STAFF PICKS: Xavier Foster

[Sigmapolis]

Bart Torvik had them winning by 12.4 over DePaul.



They just had a ~30 point swing in the wrong direction.

You chose wisely, Xavier.

 

[BoxsterCy]

We need to add a freakin hilarious button to rate posts like this

Held DePaul to under 100 at the end though. Moral victory.

 

[CyTwins]

Well what’s the answer?

110%

 

[BryceC]

Held DePaul to under 100 at the end though. Moral victory.

DePaul started killing clock with like 4 minutes left.

I will say I think Toussaint is a steal and as much crap as I have them about CJF he was basically the only player with a pulse out there. Conner needs to go to the bench, JBo just needs the redshirt now, and JT/CJF/Weiskamp/Kreiner/Garza need to all play 30-35 MPG but they’ll all play less than 30 because Conner needs his run.

I also don’t take much from this game. I think it’s a classic buzzaaw game where just ran in to an extremely hot shooting team. Get back to me in a few weeks if they are still getting shredded.

 

[cymac2408]

I'm disappointed nobody has responded to this

110% I just got home and was trying to see if anyone else had. If they had, my bad.

 

[cyowan]

Hey, c'mon guys, the Blue Devils are a really good team...*checks notes*...oh.

 

[CyPunch]

imagine if Iowa lost to DePaul tonight in front of 6,000 people

Aged well. 6,000 might of been generous hahaha

 

[IASTATE07]

Aged well. 6,000 might of been generous hahaha

He has another pic 20 seconds before tip. Holy crap.

 

[CY88CE11]

Aged well. 6,000 might of been generous hahaha

WOW. The follow up pic 20 seconds before tip is absolutely pathetic.

 

[inCyteful]

He has another pic 20 seconds before tip. Holy crap.

Good lord, I bet the field hockey game had more people.

 

[CyPunch]

20 seconds before tip-off...

 

[kentkel]

Iowa basketball has a lot of problems, but the biggest is all those empty seats in the first 15-20 rows that are the seats not being used by the largest donors.

Yeah, and this is a P6 team they are playing - not like some double-directional school from Illinois. Embarrassing!!

 

[BryceC]

20 seconds before tip-off...

Honestly that’s Lickliter flashbacks.

 

[NATEizKING]

Fran looked like a defeated man tonight.

 

[Cyched]

Honestly that’s Lickliter flashbacks.

Crap. That’s how they got rid of Lick. Even a doofus like Barta can’t ignore an empty arena

 

[Gunnerclone]

DePaul started killing clock with like 4 minutes left.

I will say I think Toussaint is a steal and as much crap as I have them about CJF he was basically the only player with a pulse out there. Conner needs to go to the bench, JBo just needs the redshirt now, and JT/CJF/Weiskamp/Kreiner/Garza need to all play 30-35 MPG but they’ll all play less than 30 because Conner needs his run.

I also don’t take much from this game. I think it’s a classic buzzaaw game where just ran in to an extremely hot shooting team. Get back to me in a few weeks if they are still getting shredded.

What did Toussaint do in the first two games that make you think he’s a steal?

 

[mynameisjonas]

Crap. That’s how they got rid of Lick. Even a doofus like Barta can’t ignore an empty arena

We may need to have a few ISU fans go to the games to keep Fran from getting fired.

 

[NATEizKING]

Not even the pizza can save them now

 

[cyrocksmypants]

I guess you could also interpret it as him giving Iowa one last chance to win him. You love places, things, and institutions like you do family -- they help define you, they provide meaning for you in life, and you become part of them yourself.

If Xavier really grew up a Hawkeye fan in a Hawkeye family with a grandfather that played for the black and gold, then leaving that all behind... and considering the nature of the rivalry, basically forsaking it... was not easy. I feel for the young man for that. Taking one last trip to Iowa City to give Iowa one last chance to change your mind, even if you know and feel that Iowa State's program, players, coaches, and its stronger links to the NBA are the better fit for you... I cannot blame him for it. It can be "win me" and "goodbye" at once.

I guess he might have been giving Iowa one last chance to win him over but, at the same time, I guess you could say it was kind of a wistful goodbye. The reports of him just walking around and taking it in sound like somebody thinking pretty deeply about a huge decision and/or trying to savor it before it is gone and no longer part of his life.

When I finished school and left Iowa to take my first real job, I cried twice driving to Boston. Once at the end of the driveway to the home I'd lived all of my 22 years, and again when I crossed the I-280 bridge leaving Iowa, knowing I would never come back the same person again. Leaving something like that which defines you behind is hard.

Realistically, you’ve probably got to know that when you go and play for the rival team, you’re never going to be able to call yourself a fan the same way again, no matter how hard you try.

 

[CyTwins]

DePaul started killing clock with like 4 minutes left.

I will say I think Toussaint is a steal and as much crap as I have them about CJF he was basically the only player with a pulse out there. Conner needs to go to the bench, JBo just needs the redshirt now, and JT/CJF/Weiskamp/Kreiner/Garza need to all play 30-35 MPG but they’ll all play less than 30 because Conner needs his run.

I also don’t take much from this game. I think it’s a classic buzzaaw game where just ran in to an extremely hot shooting team. Get back to me in a few weeks if they are still getting shredded.

Totally a coincidence Fran's teams always run into these buzzsaw games when they have a bunch of players who can't defend. Iowa made 4 more free throws than DePaul ATTEMPTED. This wasn't a fluke