People talk about our OOC schedule, but holy mackerel look at the Hawkeye’s OOC schedule:
- Longwood - W 106-73
- Kansas City - W 88-57
- NC Central - W 86-69
- Alabama State - W 108-82
- Western Michigan- W 109-61
- Portland State - W 85-51
- Virginia - W 75-74. - good win on the road
- Iowa State L 53-73 on the road
- Utah State - W 94-75
- SE Louisiana- W 93-62
- Western Illinois - W 92-71
They went 10-1, with one very good win on the road against UVA, one bad loss on the road against ISU, and nine comfy blowout wins against cupcakes.
Before anyone says it, yes, they didn’t lose any of these awful games like we lost to Lafayette and UMass (I don’t consider DePaul to be a “bad loss” - disappointing but it was Quad 2).
They are 3-3 in the B1G so far:
- L 70-77 on the road against Purdue
- L 83-87 at home against Illinois
- W 80-75 at home against Maryland
- L 78-87 on the road against Wisconsin
- W 83-74 at home against Indiana
- W 81-71 on the road against Minnesota
So if you include the UVA and ISU games, Iowa averages 75 ppg in games against real competition, and gives up 77 ppg. Granted, some of that is skewed by the fact that they’ve played three of the top 5 teams in the conference (Purdue, Illinois, Wisconsin), and by an outlier type of game against ISU in which they only scored 53 points.
Point is, this is a VERY winnable game against a team that has a very good offense — and possibly the OPOY in Keegan Murray — but a poor defense.
- Longwood - W 106-73
- Kansas City - W 88-57
- NC Central - W 86-69
- Alabama State - W 108-82
- Western Michigan- W 109-61
- Portland State - W 85-51
- Virginia - W 75-74. - good win on the road
- Iowa State L 53-73 on the road
- Utah State - W 94-75
- SE Louisiana- W 93-62
- Western Illinois - W 92-71
They went 10-1, with one very good win on the road against UVA, one bad loss on the road against ISU, and nine comfy blowout wins against cupcakes.
Before anyone says it, yes, they didn’t lose any of these awful games like we lost to Lafayette and UMass (I don’t consider DePaul to be a “bad loss” - disappointing but it was Quad 2).
They are 3-3 in the B1G so far:
- L 70-77 on the road against Purdue
- L 83-87 at home against Illinois
- W 80-75 at home against Maryland
- L 78-87 on the road against Wisconsin
- W 83-74 at home against Indiana
- W 81-71 on the road against Minnesota
So if you include the UVA and ISU games, Iowa averages 75 ppg in games against real competition, and gives up 77 ppg. Granted, some of that is skewed by the fact that they’ve played three of the top 5 teams in the conference (Purdue, Illinois, Wisconsin), and by an outlier type of game against ISU in which they only scored 53 points.
Point is, this is a VERY winnable game against a team that has a very good offense — and possibly the OPOY in Keegan Murray — but a poor defense.