https://youtu.be/ U6YQ1Wvhbp0 - IA Storms Back from 14-2 deficit to Bounce OSU out of CHA
Showing posts with label Iowa Hawkeyes Basketball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iowa Hawkeyes Basketball. Show all posts
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Monday, April 14, 2025
How Did the Iowa men's Basketball Team do?
Well? The 2024-2025 season has been over for a week - the NCAA Championship game was on 4-7-2025. On Monday, October 7, 2024, I was cautiously optimistic about the season, per Iowa men’s basketball needs its returning stars to take the next step, so I'm just hoping that the 2024-2025 season turned out better than expected.
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
IA Loses Again at OSU
Sorry, I don't believe the "Fran doesn't care" statements and I don't believe the "lack of effort" statements either. I don't believe that any kid or coach walks into an arena to not compete. Of course everyone wants to compete!
They looked good in the first half. Then, their shots started to not go in. The response was to run down the floor and launch 3s... except those didn't go in. Like any competitor, OSU capitalized.
I don't blame them for launching 3s - they made 6 of 21 - so that strategy didn't work. Dix went 0 for 7 - so zero points after putting up 31 in an earlier game -- and P Sandfort was 5 for 16 so his shots weren't falling. Should Fran tell Dix and Sandfort to stop launching 3s? I am not a coach but I've heard announcers talk about shooting your way out of a slump. Is that an outdated idea?
Basketball is a game of makes & misses. OSU had more makes; IA had more misses. They have Purdue and then WI at home before heading out east for Rutgers & MD. My hope is that IA gets 2 wins at home and the mentality that it really doesn't matter what building they are playing in - they have the ability to win on the road. They have to find that mentality for any tournament(s) they want to play in after Sunday, 3-9, at NE.
They looked good in the first half. Then, their shots started to not go in. The response was to run down the floor and launch 3s... except those didn't go in. Like any competitor, OSU capitalized.
I don't blame them for launching 3s - they made 6 of 21 - so that strategy didn't work. Dix went 0 for 7 - so zero points after putting up 31 in an earlier game -- and P Sandfort was 5 for 16 so his shots weren't falling. Should Fran tell Dix and Sandfort to stop launching 3s? I am not a coach but I've heard announcers talk about shooting your way out of a slump. Is that an outdated idea?
Basketball is a game of makes & misses. OSU had more makes; IA had more misses. They have Purdue and then WI at home before heading out east for Rutgers & MD. My hope is that IA gets 2 wins at home and the mentality that it really doesn't matter what building they are playing in - they have the ability to win on the road. They have to find that mentality for any tournament(s) they want to play in after Sunday, 3-9, at NE.
https://youtu.be/ jDJsNi_U1ro - Why Iowa Hawkeyes' road struggles continue this season after no show loss at Ohio State
Friday, December 13, 2024
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Monday, October 7, 2024
Iowa men’s basketball needs its returning stars to take the next step
It's easy for me to get amnesia when I think about the Iowa men's basketball team coming into the 2024-2025 season. I vaguely remember being frustrated during the 2023-2024 season and (maybe) losing some games that should have been won, though that could be also based upon the legacy of the Iowa men's basketball team from previous seasons. All I know is that I will cheer for the team this year and hope that they have a lot of Ws at the end of the season!
https://dailyiowan.com/2024/10/03/column-iowa-mens-basketball-needs-its-returning-stars-to-take-the-next-step - Iowa men’s basketball needs its returning stars to take the next step - The Daily Iowan
Monday, September 30, 2024
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Is it Iowa mens basketball season yet?!?
Go Hawks! Their season kicks off with four games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena:
For the past 5 years, I always think about getting season tickets for the mens games... and I never have bitten the bullet and done it.
This article is from July. Look at the structure of the URL - it has 2024, followed by a slash, then a 7, followed by a slash, then a 10, followed by a slash. The issue I have with this structure is that you will never actually have the months line up in chronological order because the 7 should be 07 to deal with the "10" for October, the "11" for November, and the "12" for December. Yes, little piddly crap like that gnaw at me on a daily basis.
- Fri-Oct 25-Men's Basketball vs. Minnesota Duluth (EXH)
- Mon Nov 4 Texas_A and M–Commerce
- Thu Nov 7 Southern University
- Tue Nov 12 South Dakota
For the past 5 years, I always think about getting season tickets for the mens games... and I never have bitten the bullet and done it.
This article is from July. Look at the structure of the URL - it has 2024, followed by a slash, then a 7, followed by a slash, then a 10, followed by a slash. The issue I have with this structure is that you will never actually have the months line up in chronological order because the 7 should be 07 to deal with the "10" for October, the "11" for November, and the "12" for December. Yes, little piddly crap like that gnaw at me on a daily basis.
From https://www.blackheartgoldpants.com/2024/7/10/24195174/iowa-hawkeye-hoops-unveils-new-look-basketball-fran-mccaffery-pat-tony-perkins-transfer-portal-bhgp - Hawkeye Hoops Unveils New Look:For the first time in the better part of a decade, the Iowa Hawkeyes are poised to start a basketball season with only the head coach bearing the last name McCaffery. In today’s world of transfer portal madness and NIL funding, the Hawkeyes lost a trio of players to the portal after last year’s 19-15 finish, including coach McCaffery’s middle son Patrick. Pat (Butler) was joined in departing by PG Dasonte Bowen (St. Bonaventure) and Tony Perkins (Mizzou).
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Friday, May 12, 2023
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Remembering the High Hopes
Remember October 2022? There have been 182 days - 6 months - since 10-12-2022 when I posted a link to a Daily Iowan article and so it feels like today is a good day to revisit this article: https://prhmusic.blogspot.com/2022/10/iowa-mens-basketball-guard-tony-perkins.html.
The Final Four for the 2022-2023 season finished 9 days (1 week, 2 days) ago so I should know on 4-12-2023 whether Tony Perkins had a fantastic junior season.
The Final Four for the 2022-2023 season finished 9 days (1 week, 2 days) ago so I should know on 4-12-2023 whether Tony Perkins had a fantastic junior season.
Saturday, April 1, 2023
Now that the 2022-2023 Season is Over
On 3-31-2022, the big news surrounding the Iowa Hawkeyes mens basketball team was that Keegan Murray was leaving the team to go to the NBA, JT was leaving the team to enter the transfer portal, and Josh Ogundule was entering the transfer portal. It was unknown whether Fran would be successful in attracting a 5 (we used to call the position a "center") from the transfer portal to the team. It was also unknown how these 3 departures, as well as the departure of Jordan Bohannon, would impact the team.
Today is 4-1-2023. I am guessing that the NCAA Tournament is nearing completion and, sadly, that even if my Hawks made the NCAA Tournament, they have been eliminated. Thus, I would have liked to revisit this article from a year ago, but I cannot because I do not subscribe, nor will I ever subscribe, to the Iowa City Press-Citizen. Here's the post from 4-1-2022, https://prhmusic.blogspot.com/2022/03/fran-talks-2022-2023-season.html, which is a link to https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/columnists/chad-leistikow/2022/03/30/iowa-basketball-retool-transfer-portal-key-returning-players-kris-murray-fran-mccaffery-recruiting/7201540001, which leads to a "You Can't Read This" page.
So, I guess, I'll speculate on the 2022-2023 season and state:
- Iowa will be surprised by the level of success they achieve.
However... - Iowa will not win the Big Ten Championship.
- Iowa will not win the NCAA Championship.
That's about all I can say.
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Monday, March 20, 2023
Saturday, March 18, 2023
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!
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