Jamie Dixon to be named Oregon Heach Coach.

[Q, West Coast Style]

If my source is worth a darn.

[Screw_Michigan]

No, he's going to Iowa.

Sin,

Noj

[Mace]

Looks like Iowa's AD is waiting for all of the good coaches to take other jobs. Ben Jacobson, the UNI coach, just signed a 10 year deal with UNI for $450,000 a year. Rumor has it that Iowa offered Bruce Pearl $3 million a year and he wasn't interested. I'm guessing that Iowa will either have to settle for a mid-major coach or get a quality assistant from a major program. Tennessee assistant, Steve Forbes, wants the job but reports say that Iowa has not been in contact with him. He might be the best choice. Didn't mean to turn this into an Iowa thread but Dixon has been discussed as a possibility for the Hawkeyes...at least on this board.

[Dinsdale]

Didn't mean to turn this into an Iowa thread but Dixon has been discussed as a possibility for the Hawkeyes...at least on this board.

I'm guessing it was going to morph into a "coaching search" thread within about the next two posts, maybe sooner if there were any Pitt fans here.

[TheJON]

No, he's going to Iowa.

Sin,

Noj

First off, I never said Dixon was going to Iowa. Quit making up what I say.

I just said if we went after him we would have a shot to get him. Iowa's got a much better program than Oregon. We've had a lot more success than them throughout the years.

I think Brian Gregory becomes the leading candidate for Iowa. I would definitely be in favor of this hire and he would be a great fit. He runs a style of play that would attract good athletes and he's got ties to key areas we need to be recruiting in (ie Illinois, Michigan, Ohio). I believe this will be his job to turn down.

[Dinsdale]

I just said if we went after him we would have a shot to get him. Iowa's got a much better program than Oregon. We've had a lot more success than them throughout the years.

Funny shit.

Let's see, the ultimate scoreboard reads:

Oregon -- 1
Iowa -- 0


But let's get a little more recent, shall we?

Elite Eights in the last 20 years:

Oregon -- 2
Iowa -- 0



And let's see... there seems to be little debate in the CBB world that Oregon has the best training facilities in the country. And next season, they move into what will be the nicest arena in all of CBB (a nine-figure spectacle).


One place is considered one of the great places to live in the country, the other is a punchline in livability jokes.

One has a near-unlimited budget, that could purchase the other's entire athletic program by simply scouring through their couch cushions.


But apart from that... you're still full of jonsense.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

The past doesn't matter, whichever way it leans. Right now Oregon is one competent head coach away from being a tournament mainstay. Iowa is in total disarray.

[Dinsdale]

Not so fast...

All I was hearing all day on the radio yesterday was "rumor has it they're signing Tubby Smith."

Just adds to the fun, I guess.

I'm still not ruling Few out, since I haven't heard his name brought up at all -- that's usually how athletic departments roll.

[TheJON]

The past doesn't matter, whichever way it leans. Right now Oregon is one competent head coach away from being a tournament mainstay. Iowa is in total disarray.

Not true. We have a decent class coming in and everyone is back. We may not be a tourney team but I can assure you this will be the most improved team in the conference. McCaffery is inheriting a much better situation than Lickliter did because Alford left him with absolutely nothing. Plus, we've finally got a practice facility being built. It's not all

And comparing Iowa's basketball history to Oregon is hilarious. Oregon isn't even close. We have more than DOUBLE the amount of tourney appearances in school history. Just in my lifetime it's not even been remotely close (almost 30 years). Attendance, record, tourney appearances............sorry, but Oregon is not in Iowa's league historically. That's just silly talk.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Well, good luck with all that. I would like to see Iowa rebound.

[TheJON]

Thanks, and I can't begin to tell you how thankful I am of Michigan State for beating UNI. They're who I'm pulling for the rest of the tourney. Not only because they're Big-10 but also because they shut all the UNI "fans" around here up. Living outside of Iowa you have no idea how annoying this bandwagon was. My entire life not a god damn person around here gave 2 shits about UNI. Hell, even the people that went to UNI were actually Iowa or ISU fans that only recently began giving a fuck about UNI. I went to a sports bar to watch the MSU-UNI game and it's packed with people wearing Iowa and ISU gear just going nuts for UNI. Not me or my buddy. We were the only 2 cheering for MSU. Not because we're Spartan fans, but because I have grown to hate UNI. Even got a loud "GO GREEN. GO WHITE" chant going in the 2nd half that pissed off these Iowa errrrr Northern Iowa fans.

