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*Official* B1G In-Season Thread

Iowa fans: Realistically, what can you do about Fran here?

Seems he is "in"(is he really though?) on some big time recruits and his roster will have 2 of his kids on it next season, one of which is a major recruit.

So it seems like maybe Iowa is afraid to fire him because his kids are gone and probably some other players transfer which means a complete restart and Iowa is back down to the bottom of the conference for a while.

But it is also very clear he is never going to make Iowa a good program.

Is there support to canning him soon or is he beloved by the fan base?
to answer your question Fran is not going anywhere, when Dr. Tom was run off the year his team reached the Sweet 16 losing to the eventual National Champion UConn.
AD Bowlesby sold/conned the people into believing they deserved Championship on a annual basis.

he went out and hired Alfraud who in 8 season had just 3 BT .500 or better season going 1-3 in NCAAT. and 3 NIT's. he then left with one year on his contract.

Barta then hired Lickliter the National COY who avg'd just 5 BT wins per season

Barta then hired Fran who has done this in 9 seasons 6 .500 or better BT seasons 2-3 in the NCAAT and 3 NIT trips with a NIT Championship game appearance.

5 20+ winning season in the last 7 seasons, this year will be Iowa's 4th trip to the NCAAT in the last 6 years.also if you go by ESPN these are the 4* players
PG JR Jordan out side their top 100
SG RSJR Moss outside their top 100
SF FR Wieskamp top 100 #42 by Rivals
PF JR Cook #38 top 100 by Rivals
C SO Garza top 100 4* outside Rivals top 100
CG RSFR Connor top 100 4* outside Rivals top 100
the 19-20 season these will join the team
F FR Patrick top 100 by both ESPN and Rivals
PG FR Troussaint 4* outside ESPN top 100 and unranked 3* by Rivals
by the NY people he is rated the 2nd best player in the state and the #1 PG in the state., just named the NYC Championship MVP and is now leading his team in the State Championship Playoffs

that makes 8 4* players by ESPN.
as for the 20 class 5* Foster is listed as 100% to Iowa by 247 and 100% to Iowa by Rivals future cast [not to be confused with the fancast]

other top prospects
4* top 100 PG Beard out of Chicago
4* top 50 WG 6'6 Jackson out of NY [listed as a SF by one site and SG by the other] Fran is in on multiple top 50 4* recruits, Fran will need to replace 5 SR's and has a lot of minutes up there for grab.

the big money boosters got burned by running off the winningest coach.

Dr. Tom reached the Elite 8
2 Sweet 16 finishes
9-0 1st round NCAAT

like that was not good enough. Bowlseby gifted wrapped McDonald AA Collison for Williams of Kansas and M cDonald AA Henricht followed Collison to Kansas,

Iowa went thru the worst 11 seasons of BB in the history of the program,

now we have idiots wanting to do that again, making the NCAAT is not good enough its FF and National Championships and its fire the coach and get the coach that will recruit and sign nothing but 5* RECRUITS and win Championships [even it means cheating to do it]
 
IU fans were on here after Bell’s official visit clamoring that the gap was closing between IU & Purdue, when in reality he committed to Purdue in November. Lmaoooo

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to answer your question Fran is not going anywhere, when Dr. Tom was run off the year his team reached the Sweet 16 losing to the eventual National Champion UConn.
AD Bowlesby sold/conned the people into believing they deserved Championship on a annual basis.

he went out and hired Alfraud who in 8 season had just 3 BT .500 or better season going 1-3 in NCAAT. and 3 NIT's. he then left with one year on his contract.

Barta then hired Lickliter the National COY who avg'd just 5 BT wins per season

Barta then hired Fran who has done this in 9 seasons 6 .500 or better BT seasons 2-3 in the NCAAT and 3 NIT trips with a NIT Championship game appearance.

