*Omnibus 2025-2026 College Basketball & Transfer Portal Thread*

[gohawkeyes811]

Yeah that's not a LATFG at all.

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

98% of adolescent males are currently LATFGs.

 

[douglasbader]

Owen Freeman is fat and completely gassed, he didn't even last 2 minutes in the second half before he looked like he was going to puke and they had to pull him out.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

 

[douglasbader]

Dix also playing like a pussy missing point blank shots and hanging his head. Creighton looks mediocre as shit.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

1-8 fg shortly into the 2nd half.

 

[douglasbader]

Tonight they scored 81.

And lost by 25.

He also played 13 guys and has 19 total players on the roster.

Classic Fran.

 

[douglasbader]

Getting waxed by 30 now with 8 minutes to go.

Imagine having to be a booster and cut checks for $3m or whatever for Josh Dix and Owen Freeman. Lol.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Maybe we were lucky Dix moved on.

 

[Stomper15]

Granted, Gonzaga is good. But love to see it.

Owen would never have worked with a coach like Ben.

 

[Hawk_Kegmasters]

34-9 in 2nd half for Zags.

 

[Stomper15]

Biliew with 19 minutes and 3 points @ Michigan tonight.

 

[YugoslavianMountainHound]

Feel like Fran would have only lost to Gonzaga by 15-18 with Dix and Freeman.

And it's almost like there's a reason Iowa wasn't a tourney team last year when Dix and Freeman were the 2nd and 3rd best players on the roster.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Biliew with 19 minutes and 3 points @ Michigan tonight.

career highs?

 

[WCFHawkeye]

Damn, that is beautiful.

 

[Fletch]

Freeman is a turd

 

[Squat Cobbler]

Dix is better than that but Freeman is just not that good. Doesn't rebound well for his position. Doesn't defend well for his position even though his block totals were fine. Offensively, he's soft and doesn't get to the foul line much.

 

[BillyBob]

Dix is flaccid and impotent. Doesn’t have that erect, alpha mentality.

 

[Fletch]

@AZmessDAWG would have taken Dix all day long had he came (back to the Hawks).

 

[The Incredible Hawk]

Every year Nebrantska goes out of their way to have the ugliest uniforms in the country. Somehow they tops themselves each year. Just awful.

 

[Geese]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/s/GdhRILCnTD

 

[Dr. Zaius]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/s/GdhRILCnTD

 

[Geese]

Apparently his screams echoed throughout the arena

 

[BBK]

Out for the season. He's their best player.

Looked to be in a lot of payne

 

[Fletch]

Out for the season. He's their best player.

Looked to be in a lot of payne

But not quite as much as Adreian.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Good win for Fran tonight against st Joes

 

[LifelongHawk]

Good win for Fran tonight against st Joes

Wgaf?

 

[douglasbader]

Wgaf?

I do.

 

[douglasbader]

TJ Power 25 points and 15 rebounds as well.

 

[LifelongHawk]

I do.

OK Connor

 

[Creed]

Indiana struggled with Incarnate Word yesterday. That makes me happy.

 

[douglasbader]

OK Connor

Fran coached here for 15+ years, donated a fuckton of money and time to cancer charities and won the most games of any Iowa basketball coach in history. He's a good dude.

I will continue to care.

 

[LifelongHawk]

Fran coached here for 15+ years, donated a fuckton of money and time to cancer charities and won the most games of any Iowa basketball coach in history. He's a good dude.

I will continue to care.

"here"
says the guy in Texas

 

[douglasbader]

"here"
says the guy in Texas

Wgaf? says the guy about the winningest coach when his screen name on Halo is "LifelongHawk".

 

[HerkyHopeful]

It's a college basketball thread, it's fair game. We'll continue to have a vested interest in Fran since we watched him take us out of basketball hell, even if he mailed it in his last couple years. We'd all probably feel the same as Fran agter living with large Marge and the miserable twats that were his offspring.

 

[Talkin' Goat]

In spite of the shitty ending to the Fran era, you have to admit he brought a damn good amount of entertainment over the years. The exact opposite of The Criminal is what was needed and that’s exactly what we got. I started the Fran’s Red Face twitter account because of how much I enjoyed him (yes I know that account was remarkably average). But he brought excitement and some goddamn offense which was welcomed with open arms. Over time we learned his flaws weren’t going to change, which was clearly frustrating, but I’m hopeful most fans appreciate a lot of what he did in Iowa City.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Fran would be held in higher regard if his family could demonstrate some non-bitchassness

 

[Revolver]

"here"
says the guy in Texas

Why are you doing this? It’s weird.

 

[Revolver]

Fran was the perfect rebound after The Criminal tanked the entire program to the lowest of lows. We all wish he had enjoyed more postseason success, but he was undeniably solid nearly the entire time he was at *Iowa.

*I abstained from saying “here” because I didn’t want Lifelong to jump my ass for not being at Carver Hawkeye Arena right now.

 

[Shawneemicks]

Fuckin Fran

 

[douglasbader]

I don't think that worked out like LifelongHawk thought it would.

 

[KitKatApples]

Like a lion swimming after Tuna

 

[Mitchandrsn]

Like a lion swimming after Tuna

"Well don't ignore it.... if you live in Crown Heights"

 

[BBK]

 

[Dr. Zaius]

I liked Fran in the beginning and most of the middle of his tenure, but he really damaged a lot of good will towards the end. Marge was an embarrassment pretty much the whole time and the nepo babies were a disease. I will not be rooting for him the rest of the way. However, I also will not be rooting against him the rest of the way.

 

[Revolver]

I get that Margaret was disliked and it seems like she was kind of a pain in the ass, but most of the people who say that were in no way impacted by her behavior. At one point a lady I was at a game with bitched about her going down and getting a water at the Gatorade cooler by the bench. I really didn’t understand why anyone would give a fuck.

Using Margaret as a reason you were happy Fran was let go is weird unless you had a personal relationship/interactions with her.

 

[Jim Tebow]

The real problem was of course his sons. Connor was a dick but at least tried hard. The problem with connor was of course the recruiting implications - probably hamstringing guard recruiting for the middle half of frans tenure (connor was on roster 6 years). Then Patrick of course was icing on cake. Had the absolute WRONG mentality to come in as a coachs son.

Raising kids is difficult and its not like his kids are monsters, so no judgment there from me. But in hindsight bad judgment to bring them in for 6 years a piece. And should not have played both of them over the murrays. He lost me with that.

also should have cycled in new blood with an assistant who had a clue on defense, but thats kind of beside the point.

 

[KitKatApples]

Conner took 0 minutes away from the Murrays

 

[Fritz Fequiere]

I can’t fathom why you stupid mofos waste one second thinking about Fran or caring about how Penn is doing.

 

[Jim Tebow]

Conner took 0 minutes away from the Murrays

Keep telling yourself this. Here's reality: connor started at the 4 in murrays' freshmen year. Keegan came off the bench that year. What position did keegan play? Go on. Answer the question.