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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
How did the 2018-19 Season Go?
I wrote this post on Thursday, 9/20/2018, with 1 month, 2 weeks, and 1 day (45 days) until the 2018-2019 season begins. There's a lot of anticipation in light of the previous disappointing season. The reason for this post is to revisit this article, published 5 years ago today:
How brave do I feel? Well, I predict the following 10 things:
Can Iowa Reverse Its Recent Tailspin With Fran McCaffery? 14 comments Can the Hawkeyes get back on track after two rough years? By Thomas Beindit@tbeindit May 9, 2018, 9:43am CDT
How brave do I feel? Well, I predict the following 10 things:
- Every player mentioned in the above article is likely to have graduated and to have moved on to the next phase in their lives and, to them, I hope they are doing well
- Coach Fran McCaffery will still be the Iowa men's basketball coach. The only way that prediction is true is if Coach has led the team over the 4 years, 7 months, 2 weeks, 5 days (1692 days) since I wrote these words.
- I work at the University of Iowa as a Senior Technical Writer - it will be my 2598th day (7 years, 1 month, 1 week, 4 days) in HCIS (though it could be called something different 5 years from now).
- I am not using RoboHelp 2015 to do my work
- Spit Out the Bone is regarded as a requirement on the Metallica setlist.
- https://hcis.healthcare.uiowa.edu/ exists and is used daily. There is a Knowledge Repository.
- I still adore Anthony Raneri?
- Brett Kavanaugh is on the Supreme Court, despite https://freebeacon.com/blog/brett-kavanaugh-found-guilty-proven-innocent , which includes this gem:
- No, like really, I still adore AR! Five years ago, there were 125,501 views for this video.
- This was not my most recent Metallica concert:
Friday, March 17, 2023
Not the Result I was Wanting
This will be a recap of the 2022-2023 season with a bit of optimism about the 2023-2024 team.
First, the bad news: Iowa lost yesterday.
While this loss is not the result any Iowa Hawkeye fan was wanting, the team that lost this game will only lose two seniors - Connor McCaffery
and Filip Lebracha - when the 2023-2024 team takes the court. Assuming no one leaves the team, I predict the starting 5 will be
Go Hawks!
While this loss is not the result any Iowa Hawkeye fan was wanting, the team that lost this game will only lose two seniors - Connor McCaffery
Career Bests
Points: 19 vs. Connecticut, 11/16/18
Rebounds: 13 vs. Michigan, 1/17/20
FGM: 6 at Michigan State, 2/13/21
FGA: 10 vs. Northwestern, 2/28/22
3-pt FG: 5 vs. Northwestern, 2/28/22
3-pt FGA: 9 vs. Northwestern, 2/28/22
FTM: 9 vs. Connecticut, 11/16/18
FTA: 11 vs. Connecticut, 11/16/18
Assists: 10 at Maryland, 1/7/21
Steals: 3, 9x, last at Penn State, 1/31/22
Blocks: 1, 8x, last vs. Illinois, 3/13/21
Minutes: 39 at Minnesota, 2/16/20
and Filip Lebracha - when the 2023-2024 team takes the court. Assuming no one leaves the team, I predict the starting 5 will be
- Aaron Ullis
- Tony Perkins
- Payton Sandfort
- Kris Murray
- Patrick McCaffery
Go Hawks!
https://youtu.be/ zXSuzh1GisY - Go Hawks!
Monday, February 20, 2023
Friday, December 9, 2022
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
So This is Funny
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SATIRE: Fran McCaffery Forces Connor McCaffery Into Transfer Portal - Wide Right & Natty Lite
SATIRE: Fran McCaffery Forces Connor McCaffery Into Transfer Portal - Wide Right & Natty Lite
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Pemsl... Sigh...
McCaffery says Pemsl 'made a big mistake'
The junior forward from Dubuque will be suspended for a second game this season, Thursday against Indiana. Look for Riley TIll to get more minutes.
How Hawkeyes can overcome Pemsl's mistake in key Indiana spot
We will learn a lot about this Hawkeye basketball team from how it collectively responds to the suspension of backup forward Cordell Pemsl.
The junior forward from Dubuque will be suspended for a second game this season, Thursday against Indiana. Look for Riley TIll to get more minutes.
How Hawkeyes can overcome Pemsl's mistake in key Indiana spot
We will learn a lot about this Hawkeye basketball team from how it collectively responds to the suspension of backup forward Cordell Pemsl.
Monday, January 6, 2020
Gloom and Doom for the Hawks?
