Iowa has at lest guaranteed losses against Purdue twice and Michigan, that gives Iowa 7 losses with still a cushion for an additional 3 losses to still make the field of 64. Plenty of time to build a resume to get er done, not time to panic yet.
Do we need to reset expectations?
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All true, And YET the women won, again, and in the end thats what matters. And Indiana at home is a tougher out then their record would indicate, especially with the rivalry thats been built the last 4 or 5 years between Iowa and Indiana in the womens game.
Consecutive losses, with one of them leading off the hardest three game stretch of the season, and it's off the rails? Gonna assume this is just a bad bit.
Doug Altenverger didva pretty good analysis. Essentially this team can overachieve but they have to play perfect and the other too bad. Iowa lacks Bigblengthband strength.
Simplified more. D2 and low D1 players. Yes this willl take time if Iowa has the NIL
The Big 10 will be an NCAA bubble onto itself.
Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota, UCLA, Ohio State.
All these teams will be fighting for some of those last spots IMO.
A win over IU in Bloomington would be HUGE! I certainly don't expect it. But just saying...
Iowa will need to win 2 or 3 games on the road to get to the tourney.
Women did win! They made great adjustments on both sides. The defensive pressure in the 3rd quarter was impressive.
My point was that everyone is upset about the men losing a road game at Minnesota against a good, not great team and then losing at home vs a ranked Illinois team.
The women struggled to beat two cellar dwellers on the road in the last two games.
At the time when I posted that I was drawing a comparison to being down 16 to an 0-5 team and looking lifeless (albeit with some injuries) being more of an issue than losing to a ranked team abs the sky falling.
The sky isn't falling for any program... other than wrestling but I don't really follow that.
Well said! It seems like with Ben there is no true weak links on this roster (that play at least)….all the players seem to know their roles and every 5 man combo works as a cohesive unit….
With past coaches/rosters there always seemed to be a huge drop off with certain combinations….(of course part of this was due to horrible recruiting). 
Need to pull off an upset or two on the road to get in. Purdue is unlikely due to size etc, but “that’s why they play the game”. Go Hawks!
Have a feeling they’ll play really well and come up gut wrenching short again. Just your typical Iowa fan kick in the balls
And? My post was in reference to Hawk08 saying it not like the womens team being down 16 to an 0-5 Indiana team. It was certainly part of the conversation.
I'm not nearly as confident in that as I was a few weeks ago. Given the schedule, they really needed the last 2 games. In addition, the offensive issues that arose in the games leading up to and including the MSU game have reared up once again. Ben needs to figure it out, because, with the exception of the ISU game, where Iowa played well but lost to a much better team, the offense has really struggled during stretches of games they've lost. If they can't fix that, they're not dancing.
I don't think they needed both. I'd feel 100% better if they had went 1-1 in them.
It's not just that they lost both. It's how they lost both and their inability to do anything offensively for long stretches at a time. BM needs to figure out why the offense operates so poorly with BS on the court at the beginning of these games. They're shooting 40% or less in those losses and are falling way behind early. You can't do that and expect to win B1G games.
Just watched the Purdue preview video with the coach. I really like this coach.
My hope is this year, we make some noise - however that is defined.
Not enough horses this year to expect any specific thing beyond that. But maybe enough noise so that donors will step up / NIL figured out, so next year's roster fills out well. Remember he had to build this from nothing with 1 exception, and a good exception he is so far.
My hope is this year, we make some noise - however that is defined.
Not enough horses this year to expect any specific thing beyond that. But maybe enough noise so that donors will step up / NIL figured out, so next year's roster fills out well. Remember he had to build this from nothing with 1 exception, and a good exception he is so far.
Iowa HAS to go on a run starting with the Rutgers game. I think they lose to Purdue and Indiana coming up, but they have a chance to win 6 in a row. If they go .500 in that stretch, we are looking at the NIT barring a deep BTT run.
That Minnesota loss really hurts. They are going to need at least 20 and maybe 21 wins to get into The Dance. Their non-conference schedule was really bad which won't help them. Ceiling is 23 wins. Worst case is 18 wins.
That Minnesota loss really hurts. They are going to need at least 20 and maybe 21 wins to get into The Dance. Their non-conference schedule was really bad which won't help them. Ceiling is 23 wins. Worst case is 18 wins.
Indiana is a very winnable game. While we obviously have only played a few true road games and been unsuccessful they are a middle of the pack to below average B1G team. Not sure they’re as good or better than Minnesota who clobbered them in Minneapolis. We could certainly win if we play well.
Have you thought about changing your screen name?
Hawks got that road win against Indiana. now two in a row, let's beat USC then head out West. We could get on a roll.
Wisconsin looked great last nite v PSU...had a 30-4 run in 1st half.
They seemingly have found their groove.
USC has talent but I expect badgers to beat them.
Hopefully USC will be road weary by next wed.
They seemingly have found their groove.
USC has talent but I expect badgers to beat them.
Hopefully USC will be road weary by next wed.