5 20+ winning season in the last 7 seasons, this year will be Iowa's 4th trip to the NCAAT in the last 6 years.also if you go by ESPN these are the 4* players
PG JR Jordan out side their top 100
SG RSJR Moss outside their top 100
SF FR Wieskamp top 100 #42 by Rivals
PF JR Cook #38 top 100 by Rivals
C SO Garza top 100 4* outside Rivals top 100
CG RSFR Connor top 100 4* outside Rivals top 100
the 19-20 season these will join the team
F FR Patrick top 100 by both ESPN and Rivals
PG FR Troussaint 4* outside ESPN top 100 and unranked 3* by Rivals
by the NY people he is rated the 2nd best player in the state and the #1 PG in the state., just named the NYC Championship MVP and is now leading his team in the State Championship Playoffs

that makes 8 4* players by ESPN.
as for the 20 class 5* Foster is listed as 100% to Iowa by 247 and 100% to Iowa by Rivals future cast [not to be confused with the fancast]

other top prospects
4* top 100 PG Beard out of Chicago
4* top 50 WG 6'6 Jackson out of NY [listed as a SF by one site and SG by the other] Fran is in on multiple top 50 4* recruits, Fran will need to replace 5 SR's and has a lot of minutes up there for grab.

the big money boosters got burned by running off the winningest coach.

Dr. Tom reached the Elite 8
2 Sweet 16 finishes
9-0 1st round NCAAT

like that was not good enough. Bowlseby gifted wrapped McDonald AA Collison for Williams of Kansas and M cDonald AA Henricht followed Collison to Kansas,

Iowa went thru the worst 11 seasons of BB in the history of the program,

now we have idiots wanting to do that again, making the NCAAT is not good enough its FF and National Championships and its fire the coach and get the coach that will recruit and sign nothing but 5* RECRUITS and win Championships [even it means cheating to do it]

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to answer your question Fran is not going anywhere, when Dr. Tom was run off the year his team reached the Sweet 16 losing to the eventual National Champion UConn.
AD Bowlesby sold/conned the people into believing they deserved Championship on a annual basis.

he went out and hired Alfraud who in 8 season had just 3 BT .500 or better season going 1-3 in NCAAT. and 3 NIT's. he then left with one year on his contract.

Barta then hired Lickliter the National COY who avg'd just 5 BT wins per season

Barta then hired Fran who has done this in 9 seasons 6 .500 or better BT seasons 2-3 in the NCAAT and 3 NIT trips with a NIT Championship game appearance.

5 20+ winning season in the last 7 seasons, this year will be Iowa's 4th trip to the NCAAT in the last 6 years.also if you go by ESPN these are the 4* players
PG JR Jordan out side their top 100
SG RSJR Moss outside their top 100
SF FR Wieskamp top 100 #42 by Rivals
PF JR Cook #38 top 100 by Rivals
C SO Garza top 100 4* outside Rivals top 100
CG RSFR Connor top 100 4* outside Rivals top 100
the 19-20 season these will join the team
F FR Patrick top 100 by both ESPN and Rivals
PG FR Troussaint 4* outside ESPN top 100 and unranked 3* by Rivals
by the NY people he is rated the 2nd best player in the state and the #1 PG in the state., just named the NYC Championship MVP and is now leading his team in the State Championship Playoffs

that makes 8 4* players by ESPN.
as for the 20 class 5* Foster is listed as 100% to Iowa by 247 and 100% to Iowa by Rivals future cast [not to be confused with the fancast]

other top prospects
4* top 100 PG Beard out of Chicago
4* top 50 WG 6'6 Jackson out of NY [listed as a SF by one site and SG by the other] Fran is in on multiple top 50 4* recruits, Fran will need to replace 5 SR's and has a lot of minutes up there for grab.

the big money boosters got burned by running off the winningest coach.

Dr. Tom reached the Elite 8
2 Sweet 16 finishes
9-0 1st round NCAAT

like that was not good enough. Bowlseby gifted wrapped McDonald AA Collison for Williams of Kansas and M cDonald AA Henricht followed Collison to Kansas,

Iowa went thru the worst 11 seasons of BB in the history of the program,

now we have idiots wanting to do that again, making the NCAAT is not good enough its FF and National Championships and its fire the coach and get the coach that will recruit and sign nothing but 5* RECRUITS and win Championships [even it means cheating to do it]

giphy.gif
 
just like most of you can't stand the fact that this season they went from a 4 win BT season to a 10 win season, another + 20 win season and another NCAAT Bid plus they lose just one player in former walk on Baer.

next years team is going to be even better with more depth. this something that you really can't stand knowing that Iowa will be far better than this year,
 
just like most of you can't stand the fact that this season they went from a 4 win BT season to a 10 win season, another + 20 win season and another NCAAT Bid plus they lose just one player in former walk on Baer.

next years team is going to be even better with more depth. this something that you really can't stand knowing that Iowa will be far better than this year,

20 conference games now. 10 conference wins isn’t impressive anymore.
 
