***Official 2026 NCAA Tournament Thread***

[nfrine]

Has Koch ever committed a foul he agreed with.

Cooper is a perfect legacy hok.

 

[deadeyededric]

Iowa doesn't match up with anyone honestly. He scraped this team together in year 1 just to be competitive and ends up in the elite 8. Nuts

 

[12191987]

Hes already been farther than TJ.lmao

Jerome Tang, Hubert Davis, and Juwan Howard have all made the Elite 8 (or better) in the last five years and they’re all unemployed today.

McCollum may avoid that fate, but it isn’t guaranteed. We’ll see how well he can manage a roster at the D-I level in the age of NIL.

 

[deadeyededric]

Your biggest lie is when you say you are concerned.

My life doesnt revolve around 19 year old men. You're right

 

[ClonerJams]

BM's biggest find will his next PG, he's only had two PG's the last 7 years between 3 schools. It'll be interesting to see what he does to replace Stirtz.

I'm sure he'll get another good one, but it's a tough ask to replace Stirtz with someone as good

 

[deadeyededric]

Jerome Tang, Hubert Davis, and Juwan Howard have all made the Elite 8 (or better) in the last five years and they’re all unemployed today.

McCollum may avoid that fate, but it isn’t guaranteed. We’ll see how well he can manage a roster at the D-I level in the age of NIL.

Get real. Those guys never won anywhere else. You're nuts if you think Iowa is going to slide into oblivion. 2 weeks ago you would have said Stirtz sucked.

 

[Jacktronic]

So Iowa State is trash without Jefferson?

Did I say that? I'm asking you to use your brain and get some perspective. We lost our 6'9" all American forward, our most important piece by far driving our offense, and played against a tall O rebounding team in the sweet sixteen that exploited our weakness. It is what it is, but use your goddamned brain. I seriously cant tell if youre just trolling, dooming, or genuinely ******* stupid.

 

[Marcelason78]

Has Koch ever committed a foul he agreed with.

He’s your typical hok punk.

 

[jsb]

I cannot emphasize how much my quality of life just improved. The basketball gods owed us at least that.

 

[Cyballzz]

Get real. Those guys never won anywhere else. You're nuts if you think Iowa is going to slide into oblivion. 2 weeks ago you would have said Stirtz sucked.

Sorry for your loss.

 

[Kinch]

Someone do a welfare check on Hassel.

 

[exCYtable]

Great run by the Hawks. Hate it but respect it. I'd be absolutely pissed if I were a Hawk fan that they let the McCaffreys fester there like a gangrenous boil for so long. It was so obvious. I'm grateful they held on to him for so long.

That's the funny thing in all this. Fran had some WAY more talented teams than this one of Ben's and didn’t do squat with them.

 

[deadeyededric]

Sorry for your loss.

Its no loss. That was a hell of a season. Its not like they were a #2 seed or something

 

[JEFF420]

Could possibly not be over or under.

Maybe just whelmed.

absolutely whelmed

 

[Cyballzz]

Its no loss. That was a hell of a season.

Its ok... let it out.

 

[danvillecyclone]

My life doesnt revolve around 19 year old men. You're right

17?

 

[Lineup]

Get real. Those guys never won anywhere else. You're nuts if you think Iowa is going to slide into oblivion. 2 weeks ago you would have said Stirtz sucked.

and he does suck

 

[exCYtable]

Tennessee was dog **** honestly. I'm concerned that ISU wasn't even competitive without Jefferson. Thank god Lipsey played it they would have won by 40

Seriously, how dense are you? That statement doesn't even make sense.

 

[Kinch]

That's the funny thing in all this. Fran had some WAY more talented teams than this one of Ben's and didn’t do squat with them.

It helps when you are play a team that decides to use only four players against you. Don’t think Fran ever had that luxury.

 

[CYedUp]

My life doesnt revolve around 19 year old men. You're right

yea you right