Tom Davis didn't get to coach against Nebraska and Rutgers and get to have a play in game opportunity.
Tough day for EIU hoops hopes
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Curious who this guy would say are uofi's "comps"?
If we look at the bluebloods it seems there's another tier that somewhat consistently makes the tournament, top half~ of power conferences: Pitt, Notre Dame, Florida, Virginia Tech, LSU?
Fran had 3 straight years with two different NPOY candidates and was uncompetitive vs a decent Oregon team and was out played by an average Richmond team.
They’re now comparing Fran to Tom Davis and saying Fran is better.
Fran took over THIRTEEN YEARS AGO and they're still talking about him inheriting a bare cupboard. It took less time to rebuild eastern Europe after WWII.
And how tone deaf to keep doing that when you need only look across the state to see a program in even worse shape just get turned around in ONE YEAR.
Iowa fans would argue that both Oregon and the Spiders were under seeded.
We had fans arguing about Prohm’s bare cupboard after he was here for 3 years lol.
And for those who are keeping count, if TJ would make another sweet 16 and Iowa doesn’t make the tournament or loses in the first round, TJ would be tied for NCAA tournament wins with Fran.. after two years.
one reply does seem to see the light. I don't think the fans would like to acknowledge who their conference "comps" are, but to me this is accurate.
And while ISU may have a bit less success than some in the top tier of BIG or Big 12, ISU is a lot closer to cracking through than uofi is
If we’re going by the last 20 years, ISU has been more successful in the tournament than Illinois, Indiana and Maryland.
With that being said, if the parameters were set at 25 years, all three would leap frog because each played in a title game in that stretch.
A favorite is ripping on the transfer thing like it means poor coaching when it's quite a job to plug in a guy for a year and have them be effective.
And if it weren't for those darn ol' Wilson balls
Cmon we all know last year TJ should’ve brought 13 guys fresh out of high school like every other coach does when they take over a new team
No no, Iowa fans want the balls that are used in the NCAA tournament and absolutely not the ones Wisconsin uses.
They both use Wilson balls
Let's put it this way. Since Fran took over Iowa, he has zero Sweet 16 appearances. In that same period THREE coaches have taken ISU to Sweet 16s. One of them was even fired.
Yeah, but to do it the RIGHT WAY, takes an absolute minimum of 13 years.
Didn’t Iowa get some freshman that was supposed to be playing big minutes for them? But he isn’t.
So true. Ill, Minnesota and Nw fans are perplexed by the trailer park fans. They just shake their heads.
