Beard is undoubtedly a good coach. TTU lost a lot of dudes, though.
I think we might underrate what having Jarrett Culver fall into his lap -- a 3* recruit that nobody else really wanted who turned into a #6 overall pick -- did for his success last year, though. Guys like him are rare in the college game.
Beating them is nice but does not prove Iowa is 100% legit.
Iowa has been turning in consistently good, but not great (thought they did receive a 98/100 against Texas Tech, but we will see how well that ages), performances this season, though, with the exception of that absolutely awful game against DePaul.
Look at the game scores to the far-right.
This is not going to be a gimme by any stretch for ISU.