***2023-2024 Iowa Men’s Basketball Season Thread***

[Hawk&Balls]

Now I know fran is coming back next year

 

[Creed]

As much as I hate to give angry doug any credit, I have heard several others reporting the same thing. I hope it is true.

Those are all of Doug’s personalities.

 

[TurdBurgler]

Who are we recruiting over? Tony and krikke both 30 mpg and Pat was over 20. Could easily add another high quality player without anyone's feelings getting hurt.

 

[snips]

no shit, if we got no NIL.. at least we got minutes to give

 

[Hawkeye_Pierce]

no shit, if we got no NIL.. at least we got minutes to give

How do schools holding bake sales for NIL money - like ISU - seem to have no trouble drawing hoops talent?

 

[Czarcasm]

How do schools holding bake sales for NIL money - like ISU - seem to have no trouble drawing hoops talent?

I look at it like a job. If the environment is good you'll leave some money on the table. If the environment is shit, then why wouldn't you take more of the money.

Lipsey could make a shit ton more somewhere else. While ISU is winning, he's fine leaving some on the table. If they were .500, he'd be gone like Hunter and go get paid.

There's plenty of guys out there that are going to turn down a school like Georgia that has a lot of NIL money in exchange for a winning situation like Houston.

 

[Saul Berkley]

I look at it like a job. If the environment is good you'll leave some money on the table. If the environment is shit, then why wouldn't you take more of the money.

Lipsey could make a shit ton more somewhere else. While ISU is winning, he's fine leaving some on the table. If they were .500, he'd be gone like Hunter and go get paid.

There's plenty of guys out there that are going to turn down a school like Georgia that has a lot of NIL money in exchange for a winning situation like Houston.

Like how much of a difference are we talking about? Like 300k at a winning place like Houston vs 400k at a place with some dough or is the gap larger than that?

 

[Mr. Hawk]

Like how much of a difference are we talking about? Like 300k at a winning place like Houston vs 400k at a place with some dough or is the gap larger than that?

Not sure.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Who are we recruiting over? Tony and krikke both 30 mpg and Pat was over 20. Could easily add another high quality player without anyone's feelings getting hurt.

well, we had three freshmen that should have got way more minutes this year. And we have two guys coming in that are more highly regarded than all of those freshmen.

so, I am guessing he plans to give all those guys 15 more mpg.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

well, we had three freshmen that should have got way more minutes this year.

 

[6deuce]

Dembele, Harding, & Fart Jr should've gotten way more minutes (1 & 2 for sure) than they got. Couldn't dare take minutes away from Krikke and especially Pat.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Dembele and Harding, sure. Fartman jr played as much as he should have played if not more than he deserved.

 

[6deuce]

Dembele and Harding, sure. Fartman jr played as much as he should have played if not more than he deserved.

THAT'S WHAT I SAID!!!!!!

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Pryce should have received every single one of Pat’s minutes.

 

[The Dad]

Pryce should have received every single one of Pat’s minutes.

Neither of them should be getting a single P5 minute.

 

[OlePeep]

Neither of them should be getting a single P5 minute.

So if neither should get any minutes, but Pryce should get all Pat's....could I buy some pot from you?

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

Neither of them should be getting a single P5 minute.

If your only choice is between two dudes who don’t defend or rebound, I would prefer the one who has shown they can shoot efficiently.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Pryce was completely fine (for iowa) on defense.

 

[The Dad]

If your only choice is between two dudes who don’t defend or rebound, I would prefer the one who has shown they can shoot efficiently.

Pat shot 44% from the field to Pryce’s 35.

They are both garbage, non-P5 players.

 

[Fletch]

Pat shot 44% from the field to Pryce’s 35.

They are both garbage, non-P5 players.

In Tom’s defense, Pat’s percentage is probably inflated because of his driving ability.

