**Iowa Basketball @ Rutgers 1-8-23 11:00AM BTN**

[Soda Popinski]

Sandfart is a neat story.

 

[CleteyColgate]

Sandfart is a neat story.

Get his name out of your f-ing mouth

 

[Greg Obrecht]

They gave up 35 points the first 10 minutes of that game. 54 the last 30 minutes isn’t great but averages out to 72 for the game which is basically what they did today.

They only had a handful of bad rotations today and made Rutgers work when they were not turning the ball over.

Oh, ok. As long as we’re able to pick and choose stats…you win

 

[Billy Butters]

2-8 from the field and 4 TOs. In no universe is that a good game.

It's all relative. That's actually a good game for Ulis playing 35 minutes on the road against a really good pressure defense. I think we are in agreement that he is not good but the alternatives are a guy that is terrible defender and was 2-10 or Bowen who had 2 turnovers in 4 minutes and also can't really defend.

 

[CamelTones]

Oh, ok. As long as we’re able to pick and choose stats…you win

No. They looked terrible to start that game. From the 10 minute mark of the first half of that game through this game they’ve been much more consistent.

 

[The Dad]

I can finally reveal to my friends at Halo that my dour predictions of the Hawks were done as a favor to Fran. After I tricked him into recording the Cameo about Kirk’s son, Kirk’s son, Brian Ferentz earlier this year, he said I owed him one. a week ago he contacted me and asked me to do something to motivate the team.

Just got off the phone with Fran and he had me on facetime with the team in the locker room. They all thanked me one after another for turning their season around.

Go Hawks!!

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Sandfart is a neat story.

a real rags to riches story, how an upper class suburban kid with 4.2 GPA gets a full ride to a strong basketball program because he worked with private coaches his entire life to become an elite shooter, only to have to suffer through an entire MONTH of mental struggles before finding the strength to overcome it.

neat.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

a MONTH of struggling in the big ten. Can you even imagine??????

 

[Rolo Tomassi]

Sandfort doesn't even need to be fantastic like he was today for this team to win. All he has to do is hit a couple of threes, a couple of twos, and be a solid contributor on defense. Hopefully, he's out of his rut.

 

[rodg12]

What a rollercoaster of a team!

 

[Revolver]

 

[HiawathaHawk]

Imagine how much better it would be without Connor and Rebraca though.

 

[6deuce]

Imagine how much better it would be without Connor and Rebraca though.

Good Ol’ Halo Randy

 

[Hawkstrat]

Imagine how much better it would be without Connor and Rebraca though.

I'm not one to defend Doug, but he has been pretty consistent on this.

He doesn't like the rule, even if it has helped this team.

I think players should have been given the option of using a free redshirt year. If they elected to sit out, they get another season.

 

[Hawkstrat]

Hopefully when Pat returns, he gets eased in off the bench.

 

[HiawathaHawk]

I'm not one to defend Doug, but he has been pretty consistent on this.

He doesn't like the rule, even if it has helped this team.

I think players should have been given the option of using a free redshirt year. If they elected to sit out, they get another season.

That isn’t all he said about it.

 

[Hawkstrat]

Doug would never be inconsistent.

 

[Hawkstrat]

 

[douglasbader]

That isn’t all he said about it.

It's in between, and you know that, but these are good burns. I'll take them.

I never ever said the team would be better without either of them. Ever. When I talked about that it was in the context of development beyond this season, any you know that or at least should. You're doing the shit you usually make fun of people for.

Hey, I will point out that they stopped running the offense through Rebecca and the ball is moving much better. Funny how that works.

 

[Creed]

Rebraca’s fake out of Cliff down low was a thing of beauty.

 

[HiawathaHawk]

Perkins couldn’t finish anything but I thought today was a step forward for him. Ulis was similar. About 5 or so really bad plays but did a good job most of the day. Could have gone back to Bowen but he didn’t look ready for that game.

Fran did a good job with minutes I thought. Kingsbury can help in small doses.

 

[Hawk_Kegmasters]

 

[HawkBall23]

Can't wait to watch the DVR on this one.

Can't lie, never expected a 12-pt halftime lead & 'wire-to-wire lead' win today.

 

[The Dad]

It's in between, and you know that, but these are good burns. I'll take them.

I never ever said the team would be better without either of them. Ever. When I talked about that it was in the context of development beyond this season, any you know that or at least should. You're doing the shit you usually make fun of people for.

