Tough day for EIU hoops hopes
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The only picture is from him posing a shot during practice or warm ups… not from an actual game. That says enough.
An LSU jersey and he's probably getting attacked with knitting needles and thick paperback books.
Get tickets to the men’s game and claim squatters rights to stay for the women’s. Should be enough free pizza left over to keep you full for those few days.
Waiting for that awesome Iowa Sports Marketing Department or the AD to rename CHA as "Historic Carver Hawkeye Arena". Come on now CC did break the all-time scoring record in it.
I cringe at thought of having to go there for our last kid's graduation in May. Yeh, we failed as parents, but living in Ames is whole life he wanted to be on his own for a bit (he does prefer ISU BB over Iowa BB though). Will have to see if they put a sticker on the floor, even with the BB floor being removed. Probably will have that spot roped off so one can sit there or maybe it will be my chance to actually see here there graduating.
I cringe at thought of having to go there for our last kid's graduation in May. Yeh, we failed as parents, but living in Ames is whole life he wanted to be on his own for a bit (he does prefer ISU BB over Iowa BB though). Will have to see if they put a sticker on the floor, even with the BB floor being removed. Probably will have that spot roped off so one can sit there or maybe it will be my chance to actually see here there graduating.
The apathy for men's BB is worse than you even think. I live in CR, with tons of iowa friends. They just don't even think about it.
While I do want K state to win, who ever goes needs to wear Iowa State gear and every single time a K state player gets bumped slightly, yell out "There's a flopper"
I find it hilarious that K State and Iowa are playing each other in the NIT. I hope it is a super ugly game plus Fran and Tang get into a fight.
It's all about who is more motivated. KSU has more talent, but Iowa will be super jacked up to play.
Plus KSU has been a big pile of losing since Tang wigged out at Hilton. 5-9 since that game on Jan 24, and haven't won a road game since Jan 9 at West Virginia (their only road w in conference play).
They did beat Texas in their KC tourney game, but I put that on Texas doing their usual "we have a big halftime lead, time to coast" style and their coach being a muppet.
My gods their deflection from mens to womens is nuts.
Biz partner just got back from 2 weeks vacation, start catching up talking basketball, and 2 sentences in all he wants to talk about is the women's bracket. Can't even have a conversation about the men's brackets...
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Is Iowa jacked to play? I'm not sure that's a given. If you believe the rumors, Fran is looking for an escape route, or is at least entertaining the idea. And I have a hard time believing that any power 5 team, especially one coming off a run of successive NCAA tournament appearances is going to be all that hyped to play in the also-ran tournament.
As Bon Jovi famously sang "You live for the NIT when it's all that you got". Plus God is on Jerome Tang's side (according to Tang) so Iowa had better be jacked or face some Old Testament Wrath of God raining brimstone and hell fire down on the knitting blue hairs. This ain't Jorbo throwing ice cubes in a night club--we're talking Apocalypse in Carver Hawkeye.
Fran is older than me and dirt.
He is Medicare eligible in a couple of months. He can surely afford to retire and just go watch the youngest kid play. Those defense videos must sell like hotcakes, a lot of teams play crappy defense.
I've heard the company they contract with for creation of banners has a clause in their SOW that if they don't create anything for over 10 years, the contract is null and void. So I'm guessing Iowa's desperate to hang a "runner up of the 1st round of NIT" banner to keep their low rate locked in.