Saturday's loss to Penn State would have earned an asterisk, despite the headline:
I know, I know. After the Iowa Hawkeyes dropped a competitive contest on Saturday, it is certainly easy to sound the horns of doom and gloom for this year's team. Certainly, in the record books, there's no asterisk next to games that were very competitive. Yes, the team is 1-2 in the league and yes, there is no easy game on the schedule. Karen, Alex, Megan, and I are attending the game on Friday at 6 PM against Maryland, who was ranked #10 in the nation when I bought the tickets. If the team had a problem with a team that was ranked 2 better (PSU was #21, Iowa, #23), it's logical to state that Friday's game will be no easy task. On top of the already dwindling bench because of Jack Nunge's ankle injury, Jordan Bohannon's hip surgery, and Patrick McCaffery's health issues, CJ Frederick went down with an ankle injury on Saturday. I believe the team was down to an 8 man rotation which I am sad to say, no, that's not likely sustainable for an entire season. The team will need to find ways to extract greatness from players who are not expected to have greatness within them. Personally, I would find a way to get John Baer into the game to see if he can create the magic his older brother created for the team last year, but I'm probably jumping the gun a bit. Certainly, the deep bench is shallow and players who didn't expect to play a lot are now going to be in a position where they must contribute more. It's a season of opportunity. I'm not going to give up on this year's team until the final game of the season, whether it is in the Big Ten Tournament, the NIT, or the NCAA. I also am not going to put a ceiling on this team. I saw an outstanding team gut out great wins already this year and I have no reason there is not more of those great wins remaining that just need to be released.
I know, I know. After the Iowa Hawkeyes dropped a competitive contest on Saturday, it is certainly easy to sound the horns of doom and gloom for this year's team. Certainly, in the record books, there's no asterisk next to games that were very competitive. Yes, the team is 1-2 in the league and yes, there is no easy game on the schedule. Karen, Alex, Megan, and I are attending the game on Friday at 6 PM against Maryland, who was ranked #10 in the nation when I bought the tickets. If the team had a problem with a team that was ranked 2 better (PSU was #21, Iowa, #23), it's logical to state that Friday's game will be no easy task. On top of the already dwindling bench because of Jack Nunge's ankle injury, Jordan Bohannon's hip surgery, and Patrick McCaffery's health issues, CJ Frederick went down with an ankle injury on Saturday. I believe the team was down to an 8 man rotation which I am sad to say, no, that's not likely sustainable for an entire season. The team will need to find ways to extract greatness from players who are not expected to have greatness within them. Personally, I would find a way to get John Baer into the game to see if he can create the magic his older brother created for the team last year, but I'm probably jumping the gun a bit. Certainly, the deep bench is shallow and players who didn't expect to play a lot are now going to be in a position where they must contribute more. It's a season of opportunity. I'm not going to give up on this year's team until the final game of the season, whether it is in the Big Ten Tournament, the NIT, or the NCAA. I also am not going to put a ceiling on this team. I saw an outstanding team gut out great wins already this year and I have no reason there is not more of those great wins remaining that just need to be released.
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Friday, April 12, 2019
Fast Forward to April 12, 2019 - How did Joe do?
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Editor's Note: This post is scheduled for publication on Friday, April 12, 2019. By this date, the 2018-2019 season for NCAA men's basketball should be in the books and Joe Wieskamp's freshman season as an Iowa Hawkeye should be done. On this day, answer the following questions:
1) Well... was Joe Wieskamp the stud Fran thought he would be?
Answer on April 10, 2019 is: __YES____________________
2) Did Patrick McCaffery lead Iowa City West to the Iowa High School State Basketball Championship game?
Answer on April 10, 2019 is: _______NO_______________
a) Does Patrick McCaffery look like he will be a stud player for the Iowa Hawkeyes during the 2019-2020 season?
Answer on April 10, 2019 is: ____Possibly_______________
3) Did Connor McCaffery rebound from mono and strep throat that prevented him from playing as a freshman during the 2017-2018 season?
Answer on April 10, 2019 is: ______YES________________
The following is the article from my "Hawk Talk Daily" email on 3/9/2018 that inspired the above questions:
FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2018
Your daily dose of black and gold...
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FROM MUSKIE TO HAWKEYE: WEISKAMP READY FOR NEXT CHAPTER
By RICK BROWN
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- As the final seconds of Joe Wieskamp's heralded Muscatine High School basketball career ticked off the clock Tuesday, University of Iowa men's basketball head coach Fran McCaffery sat in the front row of a Wells Fargo Arena suite and clapped his hands.
"Good job, Joe," McCaffery said.
It had been a conflicted 90 minutes for McCaffery, who signed Wieskamp to a National Letter of Intent in November. McCaffery had cheered for his son, Patrick, and his Iowa City West teammates in the State Class 4A quarterfinal game. The opponent had been Wieskamp and Muscatine. West won, 62-50, despite 29 points and 11 rebounds from Wieskamp -- his 46th career double-double.
"Obviously he's going to cheer for his son," said Wieskamp, a 6-foot 6-inch guard. "But hopefully he was cheering for me as well. Hopefully I can come in next year and have an impact right away."
