Michigan State is annoyingly good
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Seems to be happening with all fan bases. This is just my opinion, but I think sports betting inflames the issue. It stinks when your team loses but you don't have any real skin in the game.... If you bet money on your team, and they lose....This can't be great for IU recruiting...
Online threats, harassment affecting college basketball players in NIL era: 'Just leave us alone'
More money has resulted in a trove of problems for players who don't always live up to the impossible hypewww.cbssports.com
Knee to the head.
In the category of grudging respect, Izzo’s teams are well-coached, tough and disciplined. He can be annoying with all the whiney stuff, but his teams seldom beat themselves.
I wouldn’t mind another shot at them Sunday if we can get that far.
Really reflective of Izzo and what a great system coach he is. In the years where they don't have a superstar, they aways seem to have aggressive guard play, don't rely on the 3 at all, and always rebound well. Fears is a really good fit there IMO.
MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
Mike is correct.
I don't agree. Izzo is a superb recruiter. His team this year has 9, yes 9, top 100 RSCI players. He's a great coach as well. But his teams are talented.
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
I think Izzo's one of the best I've seen in college over the years at getting really good talent that fits his system well. Yes, he recruits talented players. But you just don't see a player on his team that's a "black hole" with the ball, doesn't play defense, or is an attitude problem on the court. (Yes, I know we can have discussions about off-the-court issues.) Sometimes, you see coaches just try to get a bunch of talented players with no idea of a system (Pat Kennedy). Sometimes, you see coaches recruit to a system but don't get a significant amount of talent (Fran McCaffery is an example of that with some rare exceptions like Garza and the Murrays). Izzo has always seemed to find really talented players who play how he wants them to play. That's rare.
That's the coach they hired out of Iceland, right? Named after a volcano, which explains the sideline tantrums, I guess.
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
Wisconsin is shooting UCLA out of the building. Wonder what Mick's excuse will be for this one. (For me, Mick assumes the Fran position for most volatile/annoying coach in the conference now.)
Wisky is cooking from 3 in the first half…12/17 with a minute left in the half
Wisconsin all over UCLA.
Imagine how good they’d be if the game hadn’t passed him by like so many here insist
Also, his Final Four to 5 star recruit ratio is way more efficient than any other coach in the internet era. Izzo mostly does it with 4 stars as opposed to guys like K, Roy, Cal, Self, etc. who have had a good amount of post season success but have needed a lot of 5 star talent to do it.
Turpin & Tate in 2008!
- Addison, IL
Badgers shooting lights out against the Bruins. Reminds me of how we looked against Oregon.
I agree. His teams have made the final four 8 times. That is incredible in this day and age. Probably the two best coaches in the history of the Big 10 are Izzo & Knight. Knight has 3 national championships and 5 final 4's. Knight though noticeably slipped as a coach as he got older while Izzo doesn't seem to have slipped at all.
Stupid technical by Wisconsin's Nolan Winter has let UCLA get back into the game. Six straight points to bring it back to a 12 point deficit.
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
Wisconsin navigated that rough stretch and are now back up 19. UCLA did not come ready to play today at all, and Wisconsin shot great in the first half.
Hard to do anything when you're being lit up from 3. UCLA's starters have been godawful, though.
The former Pac 12 teams are showing they don't have what it takes to handle the rigors of the Big Ten Tourney.
18 3s for WISKY right now.. 78 point with 6 mintues left..
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