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

[Thomas Wolsey]

three more years of garza and weiskamp. hell yeah.

*2

 

[foxhawks]

I was amused that Iowa State was not listed last night as one of Iowa's best wins.

Don’t tell that to this guy

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

That dude looks like an ISU fan

 

[ivan_drago]

I was amused that Iowa State was not listed last night as one of Iowa's best wins.

Don’t tell that to this guy

Those tweets were during a game ISU won by 25, by the way.

 

[KitKatApples]

Totally sane

 

[TJones3312]

I was amused that Iowa State was not listed last night as one of Iowa's best wins.

Don’t tell that to this guy

speaking of isu fans...

 

[champion_thedrinker]

Any of you peeps ever book a trip to a regional site after the field of 64 is announced?

(Sure someone has)

You get boned pretty hard or are there still deals to be had?

 

[douglasbader]

17-5 and 9 games left. 4 at home and 5 on the road.

I think they can go 7-2 or 6-3 over that stretch and get to 13-7 in conference.

Top 4 seed in the Big Ten Tournament is still on the table.

 

[Wanderer]

That dude looks like an ISU fan

And a Rick Springfield fan.

 

[Fletch]

17-5 and 9 games left. 4 at home and 5 on the road.

I think they can go 7-2 or 6-3 over that stretch and get to 13-7 in conference.

Top 4 seed in the Big Ten Tournament is still on the table.

Was looking at this last night. Wisconsin has a tough stretch upcoming. At Minnesota, at Michigan, Home vs Mich state. Need them to lose at least two of those and not out of question they lose all 3.

Maryland is young and has a tough schedule to finish. Michigan twice, vs Purdue and at Iowa. I think they fade.

It’s definitely possible.

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

12-8 would be great and 11-9 still seem the most realistic, and still good.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Any of you peeps ever book a trip to a regional site after the field of 64 is announced?

(Sure someone has)

You get boned pretty hard or are there still deals to be had?

Depends on the site. Some sell out to locals immediately like Dayton or Omaha. I remember the 2001 game at Nassau costing like $100+. Others are easy to find for $25-50

 

[HiawathaHawk]

Ranked 20th in the AP this week.

 

[MikeyJoe]

Ranked 20th in the AP this week.

22nd in Kenpom, projected to finish 22-9. They're 5-5 in A games and 3-0 in B games, which is his approximation of top 50 and top 100 games (adjusting for location).

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

So just playing solidly could get them a 6 seed? Boner.

 

[Revolver]

So just playing solidly could get them a 6 seed? Boner.

Going to be a lot of Haloites getting their backgrounds checked for local AirBnBs if the Hawks play in the Metro!1.

 

[scottsdalehawk]

Yay to being in great position to not only make the tournament but to get a decent seed. Makes these next few weeks leading up to selection Sunday so much more enjoyable.

 

[douglasbader]

Ranked 20th in the AP this week.

22nd in Kenpom, projected to finish 22-9. They're 5-5 in A games and 3-0 in B games, which is his approximation of top 50 and top 100 games (adjusting for location).

Kenpom has underestimated the record the whole year and hope that keeps up. 23-8 would be great and 24-7 would be possible and lock in a great seed.

 

[douglasbader]

It should also be pointed out that if this were any year before this season that we would likely be jerking each other raw at this point because the record would be even better. Replace those 2 early Big Ten losses in December to Wisconsin/Michigan State due to the conference going to 20 games with the normal 2 games they would have been and Iowa is sitting at 19-3 right now.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

It’s almost like Frans contract extension made possible by support from key boosters gave him job security that allowed him to make thoughtful internal changes rather than panicking to save his job and he turned the program around while subsequently rendering his new buyout irrelevant, making a large chunk of the fanbase eat crow, and allowing me to write one of the longest sentences in history.

I mean who would have thought such a thing could ever happen at a place like Iowa.

 

[Jim]

It’s almost like Frans contract extension made possible by support from key boosters gave him job security that allowed him to make thoughtful internal changes rather than panicking to save his job and he turned the program around while subsequently rendering his new buyout irrelevant, making a large chunk of the fanbase eat crow, and allowing me to write one of the longest sentences in history.

I mean who would have thought such a thing could ever happen at a place like Iowa.

What internal changes?

 

[HerkyHopeful]

It’s almost like Frans contract extension made possible by support from key boosters gave him job security that allowed him to make thoughtful internal changes rather than panicking to save his job and he turned the program around while subsequently rendering his new buyout irrelevant, making a large chunk of the fanbase eat crow, and allowing me to write one of the longest sentences in history.

