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CtownCyclone

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Reminds me of all the years pathetic Cubs fans blamed losing on playing day games.

CHA isn't any further from the center of campus than Hilton. It might be more central.

I went to wrestling camp at Iowa as a 9 year old kid and walked to Carver from the dorms like it was no big deal.

I wouldn't go so far as to call it "central". That campus is all spread out like a picnic blanket. I don't know what you'd call the "heart" of UI's campus.
 

04clone

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Any program could get lucky in a transition, but Iowa could do worse than Fran. It’s a tough job.

Lickliter was a National COY that found Iowa so tough he went D3.

Alford only had three 20-win seasons in 8 years, but given it was at Iowa it was enough to get him a promotion and continue up the career ladder, ending up at a blue blood.

New Mexico was "up the career ladder"? Well, it is the University of Iowa, so I suppose you're right...
 

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It’s crazy how DePaul went from being picked preseason last in their conference to Natty Championship contenders overnight.

To be fair the Iowa fans really don't follow college basketball so seeing that talent discrepancy easily lead them to thinking DePaul is the class of the Big East. The still WANT to believe their team is NCAA worthy.

Wait till they see Texas Tech and Cuse... then their realize it isn't as much DePaul as all other P6 programs talent compared to their Hoks skill level.
 

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Wieskamp pretty obviously made a bad career decision. Unless he hates the idea of being paid to play basketball some day, I mean Iowa is a fine school otherwise if you don't want that option. Who knows what offers he'd have if he hadn't been all in on Mad Fran.


I think Wieskamp just couldn't bring himself to make the decision that Xavier Foster did. Wieskamp was a lifelong Hok fan and he was going there come hell or high water. Foster was a lifelong Hok fan but he was mature enough to understand that Iowa State or just about anywhere else would be a better choice for his career than Fran and Iowa. It's a matter of head vs. heart.