Connor and Fran

[trfhawk]

Agree 100%.

That said, CMC and PMac had no business playing D1.

and Fran should have thanked God every day Iowa kept him. No other power 4 conference school would have kept him around 15 years. Iowa owes him nothing, And Caitlyn Clark's silence during Iowa's run in the tourney? Who cares? Hope she enjoys life with the crybaby family.

Good job Beth for hiring an Iowa guy. No more uppity, East Coast snobs needed.

 

[trfhawk]

Keep slamming the all time leader in wins in Iowa history.

Keep the insults coming.

Keep coming with what you think are these great, clever, oh my god digs.

Keep forgetting that Fran actually won more games than anyone we had before.

Anything to make yourself feel important.

If you think what you do about Fran...damn what do you think about Iowa?

What do I think about Iowa? I think they kept Fran too long.

 

[Hendy Hawk]

Over-rated, same as his brothers, then attached himself like a barnacle to Caitlin Clark.

And Caitlin has no say in the matter?

 

[BringBackBradBanks]

Can you imagine being Connor? Just being handed everything your entire life and constantly falling up but knowing you didn’t earn it. Probably not fun.

 

[TrojanHawkeye]

and Fran should have thanked God every day Iowa kept him. No other power 4 conference school would have kept him around 15 years. Iowa owes him nothing, And Caitlyn Clark's silence during Iowa's run in the tourney? Who cares? Hope she enjoys life with the crybaby family.

Good job Beth for hiring an Iowa guy. No more uppity, East Coast snobs needed.

 

[PeteJox]

Keep slamming the all time leader in wins in Iowa history.

Keep the insults coming.

Keep coming with what you think are these great, clever, oh my god digs.

Keep forgetting that Fran actually won more games than anyone we had before.

Anything to make yourself feel important.

If you think what you do about Fran...damn what do you think about Iowa?

I mean his kid is cheering for the cyclones, what does he think about Iowa?

 

[NIhawk79]

Winning 4 NCAA games in 15 years hardly screams respect.

Johnny Orr won 3 NCAA tournament games at ISU in 14 years and they built a a statue.

 

[Hendy Hawk]

Can you imagine being Connor? Just being handed everything your entire life and constantly falling up but knowing you didn’t earn it. Probably not fun.

Don't know if you're being facetious or not. Link to where you got that information?

 

[Mattski]

I still like Fran, and Patrick has posted stuff to assume he’s being mature about the whole situation. Connor is being a brat about this though.

They say the oldest son usually takes after the mother...

 

[iahawkeyes17]

Can someome actually post what Connor has said? I keep seeing posts shitting on him but haven't actually seen any primary evidence.

the other thing if you aren’t familiar with is Connor liked a post after we lost to isu that said cyclone state.

 

[Hawksbyamillion_rivals316961]

the other thing if you aren’t familiar with is Connor liked a post after we lost to isu that said cyclone state.

Hoping for others to fail sounds like a terrible way to live. Good riddance

 

[LetsGoHawks83]

Caitlin needs to tell Connor to just move on.

Let some years go by and I GUARANTEE they'll have Fran back in Carver sometime. He'd get a nice ovation.

Two things can be true:

Winningest coach in Iowa history. Had some great moments and good years. Ran a clean/respected program.

It was time to move on.

 

[Franisdaman]

I mentioned this above; here's some more info.

Ben McCollum had 3 NCAA Tournament wins at IOWA in 7 days (Friday, March 20, 2026 through Thursday, March 26, 2026). This is year 1 for Ben at IOWA, of course.

Fran McCaffery had 4 NCAA Tournament wins at IOWA in 15 years.

Fran's first NCAA Tournament win at Iowa came in his 5th season.

Here's the timeline of Fran's 4 NCAA Tournament wins at Iowa:

2014-2015: 7 seed Iowa beat Davidson in the round of 64; lost to #2 seed Gonzaga in the second round.

2015-2016: 7 seed Iowa beat Temple in the round of 64; lost to #2 seed Villanova in the second round.

2 years without an NCAA appearance.

2018-2019: 10 seed Iowa beat Cincinnati in the round of 64; lost to #2 seed Tennessee in OT in the second round.

2020: canceled due to covid

2020-2021: 2 seed Iowa beat Grand Canyon in the round of 64; lost to #7 seed Oregon in the second round.

2021-2022: After winning the B1G Tournament, 5 seed Iowa LOST to 12 seed Richmond in the round of 64.

2022-2023: 8 seed Iowa LOST to 9 seed Auburn in the round of 64.

Fran’s final 2 years: Iowa did not make the NCAA Tournament.

March 14, 2025: Beth Goetz fired Fran.

 

[JayDeeSC]

Fran was a good coach. BMac is a great coach.

