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    What was your favorite game of Iowa’s run to the Elite 8?

    This is a tough one for me. Gotta give the UF game the slight nod on this one. Beating the Bugeaters in the Sweet16 will never not be a highlight, in any season or situation. But beating a 1 - the previous national champ, to boot - as a 9 to reach the second weekend for the first time in 27...
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    Good News for Josh Dix

    OT - Maybe they just needed a new waterboy, but what are the Suns thinking? They signed Sam Hoiberg to a UFA deal. Not sure where you find PT for a midget sorta-PG in the NBA.
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    What was your favorite game of Iowa’s run to the Elite 8?

    Same as Duke's order of favorite games from the '26 NCAAT. Although I disagree somewhat with HAWKNESS. It was great reaching the Sweet16 again for the first time in 27 years, and watching Iowa playing an extra NCAAT game was awesome ... but it would have bummed me out for a while if they had...
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    Ben improving the schedule

    No. I don't think the Hawks are allowed to play in a T'giving tourney this season - that or couldn't find a place to slot in somewhere - thus the need/reason for the 3 neutral site games against major conference opponents.
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    Stirtz starting five prediction

    Please God no. Last thing the program/UI sports needs is more potential problems with nepotism complaints and disparagement. Still way too soon.
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    Former Iowa guard transfer destination.

    Call me a 'get off my lawn' guy, but I am so sick of seeing "... his agent tells/says ..." in these types of news bits. Collegiate athletes needing agents, very much mostly due to just NIL. smdh
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    Iowa purchases basketball court used for 2026 NCAA Houston Regional Elite Eight

    As long as it doesn't give me migraines or cause seizures to look at, I don't really care what the floor - new or same - will look like. Wins & losses trumps all of that fluff.
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    RIP to a Message Board Great

    That guy always went to the mat for his Moline boys. So long, IllQChawk. RIP. Shame you're gone, as we were finally staring to see things on a shared level with the new coach & system.
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    "With NIL we [Kentucky] can't cheat like we used to."

    Can we talk about the most important part of that clip? That being Michelle Beadle.
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    last shot by Alvaro vs fla.

    Not sure of your thought process here, but he is passing it to a wide open teammate when his team needs a bucket to tie the game or take the lead with just seconds remaining in the game. Why in the world would he immediately try and call a time out after passing it in that situation?!
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    College basketball free agency in full swing.

    And these guys making millions from schools/NIL are also on scholarship, right? So not only are they making millions to play sport, all their school fees and whatever else is being paid for as well. WhyTF would these athletes ever want to go into their sport's professional version?? Their...
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    College basketball free agency in full swing.

    Just got an ESPN app update that "Eliot Cadeau and Michigan have reached a deal for the star PG to return for his senior season". Not even trying to hide what it all really is anymore. Headlines like that in the past used to just simply read "Cadeau returning to Michigan for senior season".
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    Can We Please Slow Our Roll on the Curt Cignetti Comparisons or the Immediate Contract Renegotiation?

    Pretty much never gonna find a coach that suits your standards if reaching a round in the NCAA Tournament that hasn't been seen at Iowa in 4 decades - in their FIRST season, with a sub-optimal roster - isn't good enough for you. Someone also said that Iowa reached the Elite8 by "being a little...
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    Is it assumed Alvaro returns?

    I'm truly on the fence about wanting Alvaro back or not. As we well know, when he scored double-digits in games, Iowa was 15-1. And below .500 when he didn't. So that's empirical evidence that when he does play well, he's a great benefit to his team. And when he doesn't, he was more often...
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    *****Iowa vs Illinois NCAAT Game Thread*****

    Iowa only had a 2-pt lead at the time, but wish I had the science fiction ability to see possible future outcomes from a static point in time. Speaking of the 7-8+ minute delay caused by the horn malfunction. Do things stay the same if it didn't happen? Change a little?? A lot??? I know, I...
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