GT: Iowa at Nebraska - 2PM - BTN

[huskeraddict]

February 22, 2015
2pm CT - BTN
Pinnacle Bank Arena - Lincoln, NE

Iowa Hawkeyes 16-10, 7-6 (Last: 81-47 W vs Rutgers)

vs

Nebraska Cornhuskers 13-13, 5-9 (Last: 69-65 L vs Maryland)

Big Ten Standings

1. Wisconsin 13-1, 25-2
2. Maryland 10-4, 22-5
3. Purdue 10-4, 18-9
4. Michigan State 9-4, 18-8
5. Ohio State 8-5, 19-7
6. Indiana 8-6, 18-9
7. Illinois 7-6, 17-9
8. Iowa 7-6, 16-10
9. Michigan 6-8, 13-13
10. Nebraska 5-9, 13-13
11. Minnesota 5-10, 16-12
12. Northwestern 4-10, 13-14
13. Penn State 3-12, 15-13
14. Rutgers 2-12, 10-17

Head Coaches
Iowa Fran McCaffery (341-250, 90-73 at Iowa)

Nebraska Tim Miles (330-264, 47-44 at Nebraska)

Injury Report
Iowa
No injuries to report

Nebraska
No injuries to report

Scouting Iowa

Iowa is 16-10 on the season and 7-6 in the Big Ten following an 81-47 win against Rutgers Thursday night. With the win, the Hawkeyes snapped a two-game losing streak, as they had lost at Northwestern and against Minnesota. Iowa has been up and down in Big Ten play, posting wins at Ohio State and Michigan, but has gone 3-5 in its last eight contests.


The Hawkeyes brought back three starters and 10 lettermen for Head Coach Fran McCaffery, who is in his fifth season at Iowa after serving stints at Lehigh, UNC Greensboro and Siena. The Hawkeyes went 20-13 before losing to Tennessee in the first round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament.

The Hawkeyes are one of the deeper teams in the Big Ten as nine players average at least 10 minutes per game while no player averages 30 minutes per contest. Iowa features six players who average at least 7.0 points per game. Senior forward Aaron White leads Iowa in both scoring (14.5 ppg) and rebounding (7.0 rpg) while junior forward Jarrod Uthoff chips in 12.3 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. The Hawkeyes are a solid defensive team, holding opponents to under 40 percent shooting and blocking 4.6 shots per game to rank third in the conference.

 

[Lyons in the Sea of Red.]

f#*k Iowa, that is all

 

[teachercd]

Not sure what to make of this one just yet...

The line does nothing at all, I think it is -1.

Home court goes to the Skers

Coaching goes to Iowa

Better players is kind of a tie

I am gonna say that the Sker ruin the season for Iowa with a 65-62 win at home

 

[Comish]

Not sure what to make of this one just yet...

The line does nothing at all, I think it is -1.

Home court goes to the Skers

Coaching goes to Iowa

Better players is kind of a tie

I am gonna say that the Sker ruin the season for Iowa with a 65-62 win at home

Going to disagree with you here.

Coaching goes to Nebraska ....BECAUSE..........Iowa has better players.

Iowa has underperformed mightily the last few years with far better talent than the Huskers.

However, regardless of how we might view these factors..........

If there is one single game ALL SEASON that I personally want to win......it is far and away this game today !

 

[teachercd]

Not sure what to make of this one just yet...

The line does nothing at all, I think it is -1.

Home court goes to the Skers

Coaching goes to Iowa

Better players is kind of a tie

I am gonna say that the Sker ruin the season for Iowa with a 65-62 win at home

Going to disagree with you here.

Coaching goes to Nebraska ....BECAUSE..........Iowa has better players.

Iowa has underperformed mightily the last few years with far better talent than the Huskers.

However, regardless of how we might view these factors..........

If there is one single game ALL SEASON that I personally want to win......it is far and away this game today !

Well...part of coaching is getting better players.

So if Fran gets better players and underperforms and Miles overperforms but can't get good players, maybe it is a draw??

 

[PaulCrewe]

Let's hope Walt doesn't get caught up in Adam Douchebury's dumbassery cheap dirty play.

 

[Hedley Lamarr]

Not sure what to make of this one just yet...

The line does nothing at all, I think it is -1.

Home court goes to the Skers

Coaching goes to Iowa

Better players is kind of a tie

I am gonna say that the Sker ruin the season for Iowa with a 65-62 win at home

Going to disagree with you here.Coaching goes to Nebraska ....BECAUSE..........Iowa has better players.

Iowa has underperformed mightily the last few years with far better talent than the Huskers.

However, regardless of how we might view these factors..........

If there is one single game ALL SEASON that I personally want to win......it is far and away this game today !

Well...part of coaching is getting better players.So if Fran gets better players and underperforms and Miles overperforms but can't get good players, maybe it is a draw??

http://247sports.com/Season/2015-Basketball/CompositeTeamRankings?Conference=Big-Ten

Uh oh

 

[Mavric]

[No message]

 

[Blackshirts007]

This season is pretty much lost at this point but i would love to beat iowa. I'm pretty pumped and I think it will actually be a packed house for this one.

