**2018-2019 Iowa Hawkeyes Basketball Season Thread**

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Beebs thinks Jim needs to dial it down..
I’m pretty tame these days. I mean, that was only a few years ago, but I haven’t been drunk around a campfire in at least 3 days.
 

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Or are you talking about the next time you get a chance? Because that would make more sense.
 
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Being ranked so highly that early in the season was a curse in disguise because now Iowa Basketball Fan will consider anything lower than a NCAA 6 seed a massive underachievement.

We all knew this team is a bubble team at best, so no point freaking out when they play like one.
 

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We lost a disappointing close home game to a good team

We lost bad to a top ten team on the road.

I’m definitely ready to freak the fuck out and act retarded
 

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We lost a disappointing close home game to a good team

We lost bad to a top ten team on the road.

I’m definitely ready to freak the fuck out and act retarded
What do the first two sentences have to do with the third?
 

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Being ranked so highly that early in the season was a curse in disguise because now Iowa Basketball Fan will consider anything lower than a NCAA 6 seed a massive underachievement.

We all knew this team is a bubble team at best, so no point freaking out when they play like one.
Maybe. At the end of the day Fran just needs to make the tourney this year regardless of how high we were ranked in November.
 

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Being ranked so highly that early in the season was a curse in disguise because now Iowa Basketball Fan will consider anything lower than a NCAA 6 seed a massive underachievement.

We all knew this team is a bubble team at best, so no point freaking out when they play like one.
Maybe. At the end of the day Fran just needs to make the tourney this year regardless of how high we were ranked in November.
Agreed, Fran needs to make the tourney. What happens if he doesn't? We all know the answer to that one.
 

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Yeah for me to say he needs to get to the tourney is hilarious. Even if we miss the NIT he'll be back.
 

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Yeah for me to say he needs to get to the tourney is hilarious. Even if we miss the NIT he'll be back.
I don't know about that. I think if they make the NIT he's back, but Barta would be feeling a lot of heat if Iowa was skunked again.
 

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He’ll probably be back regardless. He shouldn’t tho.
 

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It just cracks me up to see the fanbase reaction during and after this game. I mean, did you fucking expect us to win?

What you could have possibly learned during this game that was different that what you knew before the game?
 

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It just cracks me up to see the fanbase reaction during and after this game. I mean, did you fucking expect us to win?

What you could have possibly learned during this game that was different that what you knew before the game?
Not winning is a generous description.
 

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It looked like he tweaked something in the first half and kept playing.
 

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It just cracks me up to see the fanbase reaction during and after this game. I mean, did you fucking expect us to win?

What you could have possibly learned during this game that was different that what you knew before the game?
Lol yes people are freaking out bc they didn't expect us to lose. Has nothing to do with getting beat by 30. I expected a loss up to 10 points.
 

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Curse of the Dolphin. #COTD.
 

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It just cracks me up to see the fanbase reaction during and after this game. I mean, did you fucking expect us to win?

What you could have possibly learned during this game that was different that what you knew before the game?
Lol yes people are freaking out bc they didn't expect us to lose. Has nothing to do with getting beat by 30. I expected a loss up to 10 points.
Then you are retarded
 

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Am I being overdramatic in thinking Iowa should drop basketball midseason if they don't beat Iowa State?

Because I kind of feel like they should.
 

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It just cracks me up to see the fanbase reaction during and after this game. I mean, did you fucking expect us to win?
No. I expected to at least have interest in watching the game past the 15 minute mark of the 2nd half.
 

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It just cracks me up to see the fanbase reaction during and after this game. I mean, did you fucking expect us to win?
No. I expected to at least have interest in watching the game past the 15 minute mark of the 2nd half.
watch a lot ot Iowa vs MSU games, have ya?
I watched Rutgers compete with Mich State for virtually the entire game. I figured Iowa might be able to do the same. I know Iowa didn't have the same Rutgers home crowd behind them last night.
 

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I think there's some reasonable room for expectations that lie in between winning and getting the piss beat out of you.
 

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There were other frustrating things, like Cook guarding nobody, frans foul foolishness, and lack of adjustments defensively.
 

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Did I expect Iowa to win? No.

Is it still frustrating to watch the other team run a layup/dunk drill? Yes.
 

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That isn't the first time and won't be the last that Iowa gets blown out in East Lansing.

Remaining schedule is: Iowa St / UNI, 3 cupcakes, and then 18 douche games

Thursday night might be a must-win in order to make the NCAA tournament. The big ten is brutal this year. Win the cupcakes + in-state games leaves Iowa room for a mid-pack big ten performance. 8-12 overall and win one in the BTT gets us to 20 wins.
 

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Shawnee wants to take this opportunity to point out how dumb, much like playing 9 conf games in football, playing 20 is in basketball.

Guarantees far more losses in your league & absolutely will cost the league tournament bids.

The big ten is essentially telling their fans they care more about money than winning.
 
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