
Absolutely this. I think this is the most likely outcome of this year at this point. I think all the way along this has been about Fran coaching his sons. I would not put it past him to have 'thrown' PG recruiting just to make way for Connor. Now with Connor's likely red-shirt year he can push back 1 year getting that started.
There will be a solid mid-major like Creighton open(probably more than one), he just needs to find one willing to take a chance on the McCaffrey package.
I'd say a 50% chance this happens, 30% chance he gets another year and 20% chance he gets canned.
Nobody believes you that you joined a year and a half ago.
Save Randy Pete.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...state-ncaa-tournament-conversation/959361001/
"Maybe 6-4 heading into the final week before the Big 12 invades Hilton Coliseum on Dec. 29 and Jan. 1, but 8-2 and trending?
Heck, throw the still-incomprehensible Milwaukee debacle that happened more than a month ago into the win column, and Steve Prohm’s bunch is 9-1 and maybe bumping the bottom of the Top 25."
"Saturday’s 76-65 victory against a good Northern Iowa outfit that can win the Missouri Valley Conference was Iowa State’s best of the season. It was the kind of success that the NCAA Tournament selection committee might look at for separation when considering at-large selections."
It seems they're talking about going into the season. What did Randy think back then?
Randy Peterson is the worst journalist on planet Earth. It's not like both beat writers for us picked ISU to finish 4th in the conference like they did for Iowa lol
Part of it is that it's a rivalry. Also, ISU's "disappointing" season isn't as disappointing if you see the strides our team has made from the beginning of the season. We see development from our players & see player buy-in to their coach (for example, the night and day difference in defensive performance from TCU to TTU). Prohm did not mention "offensive deficiencies" after the TCU game - the focus was on defense.
When Fran employees a 11-12 man rotation, their should be NO excuse for why guys could NOT literally bust their tails for 2-3 minute increments to deny so many wide open 3pt looks, or to stop dribble penetration, etc. If they are tired after that 2-3 minute stretch, Fran could just substitute another group of 5 & continue that pattern. However, the guy still believes their main issue is offense. Prohm believes that good defense will give your offense better opportunities.
Finally, some of this ribbing that you guys continue to get has to do with a large number of Hok fans (that people on this site know/work with) who were boasting about how great Iowa was going to be this year in basketball. So, some of us take a little bit of delight in bringing up just how bad this season has been for the Hoks & their mighty expectations.
I'd prefer all disappointing seasons to include 9 game win streaks and wins over Top 10 teams if that's what we're calling this year. They've mostly met expectations so far. I'd be pretty happy if we can reach 6 conference wins but sure, 3-15 would be a disappointment.
Iowa has to be the biggest disappointment in the country this year relative to local writers' and fans' expectations.
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Exactly. I had multiple Iowa fans tell me that Iowa had at least one 1st Team Big Ten player on their roster between Cook and Bo, and the other would be 2nd Team. The fact that neither of them will even get votes is exactly the comeuppance all of their fans deserve.
You're all going to have such a tasty **** sandwich to eat when Iowa goes 9-1 on the back end of the B1G schedule, makes a run in the conference tourney and backdoors into the dance.