 

[teachercd]

Not sure what to make of this one just yet...

The line does nothing at all, I think it is -1.

Home court goes to the Skers

Coaching goes to Iowa

Better players is kind of a tie

I am gonna say that the Sker ruin the season for Iowa with a 65-62 win at home

Going to disagree with you here.Coaching goes to Nebraska ....BECAUSE..........Iowa has better players.

Iowa has underperformed mightily the last few years with far better talent than the Huskers.

However, regardless of how we might view these factors..........

If there is one single game ALL SEASON that I personally want to win......it is far and away this game today !

Well...part of coaching is getting better players.So if Fran gets better players and underperforms and Miles overperforms but can't get good players, maybe it is a draw??

http://247sports.com/Season/2015-Basketball/CompositeTeamRankings?Conference=Big-Ten

Uh oh

Yikes...so fran gets worse players and has better results?

 

[Blackshirts007]

Not sure what to make of this one just yet...

The line does nothing at all, I think it is -1.

Home court goes to the Skers

Coaching goes to Iowa

Better players is kind of a tie

I am gonna say that the Sker ruin the season for Iowa with a 65-62 win at home

Going to disagree with you here.Coaching goes to Nebraska ....BECAUSE..........Iowa has better players.

Iowa has underperformed mightily the last few years with far better talent than the Huskers.

However, regardless of how we might view these factors..........

If there is one single game ALL SEASON that I personally want to win......it is far and away this game today !

Well...part of coaching is getting better players.So if Fran gets better players and underperforms and Miles overperforms but can't get good players, maybe it is a draw??

http://247sports.com/Season/2015-Basketball/CompositeTeamRankings?Conference=Big-Ten

Uh oh

Yikes...so fran gets worse players and has better results?

This is 2015 recruiting class as Im sure you already know. If we were to compare the current players I'm sure Iowa has the better recruits and more talent.

 

[teachercd]

Not sure what to make of this one just yet...

The line does nothing at all, I think it is -1.

Home court goes to the Skers

Coaching goes to Iowa

Better players is kind of a tie

I am gonna say that the Sker ruin the season for Iowa with a 65-62 win at home

Going to disagree with you here.Coaching goes to Nebraska ....BECAUSE..........Iowa has better players.

Iowa has underperformed mightily the last few years with far better talent than the Huskers.

However, regardless of how we might view these factors..........

If there is one single game ALL SEASON that I personally want to win......it is far and away this game today !

Well...part of coaching is getting better players.So if Fran gets better players and underperforms and Miles overperforms but can't get good players, maybe it is a draw??

http://247sports.com/Season/2015-Basketball/CompositeTeamRankings?Conference=Big-Ten

Uh oh

Yikes...so fran gets worse players and has better results?

This is 2015 recruiting class as Im sure you already know. If we were to compare the current players I'm sure Iowa has the better recruits and more talent.

Yeah, I knew...

Fran has brought in better players, there is no doubt about that. I think he is a better coach, not by a ton but just better.

I think this game today is close (Vegas does too) but I can see NU winning and ruining Iowa's chances at a bid.

Side note...I LOVE MSU today vs the Illini.

 

[Comish]

^^^^^^This.....

Iowa CURRENTLY has better players and has under-preformed spectacularly in the last few seasons

Our 2015 class is as good as we've had........and I credit Miles for that.

I'm very bullish about the future, but TODAY is important (since they don't return to PBA next year) to spoil their season and send their psycho coach whimpering back across the Missouri.

(Fran's courtside demeanor makes Bo look like TO in comparison)

 

[teachercd]

^^^^^^This.....

Iowa CURRENTLY has better players and has under-preformed spectacularly in the last few seasons

Our 2015 class is as good as we've had........and I credit Miles for that.

I'm very bullish about the future, but TODAY is important (since they don't return to PBA next year) to spoil their season and send their psycho coach whimpering back across the Missouri.

(Fran's courtside demeanor makes Bo look like TO in comparison)

Ha! Yeah, Fran likes losing it out there!

Iowa tends to start hot and regress as the season goes on but I think a lot of that is just playing in the Big Ten...if you are not one of the top 2/3 teams in the conference you tend to end up pretty beaten down.

 

[Hedley Lamarr]

Not sure what to make of this one just yet...

The line does nothing at all, I think it is -1.

Home court goes to the Skers

Coaching goes to Iowa

Better players is kind of a tie

I am gonna say that the Sker ruin the season for Iowa with a 65-62 win at home

Going to disagree with you here.Coaching goes to Nebraska ....BECAUSE..........Iowa has better players.

Iowa has underperformed mightily the last few years with far better talent than the Huskers.

However, regardless of how we might view these factors..........

If there is one single game ALL SEASON that I personally want to win......it is far and away this game today !

Well...part of coaching is getting better players.So if Fran gets better players and underperforms and Miles overperforms but can't get good players, maybe it is a draw??

http://247sports.com/Season/2015-Basketball/CompositeTeamRankings?Conference=Big-Ten
Uh oh

Yikes...so fran gets worse players and has better results?

Iowa has out recruited us until this season