Hilton Madness and secret scrimmage?
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We play Minnesota in a closed scrimmage October 19 but unsure on Hilton Madness.
I liked the idea of Hilton Madness, but I'm fine if it sunsets. We don't put nearly the production into as some of the other schools. Now that the football program has the fan base fired up, just use home games as the recruiting events and don't try to force it with Hilton Madness.
I will say it is a good family event though. It just doesn't get to the frenzied feel that people wanted.
I will say it is a good family event though. It just doesn't get to the frenzied feel that people wanted.
Who planned the time of this event, that's a terrible time of day to get any kind of fan interaction outside of the students. I always liked taking my son to Hilton Madness, but we're in Johnston, so to go to this event I'd need to pull him out of school early and take half the afternoon off work.
Here we are talking about practice! Not a game, not a game....practice!!!
From my understanding, Hilton Madness was a Fred thing that he wanted to see built up into something big like what they do at Kansas or Kentucky like eventually having celebrities show up. Ultimately that plan either died out because they didn't see it feasible or it died when Fred left.
Minnesota is projected as #84 overall and #12 in the Big Ten next year on BT.
We should handle them pretty easily if we are to be as good as we hope we will be.
We should handle them pretty easily if we are to be as good as we hope we will be.
blah! im sick of celebrities like eric church. win in the dark
prohms our man im on the bandwagon
No Hilton Madness.
No exhibition games.
No chance to see the team before the season starts.
I love being in Hilton so that’s disappointing but I understand it. Team has to do what they feel is the best for the team.
I’ve tweeted at CycloneMBB to hold an open practice for like 5 years now and they finally do it but they do it right on a day where I have to be in a wedding which sucks.
November 5th can’t get here soon enough. Can’t wait for the season.
No exhibition games.
No chance to see the team before the season starts.
I love being in Hilton so that’s disappointing but I understand it. Team has to do what they feel is the best for the team.
I’ve tweeted at CycloneMBB to hold an open practice for like 5 years now and they finally do it but they do it right on a day where I have to be in a wedding which sucks.
November 5th can’t get here soon enough. Can’t wait for the season.
Seems like Little Pit is following the Fran model- one somewhat decent year among 2-3 years of obscurity.
Warning Hot Take: Hilton Madness kind of sucked. (duck and runs)
Looking them over, they strike me as a poor man's version of Ohio State from last year...
-- better on defense than on offense, which can be offensive sometimes
-- built around a 6'10" 225 rim protector Daniel Oturu... in a similar manner to Kaleb Wesson or "good" Lard, he is a high-energy, crafty post who can block shots
-- guard play is meh, looks like they slow it down a little (#190 in tempo last year, ISU was #166 oddly enough for a 4/1 team and Ohio State was #276 yikes that is slow)
I will be curious to see how our big men do defending Oturu. Assuming you can minimize him, they like they have limited scoring options elsewhere. Gabe Kalscheur shot 41% from three last year, so siccing Haliburton or Nixon on him would be another fun test.
That is like a 2/10 on the hotness scale. I do not think it has many strong defenders.
Elbows too pointy.
Hilton Madness was incredibly bland and for a promotional event, that’s not worth continuing.
Only few places in CBB annually have annual hysteria needed for a annual Madness event.
There’s so little substance that even these programs rely on external draws like celebrities, and from it being a tradition rooted in a time when these opening practices were the first chance to become familiar with the new team. Before message boards, summer league, YouTube videos of recruits, 24/7 365 day coverage and access.
I mean, Nebraska has a Rick Ross concert after their “midnight madness” event this fall. If Iowa State wanted to invest in this type event, they could’ve pulled something like this off. But unlike Nebraska, Iowa State doesn’t need celebrities to get fans excited about basketball.