I mean who would have thought such a thing could ever happen at a place like Iowa.

What internal changes?

Playing defense (sometimes)

 

[Jim]

It’s almost like Frans contract extension made possible by support from key boosters gave him job security that allowed him to make thoughtful internal changes rather than panicking to save his job and he turned the program around while subsequently rendering his new buyout irrelevant, making a large chunk of the fanbase eat crow, and allowing me to write one of the longest sentences in history.

I mean who would have thought such a thing could ever happen at a place like Iowa.

What internal changes?

Playing defense (sometimes)

By bringing in a consultant for a week?

 

[wondergrape]

Kyle Denning, dumbfucks.

 

[Jim]

Kyle Denning, dumbfucks.

Is that Weiskamp’s nickname?

 

[TJones3312]

Kyle Denning, dumbfucks.

Is that Weiskamp’s nickname?

No. Joe wasn’t a bench warmer.

 

[TJones3312]

 

[BBK]

Kid seems smart.

 

[Mo T]

There are some extremely likeable guys on this team.

 

[Stomper15]

 

[Alan Lomax]

Glad to see someone in the media does their homework.

 

[Stomper15]

What? No Fran. No.

 

[Geese]

 

[Soda Popinski]

What? No Fran. No.

That would have been an hour ago I think.

 

[wondergrape]

...lowercase js.

 

[ThadHawk]

I got my Des Moines NCAA tickets in the mail on Friday. With the win over Michigan that night, and seeing them placed in the Des Moines venue on the 2/1 Bracketology, I'm pretty aroused right now.

 

[Wanderer]

I got my Des Moines NCAA tickets in the mail on Friday. With the win over Michigan that night, and seeing them placed in the Des Moines venue on the 2/1 Bracketology, I'm pretty aroused right now.

 

[ThadHawk]

I got my Des Moines NCAA tickets in the mail on Friday. With the win over Michigan that night, and seeing them placed in the Des Moines venue on the 2/1 Bracketology, I'm pretty aroused right now.

Kingda Ka sucks.

 

[Mo T]

I got my Des Moines NCAA tickets in the mail on Friday. With the win over Michigan that night, and seeing them placed in the Des Moines venue on the 2/1 Bracketology, I'm pretty aroused right now.

and then promptly placed in Tulsa bracket in the next version....which would still be an easy trip for most Iowan's (and me)

 

[Stomper15]

What? No Fran. No.

That would have been an hour ago I think.

If you click play, I teed it up right to the minute Fran comes on.

He told the story about how Luka became a Hawkeye

 

[The Game]

Is Cook pretty much gone or would he reconsider if they made a sweet sixteen/elite eight run?

If he stays, they could almost have a top 10/15 team next season.

 

[douglasbader]

Is Cook pretty much gone or would he reconsider if they made a sweet sixteen/elite eight run?

If he stays, they could almost have a top 10/15 team next season.

I can't see any scenario where he is back.

 

[Mo T]

Is Cook pretty much gone or would he reconsider if they made a sweet sixteen/elite eight run?

If he stays, they could almost have a top 10/15 team next season.

I can't see any scenario where he is back.

To get his degree before playijg in Europe?

 

[wondergrape]

Is Cook pretty much gone or would he reconsider if they made a sweet sixteen/elite eight run?

If he stays, they could almost have a top 10/15 team next season.

I can't see any scenario where he is back.

To get his degree before playijg in Europe?

You thinking Holland, huh?

 

[Fletch]

He’d be an idiot to not come back

 

[Brownzy]

He’d be an idiot to not come back

I’ll leave that one alone

 

[Tugboat]

I got my Des Moines NCAA tickets in the mail on Friday. With the win over Michigan that night, and seeing them placed in the Des Moines venue on the 2/1 Bracketology, I'm pretty aroused right now.

Me too!

 

[Silky Johnson]

Cook will probably leave, but he really isn’t an NBA prospect. Tremendous athlete but can’t shoot outside of 10 feet and isn’t a crazy man on the boards like Evans was. He should have a solid career in Europe but he could be in for a rude awakening to start.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

What’s the secondary market like right now? DSM is a thurs/sat site and I normally just like sitting in my basement on Thursday but I just heard they are selling beer which changes my outlook a bit.

 

[Stomper15]

Fascinating listening to Connor talk about his schedule the past few weeks and what's on tap moving forward now that baseball is getting into their season.