Another thriller in Iowa City

[achrist70]

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He is 0-2 in the McLeod

[panther2317]

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The main component to the RPI is winning games. Iowa has a nice non-conference resume. However, I would argue that a game in Cedar Falls or Des Moines is better for them and their fans than a game vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff.

If I was an Iowa fan...I'd struggle with wanting to attend that game.

[lightnin49]

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I would suggest that all Panther fans abandon this thread and let TH1974, 9YRPLAN and Hawkstrat continue to discuss the mighty Hawkeyes among themselves.

Merry Christmas!

[Neighbor]

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Iowa wanted to stop playing uni to beef up their schedule? Link?

You want a quote? here it is.
McCaffery says in the future he would like to be able to schedule a game that would be on national television if he gets the chance. “We’ve go to have some flexibility because in any given year you might want to take on a Kansas, Duke or North Carolina, you might have an opportunity to have a game like that. And if you don’t have flexibility you can’t play those games,” McCaffery says.

http://www.radioiowa.com/2011/12/08/iowa-coach-says-flexibility-is-needed-in-basketball-schedule/

[Mudrafan]

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I would suggest that all Panther fans abandon this thread and let TH1974, 9YRPLAN and Hawkstrat continue to discuss the mighty Hawkeyes among themselves.

Merry Christmas!

Better yet, kick their asses off the board like would happen to any UNI fan on a squak message board.

[TH1974]

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Better yet, kick their asses off the board like would happen to any UNI fan on a squak message board.

I thought you were leaving, mudra.

[UNIpanther99]

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UNI should never have agreed to the "Big 4 Classic" in Des Moines. I know why we did and the standard answer Troy Dannen or Coach Jake will give, but we should have stuck to the line, 'we are interested in continuing this series as it has been for the past 25 years and have offered Iowa and Iowa State contracts to renew the series and hope they choose to accept.'

Make them be the bad guy, and eventually the media will get involved, people would write to their legislators, who along with the regents would have seen Iowa cramming it's schedule full of expensive cupcakes. While I doubt there would have been an official change of law, there would be pressure and I think the series would eventually have been renewed. Now, I think we've officially accepted status as a lesser entity and have no recourse.

Best case now would be a series at the US Cellular Center after this one expires.

[Panthers to the Bone]

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We've shown the ability to buy 3 or 4 in the past. This year we bought one, unless you also want to count the $10k we gave to Coe.

I believe we bought Savannah St and Iona...and Coe. VCU is the only home game that is part of a series. Scheduling is a year round challenge. Next year I believe we get 2 home games from Cancun Tourney, George Mason, and probably another buy game at home, with hopes of the start of a home/home in CF. So, probably a max of 14 home games.

[panther-state]

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Was George Mason not part of a series? That wasn't a part of a Bracket Buster commitment was it?

[achrist70]

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Last year's game was, but we have a new 4 game series with them.

[9YRPLAN]

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Lol at the thought of the hawks scheduling a series with unc, duke, or kansas.

Yeah, KU won't play Iowa after going 0-2 last time.

[01PantherFan]

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Not held, holds, as in Iowa still holds all the power. That being said, Iowa only holds the power because UNI is desperate to play them- If UNI doesn't want to participate in the Big 4 Classic they could opt out and there would be nothing Iowa could do. I doubt Iowa's athletic department would care much, but still.

You have to realize, Iowa is never going to travel to Cedar Falls again, they never should have in the first place- just like Iowa should never host UNI in FB. Any reason given by Fran is PR, the persistent facts of this situation stay the same, financially it makes sense to either try to get a home and home with a major conference team, or pay some team to come into Carver- perhaps if Dannen gets on his knees UNI can be that team Iowa pays.

That Iowa is magnanimous enough to give you a neutral site game every other year is about the most charitable thing imaginable. Outside of the birth of Christ, it's the act of unearned kindness most filled with the Christmas spirit.

Yes lets all bow to the mighty Hawks LOL are you freaking kidding me UNI is lucky to get to play Iowa ?? normally playing Iowa is a knock on UNI's RPI !

Take your praise the chockeyes crap to their board because some of us dont give a crap about Iowa never have never will I grew up a Panther fan and will be till i die and I will take about any team in the damn world before i will cheer for the almighty squakeyes

Its people like a few on here that defend the Hawks no matter what and act like everyone is supposed to be a Hwk fan first and a UNI/ISU/Drake fan second that makes me hate the Hawks even more and their all - mightier then everyone else fans

[9YRPLAN]

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Yes lets all bow to the mighty Hawks LOL are you freaking kidding me UNI is lucky to get to play Iowa ?? normally playing Iowa is a knock on UNI's RPI !

Take your praise the chockeyes crap to their board because some of us dont give a crap about Iowa never have never will I grew up a Panther fan and will be till i die and I will take about any team in the damn world before i will cheer for the almighty squakeyes

Its people like a few on here that defend the Hawks no matter what and act like everyone is supposed to be a Hwk fan first and a UNI/ISU/Drake fan second that makes me hate the Hawks even more and their all - mightier then everyone else fans

Of course, by "normally" he means a couple of years out of 40

[BCPanther]

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Three pages of bull****. Congrats guys!

[TH1974]

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Three pages of bull****. Congrats guys!

Typical. .