Iowa

[GoChips20]

Think there’s enough fan interest and media splash around Iowa for a thread.

They had an uneven first year under Jan Jensen but still got a signature win over a healthy USC, made the tournament as a 6-seed, and played their best basketball toward the end of the year riding an improved defense to counter a less potent offense after the Clark era.

Recruiting has really picked up for them with two major players from California. Iowa has historically been very good in player development as well.

If healthy, UCLA should march to the conference title, but a top-five finish for Iowa is a good goal.

 

[ISUnorth]

What's the buzz on Iowa PG Chit-Chat Wright? Will she be back for Cy-Hawk game at Iowa State on Wednesday? All I see is "day-to-day, not practicing" which doesn't sound great.

No longer able to peek into the Iowa board after Rivals got gobbled up.

 

[visitingcock]

They, like all Big Ten teams, kick off their regular season this weekend (against Rutgers). However , they have two huge non-conference games left and the national spotlight will be on them the next two weeks.

First , they face instate rivals , 10th ranked Iowa State, on Wednesday in front of what will certainly be a packed crowd. Ten days later they will face number 1 UConn.

 

[visitingcock]

Why don’t we have more Hawkeyes on this board? There are lots of them,

BTW Iowa sold out season tickets again. They are joined by the Gamecocks and, first timer, VaTech. UConn?? Anybody else?

 

[ISUnorth]

Why don’t we have more Hawkeyes on this board? There are lots of them,

BTW Iowa sold out season tickets again. They are joined by the Gamecocks and, first timer, VaTech. UConn?? Anybody else?

I get that this is an east coast centric "general forum" but there are so few open forums like this that I'd expect more Big Ten fans. Maybe a lot of the Hawks are like Cyclone fans, mostly just a fan of their own team. Trying to generate chat with my fellow Cyclones on ISU forums about any player or team that is not ISU is sort of fruitless. Same holds true for the dead Big 12 thread here. Other than a couple of AZ area fans it's me going all Billy Idol and Dancing With Myself. No TCU or Baylor peeps weighing in. At least the Big Ten thread is active. 🙁

 

[GamecockFam]

I get that this is an east coast centric "general forum" but there are so few open forums like this that I'd expect more Big Ten fans. Maybe a lot of the Hawks are like Cyclone fans, mostly just a fan of their own team. Trying to generate chat with my fellow Cyclones on ISU forums about any player or team that is not ISU is sort of fruitless. Same holds true for the dead Big 12 thread here. Other than a couple of AZ area fans it's me going all Billy Idol and Dancing With Myself. No TCU or Baylor peeps weighing in. At least the Big Ten thread is active. 🙁

This honestly makes sense. I think there are so many Gamecock fans here because we don't really have spaces for talking about our women's teams on Gamecock forums. It's mostly talk about football/baseball/men's basketball and any topic about our women's sports typically devolves into hating on Coach Staley's political opinions or complaining about dollars spent on our women's sports taking away from our men's sports being competitive. Anyways, that is basically what drove me to the Boneyard general forum. If Iowa forums have good support systems for discussing Iowa women's sports, then I doubt many are looking outside that ecosystem.

 

[Bigboote]

I'm having a friend who's an Iowa grad over for the the UConn game in a couple of weeks. He kinda got on the bandwagon as a result of Caitlinmania, but he's become a dedicated fan, as it should be. I'll give him a couple of homebrews, so he'll go home happy despite the shellacking his team will be on the receiving end of.

 

[visitingcock]

This honestly makes sense. I think there are so many Gamecock fans here because we don't really have spaces for talking about our women's teams on Gamecock forums. It's mostly talk about football/baseball/men's basketball and any topic about our women's sports typically devolves into hating on Coach Staley's political opinions or complaining about dollars spent on our women's sports taking away from our men's sports being competitive. Anyways, that is basically what drove me to the Boneyard general forum. If Iowa forums have good support systems for discussing Iowa women's sports, then I doubt many are looking outside that ecosystem.

