NIT or 3-pt Competition?
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Its called a rivalry.
Any cyclone who buys into the existence of 'little brother syndrome' has been listening to the hawks too much.
Except living in hawk country for 13 years I can tell you they don't measure up every achievement of theirs to our achievements.
The only times I think about Iowa are:
1) When we play them in Football
2) When we play them in Basketball
3) When I see a thread on here or CR about Iowa
4) When I see someone wearing Iowa gear
Other than that, they are pretty much irrelevant to me.
1) When we play them in Football
2) When we play them in Basketball
3) When I see a thread on here or CR about Iowa
4) When I see someone wearing Iowa gear
Other than that, they are pretty much irrelevant to me.
Notre Dame is USC's little brother. Ohio State is Michigan's little brother. Nebraska used to be Oklahoma's little brother in the 70s and 80s. Of course this is nonsense.
Iowa fans are claiming two NIT appearances are better than four great games against four premier programs in the NCAA tournament. We can mock that quite easily without being little bro. It doesn't mean we're little bro, it means we're better and not insane.
Not as much as people who insist on bringing it up all the time. LBS is an Iowa created myth, please stop perpetuating it. Have you seen how much Iowa talks about ISU on HN? It's what two BCS programs in a state do, they talk about how great their team is and how much the other team blows.
Every night before I go to bed, I make a 2 column list. In the first column, I write things I said/thought/wrote during the day, that would make me seem like little brother. In the second column, I write the good things I did- like called others out when they were being little brother.
In this way, I am able to achieve a goal very important to me- not to be seen as little brother.
In this way, I am able to achieve a goal very important to me- not to be seen as little brother.
This is a weird question.
The 3 point contest is just a fun thing that allows one of our talented seniors to go to Atlanta and enjoy himself. There is nothing on the line other than pride. It means nothing in the scheme of things and gives McGee a chance to get his name out there and have a fun weekend on somebody else's dime.
The NIT is a consolation prize for mediocre major conference teams that didn't make the big dance.
The two situations are totally different.
The 3 point contest is just a fun thing that allows one of our talented seniors to go to Atlanta and enjoy himself. There is nothing on the line other than pride. It means nothing in the scheme of things and gives McGee a chance to get his name out there and have a fun weekend on somebody else's dime.
The NIT is a consolation prize for mediocre major conference teams that didn't make the big dance.
The two situations are totally different.
Or an easier solution is to just not be little brotherly in the first place, and realize that our success speaks for itself without comparing ourselves to Iowa in every facet of life.
For a young program, going through the tourney experience for 5 or 6 games, nationally televised games at Madison with nothing opposite... But a first round NCAA game is still better? Did you watch any games this last week? Remember all that great ISU exposure from the announcers talking about our coach and players? Can't wait for the indepth discussion of ISU basketball during the upcoming Duke game!
I think the days are over when we should sit around and compare ourselves to the Hawkeyes. Fred has made that more than clear by the way he recruits. I think a friendly rivalry is fine, but this obsession with comparisons is tiring. Fred's method of recruiting has more future than Fran's, and that shows the bankruptcy of comparisons. When I was a kid, I cheered for any Iowa team in my innocence. My dad was an ISU grad and was the same way. I went through a period when I was as vehement a Hawkeye hater as anyone. I don't think that makes sense anymore. Time to bury the hatchet.
I'm okay with the OP's original question. My big problem is that the thread is wrongly placed. This should be in the In-State Rivals forum. Mods, please move!
Oh & btw, ask Stanford, Penn State or Nebraska just how great the NIT championship is - major BBall powerhouses on the national scene during the last 10 years without a doubt.
baffled:
Oh & btw, ask Stanford, Penn State or Nebraska just how great the NIT championship is - major BBall powerhouses on the national scene during the last 10 years without a doubt.
baffled:
That can go both ways though. Wichita State won the NIT back in 2011 and made the NCAA's as a 5 seed last season. Today they're playing to get to the Final Four.
We made the NCAA tournament back in 2005 after making it to MSG in the NIT back in 2004.
There is literally nothing about the NIT that is better than the real tournament. Zero things. Nothing. Everyone please stop asking about the NIT. It is not better than the real tournament PERIOD
Getting back to the original question, the answer has to be making to the NIT Final Four. That, after all, is the dream of most fans, coaches, and, especially, players. To distinguish it from that other tournament being held at the same time of year, they should probably name the NIT Final Four something like Fabulous Four or Phenomenal Four, or maybe even The Four That Came After the Other Sixty-Eight.
Put aside the 3-pt shooting contest, because it's irrelevant. Iowa could be the NIT champs and it still wouldn't compare to ISU being in the NCAA Tournament.
What's really funny is our superiority complex over iowa this year swung on probably 1 game... We lose to OK and we're in the NIT. Iowa wins 1 more game and they are dancing.
Clearly we're the better team!!!!!
Clearly we're the better team!!!!!
