Who wants to play in Carver next week?

[UNIpanther99]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

Drake and uni arent just coming to carver or Hilton, which is too bad.

Too bad for who? My god man, do you do this on purpose?

['70 Grad]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

CBS listed the top six bubble teams who didn't get in. Iowa was on the list.

On the bottom of the six.

[9YRPLAN]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

Too bad for who? My god man, do you do this on purpose?

UNI won't do straight buy games with iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc. I think they should .

[PantherHawk]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

Iowa set this schedule because they were going to be young. One senior and a bunch of underclassmen (if they would of played UNI non-conf schedule) Iowa would of gone into conference play with a losing record and then to go through the Big Ten slate, that would of been horrible. They would of finished below .500 and fans would of been upset. Fran set this schedule for a reason.

Fran set this schedule to get the kids used to playing Div 1 ball. They got to 21 wins (9 in conf) and most likely a top seed in the NIT. They will get extra games/practices for a young team. I personally did not see this team winning 20 games and they exceeded expectations. They will improve and get better as they gain experience.

I just do not see BCS schools traveling to mid-majors to play games. I think the BCS conferences might start seeing all the mid-major love and start to schedule each other and leave the little guy out (much like in football).

[1988]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

Too bad for who? My god man, do you do this on purpose?

He does...I think it makes him feel valid as a human being. Think about it...we are all replying/talking about him, he is the focus of our conversation. Kind of sick really.

[Newsbreaker]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

On the bottom of the six.

[achrist70]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

Iowa set this schedule because they were going to be young. One senior and a bunch of underclassmen (if they would of played UNI non-conf schedule) Iowa would of gone into conference play with a losing record and then to go through the Big Ten slate, that would of been horrible. They would of finished below .500 and fans would of been upset. Fran set this schedule for a reason.

Fran set this schedule to get the kids used to playing Div 1 ball. They got to 21 wins (9 in conf) and most likely a top seed in the NIT. They will get extra games/practices for a young team. I personally did not see this team winning 20 games and they exceeded expectations. They will improve and get better as they gain experience.

I just do not see BCS schools traveling to mid-majors to play games. I think the BCS conferences might start seeing all the mid-major love and start to schedule each other and leave the little guy out (much like in football).

I understand why Iowa scheduled the way they did, I think everyone on here does, but don't complain when you don't get an at large bid when your best Non Conference win is Iowa State and 2nd is UNI, no other Non Conference win is worth anything

[Newsbreaker]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

I understand why Iowa scheduled the way they did, I think everyone on here does, but don't complain when you don't get an at large bid when your best Non Conference win is Iowa State and 2nd is UNI, no other Non Conference win is worth anything

Iowa has no room to complain.

[9YRPLAN]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

Not many iowa fans are complaining. Most are blaming the schedule. Those that are complaining are citing the awful schedules of teams like MTSU.

[1988]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

Iowa set this schedule because they were going to be young. One senior and a bunch of underclassmen (if they would of played UNI non-conf schedule) Iowa would of gone into conference play with a losing record and then to go through the Big Ten slate, that would of been horrible. They would of finished below .500 and fans would of been upset. Fran set this schedule for a reason.

Fran set this schedule to get the kids used to playing Div 1 ball. They got to 21 wins (9 in conf) and most likely a top seed in the NIT. They will get extra games/practices for a young team. I personally did not see this team winning 20 games and they exceeded expectations. They will improve and get better as they gain experience.

I just do not see BCS schools traveling to mid-majors to play games. I think the BCS conferences might start seeing all the mid-major love and start to schedule each other and leave the little guy out (much like in football).

The fun part about your basketball knowledge is there isn't a BCS in basketball. I have NEVER heard of one bowl game ever being played in college basketball.

[1988]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

Not many iowa fans are complaining. Most are blaming the schedule. Those that are complaining are citing the awful schedules of teams like MTSU.

This a dart board throw on their site I picked out, and is typical of all of the comments:

MTSU did not beat quality teams on the road either.

To me, this whole bracket is just RUBBISH. Iowa really had no shot as of weeks ago per what the committee head is saying.

[Kyle]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

Not many iowa fans are complaining. Most are blaming the schedule. Those that are complaining are citing the awful schedules of teams like MTSU.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.

By "not many" do you mean hundreds on Twitter, HALO, Talk Radio, Facebook, and HR?

[9YRPLAN]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

This a dart board throw on their site I picked oud is typical of all of the comments:

MTSU did not beat quality teams on the road either.

To me, this whole bracket is just RUBBISH. Iowa really had no shot as of weeks ago per what the committee head is saying.

What's wrong with that?

Look at middle tenn's resume. They are probably a drake-type team at best. Their inclusion was unprecedented. Every valley team plays a far tougher schedule than they did with just the conference games.

[9YRPLAN]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.

By "not many" do you mean hundreds on Twitter, HALO, Talk Radio, Facebook, and HR?

This is like saying we should ban air travel because of a lifeflight crash.

Plus, its not just about iowa. Its about the overall weakness of their schedule.

I dont think iowa was deserving. I still think its insane that MTSU got in.

[UNI MadCat]

Re: Who wants to play in Carver next week?

Have you seen iowas bench offense or overall shooting? He's going to play a ton

Haha, if this is true you're in trouble. He wouldn't have touched the floor in Madison this year beyond mop up minutes. Everyone close to the UW program saw this kid was soft and a whiner who has daddy come to the rescue at the first sign of turmoil. What was lost in the media coverage of his transfer was that Bo could've cared less about Uthoff the player leaving, he was annoyed by the cowardly way he and his family went about it (quitting while Ryan was in Florida, then going straight to the media before UW could react). Take that away and they were just fine with another school taking on this problem.

If Iowa is to make the jump to the next level next year (which I believe they will), this kid will have nothing to do with that success.