IUBB @ Iowa - Saturday, 01.11.25 @ 8:00 ET on Fox-TV

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Can we stretch our winning streak to 6 games?  Iowa (11-4) (2-2) is 9-1 at home.  They average 90 ppg while holding their opponent to 78 ppg.  They shoot 51% / 39% / 69%.  They're not a strong rebounding team with their opponents holding a 5 reb/gm edge.  They have 3 players averaging double figures and 2 more at 9 ppg.  Cooper Koch, a freshman on the team, held an IU offer.  He's appeared in 10 games averaging 13 min/gm and 4.6 ppg.  IMO the answer to my opening question is no.

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[Motley's]

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

Can we stretch our winning streak to 6 games?  Iowa (11-4) (2-2) is 9-1 at home.  They average 90 ppg while holding their opponent to 78 ppg.  They shoot 51% / 39% / 69%.  They're not a strong rebounding team with their opponents holding a 5 reb/gm edge.  They have 3 players averaging double figures and 2 more at 9 ppg.  Cooper Koch, a freshman on the team, held an IU offer.  He's appeared in 10 games averaging 13 min/gm and 4.6 ppg.  IMO the answer to my opening question is no.

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I'm sorry, I had to laugh at "holding their opponent to 78 ppg". That's 288th out of 364 D1 teams. Fran's teams have never "held" their opponents to anything. Not a shot at you at all, just found it humorous. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

1 minute ago, Motley's said:

I'm sorry, I had to laugh at "holding their opponent to 78 ppg". That's 288th out of 364 D1 teams. Fran's teams have never "held" their opponents to anything. Not a shot at you at all, just found it humorous. 

I'll let it go this time but if there's a second time.......................................  

[Hoosierfan1901]

Should be an interesting one depending how well Iowa shoots from the 3, they were like 16-34 against Nebraska. Dix/Standfort will be an handful to deal with.

[Jeff Flabjohns]

A win here and they have my full attention. Let’s just keep the final score somewhat close…no blowouts please

[HoosierCoop]

We at least need to put Fran in DEFCON mode.

[OliviaPope40]

Have to post this wouldn't be an interesting game without it.

[OliviaPope40]

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Cooper Koch won’t be available against Indiana. Fran McCaffery says medical redshirt is a possibility.

He was averaging 13 min/game and 4.6 ppg so Fran's bench takes a bit of a hit.

[str8baller]

9 hours ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Standfort 

He generally plays good against us. He probably has had this game circled on his calendar.

[Hoosierfan1901]

29 minutes ago, str8baller said:

He generally plays good against us. He probably has had this game circled on his calendar.

Hopefully he used up his 3s against Nebraska…..Iowa’s 3PT offense worries me 

[HoosierCoop]

13 hours ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Hopefully he used up his 3s against Nebraska…..Iowa’s 3PT offense worries me 

Which is bad because our 3pt defense worries me.

[RaceToTheTop]

34 minutes ago, HoosierCoop said:

Which is bad because our 3pt defense worries me.

While I get frustrated when I see some problems on switches on the perimeter, the fact is that our opponents are shooting 30% from three which puts us at the 51st spot.  And it's not that we are having opponents shoot more of them than normal -- we're right at the average three point shots against.

I do think that fans tend to be a little more critical of their own team because they can spot the problems that they have but I think those problems that we see are ones that are very common to everyone.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

15 hours ago, str8baller said:

He generally plays good against us. He probably has had this game circled on his calendar.

He sure does. He was my #1 portal wish.  lol.  he's not having a phenomenal year as his shooting as been down a bit but the open looks we will give him will be like gimmes.  Hopefully our staff is prepared to eliminate/minimize the 3 ball.  

[HoosierHoopster]

44 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

While I get frustrated when I see some problems on switches on the perimeter, the fact is that our opponents are shooting 30% from three which puts us at the 51st spot.  And it's not that we are having opponents shoot more of them than normal -- we're right at the average three point shots against.

I do think that fans tend to be a little more critical of their own team because they can spot the problems that they have but I think those problems that we see are ones that are very common to everyone.

Our perimeter D has been better. It used to be terrible, I think part of the thinking is tied to that.

[DChoosier]

Current line has Iowa favored by 4.5.

Torvik has Iowa by 5 and also has IU losing the next nine games in a row. We will see.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Don't expect Malik to play per Raby.

[Golfman25]

21 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

While I get frustrated when I see some problems on switches on the perimeter, the fact is that our opponents are shooting 30% from three which puts us at the 51st spot.  And it's not that we are having opponents shoot more of them than normal -- we're right at the average three point shots against.

I do think that fans tend to be a little more critical of their own team because they can spot the problems that they have but I think those problems that we see are ones that are very common to everyone.

The problem with “stats” is they don’t account for the teams we played vs the teams we will play.   I would expect the stats to trend worse as we get into the gauntlet we face the next few weeks.  

[schoosier]

Franimal vs Woody; who gets T’d up first?

[Hoosierfanyuh]

49 minutes ago, schoosier said:

Franimal vs Woody; who gets T’d up first?

Freeman is their only center and i think he’s very overrated, ballo should feast