BEAT IOWA!
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I read the Iowa Rivals link that someone here posted. In their minds, they’ve already blown past us. Their talk is next rounds into Final Four. Only a few comments posted about UR and not much concern on their part. These are fans that need to be shown an early exit Thursday scratching their heads.
Appreciate that…I love basketball and eventually these tough times for Dji will end and dare I say brighter days ahead 😉😂 If we can knock out Iowa I like our side in next round. 🕷🏀
3:10 on Thursday…. Of course it’s the one day I’m caught up this week.
Iowa played 4 games in 4 days as well, and I am sure they would much rather play on Friday, same as Richmond. Just dropped by to pay my respects and hope for a great game.
Arrogance is the number 1 weakness in March. God I hope Richmond serves them up a dish of horse manure. They have the capability.
Spiders are little different than most teams in how we approach the game. Over emphasize some aspects and under emphasize others IMO. Nevertheless, if you haven't seen or played us before, it can be disconcerting. Thought we had a good chance to win today. Believe even a better chance Thursday.
we welcome respectful posters, come back any time; certainly the Hawks will be favored but I like the focus our guys are showing and playing pretty loose right now
Ken Pom rates them as the second best offense in the tournament apparently, but Davidson was a top-10 offense in the country, so...
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| NUMBER | NAME | POSITION | HEIGHT | WEIGHT | CLASS | HOMETOWN | HIGH SCHOOL | PREVIOUS SCHOOL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | Riley Mulvey | C | 6-11 | 245 lbs. | Fr. | Rotterdam, N.Y. | St. Thomas More | @MulveyRiley | ||
| 30 | Connor McCaffery | G | 6-5 | 205 lbs. | RS Sr. | Iowa City, Iowa | West | @connor_m30 | @connor_m30 | |
| 25 | Luc Laketa | G | 6-4 | 180 lbs. | Fr. | Concord, Mich. | Hanover Horton | Winchendon (MA) | @LaketaLuc | |
| 24 | Kris Murray | F | 6-8 | 225 lbs. | So. | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Prairie/DME Sports Academy (FL) | @KrisMurray24 | ||
| 23 | Josh Ogundele | F | 6-11 | 265 lbs. | So. | London, England | Worcester Academy | @damijosh2047 | @joshhogundele | |
| 22 | Patrick McCaffery | F | 6-9 | 200 lbs. | RS So. | Iowa City, Iowa | West | @patrickmccaff22 | ||
| 20 | Payton Sandfort | G | 6-7 | 215 lbs. | Fr. | Waukee, Iowa | Waukee | @Payton_20_ | @Payton.20_ | |
| 15 | Keegan Murray | F | 6-8 | 225 lbs. | So. | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Prairie/DME Sports Academy (FL) | @keegan3murray | ||
| 14 | Carter Kingsbury | G | 6-4 | 225 lbs. | Fr. | Ponca, Neb. | Brewster Academy (NH) | @CarterKingsbury | @carterkingsbury | |
| 13 | Austin Ash | G | 6-3 | 180 lbs. | RS Sr. | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | Mount Vernon | @upsideash | ||
| 11 | Tony Perkins | G | 6-4 | 210 lbs. | So. | Indianapolis, Ind. | Lawrence North | @Saucy___T | ||
| 4 | Ahron Ulis | G | 6-3 | 195 lbs. | So. | Chicago Heights, Ill. | Marian Catholic | @AhronUlis | ||
| 3 | Jordan Bohannon | G | 6-1 | 175 lbs. | RS Sr. | Marion, Iowa | Linn-Mar | @JordanBo_3 | ||
| 2 | Joe Toussaint | G | 6-0 | 190 lbs. | Jr. | Bronx, N.Y. | Cardinal Hayes | @jtoussaint_2 | ||
| 0 | Filip Rebraca | F | 6-9 |
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Fans may be arrogant and not respecting the Spiders but I that doesnt mean the Iowa coaches or players are. But they arent a perennial March team so who knows. Might over look the Spiders.
How does beating Iowa in Buffalo get revenge for a game against Kansas in San Anatonio? No one on this team was even in high school then.
They are actually like Davidson on steroids. A bunch of guys that can shoot and really score. They play pretty fast paced for a big ten team and are hotter than almost anyone right now. This will be a very tall order.
Greetings Spiders. Should be a fun game Thursday afternoon. It‘ll be interesting to see who recovers better after such a short turnaround.
One note on the UVA reference. That was a good early road win for our guys, but this team has improved by leaps and bounds since then. The team that beat UVA would have struggled to win a game in the B1G tourney. Good luck this week.
Congrats on making it to the dance guys.
