This Iowa team feels a lot like 2019-2020 Iowa to me. That team had a lot of questions after losing the best player in program history (Gustafson then, Clark now). It was led by a very good PG (Doyle then, Olsen now), and had some solid veteran pieces (Meyer and Ollinger then, Affolter, O'Grady, and Feuerbach now). It also had strong post play emerge (Czinano then, Stuelke and/or Heiden now) and some intriguing freshman (Warnock, Martin, and Marshall then, the 5 you mentioned now).
The 2019-2020 team would've been a 4 or 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament had it not been cancelled. I think this team could get in that range too, though I think teams around the country now are stronger generally than they were in 2019-2020. The Big Ten certainly is.
I love that comparison, also that 19-20 team was so fun lol that was my first year covering Ohio State, shoutout Kathleen Doyle who is so underrated coming between those two Goliaths
You have said repeatedly over time, and again today, that Iowa never won a regular season Big Ten championship with Clark. Iowa has a trophy from the Big Ten for winning the 2022 Big Ten regular season championship (shared with OSU). Does that not count?
It's improper phrasing on my part and that's on me. What I mean when referencing that is that Iowa was never the 1 seed with Clark since they lost to OSU in the regular season that year. I really should say that Iowa never won the Big Ten outright with Clark because you're right that it counts as a co-champ for that season
This Iowa team feels a lot like 2019-2020 Iowa to me. That team had a lot of questions after losing the best player in program history (Gustafson then, Clark now). It was led by a very good PG (Doyle then, Olsen now), and had some solid veteran pieces (Meyer and Ollinger then, Affolter, O'Grady, and Feuerbach now). It also had strong post play emerge (Czinano then, Stuelke and/or Heiden now) and some intriguing freshman (Warnock, Martin, and Marshall then, the 5 you mentioned now).
The 2019-2020 team would've been a 4 or 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament had it not been cancelled. I think this team could get in that range too, though I think teams around the country now are stronger generally than they were in 2019-2020. The Big Ten certainly is.
I love that comparison, also that 19-20 team was so fun lol that was my first year covering Ohio State, shoutout Kathleen Doyle who is so underrated coming between those two Goliaths
You have said repeatedly over time, and again today, that Iowa never won a regular season Big Ten championship with Clark. Iowa has a trophy from the Big Ten for winning the 2022 Big Ten regular season championship (shared with OSU). Does that not count?
It's improper phrasing on my part and that's on me. What I mean when referencing that is that Iowa was never the 1 seed with Clark since they lost to OSU in the regular season that year. I really should say that Iowa never won the Big Ten outright with Clark because you're right that it counts as a co-champ for that season