Penn U record setting opening
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You can play whomever you want, just doesn't count in the NET rankings and the like unless it's D1. I've never liked not counting exhibition games against actual colleges anyway, it was better when they were playing Marathon Oil, the Globetrotters, or some National team for the exhibition games. If a college is going to bother to come play just count the game for real.
Fran gets to play Rutgers in December...might have to check that one out.
You should not even get to play a D3 school. That is bad...
He's style of play will do well in the Ivy league, the other teams players are not at the level of the Big Ten and therefore defense is not as important. Penn will do well and maybe even win the conference and or conference tournament and get a NCAA bid at the end of the year. You can never know.
No offense to anyone on the board, but I am just glad the McCaffery clan is gone.
I predict Penn vs IOWA in the Round of 32 with Penn advancing to the sweet 16.
thoughts?
Fran advancing to the sweet 16?I predict Penn vs IOWA in the Round of 32 with Penn advancing to the sweet 16.
thoughts?
I predict Penn vs IOWA in the Round of 32 with Penn advancing to the sweet 16.
thoughts?
I’d predict that Iowa would be the better seed, but the neutral court would be in the state of Pennsylvania or at best somewhere on the Eastern Seaboard.
That would be one big kick to the nads for Iowa fans.I predict Penn vs IOWA in the Round of 32 with Penn advancing to the sweet 16.
thoughts?
That's the ball I know...
Penn AD said they would never play at American again.
I predict Penn vs IOWA in the Round of 32 with Penn advancing to the sweet 16.
thoughts?
And then reality set in! Fran is one stubborn coach, you'd think that after all the years he has coached, he'd eventually figure out that the game consists of not only offensive, but defense is also a major component of the game, I guess he will never learn. He's Penn's now, happy trails or not to them.
Lock it in. Wait no delete this lm drunk.I predict Penn vs IOWA in the Round of 32 with Penn advancing to the sweet 16.
thoughts?
Interesting you would bring up anything about McCaffrey. You were one of the most negatove posters when he was coaching Iowa. It was time for a change.
Upset win for Penn.
Per KenPom:
St Joes is ranked #152.
Penn is #262.
Iowa is #37.
Per KenPom:
St Joes is ranked #152.
Penn is #262.
Iowa is #37.
Fran recruited Power to come to Iowa. It took a while and a change of scenery for both, but he finally got him.
Those are huge tradition battles for philly teams.
Good for fran...happy for him.
Good for fran...happy for him.
Penn is now 6-4 after a 2 point win against Lafeyette
Penn plays at Rutgers Sat @ 7pm on BTN if anyone misses watching Fran
Penn plays at Rutgers Sat @ 7pm on BTN if anyone misses watching Fran
Penn is now 6-4 after a 2 point win against Lafeyette
Penn plays at Rutgers Sat @ 7pm on BTN if anyone misses watching Fran
Sign me up to have this on in the background. Seeing Fran T'd up while playing a B1G team would make me feel all warm and fuzzy
I like Fran. He’s a good man. He did a lot of charity work, ran a clean program, recruited good kids, uncovered some seriously underappreciated talent, and worked as hard on recruiting as any coach in the country. He also delivered some memorable wins at Iowa and, most importantly, pulled the program back from the abyss.
He wasn’t flawless. I didn’t care for the sideline tantrums, the perception of favoritism toward his sons, or, most obviously, the inability to get us past the first weekend of the Dance. That matters. Still, I remember how effusive fans were on other platforms when he was first hired, he felt like exactly what the program needed. Just as Ben is today.
In general, coaches should move on after a certain number of years. Lute Olson, Ralph Miller, and even George Raveling did it the right way. Dr. Tom has said more than once that he wishes he had left when he had the chance, on his own terms. I suspect Fran feels the same now.
Had he taken us beyond that first weekend even once or twice, the conversation around his legacy would be very different. But he didn’t. Still, as a lifelong Hawkeye, I’ll always root for him and consider him a great Hawkeye.
He wasn’t flawless. I didn’t care for the sideline tantrums, the perception of favoritism toward his sons, or, most obviously, the inability to get us past the first weekend of the Dance. That matters. Still, I remember how effusive fans were on other platforms when he was first hired, he felt like exactly what the program needed. Just as Ben is today.
In general, coaches should move on after a certain number of years. Lute Olson, Ralph Miller, and even George Raveling did it the right way. Dr. Tom has said more than once that he wishes he had left when he had the chance, on his own terms. I suspect Fran feels the same now.
Had he taken us beyond that first weekend even once or twice, the conversation around his legacy would be very different. But he didn’t. Still, as a lifelong Hawkeye, I’ll always root for him and consider him a great Hawkeye.
You must be a nice person. I mean that sincerely, that's a really good way to look at his tenure.
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