 

[douglasbader]

**Must not make joke.... must not make joke...**

 

[Fletch]

**Must not make joke.... must not make joke...**

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[The Dad]

Make it you fucking dildo!

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Jack would be going to iowa if he had better driving ability.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Pryce will be key player on 3 NCAA tourney teams. Probably a starter on 3 of them. Consensus 4* recruit. Iowa Mr Basketball.

not a HM player.

 

[26.2]

**Must not make joke.... must not make joke...**

Ha look who's still trembling in fear of Gus!!!

 

[cloudhawk]

Jack would be going to iowa if he had better driving ability.

Jesus johnny

 

[Lee Beevers]

Make it you fucking dildo!

Pryce buttfucked your mom.

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

Pat shot 44% from the field to Pryce’s 35.

They are both garbage, non-P5 players.

Pryce shot 35% from 3 vs 31% for pat

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Pat was shooting like 25% until 3 makes in garbage time at the end of the year

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Pryce buttfucked your mom.

 

[Greg Obrecht]

Pryce buttfucked your mom.

 

[Geese]

Jack would be going to iowa if he had better driving ability.

It was funnier the first time when I make the joke !!

 

[L. Wade Childress]

It was funnier the first time when I make the joke !!

get the flock out of here

 

[KitKatApples]

It was funnier the first time when I make the joke !!

Ok Yakof Smirnoff

 

[AZmessDAWG]

In Soviet Russia, joke laughs at you!

 

[6deuce]

Ok Yakof Smirnoff

 

[The Full Monte]

That thought should give you more than a little pause.

Perhaps I’m misunderstanding your point, but it seems to be “this is basically fine, iowa competes well enough, enough of the time. This is fine, the risk to change is too much.” And please correct me if that’s incorrect.

My point is that Fran has been pretty good. But Iowa needs a different coach and new program that cares about defense and rebounding because Fran has proven to be unable to do that. And that will give them the best chance at success on court.

I for one, tremendously appreciate Alan's consistency with his takes on Iowa sports. Taking both coaches to task for refusing to change certain elements of their programs is a perfectly valid criticism.

But I think it's also fair to point out that support and resources the two coaches have been given have been wildly different across their careers here at Iowa. Which, in fairness, probably doesn't change the argument he's making.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

As long as our typical fan looks and acts like Alan, nothing is changing.

 

[Herbie2]

 

[BBK]

See you next year, Payton

 

[douglasbader]

Word out of Iowa City is that Sandfort has a draft guarantee in the early 2nd round and is gone. Players were notified via text today. Done deal.

 

[Greg Obrecht]

I heard that Fran is going to drive Sandfort to the NBA draft on his way to his new job.

 

[eclone]

I would like to proactively go on record and say that we are going to be pretty good next year.

-Harding is going to take a huge jump with consistent minutes
-Freeman will be an all conference player
-Sandfort will be pretty similar but 1st team all conference.
-Dix will be healthy and consistent from the jump
-Pryce will play 15-20 mpg and have a jump similar from his brother’s freshman to soph year
-All those pasty fucks have a desire to guard and win
-Not worried about rebounding or blocking shots with Freeman, Dembele, and Tadjo.
-Koch will be similar to frosh Payton but physically ahead.

Overall, bad for DEI initiatives but good for fans.

I agree with 1, 2, and 3. The rest are LOL.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

"-Dix will be healthy and consistent from the jump "

Why is this laughable?

 

[KitKatApples]

Ok the other besides that one too

 

[eclone]

Because I think Fran will play him out of position, and that he'll try to do too much...and end up playing inconsistently.

 

[The Full Monte]

As long as our typical fan looks and acts like Alan, nothing is changing.

Let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater here. Alan has a lot of good Iowa sports takes.

Unfortunately, we turn every argument on the internet into a False Dilemma

 

[cloudhawk]

Doug is reporting that Fran is gone

 

[Kamala]

Doug is reporting that Fran is gone

I can confirm that I have also read this from Doug