It's why it's tough to say what they will do in that situation. As some have said, sometimes it's not about the money. I think that is a risky position to rely on though. I'd prefer the "it may not be about the money, but money isn't the reason you will be leaving if you choose to do so" approach. How much you pay someone is something the school can control.
Sweet 16!!! We overcame Horse Sh*t officiating, 8 Missed FTs & 17 missed Threes
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amazing what he has done in his FIRST YEAR
You'll have to imagine it, cuz the kid who grew up a Hawkeye fan ain't goin' anywhere. And besides, as I noted earlier, Iowa is in the Sweet Sixteen. Kentucky and its massive NIL and fan base is sitting at home after being drubbed. Why would Ben take a step down?
Stirtz was 0-9 from three. Most were good looks. He just missed. He even missed a FT. Before the tourney started, Stirtz said he didn't like the NCAA basketball they were using. He's gone on to have two of his worst shooting games of the year. The basketball may have thrown him off. He's likely to make the adjustment and be back on track for Thursday.
NIL is overrated?
* Ben said Iowa couldn't afford a big in last year's transfer portal.
* Ben said that Bennett & Tavion would have gotten A LOT more money had they gone elsewhere. Imagine where we'd be without those 2.
Crazy that Alvaro came to the USA at age 16 not knowing a word of English. Well, he probably knew a few words....
when you look at all that Iowa had to overcome, it really is a miracle they pulled that off.
if I had said Bennet would go 0-9 from three and Tavion would miss 5 FTs, I don't think many on here would think Iowa would win.
And the announcers couldn't figure out why Ben was so pissed
I was surprised their guard thought he had enough time to drive under the basket, make a pass, and have their big put it in. To not even get a shot off....damn....
Great points. I don't think he leaves any time soon either but he has to be a bit jealous of the NIL budgets & rabid fan bases of Kentucky & Kansas.
Iowa State fans never thought Matt Campbell would leave; the right job came along & he couldn't pass up the Penn State salary, NIL budget, massive resources, 100,000 seat stadium & rabid fan base.
If Stirtz had been 2-9 or 3-9 from three and Tavion had not missed 5 FTs, we win a bit more comfortably.
Just a helluva job by Ben & his staff.
Can you imagine being an assistant and learning from Ben? I wonder how long it will be before one of his assistants leaves for a head coaching job at some level (mid major, etc).
It’s not 20 years ago and we play in the richest conference
Apples to oranges comaprison
did Matt have lifelong connections to Iowa state? Did he coach in the richest conference? Is Iowa state historically anything at football?
The part of the postgame presser that isn’t being reported on very much that I’ve seen is when Ben indicated that he found something, a tweak, that would work against Florida’s defense at 2 or 3 in the morning and implemented it the morning of the game! It might look the same to us, but it wasn’t the same offense Florida saw on tape. He’s obsessed with winning.If Stirtz had been 2-9 or 3-9 from three and Tavion had not missed 5 FTs, we win a bit more comfortably.
Just a helluva job by Ben & his staff.
Can you imagine being an assistant and learning from Ben? I wonder how long it will be before one of his assistants leaves for a head coaching job at some level (mid major, etc).
Neither of those teams are in the Sweet 16. We are. I'd say maybe they're just a little jealous of us right now.
Hawks have been snake-bit in close games last six weeks or so. Hate to say I was expecting the worst, but I was. Great day to be a Hawks fan!
Iowa may be in a rich conference BUT Iowa is not rich.
The Iowa athletic department only pays roughly $3.5M to $4.0M directly to MBB players via revenue sharing.
The rest of player income comes from rich alumni and lets face it, Iowa doesn't have many of those.
Ben said bigs are expensive & Iowa couldn't afford a big from last year's transfer portal.
Speaking of history, Iowa hasn't been to a Final Four in 46 years. You can't say that about Kentucky & Kansas.
Ben is begging the Iowa fans to come to Carver & watch his team play; he wouldn't have to do that at Kentucky & Kansas.
Just sayin'.
The play was designed for Xaivian to drive to the basket, go up for the shot, make the shot, or draw contact for a possible foul. Our defense didn't give him the opportunity to just lay it up. At the last instant, he tried to flip it to Thomas, but time ran out.
I assume you're joking. The Florida bigs were shoving Us in the back on mini rebounds and that late call on the Miss free throw was almost as criminal as all of the out-of-bounds calls they gave Florida that we had to waste reviews on. Florida should have had us shooting free throws before they were both halves.
And what did it get them? And Iowa St who you claim is backed by their billionaire is not much above us. But kudos to Ben who we know has definitely done way more with less than any team on here.
Tbh I was a bit surprised Ben didn’t have us defend the guy inbounding the ball. I trust his judgement in those scenarios tho.
Upon further review, "Mike Frank" has 82 followers; everyone is calling him out, saying he made the numbers up.
There can be but “after time expires” gives the ref a legit out not to call anything, too.
Thanks for posting this. That was a fun 6 minutes to watch!
unless you ask yourself how much is enough, And you are loyal to something other than money.