2026 NCAA Tournament

[Mopladysman]

We got screwed by timing again.  If Fran doesn’t move on maybe we’d have him.  Oh well. 

[Asha’man]

Just now, Home Jersey said:

Lots of coping about this being as good as Iowa will ever be... McCollum is the real deal. 

To me that’s the reality not coping. He won’t get more NIL. Iowa struggled to pay their football NIL last year. A large booster had to cover it all to keep things whole. He got a Stirtz discount bc he had him since his freshman year at multiple universities. They will be solid but this team will be about as good as it gets. Good for them. 

[Stuhoo]

Just now, TheWatShot said:

McCollum the next coach at Kansas or UNC? 

No way.

He’s much more likely going to be motivated to stick it to teams that have overlooked him.

[TheWatShot]

Arizona has heated up to 38% shooting and now leads by 18. 

[sirhoosierlot]

Just now, Asha’man said:

To me that’s the reality not coping. He won’t get more NIL. Iowa struggled to pay their football NIL last year. A large booster had to cover it all to keep things whole. He got a Stirtz discount bc he had him since his freshman year at multiple universities. They will be solid but this team will be about as good as it gets. Good for them. 

They said that about 2024 IUFB 

[Home Jersey]

Just now, Asha’man said:

To me that’s the reality not coping. He won’t get more NIL. Iowa struggled to pay their football NIL last year. A large booster had to cover it all to keep things whole. He got a Stirtz discount bc he had him since his freshman year at multiple universities. They will be solid but this team will be about as good as it gets. Good for them. 

You're ignoring the fact Ben McCollum wins at an exceptional rate.

[RoadRage]

Florida should have watched the Ohio State game....4 seconds is not enough time to do all that!

[Jeff Flabjohns]

Just now, Home Jersey said:

You're ignoring the fact Ben McCollum wins at an exceptional rate.

I googled it, it’s true. 

[Asha’man]

2 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

McCollum the next coach at Kansas or UNC? 

No way UNC would take him. It would be blasphemy to play that slow in Chapel Hill. No coach has a monopoly on winning. So UNC will get someone that will play a style that fits their DNA. 

[Home Jersey]

I've read McCollum may "value" the Kansas job but wouldn't bet on him leaving Iowa.

[Stuhoo]

UF’s guards have been their weakest players. Fland had a great defensive game until Iowa’s last possession and then he really f’d up by letting Stirtz catch it on the run past the three point circle.

And Lee clearly needed to stop and get a shot up.

And Golden REALLY messed up that possession with 8.9 seconds left. Took Iowa 3.5 seconds to get a wide open shot.

[Asha’man]

1 minute ago, Home Jersey said:

You're ignoring the fact Ben McCollum wins at an exceptional rate.

Never said he didn’t. But the talent level is what it is.  It won’t be better than this year. I’ve never said he isn’t a good coach or he doesn’t win. I just maintain it’s terrible basketball to watch and I wouldn’t want him coaching my favorite team. Other coaches can win big and play a better style. It’s not like McCollum will win a national title and nobody else ever will until he retires. 

[Asha’man]

How about the Big Ten? Cmon Bruce Pearl, let’s hear about the SEC grind!

[BA47591]

Of all the first year coaches, how'd we do?

[Home Jersey]

Just now, Asha’man said:

Never said he didn’t. But the talent level is what it is.  It won’t be better than this year. I’ve never said he isn’t a good coach or he doesn’t win. I just maintain it’s terrible basketball to watch and I wouldn’t want him coaching my favorite team. Other coaches can win big and play a better style. It’s not like McCollum will win a national title and nobody else ever will until he retires. 

He's certainly got his program in much better position than Indiana's! Money isn't everything. Lol... the guy who is doing more with less. Going to the second weekend and knocked off the #1 seed defending champs on that shoestring budget of his. You think his recruiting is only going to get worse at Iowa compared to the D2 school he was at after putting Stirtz in the NBA? We will see. I wouldn't bet against the guy. 

[Demo]

What an atrocious defensive structure by Florida. I don’t get what they thought were trying to take away. Not taking away the guy you knew was gonna get it  and not only that, allowing him to use an innocuous screen to receive it on the dead run with his defender in a trail position and creating practically speaking a straight up fast break opportunity. That was bad bad. 

[LamarCheeks]

9 minutes ago, Jeff Flabjohns said:

Six B1G teams in the S16. 

We did our part by losing to all six! 

[Napleshoosier]

Did Pope cry today?

[Jeff Flabjohns]

Just now, LamarCheeks said:

We did our part by losing to all six! 

Hey, we took one off Purdue! Might be two wins if UCLA can keep hanging tough. 

[Magnanimous]

I’ll repeat what I said in 2021, Ben McCollum is the best coach in the country. Glad we didn’t hire him…