It was weird because at halftime I was pissed off almost like Iowa was losing. I thought the game was over. MSU looked lifeless. I thought that 7 point lead might as well have been 30. They seemed clueless offensively without Lucas. But fortunately I was wrong and they pulled it out so I'll never have to hear from UNI "fans" ever again. The main problem Iowa has had the last decade has been games exactly like this. We get down 6-7 points at half because we couldn't hit a shot and we never seem to have the mental toughness to fight through these bad stretches and pull out these type of games. I think this is probably why I just assumed MSU was done at halftime because I'm so used to KNOWING that Iowa has no shot to rebound from even the smallest of halftime margins. I guess this is what separates the contenders from the pretenders.......being able to find a way to win when you're not playing your best ball. Maybe Ferentz needs to coach the basketball team!

[Goober McTuber]

Well, good luck with all that. I would like to see Iowa rebound.

Yeah, and play defense, too.

[M Club]

lots of people get caught up in a local team's run. i'd go to the bar to cheer on western michigan if they were in the sweet sixteen. shit, i think i did go to a bar to watch portland state last year. and i rooted for them. and like most people you would have mistaken for fans i forgot about the game as soon as it was over.

[Dinsdale]

And comparing Iowa's basketball history to Oregon is hilarious.

Yup, it is. One has won a national championship, one hasn't.

Not sure which part of "scoreboard" you're failing to grasp?

Just in my lifetime it's not even been remotely close.

Agreed. In that time, Oregon has been to two Elite Eights. If'n I'm not mistaken (too lazy to look up such a laughable comparison), in that same time frame, Iowa has been to somewhere right around... zero.



But damn, what a conundrum -- should I believe Noj, or the SCOREBOARD?

Tough call.

[Mace]

I'll see your "two elite eights" and raise with a Final Four. (1980...since we're going back 30 years).

[M Club]

george mason > oregon

[Screw_Michigan]

george mason > oregon

Rack

[Dinsdale]

I'll see your "two elite eights" and raise with a Final Four. (1980...since we're going back 30 years).

Well then, let's go back to your lifetime...

I'll see your FF, and raise you a Championship.

[SunCoastSooner]

I'll see your "two elite eights" and raise with a Final Four. (1980...since we're going back 30 years).

Well then, let's go back to your lifetime...

I'll see your FF, and raise you a Championship.

"God Bless basketball before Goal tending "

Sin,
Dins

[Mace]

I'll see your "two elite eights" and raise with a Final Four. (1980...since we're going back 30 years).

Well then, let's go back to your lifetime...

I'll see your FF, and raise you a Championship.

The Tall Firs championship was in 1939, well before my lifetime, and the same year as Iowa's lone Heisman Trophy winner, Nile Kinnick. Iowa has been to three final fours in my lifetime, finishing second in 1956.

[TheJON]

Agreed. In that time, Oregon has been to two Elite Eights. If'n I'm not mistaken (too lazy to look up such a laughable comparison), in that same time frame, Iowa has been to somewhere right around... zero.

FAIL!

The score is actually 2-2. Nice try though.

Wanna compare overall record and NCAA tournament appearances since I've been alive (approx 30 years)? Didn't think so. What about attendance? Probably not.

Thanks for playing.

[Terry in Crapchester]

The Tall Firs championship was in 1939,

This illustrates a problem with comparing NCAA tournament success without regard to the timeframe. Back in 1939, the NIT was still the more prestigious tournament. We'll probably all have a different answer as to when the NCAA passed the NIT, for my money it was about the late 1950's.

[Q, West Coast Style]

Or not.

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksb ... hedul.html

Dammit, I was hoping to pad my resume for a gig with TMZ Sports.

[Dinsdale]

We'll probably all have a different answer as to when the NCAA passed the NIT, for my money it was about the late 1950's.

We should all agree that it was sometime after Kentucky stopped rigging the tournies.