***Official 2026 NCAA Tournament Thread***

Iowa is irrelevant to me. Not going to change my focus of rooting on my team.

Exactly. I’d rather them lose but can’t imagine how them winning could ruin my day like some people. We face a six seed to go to the Elite 8 for the first time in 26 years - that will get my full attention this week. Not what Iowa does.

I don’t really consume local media, outside of CF stuff, any more because I think it generally sucks so I won’t even hear much about Iowa this week.
 
Yeah you don't have to root for Iowa but Todd Golden is an awful person and I wish him nothing but the worst. **** that guy.
I’m not a Florida fan at all, and most definitely not a fan of Golden, but I don’t have to listen to their fans all day every day…. and ISU very rarely has to compete with Florida for recruits in anything either.

Iowa winning at anything is NOT good for ISU…. period!! I can’t believe how soft and nice ISU fans have gotten on Iowa? Is it just because we beat them in nearly everything now! Well…. that won’t last if we don’t keep them down!
 
I’m not a Florida fan at all, and most definitely not a fan of Golden, but I don’t have to listen to their fans all day every day…. and ISU very rarely has to compete with Florida for recruits in anything either.

Iowa winning at anything is NOT good for ISU…. period!! I can’t believe how soft and nice ISU fans have gotten on Iowa? Is it just because we beat them in nearly everything now! Well…. that won’t last if we don’t keep them down!

They’ve now made 1 sweet 16 this century. So I’m not sure it’s fans being “nice”, more like indifferent.

Upsets happen…even Jerome Tang made an Elite 8. Once Iowa loses Stirtz and with their recruiting class, I’m not too worried about Iowa going forward because we’ve established ourselves as a perennial Top 10 team. Iowa is an 8th place Big 10 team that had a nice upset in March.
 
I’m not a Florida fan at all, and most definitely not a fan of Golden, but I don’t have to listen to their fans all day every day…. and ISU very rarely has to compete with Florida for recruits in anything either.

Iowa winning at anything is NOT good for ISU…. period!! I can’t believe how soft and nice ISU fans have gotten on Iowa? Is it just because we beat them in nearly everything now! Well…. that won’t last if we don’t keep them down!

Super old school thinking…
 
Big 12 really faded as the top league but injuries for both tech and byu changed their seasons.

As bad as the sec has been they still have two title contenders left and then Tennessee and Texas.

Big ten is just dominating right now. No argument there.

The big 12 only hope to save some reputation is going to be winning the whole thing. If houston can get by Illinois they may have the best shot
 
I’m not a Florida fan at all, and most definitely not a fan of Golden, but I don’t have to listen to their fans all day every day…. and ISU very rarely has to compete with Florida for recruits in anything either.

Iowa winning at anything is NOT good for ISU…. period!! I can’t believe how soft and nice ISU fans have gotten on Iowa? Is it just because we beat them in nearly everything now! Well…. that won’t last if we don’t keep them down!
You know you can choose to not let it affect you as much as it apparently does, right?