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

    The Florida game. It was easily the biggest upset of the bunch and Iowa had the lead throughout much of it. Plus the late dagger and it went down to the final buzzer. Although the Nebraska game was a round deeper, it was a more frustrating game to watch because Iowa was behind the entire game...
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    26-27 Non Conference schedule

    Nice add to the schedule. Bama has been tough in recent years, so that'll be an opportunity for a big non-con quad 1 (presumably) win. Also the game is in DSM which I believe will count as a neutral court, which the NET will like.
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    Off season arena thread

    Agree, that's way too much. Simpler is usually better.
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    Off season arena thread

    From what I'm seeing so far, looks like a missed opportunity to change things up. Like at all. Other than no more parquet, it looks like the same old black floor with the "Iowa" font that we already have been seeing on the jerseys, the football field, etc. Never really been a big fan of that...
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    Fire Stephanie White

    Put me in the camp of not firing your coach 3 games into a 40+ game season. Unless the wheels completely come off this thing or there is some major locker room drama/chemistry issues going on with the players and coaches, I'm more of a "make the move at the end of the season" kind of guy.
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    Iowa purchases basketball court used for 2026 NCAA Houston Regional Elite Eight

    Maybe a gold more like what Mackey used to have back in the 80s? Iowa's court in the 80s and 90s was admittedly a pretty bright yellow. I didn't mind it myself, but agree that more of a gold as opposed to bright yellow would look good. If they do stick with the black, I hope they at least...
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    Iowa purchases basketball court used for 2026 NCAA Houston Regional Elite Eight

    Interested to see what it's going to look like. I hope they go back to a gold/yellow look, though I expect it'll still be black. Just as long as it looks good, though. Although it was unique, I honestly was never a big parquet fan so I'm not all that sad to see it go.
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    I keep looking at this forum hoping to see Tavion Banks is coming back.

    About where I'm at, at this point. If that's the rule, then just do it and deal with whatever comes, if anything, later.
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    Major Dirt coming out on Fran & Margaret (who was heckling from the crowd) related to a Coaches vs Cancer event

    Show me players that ever badmouth the coach they chose to play for in college. Just doesn't happen. Except for MAYBE the guy Bob Knight choked in practice (I forget the player's name).
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    Major Dirt coming out on Fran & Margaret (who was heckling from the crowd) related to a Coaches vs Cancer event

    Yeah, Lickliter was a low bar to clear. Even with what I said about Fran and the program, he won all of 4 NCAA games in a decade and a half, which is nothing to jump up and down about. Ben won almost that many in a single tournament... Then there is the topic of this thread, regarding the...
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    4-star Iowa target Donovan Davis down to 5 schools, sets commitment date

    Agreed - they will need to replace his offensive production for sure, but I also recall the regular season Illinois game where Iowa made a pretty good run and got back into the game with Stirtz on the bench. I forget, but I assume he was in foul trouble or something.
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    Major Dirt coming out on Fran & Margaret (who was heckling from the crowd) related to a Coaches vs Cancer event

    Glad we have Ben. I remember something about the rogue 2017 contract extension but I hadn't heard (or I forgot) about any of this regarding Keith Murphy, the C v C incident and such. Heckling someone at a C v C benefit? Really, Margaret? Grow up. Seems like the entire McCaffery family is...
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    Iowa is working on a contract extension for Ben McCollum

    OK, that gets Ben into the top third or so in the conference. It's not nuts but very very solid. I like it.
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    If Tavion Banks returns in 2026-27, we would have 0 Open Roster Spots (14 players are officially signed)

    I don't think the pace next year will be quite as slow as it was. As you said, the ball often ended up back in Bennett's hands and he ended up having to create something with the shot clock running out. Iowa will still run its offense and look for a good shot - Ben's teams will never play what...
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    Iowa is working on a contract extension for Ben McCollum

    Thanks for posting.. This is about what I thought I saw. Yeah, people can shout from the rooftops about Ben making $3.5M - sounds like a lot to average Joes (speaking for myself, anyway) but this just goes to show that $3.5M isn't what it used to be. Maybe I overshot my guess of $5-6M, but...
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