Hey, I will point out that they stopped running the offense through Rebecca and the ball is moving much better. Funny how that works.

You spazzed out after a couple extremely shitty games. Jammed the remote up your ass and said some very stupid things, which now you’re trying to walk back. Don’t worry, it happens.

To you.


A lot.

 

[Creed]

Can't wait to watch the DVR on this one.

Can't lie, never expected a 12-pt halftime lead & 'wire-to-wire lead' win today.

That’s because you’re a shitty fan.

 

[douglasbader]

You spazzed out after a couple extremely shitty games. Jammed the remote up your ass and said some very stupid things, which now you’re trying to walk back. Don’t worry, it happens.

To you.


A lot.

Lol, this post above is going into the lack of self awareness thread.

Thank you for the HaloGold.

 

[HiawathaHawk]

When I talked about that it was in the context of development beyond this season, any you know that or at least should.

How is that different than normal seniors?

 

[The Dad]

Lol, this post above is going into the lack of self awareness thread.

Thank you for the HaloGold.

You’ll have to mine that gold first, Randy. Good luck. Not much exists.

 

[douglasbader]

Also, while they have gotten 2 nice wins, they are still lightyears away from getting to the NCAA Tournament. Even @HiawathaHawk knows that and you are still looking at a massive rebuild.

Don't worry, I'll be here to laugh at you guys doing your own freak out relatively soon once they lose a couple (or even a single) game. It's going to happen.

 

[douglasbader]

You’ll have to mine that gold first, Randy. Good luck. Not much exists.

You are a freak out king. I only need to look in the Football threads from this past season along with the transfer portal thread and many others.

 

[The Dad]

You are a freak out king. I only need to look in the Football threads from this past season along with the transfer portal thread and many others.

Go for it. Show your work.

 

[douglasbader]

How is that different than normal seniors?

They aren't normal seniors. That was the point, but dish out the burns. I'll take them.

Lol acting like I said the team THIS YEAR would be better without them, which is exactly what you were implying and I never, ever said.

 

[douglasbader]

Go for it. Show your work.

I will. Going to start with Iowa isn't getting anyone in the portal ones.

 

[The Dad]

I will. Going to start with Iowa isn't getting anyone in the portal ones.

Yes, please find where I said that.

 

[TJones3312]

Can you two shut the fuck up and take this to pm’s?

 

[HiawathaHawk]

They aren't normal seniors. That was the point, but dish out the burns. I'll take them.

But they are in this era. It’s not like we’re the only team with Covid seniors.

 

[douglasbader]

Can you two shut the fuck up and take this to pm’s?

He's on a group text. I'm not on that.

 

[The Dad]

He's on a group text. I'm not on that.

 

[douglasbader]

But they are in this era. It’s not like we’re the only team with Covid seniors.

Sure, but it was in the context that it is fucking stupid.

Again, the other thing is you (disingenuously) were trying to make it as if I had said Iowa would be a better team THIS SEASON without them, which I never said.

It's ok, I turned into the dour fucks for a bit and you are doing the same shit of saying something that wasn't said that you ALWAYS freak out on people about.

We'll all get better.

 

[The Dad]

 

[douglasbader]

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That isn't a group text, MORON.

 

[The Dad]

That isn't a group text, MORON.

 

[Creed]

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[CleteyColgate]

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LOL at some of the names on that

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Hopefully when Pat returns, he gets eased in off the bench.

team*

 

[HzzzHawk]

Go for it. Show your work.

lot of challenges here between mouse and dad.

the respective group texts are about to go into overdrive.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Perkins couldn’t finish anything but I thought today was a step forward for him. Ulis was similar. About 5 or so really bad plays but did a good job most of the day. Could have gone back to Bowen but he didn’t look ready for that game.

Fran did a good job with minutes I thought. Kingsbury can help in small doses.

I was like, why is he in over josh, and then I was like, because he’s basically a power forward right now.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Also, while they have gotten 2 nice wins, they are still lightyears away from getting to the NCAA Tournament. Even @HiawathaHawk knows that and you are still looking at a massive rebuild.

Don't worry, I'll be here to laugh at you guys doing your own freak out relatively soon once they lose a couple (or even a single) game. It's going to happen.

By my math, iowa has 4 quad one wins and would be an at large today

 

[TurdBurgler]

EIU loss at home will be a killer. Solid road win today tho.

 

[Creed]

EIU loss at home will be a killer. Solid road win today tho.

In hindsight, they probably should have just canceled the game due to the storm.