 

[LetsGoHawks83]

I mentioned this above; here's some more info.

Ben McCollum had 3 NCAA Tournament wins at IOWA in 7 days (Friday, March 20, 2026 through Thursday, March 26, 2026). This is year 1 for Ben at IOWA, of course.

Fran McCaffery had 4 NCAA Tournament wins at IOWA in 15 years.

Fran's first NCAA Tournament win at Iowa came in his 5th season.

Here's the timeline of Fran's 4 NCAA Tournament wins at Iowa:

2014-2015: 7 seed Iowa beat Davidson in the round of 64; lost to #2 seed Gonzaga in the second round.

2015-2016: 7 seed Iowa beat Temple in the round of 64; lost to #2 seed Villanova in the second round.

2 years without an NCAA appearance.

2018-2019: 10 seed Iowa beat Cincinnati in the round of 64; lost to #2 seed Tennessee in OT in the second round.

2020: canceled due to covid

2020-2021: 2 seed Iowa beat Grand Canyon in the round of 64; lost to #7 seed Oregon in the second round.

2021-2022: After winning the B1G Tournament, 5 seed Iowa LOST to 12 seed Richmond in the round of 64.

2022-2023: 8 seed Iowa LOST to 9 seed Auburn in the round of 64.

Fran’s final 2 years: Iowa did not make the NCAA Tournament.

March 14, 2025: Beth Goetz fired Fran.

Most Fans agree. They liked the trajectory of the program up until the post season failures during the Garza and Murray years. That confirmed for most that we had seen the ceiling. Nothing against the players or Fran. We just reached the max with his style of play at Iowa.

No issues with the 5 years to win the 1st NCAA tournament game. It was a different era with transfer rules and we were in the dumpster when he was hired.

The post season success was too little and too far between. And we were trending down for 3 years

 

[BringBackBradBanks]

Fran was a good coach. BMac is a great coach.

Meh. Fran was an average coach. BMac is a great coach.

 

[Franisdaman]

Most Fans agree. They liked the trajectory of the program up until the post season failures during the Garza and Murray years. That confirmed for most that we had seen the ceiling. Nothing against the players or Fran. We just reached the max with his style of play at Iowa.

No issues with the 5 years to win the 1st NCAA tournament game. It was a different era with transfer rules and we were in the dumpster when he was hired.

The post season success was too little and too far between. And we were trending down for 3 years

Fran kept doing the same thing over & over (not playing defense). Fans eventually had enough.

Beth did the right thing; luckily she got one of the best coaches out there.

 

[FanInBlack]

Clark can X about other NCAA games but not Iowa I guess.

 

[Warhawkeye]

Clark can X about other NCAA games but not Iowa I guess.

If you haven’t read the other threads about it you should! She’s wrote off Iowa because of Connor

 

[ChicagoHawk2020]

Fran put those teams together you dolt. We never had any guards in 15 years. Let that sink in. HE COULD NOT RECRUIT GUARDS. So he played his son and Bohannon. And we got outscored 63 to 0 by Oregon and lose to a terrible Richmond team. Legacy cemented.

What is this 63-0 stat you’re talking about?

 

[Roncuba65]

What is this 63-0 stat you’re talking about?

Oregon starting guards: 63 points
Iowa starting guards: 0 points

 

[BringBackBradBanks]

What is this 63-0 stat you’re talking about?

Iowa’s starting guards were outscored 63 to 0 by Oregon’s starting guards in the NCAA tourney loss. CJ, Connor, and Bohannon didn’t score a point.

 

[Roncuba65]

Bohannon was too busy crying on Twitter and stealing NCAA logo rugs to care about the Oregon game...

 

[The Big Z]

If you haven’t read the other threads about it you should! She’s wrote off Iowa because of Connor

And you can prove it!

 

[Warhawkeye]

And you can prove it!

I don’t need to prove anything! I’ve gotta drilled on my Banks comments. I can promise without saying who I heard it from that it’s 100% accurate

 

[Warhawkeye]

And you can prove it!

Keep running your mouth cause I can promise you you’re wrong!

 

[stillh8unlv]

Keep slamming the all time leader in wins in Iowa history.

Keep the insults coming.

Keep coming with what you think are these great, clever, oh my god digs.

Keep forgetting that Fran actually won more games than anyone we had before.

Anything to make yourself feel important.

If you think what you do about Fran...damn what do you think about Iowa?

Stay outta this Conner

 

[Warhawkeye]

Stay outta this Conner

Definitely not a Mccaffrey respond. They’d just give you the FU and move on. The dude that posted that is a moron though

 

[Zach Jump]

Stay outta this Conner

I am not Conner.

I went to UNLV.

 

[Matt1nb7]

I am not Conner.

I went to UNLV.

Ladji Dembele?