Anyone else think Iowa’s loss to Michigan motivated them to REALLY come to play today?!?
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Hall of fame day for the Franbruary and Mr. March takes
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Yup. I bet Fran chewed on these guys based on that classless press conference.
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In retrospect I feel incredibly stupid for thinking a team with a bunch of 6’8” centers that is statistically pretty similar to Iowa defensively could hang with this Iowa team
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Also Liddell might be slightly gimpy from that ankle he rolled against us.
They’ve never really played defense this year and now their offensive execution has slipped a notch.
I don’t want to overreact, but this game basically confirms that Iowa is better than Michigan.
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That was a routine shot for Washington when he played us
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This is pretty much the OSU team AND the Iowa team I envisioned at the start of the year. Seriously. OK, I had the Buckeyes a little better than this but I thought Iowa, and Illinois, were the class of the B1G. Actually, I’m REALLY happy with the way the season has unfolded…well, except for the “pause.”
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Is that enough laughing emojis?
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No doubt - and it seems to be working. Which is why he’ll continue to do it (it’s why abusive coaches stay that way).
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We have legit broken teams. Maryland, Wisconsin, and OSU now. Let’s complete the quadfecta next week and send MSU home.
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I wish that had worked for Ohio State against Michigan State…
This is definitely Fran’s best team, he’s got 2 kids playing for him, and a huge buyout in his contract. He has every reason to be less of a jerk.
If we sweep Sparty and they finish 8-12 in the league (assuming they beat IU again) - are they out? Assuming they don’t do much in the BTT.
(I’m expecting the game in Breslin to be a total refshow, but if we do pull that off…)
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I hear ya! I had to live with it. Those Sparties were starting to get kinda cocky!
he’s desperately attempting to repair his refrigerator by himself
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Washington has had three insanely good games against us recently. He’s usually no where near that consistency.
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So many weird Big Ten teams and outcomes this year. I am very curious to see how all these marginal Big Ten teams I expect very little from (Wisconsin, Maryland, Purdue, etc.) end up performing in the Tourney this year. Even a team like OSU is gong to be relieved come Tournament time after finishing the regular season with Michigan, at State, Iowa, and Illinois. What a gauntlet…
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Just watching Purdue-Indiana women’s volleyball, and their court is named “Belin court”. Lots of midwest sports families with similar names “Belin”, “Beilein”, “Breslin”. Totally random word play, FWIW. Will we ever see a Beilein court at Crisler? 
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