***2024-2025 Iowa Men’s Basketball Season Thread***

[BillyBob]

What a fukkin joke

 

[Dr. Zaius]

Record breaking night!

 

[douglasbader]

Looks like another game where Iowa might score near 80 in a college game and lose by 30+.

That should be impossible for a P4 team, but damn this team has found a way to do it multiple times in a single season.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

They played HARD

 

[Dr. Zaius]

They played HARD

You watched HARD

 

[The Dad]

You watched HARD

A team full of competitors.

 

[LifelongHawk]

54-29 second half.

 

[Dr. Zaius]

54-29 second half.

*19

 

[LifelongHawk]

2 to go

 

[LifelongHawk]

*19

Oh fuck

 

[Herbie2]

54-29 second half.

No

 

[Hawkstrat]

That sucked, pretty clear it's AZ's fault.

 

[Dr. Zaius]

Fran just looks checked out

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Darn it!

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Fran just looks checked out

Let’s get Jill Armstrong on it. Get that house listed now.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Wow. That was one hell of a softball practice I just ran.

 

[WCFHawkeye]

2 airballs from 3 feet by Payton sure is something.

Is that three or four airballs on three-pointers for Pryce?

Think Dix airballed one about 5 feet short as well.

 

[CamelTones]

Pretty much every loss is a 5 minute, complete pants shitting stretch. It’s usually the first 5 minutes of the second half too so tonight was true to form.

 

[BBK]

They played HARD

you like it hard papi

 

[Revolver]

Payton Sandfort was on the court still as time expired. Pretty weird.

 

[HiawathaHawk]

Pretty much every loss is a 5 minute, complete pants shitting stretch. It’s usually the first 5 minutes of the second half too so tonight was true to form.

Everything goes to complete hell with no ability to stop it. They start jacking quick shots, get beat in transition, get worse in halfcourt D and it just keeps going. He’s had some teams prone to these kill shots but this group is on either level.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Most teams that have checked out play hard for awhile but all you gotta do is get a small run on them and they fold.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

I’m going to watch the second half. Genuinely curious how the fuck this happened.

 

[Stu Beagle]

More 30 point losses please

 

[StinkyMcFadden]

Most teams that have checked out play hard for awhile but all you gotta do is get a small run on them and they fold.

Did you ever lose a team in the middle of the season, AZ?

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Did you ever lose a team in the middle of the season, AZ?

Yep.

 

[StinkyMcFadden]

Yep.

Will you talk about it on the pod?

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Will you talk about it on the pod?

Yeah.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Did you ever lose a team in the middle of the season, AZ?

Yeah, Team Hetero

 

[CamelTones]

Everything goes to complete hell with no ability to stop it. They start jacking quick shots, get beat in transition, get worse in halfcourt D and it just keeps going. He’s had some teams prone to these kill shots but this group is on either level.

It’s the quick shots more than anything. One pass and someone is launching a 3 that they must think is worth 10 points. No one from Iowa is even under the basket to fight for a rebound because they’re still running down the floor from defense. The other team throws it ahead, no one is matched up at all and it’s either a layup or wide open 3.

Harding is the worst in this situation. He needs to get the inbounds pass and just walk the ball up the floor to slow everything down. Instead he spazzes up the floor into the lane and will pass it to someone who is running full speed and out of control that ends up taking a wild shot.

Maryland also did a good job of leaving Traore and Ladji wide open from either 3 or 15 feet early in the second half. Both took the bait and that’s when Maryland started their run.

 

[HerkyHopeful]

Iowa rarely walks the ball, they always have pushed the ball up the floor. Probably because when they get towards the end of the shot clock they don't have many guys who can create their own shot.

 

[HerkyHopeful]

 

[Monster]

Bottom 5 in the conference in NIL money. Hard to expect big donations when the product is so mediocre.

 

[Will McCoy]

Bottom 5 in the conference in NIL money. Hard to expect big donations when the product is so mediocre.

Counterpoint: why is the NIL bottom 5 when they have finished upper half 11 of last 12 seasons ?

 

[Gushawk]

dogshit postseason performance and guard play, primarily

 

[Monster]

dogshit postseason performance and guard play, primarily

Fran Fatigue.

 

[Hawkstrat]

It will continue to be bottom third regardless of who Iowa hires.

 

[douglasbader]

Who gives a shit.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Hiawatha

 

[Monster]

Who gives a shit.

 

[Lee Beevers]

dogshit postseason performance and guard play, primarily

No. It’s actually faggotry from the donor base. Iowa basketball fan is basically a mouth breathing retard. Fran has punched way above his weight. Oh no!!! He acts like a redass. Billy Cowfucker from Bondurant can’t be having that!

 

[6deuce]

No. It’s actually faggotry from the donor base. Iowa basketball fan is basically a mouth breathing retard. Fran has punched way above his weight. Oh no!!! He acts like a redass. Billy Cowfucker from Bondurant can’t be having that!

This is a retarded take and you’re a retarded retard.

 

[Revolver]

No. It’s actually faggotry from the donor base. Iowa basketball fan is basically a mouth breathing retard. Fran has punched way above his weight. Oh no!!! He acts like a redass. Billy Cowfucker from Bondurant can’t be having that!

I imagine that for most of Fran’s detractors, him acting “like a redass” is among the least of their concerns currently with the program.

 

[Hawkstrat]

I really don't think it's that.

In reality, he's just been stuck in this strange space where he has accomplished something relatively hard to do, but also failed at doing the thing most fans care about.

What I don't get, is the anger fans have. They suck this year, and Fran will be fired following the season. Why punch yourself in the nuts and get pissy, it's not happening until the season is over.

 

[Gushawk]

Fran had 5 whites on the court for good chunks of the Maryland game. His guard recruiting and defensive philosophy are completely the opposite of what you need to win in March. It’s time, Beev.

 

[Gushawk]

I certainly couldn’t give a single fuck about Fran’s redass behavior or lack thereof. I find Knight’s Greg Graham speech inspiring.

 

[Stu Beagle]

I really don't think it's that.

In reality, he's just been stuck in this strange space where he has accomplished something relatively hard to do, but also failed at doing the thing most fans care about.

What I don't get, is the anger fans have. They suck this year, and Fran will be fired following the season. Why punch yourself in the nuts and get pissy, it's not happening until the season is over.

The longer it drags on the less confident I am it’s happening

 

[Creed]

Gus nailed it. The problems have lingered for 10+ years. They aren’t getting fixed. I appreciate him getting Iowa out of the cellar and don’t give a shit about his (former) demeanor. But it’s time to move on.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

The longer it drags on the less confident I am it’s happening

The longer what drags on?

 

[WestMifflin]

The longer it drags on the less confident I am it’s happening

Are you expecting him to get canned in the middle of the season or something?