Wieskamp finished his career with 2,376 points (26.1 per game), the most for anyone at a Class 4A school and sixth best in state history. Now it's time for Wieskamp to turn the page. After a two-week break from basketball to refresh and re-energize, he'll get back to work...as a Hawkeye.
"That's going to be the mindset," Wieskamp said. "Preparing my body, everything, for the next level."
McCaffery started tracking Wieskamp's career shortly after being named Iowa's coach in March of 2010. Wieskamp was a fifth grader. Patrick McCaffery was in fourth grade, and played up with Joe's Iowa Barnstormers AAU team.
Wieskamp committed to the Hawkeyes as a freshman, and has polished his game to the point where he's a consensus top-100 prospect nationally. He knows he brings a lot of expectations with him to Iowa.
"Committing there young, I knew that the whole state would rally around me," Wieskamp said. "I've a lot of people supporting me. There are going to be some haters out there. But I think they appreciated how I committed early and stayed true. Hopefully I can produce for them next year."
McCaffery has watched Wieskamp's game evolve, from a shooter to someone who can put the ball on the floor and get to the basket. The coach has no plans to temper expectations.
"He's ready for it," McCaffery said "I always say that's what these guys signed up for when they decided to play in the Big Ten. They want to play on a big stage. He's earned the right to be on that big stage and he's going to be really good."
So just what kind of player should Hawkeye fans expect to see?
"He makes plays," McCaffery said. "His assist-to-turnover ratio will be good. He's efficient. A lot of times you see he's scored a ton of points and you think he's taken a ton of shots. That's rarely the case. He shoots a high percentage, from both two and three. The game comes easy to him. Those guys are always in the right place."
McCaffery acknowledges that the step from high school to college is a big one.
"But he's physically ready," McCaffery said. "He's mentally ready and most importantly, his game is ready."
One of the most refreshing things about Wieskamp is the fact that he doesn't consider himself a finished product.
"I'm going to work hard in the off-season before I get there, every day, trying to get prepared for that level," Wieskamp said. "I have to add a little bit of strength to compete with those guys. They're a lot bigger in the paint, and I'm not going to be able to get those closer looks. I have to focus on my outside game, my mid-range game. I've got to focus on my ball handling, because they're going to get up into me. And they're going to be stronger, and a lot faster."
Wieskamp also goes to the videotape to pick up nuances of the game. He watches his favorite player, Devin Booker of the NBA's Phoenix Suns, every chance he gets.
"Joe fits in anywhere," McCaffery said. "He's a good rebounder and a good shooter. He can pass it and handle it. He can play anywhere from point guard to power forward. He defends. He has always played well in the clutch."
McCaffery was in the crowd when Wieskamp scored all 25 of his team's first-half points and finished with a career-best 54 against Bettendorf in a 64-50 victory on Feb. 2.
"I've never seen anything like it," McCaffery said. "Pretty impressive."
Wieskamp's resume includes making the NBPA Top 100 all-tournament team, and being chosen for the Adidas-U.S. Select Team. He has faced plenty of high-level competition on the AAU circuit playing for the Iowa Barnstormers.
"It doesn't matter whether it's high school, AAU, or a camp situation where he's thrown on a team with a coach he doesn't know and a bunch of players he doesn't know," McCaffery said. "He always excels because he has an incredible understanding of how to play. He's a fierce competitor, and he's incredibly talented."
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Thursday, February 28, 2019
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Disappointing
- Freshman Justin Ahrens scores 29, Ohio State blitzes Iowa - Buckeyes sail past Hawkeyes in second half, win 90-70
- Ohio State and Fran McCaffery both red hot in Iowa basketball's loss - Buckeyes rout Hawkeyes, 90-70, and McCaffery berates official afterward
- It was 78-67 when Connor McCaffery got his technical with 4:08 to go. McCaffery got bumped by OSU’s Keyshawn Woods when Woods had the ball and fell backward, but was charged with the personal foul. Then, a technical.
“I had no intention of getting a technical,” Connor McCaffery said. “(The official) sad it was my hand gesture. I turned away from him. I didn’t curse at him, I wasn’t yelling at him. I had no intention of getting one.
“I don’t know why, but I guess that was his decision to make.”
Ahrens made two free throws for the technical, Woods made two free throws for the personal, and it was 82-67. If Iowa had any hope of rallying to win before that sequence, it was gone.
Fifty-eight seconds later, Connor’s father got ‘T’d up. Ahrens made both foul shots from that one, too.
“I think that was just probably a little bit of frustration,” Connor said. “He had my back a little bit, too.”
Asked what his issues were with the officiating and if he said anything to an official after the game, Fran McCaffery replied “I can’t talk about that.”
About his son’s technical, he said “I asked him what happened. And he told me.”
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Good News for CM
Big Ten grants Connor McCaffery's hardship waiver Will have 4 years of basketball eligibility remaining
This is a good thing for CM - I'm happy for him.
This is a good thing for CM - I'm happy for him.
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