*****Iowa vs Nebraska NCAAT Game Thread*****

[Tenacious E_rivals41982]

Tonight's game plan .........

Punch NEB in the mouth right from the opening tip, and then keep throwing haymakers. At least on the defensive end, if not both.

Limit mistakes, more commonly known as turnovers.

Limit Nebraska's 2nd/3rd/4th etc chance oppos, IE REBOUND!!!

Get up good open shots, even if quicker than normal. Don't need to overpass and try to sneak dimes into bad & crowded areas every single possession.

Make a good - or better - % of the FTs.


But honestly, the most important thing - no matter how - is ....

If we ever start making open 3s on the regular, that would go a long way too...

 

[SoonerBeAHawk]

When it comes to Sandfort, whoever is on him needs to think of the following:
Coach Norman Dale:
Stick with your man. Think of him as chewing gum. By the end of the game, I want you to know what flavor he is.

The 2026 Hawkeye Productions re-release is premiering tonight with some plot twists:

The pre-game meeting goes roughly the same and the second preacher again reads the passage "and David put his hand into the bag and pulled out a stone ..." This time while reading the preacher produces a stone for dramatic effect, apparently.

But now the preacher, with a strong resemblance to Rev Bob Holzhammer, produces many more stones and slays the entire team!

The evil Huskers are dead!

 

[Swiowahawks]

Some/all here might disagree with me but I'm fully at peace even if we dont win, and this is coming from someone who lives in Omaha! To slay a Sweet 16 dragon, to do it how we did it vs. a #1 seed on essentially their home court in Year 1 of Ben is simply insane. Neb has their best year EVER in bball with a coach there for 6+ years and we have what we have it's pretty incredible. Maybe I'll change my tune at tipoff but a loss to Neb in football seems to sting a bit more...

I disagree. Don’t lose to those effers.

 

[QChawks]

Yup

 

[Hawk-A-Doodle-Doo]

Let's face it....this is a game neither losing side will be able to sleep at night or "get over" for a long time. When you hit the tourney wall against the likes of UConn or Arizona or Houston, or Duke....or hell, even one of the traditional in-conference elites like Michigan, Michigan State or Purdue, that's one thing. But to be bounced this way after doing something one side has never done and the other side hadn't done this century, will be a very, very bitter pill to swallow indeed.

 

[Franisdaman]

I demand a victory, that is all! Paging Franny and the Robin Williams clip.

 

[Franisdaman]

I demand that we win this game.

Thank you.

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[airhawk]

I want Duncan, Stevens, Kirk, Parker Hesse, Kittle at the game tonight. All are nightmare figures to lil Debby.

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[r_desihawk]

i punched through a few sports radio stations while driving and every single one picked nebraska even though a couple acknowledged they have no idea about either team

 

[AFM22]

Yup

We're pretty slow in the office today so this is pretty much me rn

 

[HawkBall23]

i punched through a few sports radio stations while driving and every single one picked nebraska even though a couple acknowledged they have no idea about either team

Perfect.

Lots of people picking Iowa would feel like a huge jinx.

 

[Bro D]

 

[Franisdaman]

It will be 69-69 with 6.9 seconds left in regulation.

Stirtz will hit a step back 3 over Pryce Sandfort as the clock hits zero.

Little Debbie will lose on a walk off, once again, to IOWA.

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[TampaHawkFan]

 

[Moral]

 

[stillh8unlv]

Don't remind me of the UNLV game

 

[stillh8unlv]

We've gotten this far in the tournament without vintage Stirtz... it's his time to shine

My thoughts too - honestly, if everyone else plays as hard and well as they did against Florida AND we get a hot shooting Stirtz, they'll win this walking away.

Plus making 75-80% of the damn FTs would certainly help as well.

 

[Kceasthawk@77]

First sweet 16 in my lifetime...SWEATING

Damn, your a young un.....

 

[Kceasthawk@77]

Need good Folgueiras again. Really hope his mom's coming. He was great in Tampa with her. Be nice if Bennett could get an efficient 20.

And Banks. He was a force, especially in the first half. Lets hope Stirtz finds his touch in this one as well....

 

[Kceasthawk@77]

Funny stuff. Said it probably cost him a NIL deal with the Olive Garden.....

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[Franisdaman]

From the experts of beating Little Debbie....

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[oldxbbc]

I want Duncan, Stevens, Kirk, Parker Hesse, Kittle at the game tonight. All are nightmare figures to lil Debby.

Parker was one of my favorite Hawks. His father was our mailman.

 

[Hawksfor3]

First sweet 16 in my lifetime...SWEATING

Hope you see many more.

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[QChawks]

 

[Franisdaman]

Hmmmm.....which school might be at $4.5M ?

 

[Franisdaman]

Defense?

Never heard of the word....

 

[BleedRed89]

Random question, but does anyone else have an issue on mobile when scrolling through a thread and encountering a link to X, you just...cant scroll suddenly anymore? Just me?

 

[TampaHawkFan]

UNLV is a 4-letter word around here, at least with those of us old enough to remember 1987.

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[Hawksfor3]

UNLV is a 4-letter word around here, at least with those of us old enough to remember 1987.

Tark had to chew up 6 towels to beat us.

 

[Franisdaman]

Stirtz will hit a step back 3 over Pryce Sandfort as the clock hits zero.

Little Debbie will lose on a walk off, once again, to IOWA.

Speaking of breaking Little Debbie's heart with walk off "threes...."

Enjoy.