**2025-2026 Iowa Basketball Season Thread**

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The offense is predicated on getting the defense off balance with ball screens. Once you gain the advantage the defense scrambles and it’s a matter of getting the best shot available at that point.

It’s all about reads and counters. It’s fun to watch and extremely hard to guard.
I’m really looking forward to the game on Dec 11 because of this. ISU’s defense is predicated on getting the offense uncomfortable and in a scramble and recovering quickly. Forced Mississippi State into their most turnovers in program history. And that’s a ream coached by Jans that has known Otzelberger forever, and I expected to have a better answer on offense.

If Stirtz can control the game against Lipsey/Toure like he has been these first few games (and last year I guess) Iowa could get quite a few open looks. If they can rattle him or (more likely) the secondary ball handler, it could get lopsided fast.

Will know a lot more about ISU by then as they still have games against St John’s/Creighton/another top tier team in Vegas and at Purdue before the Iowa game. And Iowa has three solid games too. I can’t think of another year when both Iowa and ISU come into the CyHawk game as battle tested. Should be good.
 

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Iowa uses Stirtz off the ball quite a bit, and he brings the ball up maybe half the time. Will be interesting if that changes against a team with pressure defense.
 
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Any of you gays have a stream for this game?
 

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Combs got the start over Howard. Defense hasn’t been great so far
 

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They sure score as much as Fran teams so far.
 

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Banks was leading scorer. Big game with 16 points 10 rebounds.

For those that didnt watch, funny thing happened involving Banks.

Iowa got to 67 points and the crowd started going nuts. Banks was on the floor and started doing the 6-7 thing to the crowd egging them on while iowa was inbounding the ball. Clearly lost focus. Chicago state presses though, and when the ball came to Banks he fucking spazzed out and threw it directly to a chicago state defender for an easy layup. However howard or somebody fouled the guy on the layup and Banks swooped in for a violent tomahawk goal tend off the backboard for an and 1 for csu. Banks was immediately benched the rest of the game.

I was cracking up laughing. Iowa was up 35 or so at the time. Good fun.
 

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Banks was leading scorer. Big game with 16 points 10 rebounds.

For those that didnt watch, funny thing happened involving Banks.

Iowa got to 67 points and the crowd started going nuts. Banks was on the floor and started doing the 6-7 thing to the crowd egging them on while iowa was inbounding the ball. Clearly lost focus. Chicago state presses though, and when the ball came to Banks he fucking spazzed out and threw it directly to a chicago state defender for an easy layup. However howard or somebody fouled the guy on the layup and Banks swooped in for a violent tomahawk goal tend off the backboard for an and 1 for csu. Banks was immediately benched the rest of the game.

I was cracking up laughing. Iowa was up 35 or so at the time. Good fun.
Probably had to be there. But thanks for sharing.
 

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Hopefully a fun stretch coming up. If nothing else we’ll have a better idea of how this team looks against legit competition. Iowa is kenpom 31 at this moment fwiw.

11/25 Ole Miss (kenpom 35)
11/26 Grand Canyon (99) or Utah (121)
12/2 at Mich St (21)
12/6 Maryland (66)
12/11 at Iowa St (8)

Then three more easy ones before the rest of the douche schedule starts on 1/3 vs UCLA.
 

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Potential Iowa opponent Utah fell as 14 point favorites against Cal Poly tonight.
 

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Banks was leading scorer. Big game with 16 points 10 rebounds.

For those that didnt watch, funny thing happened involving Banks.

Iowa got to 67 points and the crowd started going nuts. Banks was on the floor and started doing the 6-7 thing to the crowd egging them on while iowa was inbounding the ball. Clearly lost focus. Chicago state presses though, and when the ball came to Banks he fucking spazzed out and threw it directly to a chicago state defender for an easy layup. However howard or somebody fouled the guy on the layup and Banks swooped in for a violent tomahawk goal tend off the backboard for an and 1 for csu. Banks was immediately benched the rest of the game.

I was cracking up laughing. Iowa was up 35 or so at the time. Good fun.
Coach Mac said 2 days ago he hates the 6 7 stuff after his funny non related 6 7 comments at the presser, lol.
 

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I missed it what did he say
 
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