IU fans were on here after Bell’s official visit clamoring that the gap was closing between IU & Purdue, when in reality he committed to Purdue in November. Lmaoooo
Lol. You’re such a douchebag. Go back and read the comments. Yes, we read the gap had closed. There wasn’t anyone (to my knowledge) that had any realistic thought we were going to land Bell. Every IU fan essentially said they expected Bell to pick Purdue.

You, Toast and some others just got your panties all bunch up at even the minuscule comments that IU fans made. Pretty clear example of why you and others get made fun of and trolled.
 
Unfortunately not...spent the night watching the UFC fights

Saw them last year. Had a blast it I’m a massive Bone Thugs fan. My two complaints would be:

1. Krayzie bone doesn’t sing live. Ever. He lip synced the entire concert. Don’t even think his mic was on.

2. At the end they did this really creepy thing where they called all the girls on stage and had them all dance to twerking songs and one by one called them back stage using the dancing as some sort of elimination. Like I get it, but it’s creepy as hell.
 
just like most of you can't stand the fact that this season they went from a 4 win BT season to a 10 win season, another + 20 win season and another NCAAT Bid plus they lose just one player in former walk on Baer.

next years team is going to be even better with more depth. this something that you really can't stand knowing that Iowa will be far better than this year,

Actually no one cares because they know Fran won’t do anything in the tournament.
 
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Saw them last year. Had a blast it I’m a massive Bone Thugs fan. My two complaints would be:

1. Krayzie bone doesn’t sing live. Ever. He lip synced the entire concert. Don’t even think his mic was on.

2. At the end they did this really creepy thing where they called all the girls on stage and had them all dance to twerking songs and one by one called them back stage using the dancing as some sort of elimination. Like I get it, but it’s creepy as hell.
Wouldn’t the “girls” in the crowd for Bone Thugs be all middle aged moms at this point?
 
Didn’t realize tge younger generations had discovered Bone Thugs. I mean, those dudes were big 25 yrs ago. Women in their 20s-30s either weren’t born yet or were in diapers.

I'm 30 and a huge Bone Thugs fan. Plenty of people younger than me at the concert. Some probably got free tickets because the venue it was at is constantly giving out a lot of free ones.
 
just like most of you can't stand the fact that this season they went from a 4 win BT season to a 10 win season, another + 20 win season and another NCAAT Bid plus they lose just one player in former walk on Baer.

next years team is going to be even better with more depth. this something that you really can't stand knowing that Iowa will be far better than this year,
Will u just shut up for one day?????? No one cares about ur level of obsession with Iowa and we don't need to be corrected by ur ass every five mins on this board.
 
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just like most of you can't stand the fact that this season they went from a 4 win BT season to a 10 win season, another + 20 win season and another NCAAT Bid plus they lose just one player in former walk on Baer.

next years team is going to be even better with more depth. this something that you really can't stand knowing that Iowa will be far better than this year,

Iowa sucks this year, bottom of the barrel team, they have no where to go but up next year
 
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I was at the Maryland game tonight and we destroyed a previously undefeated Marshall. I know Marshall is no top 25 team but I did not read one complimentary comment on the Terps in the entire thread. We have a solid starting five. Everything in this thread is about Michigan, Michigan State and Indiana and the rest of the Big Ten stinks. Maryland has been treated like Rutgers ever since we came into this mid-western conference. Sucks we have to play Virginia on Wednesday but I think every Big Ten team will have trouble winning at College Park this year. You'll see.

Pretty spot on post. We were so close to being undefeated at home in conference play.
 
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