Iowa

[Chi-Boiler]

Owen Freeman to miss rest of season after finger surgery.

 

[DrEss]

Big loss for Iowa.

 

[Old Gold n Black]

Wow, this significantly alters the complexion of the game. He's the only respectable big on their entire roster. Any idea how this might affect the line, Chi? I can see them throwing a gauntlet of guards at us all game, and several of their guards have good size.

 

[Chi-Boiler]

Wow, this significantly alters the complexion of the game. He's the only respectable big on their entire roster. Any idea how this might affect the line, Chi? I can see them throwing a gauntlet of guards at us all game, and several of their guards have good size.

I was thinking Purdue -5.5 before this news, so maybe -7.5 now?

 

[Chi-Boiler]

Looks like Ladji Dembele is their only other big that gets consistent minutes, but he doesn't have a whole lot in the way of stats. The other guys 6'8" or better - not named Payton Sandfort - have played a total of 180 minutes this season.

Freeman missed 2 games earlier in the season but they were both Iowa blowouts anyway.

 

[SqueakyClean]

There's a good chunk of the Iowa fanbase that thinks that he was transferring anyway and now he is using this injury as an excuse. I have no idea if that is accurate or not, but their Rivals board is kinda in a bad place right now.

 

[DrEss]

They will be shooting a ton of 3’s. Hope they miss most.

 

[ChoiceBeef]

There's a good chunk of the Iowa fanbase that thinks that he was transferring anyway and now he is using this injury as an excuse. I have no idea if that is accurate or not, but their Rivals board is kinda in a bad place right now.

Wait, you serious?

 

[SqueakyClean]

Wait, you serious?

Yup. Go check it out if dare.

 

[Chi-Boiler]

Yup. Go check it out if dare.

Yeah I just went through their thread about the injury. All basically that he's not injured and he's transferring next year. And that Fran is done and they want the whole thing blown up.

 

[GemstateBoiler]

Yeah I just went through their thread about the injury. All basically that he's not injured and he's transferring next year. And that Fran is done and they want the whole thing blown up.

This is better than political conspiracy theories. Did Dan Dakich start this?

 

[Chi-Boiler]

I was thinking Purdue -5.5 before this news, so maybe -7.5 now?

Guess I do know what I'm doing!