CBS has us at #53 of 68, an says this about Iowa:
| 15 |  Iowa |
| A year after getting a No. 2 seed with national player of the year Luka Garza, the Iowa Hawkeyes have put up a season beyond anyone's expectations. Keegan Murray has been at a First Team All-American level. Murray's 103 points in the Big Ten Tournament set a league record, as Iowa won its first Big Ten tourney title since 2006. How hot are the Hawkeyes? They now rate as the No. 2 offense in the nation. Murray might play his way into being a top-five pick. Who's to say if this end-of-season run will absolutely translate to the NCAAs, but it's hard to see Iowa not making the Sweet 16 at minimum with how it's looked in recent weeks. Fran McCaffery might have pulled off his best coaching job ever |
No, but they kinda sorta set the line on KenPom, and NET is kinda sorta similar to KenPom.
Anyway, we will see who are the biggest and smallest underdogs seeded 10 to 13…
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Getting very little respect from the talking heads across the media outlets. Lots of bulletin board material. The bigger they are the harder they fall.
Lol that game was in November. Iowa has changed lineups, established roles and gelled in the months since then. Plus, Richmond would be elated to win by 1 at UVA. Don’t act like it’s no big deal
Go shove some corn up your ass! You would be elated to probably see the frickin ocean for once in your life. Must be rough living in iowa.
I have to admit, I know nothing about the Richmond Spiders basketball team, other then they made the NCAA's before as that is the only reason I have heard of them. Being an Iowa fan and belonging to the Iowa Rivals board, I know that some of the fans will take the game lightly, and they shouldn't because every year the big ten gets tons of recognition as being the toughest conference in the Country, then they proceed to lay turds on courts all around the country in the tournament. I know if Iowa plays as they are capable, they are very good, then again, I have seen a couple games where they couldn't throw the ball into the ocean if they were standing on the beach, however, those were early conference games. They are not big, as 6'9 is their tallest starter, but practically everyone on the team is a good 3 point shooter. I think they made 20 3 pointers against NW in the Big Ten tournament. So, they like to run and shoot the 3. I did not come to disrespect your board, only to talk some hoops. I am to old to trash talk anymore anyway. LOL
712 is a Tech fan. Sorry about that.
Big Ten officials tend to be really inconsistent and allowed a really physical Rutgers team to play junk ball on their home court all game. Grabbing, hooking, over the back, etc. then decided to call a really weak foul 30 feet from the hoop with like 2 seconds left and RU won at the free throw line.
Beyond frustrating game to watch.
Guys the Hawkeyes are playing as well as anybody in the country right now. We have quickness, height, shooting ability and we can play defense for a change. We are a very good team. You could win, but you will have to play lights out and we will have to struggle big time.
We don’t play the Big Ten that often, but did beat the 2020 Wisconsin team on a neutral court with essentially the same players. And the Davidson team we played today had 6 players averaging 39 to 45% from 3.
So we can play well but have been highly inconsistent over these players 6 seasons…
Going to be a fun week … I had never been to Iowa before in the span of two weekends seeing us lose a game we should have won at Drake and then saw Gilly break the All time steals record at Northern Iowa … enjoyed both trips and the Iowans I met .. see you in Buffalo …
This is the only commonality I can find this season between Richmond and Iowa.
Richmond lost to Utah State by 11, Iowa beat Utah State by 19 on a neutral court.
Richmond lost to Maryland by 6, Iowa beat Maryland twice, by 5 at Maryland and 110-87 at Iowa City.
Iowa usually plays Drake and Northern Iowa, but did not play them this season, and I see Richmond lost to Drake by 3 and beat Northern Iowa I think by 8. Drake (24-10) and UNI (19-11) were pretty good this year , and UNI won the Missouri Valley conference regular season. Drake was in the same conference and lost to Loyola of Chicago in the Missouri Valley tournament finals. SO, those were both good teams that Richmond played and I know them both pretty well.
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I grew up in Iowa but now live in Florida, so, I am not making the trip to the frozen tundra of Buffalo, I will enjoy the game with my AC on from my couch. LOL I grew up 15 minutes drive from the Drake campus in Des Moines.
Mississippi ST is the other loss. 3 home games against the 3 teams we just beat were all losses on the last shot.
I’m Utah ST, Drake, Maryland, Mississippi ST were all disappointing losses because we seemed slightly better than all of them and seemed to look like it with about 4 minutes left but not at the end.
Yes, making the NCAA's on a regular basis is something that is very critical to our hoops program and has been a big failure last ten years for our coach. If you have a couple hundred hours you could read post on this board about. We have a small contingent of fans that are OK with competing, which includes a billionaire friend of the coach. Then we have a bunch that actually think we should be dancing more often and understand the value on recruiting, morale, winning, and as you indicate overall visibility of the school. Thanks for making our point. Wild week here in spidernation for sure.
