Hawk fans are simple. You need to stay simple with them and. Type. Slowly. So. They. Can. Keep. Up.
Tough day for EIU hoops hopes
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Hawk fans are simple. You need to stay simple with them and. Type. Slowly. So. They. Can. Keep. Up.
Because I have friends that go to the U of I and are friends with guys on the basketball team. They talk.
From an outsider's perspective it's not hard to understand why they feel the way they do about him. They put up with him, tolerate him, but don't like him.
Yeah Iowa didn't get lucky. We were letting them score at will because they're good and we're terrible defensively. We've gotten pretty good looks all year long, we just don't have the guys to knock them down, ie: we're not a good shooting team either.
Real question: How quickly will things sour if Iowa ends up with 11 or 12 regular season losses?
I think most will give Fran a pass due to injuries. But when it happens again next year the pitch forks will be out.
I think it's going to be hard for Iowa to actually not end up with 11 regular season losses.. They're 17-8. They have 6 games left, all against Q1 teams. 3 are on the road and 2 are against Top-25 opponents (Michigan State might get ranked which would make it 3 ranked teams).
Iowa is going to be very shorthanded and is going to need a lot of help from guys that haven't been asked to do much so far this year.
I'd drive down (too cold to walk today) to the casino right now, and put serious money on Iowa losing 11. They will have 12 losses after the Big 10 tourney at minimum. I think they are safe for the big tournament if they can keep it at or below that number. Probably a good candidate for that 8/9 line.
Yeah I have no idea how they'll fair without CJ.. They'd have to play extremely well in this stretch of 6 games to go .500 or above imo. With how deep the Big 10 is, they're probably going to end up getting a tough matchup in the Big 10 Tournament and if they lose in the first or second round of that, I'd assume they'll be around that 7-8-9 seed line. That'd be a tough draw to have to possibly play a 1 or a 2 seed in the second round of the NCAA tournament with the success they've had so far this season.
They are saying its a high ankle sprain, and he will be out 5 to 6 weeks, but he is also a fast healer, what ever that means and could be back quicker.
As a former coach, I have had kids with this type of injury, if that is what it is, and really it takes 2 to 3 months before they get back to normal again. Hard to pivot and push off the leg, and its very easy to reaggravate it again.
If Iowa is lucky he will be back by the tournament, the questions is "how well will he play" after sitting out a month or more?
I won't get to watch today but I'll be rooting for Minnesota with you today
Monte Morris a/to ratio:
fr 4.79-1 led nation,new NCAA record
soph 4.63-1 led nation
jr 4.23-1 3rd, down year
sr 5.21-1 led nation and broke the record he set as a freshman
Any questions?
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