**Michigan State at Iowa Basketball, 2-25-23 11:00AM ESPN**

[Stu Beagle]

It’s hilarious how mad people are online about the stare down

 

[Hawkstrat]

Fran is not above criticism, mostly due his team being functionally retarded on one end of the court, but I don't get the pearl clutching over the stare down.

 

[Revolver]

It’s hilarious how mad people are online about the stare down

Agreed. Who really gives a fuck? Fran is a hot head and that was calm compared to the moments where he really embarrasses himself. Coming off one of the greatest and most improbable comebacks in program history, I could not care less about that.

 

[ivan_drago]

National media guys tend to hate Fran because he doesn’t go on their podcasts/call in for interviews a ton. Seth Davis has more tweets and statements admonishing Fran this year than Nate Oats and Chris Beard, for fuck’s sake.

 

[Fritz Fequiere]

He's been taking nearly all our biggest shots as a sophomore, and he's only going to get better.

Sandfart is going to be fun to watch the next two years

He might put up 15 threes a game next year

 

[Stu Beagle]

CBB is a shit show. All you can do is laugh at shit like the stare down

 

[Dr. Zaius]

 

[Revolver]

Dr. Zaigus.

 

[The Incredible Hawk]

I was told that college basketball sucks and is not entertaining.

 

[Stu Beagle]

 

[Stu Beagle]

The fuck?

 

[douglasbader]

The fuck?

He's extra salty about Iowa and Fran this year. He was good in the RPI era, largely he doesn't know nearly as much and doesn't follow much at all.

 

[Stu Beagle]

People hating on mediocre Fran is weird

 

[ivan_drago]

He's extra salty about Iowa and Fran this year. He was good in the RPI era, largely he doesn't know nearly as much and doesn't follow much at all.

If you read through his feed, he thinks just about every team in the country is on the bubble and hasn’t locked in a bid yet.

 

[Alan Lomax]

If you read through his feed, he thinks just about every team in the country is on the bubble and hasn’t locked in a bid yet.

I think he’s wrapped himself in the “contrarian” flag.

 

[Herky823]

He's extra salty about Iowa and Fran this year. He was good in the RPI era, largely he doesn't know nearly as much and doesn't follow much at all.

Jeff is where we get all of our Covid info and some of our basketball takes

 

[ClintWalker]

 

[Alan Lomax]

Jeff is where we get all of our Covid info and some of our basketball takes

Oddly enough he strains his models too much in both regards and hides from his mistakes.

 

[Bonner]

A few specials home wins this season. Hope it transitions to the NCAA tourney.

 

[ivan_drago]

I think he’s wrapped himself in the “contrarian” flag.

L Wade Predict

 

[Hawkstrat]

He's still a decent follow, but he has started crossing the line from avoiding group think, to mindless contrarian more often than before.

As someone already mentioned, he is the bizarro Jon Rothstein now. Most guys have about 100 teams in the tournament, Jeff has about 12.

 

[HiawathaHawk]

Was at the game and stayed the whole time. Honestly the crowd was pretty lame until the comeback.

I didn’t think the Hawks played a bad defensive game… MSU was just hitting everything, even contested 3s. They went cold at just the right time, which coincided with the Hawks getting hot. Was the craziest game I’ve ever been to.

The game flow kept killing the crowd. Every time people got up they drilled a 3 or step back. Couldn’t get any runs going until the end.

Agreed on both of the last points. 1st half we fucked up on Hauser and gave them some open 3’s. I’m sure a couple were open 2nd half too but they didn’t seem to get a lot at the rim. So many damn late mid-range jumpers. Their shooting was insane even if they were left unguarded.

Lot of people came streaming down to their seats for OT. Not going to forget that one, amazing.

 

[The Tin Man]

Click for Fran stare down mashup

 

[HiawathaHawk]

Every single person was standing for the entire overtime. For as many people that left early it was still damn loud in there. When Tristan Spurlock and Tony Perkins were going ape shit at mid-court after the game it was incredible. Was down by the tunnel trying to leave and someone said to Robbie Hummel “Robbie, you ever seen anything like that?” He responded “you had them exactly where you wanted them!” We went downtown for lunch after and it was abuzz. What a day.

