Do you mean 2010&2011? Or much earlier?
I literally thought MyHooSon was a former Davidson player from South Korea. I thought he might have been related to Hyunjung Lee. I read the passage several times and was unable to discern the exact identity of Mr. HooSon. I finally concluded he must have been connected to UVA in some way and that he liked college basketball. It then occurred to me that Mr. MyHooSon actually went to UVA and was the son of KE Spider. From One too many beers.
Doubt that but ok. Just know your backwards ass state wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for our state. Virginia is where everything started, the greatest men our nation has ever seen allen were born and resides here. We got way more than just corn here.
Are they related to A10 officials?
Yes, but Mooney was here in 2011, and beating Kansas in the Sweet 16 would be a reversal. {shrug}
The corn crutch does get old, but I get it, congrats for being lazy.
Every village has their idiot. Sorry you met ours.
All true. Only thing I can say is that the Spiders are a different team now and are playing their best defensive of the season by far. Still will likely not be enough to beat Iowa but I do see it being a competitive game and if we play very near our best and Iowa has a subpar shooting game, we could be another of the very long list of 12 seeds advancing past a 5 seed.
Plus they can hit the 3 better than any team in the country. One thing id say we have going for us is that they are not a great defensive team. They give up points, so I think we should go deep in the shot clock then look for a post up or bd cuts. We dont turn the ball over so that should limit their transition game. This is one game where we should limit our 3’s to open looks, because they make a living off fast breaks on long rebounds. And for once I totally agree that we dont go after the offensive boards. In a half court game we have a chance, imo.
These predictions are great but how many times have we seen an expert favorite, cant miss, hot team, getting knocked out in the first round. It happens every year.CBS has us at #53 of 68, an says this about Iowa:
15
IowaA 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
Probably a big reason why every team in the Big10 has a nearly .500 record in conference and high NET rankings. I think thats their system every year to get 8 teams in the tournament. Let the refs propel crappy teams over a couple of good teams at home, so they get quad 1 wins and big NET boosts, lol. Then come tourney time 4 or 5 of them are gone by the first weekend.
Apparently the most complete team that ever played the game. Maybe we should consult VCU on how to get out of this thing.
Congrats on yalls too. I happen to be a Richmond fan and a Virginia tech fan so this past week was a lot of fun for me. Honestly iowa and Virginia tech might be the hottest teams in the country right now.
I remember the Syracuse game. I was in college and had a bracket with Syracuse losing early--not to your team, but thank you!
Most Iowa fans may not be thinking much about you, but I remember Iowa as the 3 seed losing to a 14 seed in the first round in the mid-2000s. I doubt it with this team because they are relentless and go on crazy scoring runs throughout the game. Iowa won 21 games by double digits this year. They aren't just beating most teams, they are destroying their will to live (lol). They flipped a switch in February and have gone 12-2 since then including the four wins in the BTT.
Keegan Murray is a name you'll hear a lot. He's projected to go 5-10 in the NBA draft this year and he has the most complete game I've ever seen from an Iowa player in my lifetime. He's also the most athletic I can remember. The rest of team plays their roles passionately and the bench goes five deep, seven if guys get in foul trouble. I've been watching Iowa basketball since the 80s and this team is more fun to watch than any I've seen. They've already become my all-time favorite Iowa team and that will stand even if they get upset in the first round.
There's something about them. Part of it is that they've been functioning like a machine for the past six weeks. In any other year, I'd be worried about a letdown after winning the B10 tourney, but not this group. They play the same whether they're up 30 (which happens a lot more often than you might think) or down 10 (which rarely happens).
I'll have to read some threads to find out more about your team. I've briefly seen some sort of Canadian theme so I'm guessing you've got a stud or two from the land of maple.
Anyway, cheers.
Nice post and thoughts .. Safe travels but I'll hold the good luck back at you ...
Thanks somewhere listed Patrick as Sr instead of So. But with Covid, all the classes have gotten confusing.
, but if Gilly goes off again and leads us to an upset of Iowa, I am moving him immediately in front of Kevin Anderson on the UR Point Guard goat list. I feel like Gilly did more with less surrounding him, just a bad man.Anything can happen in March. As a long-time Hawkeye who has seen us fall victim to upsets and heartbreak more often than not this time of year, I am ALWAYS skeptical of overconfident Hawkeye fans who pencil us in for the Final Four.
I already have Gilly up thereI want to see Grant take his shots. He has passed up a ton of 15 footers lately, he can make those and against Iowa I think we are going to need a good offensive game from him. If they leave him alone from 3, I want to see him take at least one. He was making those early season, if he sees the first one go in who knows, may spur him to a big game. Think we will also need a big offensive game from unexpected source - like Goose going 3 for 4 from 3. I know this is going to be sacrilege on here to some
