NCAA Tournament 2026

[MuggsyB]

Fk.  Fouls could become a prob for Iowa. 

[MuggsyB]

WTF?  I missed what happened and the reason for this delay.

[MUDPT]

WTF?  I missed what happened and the reason for this delay.

They couldn't turn off the arena's buzzer. Literally

[Jay Bee]

Shoulda called willie for a quick buzz kill

[MuggsyB]

Terrible 2nd foul on Stirtz.  Smh. 

[Billy Hoyle]

McCollum is easily one of the top 10 coaches in the country. Our next AD hired him at Drake. 

[MuggsyB]

Stirtz is a pro.  But the rest of that Iowa team?  Not much there. If they pull this off?  Build McCollum a statue in I-City. 

[MuggsyB]

McCollum is easily one of the top 10 coaches in the country. Our next AD hired him at Drake. 

Oh...absolutely no question Ben McCollum is the real deal.  What an incredible job he's done. 

[MuggsyB]

Iowa doesn't have enough. The size of Illinois is just unfair.

[wadesworld]

Iowa doesn't have enough. The size of Illinois is just unfair.

It's a tie game.

[MuggsyB]

It's a tie game.

Yes...but you can see the talent discrepancy. 

[wadesworld]

Yes...but you can see the talent discrepancy. 

You could with Florida too. Try just enjoying the game rather than calling every game over when a team takes a 1 point lead. Iowa has the best player on the floor and maybe the best coach in the game. It's tied at the under 12 timeout. Acting like Iowa has no chance is insane.

[MuggsyB]

You could with Florida too. Try just enjoying the game rather than calling every game over when a team takes a 1 point lead. Iowa has the best player on the floor and maybe the best coach in the game. It's tied at the under 12 timeout. Acting like Iowa has no chance is insane.

I'm trying the reverse jinx strategy. 

[MuggsyB]

Fk.

[brewcity77]

Iowa doesn't have enough. The size of Illinois is just unfair.

Yeah, and the tightening whistle hurts them more. They can't defend if they can't do so physically.

[MuggsyB]

Yeah, and the tightening whistle hurts them more. They can't defend if they can't do so physically.

Good point. 

[Uncle Rico]

Fun season for Iowa but ultimately a complete and total failure.

[brewcity77]

If we have four scholarships, we need two bigs, a reserve PG, and a wing. If we have three, we need two bigs and a combo that can play 1-3. Size is king.

[wadesworld]

Purdue bigs are absolutely elite at hooking defenders while going for offensive rebounds.

[wadesworld]

If we have four scholarships, we need two bigs, a reserve PG, and a wing. If we have three, we need two bigs and a combo that can play 1-3. Size is king.

Size plus 24 year old freshman who have been playing professional basketball overseas for 3 years.

[Small Orange Soda]

Size plus 24 year old freshman who have been playing professional basketball overseas for 3 years.

Seem worth pursuing in this day and age.

[brewcity77]

Size plus 24 year old freshman who have been playing professional basketball overseas for 3 years.

I'm not talking about Illinois specifically. I'm talking about Michigan, Arizona, Purdue, Duke, Florida, Michigan St, Arkansas, for the most part the teams that are advancing can roll out 3-4 legit big men.

[Billy Hoyle]

Size plus 24 year old freshman who have been playing professional basketball overseas for 3 years.

Which one is that? The oldest player for Illinois is the kid Humrichous (sp?) who is 24 and got a Pavia waiver after playing NAIA.

The Eastern European freshman, Mirkovic, is 20, the Ivisic twins are 22, they do have a 23 year old sophomore who averages under 2ppg

[MuggsyB]

Not a good 1H for Zona.  We'll see if Lloyd has made any adjustments.

[barfolomew]

I'm not talking about Illinois specifically. I'm talking about Michigan, Arizona, Purdue, Duke, Florida, Michigan St, Arkansas, for the most part the teams that are advancing can roll out 3-4 legit big men.

Sure would have been nice to have gotten that Lucas Morillo commitment - a 6'7" combo guard compliment to Nigel for next year? Yes, please.