MBB: Iowa Basketball and the Postseason

 

Iowa Basketball.  Postseason Play.

The juxtaposition of those two phrases above used to be something not out of the ordinary.   In fact, on an annual basis in March, “postseason” and “Iowa” used to be synonymous with each other.   Dating back to Lute’s first run in the NCAA Tournament in 1979 (and up to Alford’s last season), Iowa went to the postseason 22 times in a 25 year span.  17 of those postseason berths were in the NCAA Tournament and the other 5 were NIT invites (2 by Dr. Tom in a 13 year span and 3 by Alford in an 8 year span).  Steve Alford’s last year as coach at Iowa would be the beginning of a five year postseason drought for a Hawkeye Basketball program that rarely missed a bid.
 

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MBB - Pure Mattness: Iowa MBB at Illinois Preview/Prediction

 

 

The big buzz this past month in the sports world has been Jeremy Lin.  It’s time to retire Linsanity and bring out the Mattness.  Matt Gatens just put together back-to-back historic performances against two Top 25 teams.  I don’t need to go into details on what he’s done, anyone following Iowa Basketball is well aware of the roll Gatens is currently on. He’s a guy that is not ready to quit on the season or his career as a college basketball player.  The Hawkeyes head to Champaign to face an Illini team that has lost six in a row and nine out of their last ten.  However, Illinois has won the last six games against Iowa.

Read more on Hawkeyenation.com

http://www.hawkeyenation.com/basketball/pure-mattness-iowa-mbb-at-illinois-previewprediction

Honor Chris Street - Let's Get #CS40 to Trend on Twitter

This morning I asked people on Twitter to help get #CS40 to trend in honor of the Chris Street death 19 years ago this day.

CMS Forever.

If you are on Twitter, please spread the word.  Let's get #CS40 to trend!

In just a few hours, hundreds of people have gotten involved:

On Iowa! Go Hawks!

MBB: Hawkeye Basketball Bench Tebows After Big Three Pointer

Following a huge three pointer by senior, Matt Gatens, a few members of the Iowa Hawkeye Basketball team thought they need to pay homage to the Lord above.  Here's a screencap of the bench Tebowing... I believe the two are Darius Stokes and Kyle Denning.

 

Here's a link to the video, FFWD to the :30 mark to see it live.

MBB: Iowa vs. Michigan Preview/Prediction (1/14/2012)

Iowa vs. Michigan Preview/Prediction is up on Hawkeyenation.com




http://www.hawkeyenation.com/basketball/mbb-iowa-vs-michigan-previewprediction

MBB: Iowa vs. Ohio State Preview/Prediction

 

 

Preview and prediction is up on Hawkeyenation.com

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MBB: Iowa at Wisconsin

Preview - Prediction for the Iowa Men's Basketball vs. Wisconsin Badger is up on Hawkeyenation.

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MBB: Iowa vs. IPFW Preview / Prediction

 

 

The Iowa Hawkeyes men’s basketball team looks to rebound after back-to-back losses today inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.  This will be the sixth game for the Hawks in the past two weeks, as Iowa has had a game every third day to open the season.

 

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MBB: Iowa vs. Northern Illinois Preview/Prediction

It's up on Hawkeyenation.com 

 

http://www.hawkeyenation.com/basketball/mbb-iowa-vs-northern-illinois-previewprediction

MBB: Iowa vs. North Carolina A&T Preview/Prediction

It's up on Hawkeyenation.com

 

 

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