Here's the Primer for Iowa. Despite replacing a 20-point scorer for the third straight year (the Murray twins each of the last two years, Luka Garza the year before), this looks like another high-octane offense for Fran McCaffery's Hawks; the question is whether they can rebound and defend well enough to win games when it matters most in March.
Should be a fast-paced game with a lot of possessions. CU's favored by 8.5 at the moment; I think they'll go over that. The Jays' offense is every bit as lethal as Iowa's, and their defense is much, much better. A 12-14 point win where they pull away late sounds right to me.
https://whiteandbluereview.com/pregame- ... es-finale/
Incidentally, I loved looking back at that '99 game. Two Hawks fouled out, one of them memorably flipping off the student section and getting into it with some of them. Alford getting his butt handed to him by Dana (again) and playing the villain role so well. Sears and Walker doing amazing things. Just a great, great memory.
That was my junior year at CU and up to that point, it was the largest/rowdiest crowd I'd witnessed here thanks to all the Hawk fans from western Iowa. First time with over 9,000 fans since Benoit Benjamin's final season; largest home crowd since '74. Obviously it's a different era now with a seismic shift in support for the Jays. Very curious how many Iowa fans get in the door.