Barta sez decision on in-state basketball games could come soon

[panther2317]

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Iowa released their much anticipated non-conf schedule today. And man, let me tell ya, its a behemoth:

Nov. 9 vs. Texas-Pan American
Nov. 12 vs. Central Michigan
Nov. 15 vs. Howard
Nov. 17 vs. Gardner-Webb
Nov. 20 vs. Western Kentucky (Cancun, Mexico)
Nov. 21 vs. DePaul/Wichita State (Cancun, Mexico)
Nov. 27 at Virginia Tech
Dec. 1 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Dec. 4 vs. South Dakota
Dec. 7 vs. Iowa State (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)
Dec. 15 vs. UNI (Des Moines, Iowa)
Dec. 19 vs. South Carolina State
Dec. 22 vs. Coppin State


Thankfully for them, they were able to end the series with UNI and Drake, and open up their coveted "scheduling flexibility" as 9YR put it, so they can compile amazingly challenging schedules like that every year.

I mean, if refusing to play games at UNI and Drake anymore allows you to pick up marquee contests like Gardner Webb and Coppin St, you have to do it right???

Drake would have been a stronger team than most of the schools on that schedule. How do you feel if you're an Iowa season ticket holder? Paying to see....who?

[9YRPLAN]

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the Drake contract was up

[Trapped in California]

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I hate to break this to you, but you see Iowa shirts on UNIs campus roughly ten times more often than that conversation takes place.

[panther2317]

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the Drake contract was up

So? Iowa isn't signing new contracts?

[clenz]

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So? Iowa isn't signing new contracts?

Kind of my initial reaction....Iowa didn't have contracts with Coppin St, Tx Pan-Am, CMU, Howard, Gardner-Webb, Tx Corpus Christi, USD, or SCSU

[9YRPLAN]

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So? Iowa isn't signing new contracts?

not for one year, no

what in the hell are we arguing here?

[9YRPLAN]

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Kind of my initial reaction....Iowa didn't have contracts with Coppin St, Tx Pan-Am, CMU, Howard, Gardner-Webb, Tx Corpus Christi, USD, or SCSU

people wtf.... These teams are willing to play one-time road games.

mvc teams rarely are. are suggesting Drake should come to Iowa for a single game? UNI Doesn't do that. so Drake should?

[clenz]

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Based on last years RPI's...the B1G, UNI, and Iowa State better give Iowa a HUUUUUUUGE bump to save their RPI/SOS.


Coppin St 10-16 (RPI 275)
CMU 10-21 (RPI 277)
Howard 9-21 (RPI 285)
USD 7-18 (RPI 291)
Gardner-Webb 10-20 (RPI 293)
Tx Pan-Am 7-21 (RPI 313)
Tx Corpus Christi 7-21 (RPI 322)
SCSU 3-26 (RPI 343....SECOND WORST IN NATION)

That's an average RPI of 299.87

FWIW, Drake was at 133 last year....They have also (since 04 as that is how far realtimerpi goes back) NEVER finished with an RPI as low as that highest rated RPI team listed on Iowa's schedule....The closest Drake ever came was 217, and after that they were never below 200 and averaged about 150/160ish.

I'd bet Drake would have taken a 2/1 contract set up with Iowa.

[panther2317]

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We are suggesting that UNI and Drake should be a priority on Iowa's schedule and thy should sign home and home contracts with those schools. Why does Iowa think its a good idea to sign one year deals with a litany of well frosted cupcakes?

[hoopfan]

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i was talking about this year only because we have no idea how iowa or ISU will schedule in the future. iowa returns 3 starters and will be playing 5 freshmen. can you blame them for scheduling weak?

and since when do people here think iowa and ISU are quality schools? from what ive gathered they are nothing but bottom feeders with an inflated sense of self. why the double standard now?

Was there a team last year that played a good non-conference schedule and only returned 3 starters and had 5 freshman? Seems to me there was, but I just can't think of who it was......

Anyway, I'm guessing whoever that team was scheduled even harder games this year and will benefit greatly from the schedule they played last year. Oh well, to each their own, I guess.

[Mudrafan]

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Originally Posted by 9YRPLAN
"i was talking about this year only because we have no idea how iowa or ISU will schedule in the future. iowa returns 3 starters and will be playing 5 freshmen. can you blame them for scheduling weak?"

Yes

[9YRPLAN]

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We are suggesting that UNI and Drake should be a priority on Iowa's schedule and thy should sign home and home contracts with those schools. Why does Iowa think its a good idea to sign one year deals with a litany of well frosted cupcakes?

because iowas program was in the 9th circle of hell and it's not an easy fix.

man its funny how people's memories only go back 10 years or so.

[Panther Fan]

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as ive pointed out before, UNI is a DECISIVE 2-3 vs iowa over the past 5 years, which just happened to feature the best years in the history of UNI basketball and the worst years in the history of iowa basketball.

Iowa is 1-5 in their last 6 trips to Cedar Falls dating back to 2000, when those earlier years were not the BEST period of UNI basketball. The last 2 trips included a game where UNI could have named the score (2009) and the Iowa coach received a police escort off the floor (2011). It's the one bright spot in this whole thing, that at least for the near term the last game on campus was such an abject embarrassment to Iowa.

[9YRPLAN]

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the Iowa coach received a police escort off the floor (2011).

i had forgotten about this. probably another reason from iowa's point of view.

[BryceC]

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The way I figure it, if Iowa goes 11-2, they will have an RPI of about 100. And if they go 8-5 (very possible*), they will have an RPI of around 150.
*Losses to UNI, Iowa State, Texas, Texas A&M, and VaTech.

My guess is that Iowa will enter the B1G season around 125 RPI. Their RPI will most likely get worse slightly during B1G play.

I think Iowa will have about a 150 RPI going into Big 10 play, but that will increase in the Big 10, as their SOS will likely be absurd for conference play.