You guys are medicore. Just getting to tourney isnt anything. Wasnt one of them the First Four. Fran is living on borrowed time and the B10 was bad this year. It will be ascending back upwards the next couple of years. It will only get tougher for the poorer sisters.
these were the 1st 6 seasons when their were just 2 4* players from 2013-2016
4-14 Fran's 1st season after taking over a team that had just 3 .500 or better finishes in 11 years, and a stretch where Iowa avg 13 BT Losses per seasons and 19 total losses
8-10
9-9 1st season with a pair of 4* FR
9-9 2nd seasons when they were SO
12-6 3rd season as JR
12-6 4th season as SR but they were the only 2 4*'s on the team and year 6 of Fran's tenure
10-8 4 FR starters 3 4*'s by ESPN
4-14 3 4* SO and 2 FR 4* with one out due to illnesses that put him into the hospital.
in the 18 season these are the 4* players
PG JR Bohannon
SG FR Wieskamp
WG JR Moss
PF JR Cook [if he does not leave]
C SO Garza
these could be the starters in the 18-19 season
PG FR Connor should be 100% and is the piece this years team was missing.
Bohannon was playing on a foot injury that limited his mobility and quickness, in the 1st 26 games he had just 11 steals in the last 5 games he had 10.
not only did the steals go up so did his defense and he was rebounding more and better.
getting Bohannon 100% and having a healthy 6'5 PG Connor will improve this team immensely as will has having 6 JR's and 3 SR's again this is what hurt Iowa has there was no senior to lead this young group.
Wiesmkamp will bring that solid 5th starter that also was missing, rated 42nd 4* by Rivals. that is not the makeup of a mediocre team.