IUWBB @ #23 Iowa - Sunday, 01.12.25 @ 3:00 ET on Peacock

[Banksyrules]

Great team effort. The defense was a thing of beauty in the second half. 

[TTT]

IU had some really pretty stretches in this game and then managed to win maturely ugly.  

A great weekend for IU basketball because the IU men don’t count.

T. Moren keeps saying her team is a really good team with great potential.

[HoosierHoopster]

Nice to be able to watch some actual basketball by an IU team

And Garzon!! 
that falling away fadeaway reminded me of Dirk Nowitzki, sweet

[JSHoosier]

Just now, TTT said:

IU had some really pretty stretches in this game and then managed to win maturely ugly.  

A great weekend for IU basketball because the IU men don’t count.

T. Moren keeps saying her team is a really good team with great potential.

Went up double digits a couple times, just couldn't put their foot on Iowa's neck.

[LamarCheeks]

Winning in Iowa?

It can be done! 

Nice to see this, especially after the debacle there last year, when we had to fly out and play on the same day because of bad weather. A really tough ask. 

[Aaron]

Love the clutch 3's and responses every time Iowa made a run. Hawkeye bigs are better than Indiana's, while Hoosiers have the better guards. Today the IU back court was superior to the Hawks front court which was difference.

Def not a game I had them winning and best result of season. Iowa is not as good without Caitlin Clark but still solid and a definite postseason squad, so key win at their place.

Still not sure they can beat the top 4 (UCLA, USC, OSU, Maryland) teams in league even at home which is where they play all of them. However, outside of that, everything else is in play from fifth place down.

Still would take a miracle to be in top 4 and host again but if they can get to the six line in NCAA Tournament they could def advance with an upset of the 3 seed. I had them closer to an 8 or 9 seed and 10-8 in league. However, if they play like today, 12-6 and that 5 or 6 seed in March Madness which is far more advantageous for advancing out of first weekend is def in play. 

Also this was just the second win in Iowa City since 1994 with the only other one being during COVID year with no fans in 2021.

[maharkn]

Sidenote:  per announcers the Iowa Ladies freshman were/are the 9th ranked recruiting class in the country.

I think we missed on going after Aj’s daughter


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[maharkn]

Lily’s really struggling this season and today’s a hard matchup. 

Needs to start striplin and we need to see more of wiseman


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[Banksyrules]

Give our coach more NIL money. She needs and earned it to see if we can take the next step.

 

[TheWatShot]

17 turnovers, 23 fouls to their 15, shot half as many free throws...and led wire to wire to beat a ranked team on the road. 

 

It pays to have a winning culture. 

[OliviaPope40]

Gallo not even registering a point.

[Aaron]

2 hours ago, Banksyrules said:

Give our coach more NIL money. She needs and earned it to see if we can take the next step.

 

Based on a contradictory statement from the Hysterics in the last podcast I still am not sure if NIL is an issue or if Moren is carefully selecting less talented players who fit her system. Hysterics said in last podcast that Moren did not have enough NIL.

However, in next thought they said a current top player in the women's game would cost Moren 40% of her NIL budget. If that is the case, that seems perfectly reasonable and could definitely use that 40% on someone great with the other 60 divided amongst the other players. In any league the top player gets about 40% of the salary cap or budget. After all an NBA max deal is 40% of cap and Oumar Ballo's 1.8 mil NIL package is nearly 40% of the men's roughly 5 mil NIL budget.

That statement by Hysterics saying Moren needs more NIL and then saying she could get a top player for roughly 40% of her current NIL budget left me really confused. First part indicates she needs more money. Second part indicates while an increase would not hurt, there is certainly enough there for an elite player at the amount of money currently available without totally hamstringing the roster.    

[HoosierHoopster]

4 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Winning in Iowa?

It can be done! 

Nice to see this, especially after the debacle there last year, when we had to fly out and play on the same day because of bad weather. A really tough ask. 

Revenge is a dish best served cold 

:)

[HoosierHoopster]

3 hours ago, maharkn said:

I think we missed on going after Aj’s daughter


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Girl can shoot 

[GloryDays]

Stripland and Miester held their own against Iowas bigs which was clearly Iowa's game plan against a perceived weakness . Our shots were falling so there's that too.

So glad to see a win in the road against that bunch of pompous *****.

 .Two big ones this week.Need to pack the Hall.

I predict we win them both.

Cant believe this team isn't receiving votes in national  polls.We aren't a great team but pretty solid.

Go Hoosiers.!

 

3 hours ago, Banksyrules said:

Give our coach more NIL money. She needs and earned it to see if we can take the step.

 

 

[Stuhoo]

9 hours ago, GloryDays said:

Stripland and Miester held their own against Iowas bigs which was clearly Iowa's game plan against a perceived weakness . Our shots were falling so there's that too.

So glad to see a win in the road against that bunch of pompous *****.

 .Two big ones this week.Need to pack the Hall.

I predict we win them both.

Cant believe this team isn't receiving votes in national  polls.We aren't a great team but pretty solid.

Go Hoosiers.!

 

 

Yarden blowing kisses to the Iowa bench, and later to the Iowa crowd as she hits another (and another) three? 

Count me in.

[TTT]

Yarden exclamation:  Look at Iowa bench…we are here to win.  Blowing kisses….something she does with friends when hanging out and just having fun.

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

It's the morning after and I'm pinching myself because I'm certain it must have been a dream.  I had a really uncomfortable feeling the women might experience the same fate as the men especially after their lackluster performance in their last game.  But they came out on fire; bent a couple of times, but never let the Hawkeyes break them.  Truly a great performance and a really important road win.  Next up a Thursday night home game against Illinois (12-4) (2-3) who have played 11 of their 16 games at home.  Their record away from home 2-3.

[CSP]

54 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

It's the morning after and I'm pinching myself because I'm certain it must have been a dream.  I had a really uncomfortable feeling the women might experience the same fate as the men especially after their lackluster performance in their last game.  But they came out on fire; bent a couple of times, but never let the Hawkeyes break them.  Truly a great performance and a really important road win.  Next up a Thursday night home game against Illinois (12-4) (2-3) who have played 11 of their 16 games at home.  Their record away from home 2-3.

Illinois is also 0-3 vs Q1 

[GloryDays]

3 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Yarden blowing kisses to the Iowa bench, and later to the Iowa crowd as she hits another (and another) three? 

Count me in.

Yardens got a little Dog in her.

The press conference was great.

Morens expression when Yarden was explaining what happened.