Agreed. Plus the General political devisiveness that is ruining families has ruined the gamecock boards that I used to enjoy so much. That’s why I love this board’s no politics rule.

 

[LwrcasefaN]

I'm having a friend who's an Iowa grad over the the UConn game in a couple of weeks. He kinda got on the bandwagon as a result of Caitlinmania, but he's become a dedicated fan, as it should be. I'll give him a couple of homebrews, so he'll go home happy despite the shellacking his team will be on the receiving end of.

Aw…aint you nice. Big Boote and Bigger Heart. 🤣

 

[cancontent]

I'm having a friend who's an Iowa grad over the the UConn game in a couple of weeks. He kinda got on the bandwagon as a result of Caitlinmania, but he's become a dedicated fan, as it should be. I'll give him a couple of homebrews, so he'll go home happy despite the shellacking his team will be on the receiving end of.

Sharing is caring, especially when home brewed craft beverages are involved in my opinion. 😉 👍

 

[Surly1]

Besides watching UConn religiously, I am an Iowa fan, starting with the Samantha Logic era. Really like the improvement in Ava Heiden and Addie Deal & Journey Houston are going to be a handful together for a few years to come.

Illinois has 4 starters who are either freshman or sophs, and they got a nice pickup in Maddie Webber They remind a little of Michigan. While it looks like the SEC is the conference to beat, I think the Big Ten has a couple of programs that can make some noise come tourney time.

I'd be remiss not to mention the one player I'd love to see in a UConn uniform is Tessa Johnson. She's had a relatively quiet start to the season, but looked more herself against Louisville.

 

[ISUnorth]

And Chit-Chat Wright is back for the roadie at Rutgers. Iowa all over Rutgers with a million points in the paint early. Leading 33-12 with 3 minutes till the half.

Bunch of Hawk guards channeling C. Clark and throwing TD dimes to posts running the court. Big rival but gotta say it's some pretty basketball.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

I get that this is an east coast centric "general forum" but there are so few open forums like this that I'd expect more Big Ten fans. Maybe a lot of the Hawks are like Cyclone fans, mostly just a fan of their own team. Trying to generate chat with my fellow Cyclones on ISU forums about any player or team that is not ISU is sort of fruitless. Same holds true for the dead Big 12 thread here. Other than a couple of AZ area fans it's me going all Billy Idol and Dancing With Myself. No TCU or Baylor peeps weighing in. At least the Big Ten thread is active. 🙁

Actually, I am a general women's basketball fan, with season tickets (and hence a rooting interest) in Arizona. Before moving west it was Rutgers and we followed them more closely before Vivian retired. It was as a Rutgers fan as I first came to the Boneyard back several iterations ago, when Fishy was still doing regular recaps on the men's side and he had his first child - at least that's how I date it. I would think north of 20 years, but could be wrong.

I watch parts of most TV games, all of some. I rarely invoke streaming services, although I have them. I can't follow everyone in detail, so I aim for staying up on WBB in a general way. Many of the threads are just too time consuming to try and plow through.

As to your comments regarding fans of specific programs, there are a lot of them. I know it isn't WBB but I can illustrate - Rutgers had gotten decent in Volleyball and actually had a fan club (all very briefly, somewhere around 2000 maybe) and my wife offered to bring a video of the last year's Final Four highlights and the consensus was "why would we want to see that?". Not volleyball fans, just Rutgers fans. It carries over to WBB.

And finally, as to Iowa and Iowa State - I know they are both having excellent seasons. I know Audi Crooks and Jada Williams. I recognize the names of Iowa players when I hear them. I'm a coach person, know Jenson has done very well following Lisa Bluder and of course Iowa State has Bill Fennelly. We (Rutgers) came to Ames in the NCAA's in 1998 (we were there) and beat Iowa State to advance in the NCAA's. Place was packed, early in his career. He was not happy. Vivian was.