Down goes Iowa
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Connor has averaged 2, 4.4, 6.2, 3.3, and 2.5 ppg in his career at Iowa. Him jumping up to 8-10 ppg would no doubt be amazing but you're asking a guy who's going to be in his 6th year of CBB to all of a sudden get a lot better..
If Connor averages that many points that probably means he's taking a lot more shots, which likely means Iowa really struggles.
I never understood why Perkins wasn’t starting after what little I saw of them last year. The most athletic guard they have and the best facilitator. Of course, I also don’t understand why Connor is anything but being a manager or something.
CW tweeted a response to Tommy Birch announcing the time of the women's game on Friday with "awful - nearly a direct overlap with the men".
This tweet was in response to CW:
The temptation was SO strong to ask if his team game times overlapped this weekend...
This tweet was in response to CW:
The temptation was SO strong to ask if his team game times overlapped this weekend...
It was about the most obvious move in the universe and it took him forever to make it. Same story with Kris Murray and Ulis to an extent. More of those 3 and less of Jorbo and the McCafe brothers. Yes, you take a step back on offense, but about 10 steps forward on defense/rebounding.
It's a guards game... I always look at that when doing brackets. One reason I usually do well picking against Purdue, they always rely too much on a couple 7 foot stiffs but are meh on the perimeter.
It didn't happen until Fran was out with covid protocol and the assistant took over. I probably shouldn't give Fran credit for the move and give it to his assistant instead.
This year should be an undeniable callout that Fran forever limits the ceiling of his teams until he discovers what great guard play is. Basically the same story for the '19 and '21 NCAATs.
Post players? Tons of talent there year after year. Never enough guard play to back it up when it matters.
Fran was confused, he didn’t know they were twins until halfway through the season. You could see Fran coach and when he looked at the bench and saw Kris there, get surprised and wonder, why is Keagan out. He would then yell, Murray get in there. Think one day he finally noticed he had two players who looked alike and asked one of the assistants what was going on.
Yeah, the ISU game was a while ago. What did you think about his performance against Richmond.
You make a good point and it's something to contemplate. Iowa State going to s16 year 1 of TJ is a bad look for the fran apologists but turnaround and hire Lickliter 2.0 and now it's a uphill battle just to get back to Fran level. I'm not sure what's best because of the unknown of hire. I assume Devries would be betting odds favorite as next coach and I think he's certainly been great at Drake but is he a slam dunk at the next level? I think he could be good but I'm not sure
You guys were gleeful that we didn’t hire Devries since he is so much better than TJ. If TJ can do this, you need to fire Fran because Devries should have you in the final four the first year.
He's one of several hok posters that routinely post on CF who have gone silent since last weekend's glorious results.
No offense, but TJ is at Iowa St.
7 coaches over roughly 30 years have reached the tournament. 6 of those the 2nd Round by their 2nd season or better. Since 1996-97, Iowa St has had 5 coaches reach the S16 in season 3 or sooner.
It’s not easy to win at Iowa imo. The Lute and Fieldhouse era is long gone. Davis inherited a far different situation. Fran was arguably a home run for Iowa imo. Look at what he does with UNI 2.0 recruiting , legacies, and the occasional good instate talent that is enough of a Hawk fan to go to a program without much real success since the 90’s. I hope Hawk fans run him off.
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