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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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    Iowa is working on a contract extension for Ben McCollum

    I forget exactly where that $3.35M ranked in the Big 10 but I thought it was bottom third in the conference. Ben deserves a raise, at least. Maybe Ben is staying regardless, but I don't think taking anyone for granted is ever a great idea.
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    McCollum finalizing new six year contract

    Yeah, and it sounds like Ben turned down the opportunity to even interview with UNC. Tells me a lot about how Ben feels about the Iowa job. Same regarding Alford. At the time, it seemed like Alford was a home run hire, so was glad when he had that presser saying he was committed at Iowa. But...
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    Iowa is working on a contract extension for Ben McCollum

    Looks like he was getting $3.35M this year. $6M seems like a fair guess. $5M minimum I'd think. If what I see is accurate, Izzo is the highest paid coach in the league at $7.2M. Doubt Ben gets that much. Yeah, I'd guess $5-6M range.
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    How many $20 plus million rosters are there heading into 2026-27? "Educated guess? I would say 20 to 25."

    Today he says $14M. What about next year? 5 years from now? 10?
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