Yeah it’s not often you get the entire arena standing for 5:30 like that. Fran was fist bumping and hugging damn near everyone near the court.

 

[Billy Butters]

The fuck?

Based on that time stamp I think he assumed Iowa was going to lose but I haven't looked at his feed at all.

 

[HiawathaHawk]

If you read through his feed, he thinks just about every team in the country is on the bubble and hasn’t locked in a bid yet.

This would be cool but….

 

[ivan_drago]

LOL. They’d still get an 8 or 9. The media is absolutely fucking obsessed with the Big 12. Before today, people were putting TEXAS TECH on their bubbles.

 

[ClintWalker]

LOL. They’d still get an 8 or 9. The media is absolutely fucking obsessed with the Big 12. Before today, people were putting TEXAS TECH on their bubbles.

If you're in the b12 and manage more than 3 or 4 conference wins you are an automatic NCAA tournament qualifier.

 

[6deuce]

When Connor actually squares up to the hope he’s a pretty decent 3 pt shooter. He had been getting back to his HS girls form too much. Hopefully he figures it out.

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

 

[brantshawks]

 

[UnKnOwN_SeRb]

Fuck you Trent.

 

[TurdBurgler]

I remember the epic stare down with ted valentine but what game was that? The uni disaster?

 

[Revolver]

Yeah it’s not often you get the entire arena standing for 5:30 like that. Fran was fist bumping and hugging damn near everyone near the court.

The people next to us left and a lady and her kids came down from like 20 rows up and asked if they could sit there right before OT started. Told her of course. It was her two sons’ first time at Carver. By the end her sons and I had high fived too many times to count. What an amazing game to be at for those kids. Love it.

 

[CamelTones]

He's still a decent follow, but he has started crossing the line from avoiding group think, to mindless contrarian more often than before.

As someone already mentioned, he is the bizarro Jon Rothstein now. Most guys have about 100 teams in the tournament, Jeff has about 12.

His biggest problem is he looks at each teams resume by itself. He’ll say a team is now out of the tournament without replacing them with someone. Arizona States win today was the first one by a team currently on the outside looking in that would make any team sweat.

 

[thrawn]

Barttorvik has Iowa at 71% likely to make it, TR is at 70%. The computer based brackets have Iowa like 1.5 seeds lower than humans. That goes up a lot if they beat Nebrantska since that’s really just a chance to lose.

it’s hard to model a committee that includes Jamie Pollard but the numbers are what they are.

 

[BBK]

The fuck?

Wrong

 

[Hawk24]

 

[Greg Obrecht]

Jeff has Iowa St falling from a 3 seed(committee)to bubble/out in one week. He doesn’t appear to have a firm grasp on reality.

 

[TJones3312]

Jeff has Iowa St falling from a 3 seed(committee)to bubble/out in one week. He doesn’t appear to have a firm grasp on reality.

I know he’s a tremendous dumb fuck but hope he’s right on that one!

 

[CleteyColgate]

Shoot 59.3% from the field.
73.3% from 3.
86.1% from the line....making 31 free throws.
You lose the game.
No freaking way.

Franball

 

[CleteyColgate]

The fuck?

Seems like a more appropriate comment to make if Iowa loses to Indiana and Nebrantska.

 

[Rolo Tomassi]

I wonder what the Michigan State locker room was like after the game.

 

[newsbreaker]

Sad.

 

[FrodoTBaggin]

That dork was laughing and clowning around earlier as well as one of his teammates missed a free throw.

 

[Hawk24]

That dork was laughing and clowning around earlier as well as one of his teammates missed a free throw.

Scroll down thru the thread…there’s a clip of it.

 

[Debit One]

I remember Patrick describing Perkins as something like “irrationally confident” during an interview.

That seems about right, and I love it.

 

[Hawkstrat]

Scroll down thru the thread…there’s a clip of it.

Woof

 

[Herbie2]

I remember Patrick describing Perkins as something like “irrationally confident” during an interview.

That seems about right, and I love it.

That describes about 90% of college basketball players.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

smelly

I wonder what the Michigan State locker room was like after the game.