2026 NCAA Tournament

[FortWayneHoosier]

Dang would have liked to see Iowa advance been neat to see the run they been on compared to earlier this year. BM can coach 

[Demo]

No, Stan, player of the game is not hard to pick, it’s absolutely Stojakovic.

[LamarCheeks]

Brad Underwood always looks to me like a guy who either has really, really greasy hair or never showers. Or both. 

 

[RoadRage]

I picked Illinois to win it all...I haven't changed my mind!

[FortWayneHoosier]

Happy for Illinois, Underwood isn’t my favorite coach but he seems like an alright guy. Playing the winner of Duke or UConn gonna be a tall task 

[Hoosierfan1901]

Who needs an NCAA Final 4 anyways. I prefer the CIT one.

[Alford Bailey]

4 minutes ago, RoadRage said:

I picked Illinois to win it all...I haven't changed my mind!

Thought they looked like a FF team since early in the season.

[Alford Bailey]

7 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Brad Underwood always looks to me like a guy who either has really, really greasy hair or never showers. Or both. 

 

And has bad breath and BO 

[fwgreenway]

Lets see....Archie Miller, Chris Holtmann and Brad Underwood. And the winner is?

[str8baller]

27 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Not sure there are may Stirtz level players in the portal.   Kid is a stone cold killer.   Been a joy to watch the last 2 years of college.   Makes me wish I watched D2 back when he was playing there 

You guys think Stirtz made McCollum. But what if McCollum made Stirtz?

[mike vannice]

16 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Brad Underwood always looks to me like a guy who either has really, really greasy hair or never showers. Or both. 

 

I can't wait to see the look on TKR's face when he slams into Tobe Awaka and he doesn't move an inch.

[Alford Bailey]

Peak Iowa basketball right here

[Ryno6284]

3 minutes ago, str8baller said:

You guys think Stirtz made McCollum. But what if McCollum made Stirtz?

 

3 minutes ago, str8baller said:

You guys think Stirtz made McCollum. But what if McCollum made Stirtz?

McCollum won before he had Stirtz!

[kottke]

3 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

Peak Iowa basketball right here

I hope you are right but I feel like McCollum is going to continue to be a PIA going forward.

[Ryno6284]

2 minutes ago, mike vannice said:

I can't wait to see the look on TKR's face when he slams into Tobe Awaka and he doesn't move an inch.

Me too...Try to hook him and pull him down like you got fouled!

[Asha’man]

3 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

 

McCollum won before he had Stirtz!

Not at this level of basketball. Let’s see how he does now that Drake players are all going to be gone. I remember Mike Davis making it further than he did. There have been lots of tournament successes and then flame outs. Much more than the other way around. The regular season is a better barometer of how well a coach did over a single elimination tournament. And he was .500 in conference with little NIL compared to his peers. 

[Kentuckysucks]

1 minute ago, Asha’man said:

Not at this level of basketball. Let’s see how he does now that Drake players are all going to be gone. I remember Mike Davis making it further than he did. There have been lots of tournament successes and then flame outs. Much more than the other way around. The regular season is a better borometer of how well a coach did over a single elimination tournament. And he was .500 in conference with little NIL compared to his peers. 

Mike Davis didn't recruit or develop any of those players.  He inherited them as did Kevin Ollie, Tubby Smith, Bruce Weber, Hubert Davis, etc.  McCollum is on a far superior level.

[Home Jersey]

Yea Ben McCollum will definitely do much worse with players he recruits and develops at Iowa than the players he recruited and developed in D2 and at Drake. Lol 

[Asha’man]

2 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

Mike Davis didn't recruit or develop any of those players.  He inherited them as did Kevin Ollie, Tubby Smith, Bruce Weber, Hubert Davis, etc.  McCollum is on a far superior level.

I’m not saying Davis is better. I’m saying Davis made a national championship game and isn’t a good coach. So what McCollum did with Iowa is great but it doesn’t mean he will have future success. Over the course of the season he was a .500 coach in conference whose team made a run to the elite 8. Good for Iowa. I get the Dusty May hype and love but the McCollum love is weird to me. IU needs to worry about IU and all this handwringing over a coach who wanted Iowa over IU will go away. 

[Home Jersey]

I guess the Elite 8 is Ben McCollum's ceiling at 44 years old...