Part of being a Division I Men's Basketball Coach carries an obligation to participate in a weekly teleconference call. This particular coach is not above his obligation and here is your nice and tidy version of what transpired.
If you take an honest look at the Hawks right now, it is a freakin' accomplishment by Coach Lickliter to have this team in a place where I'm complaining about losing Big Ten games in February. Back in Nov/Dec/Jan I was scared that this team would not win one single conference game. The only thing I anticipated getting excited about when watching this team was executing a clean box-out drill on the defensive end, or playing 'team oriented basketball' on offense (pretty much everything that the old slick-haired-sleaze-of-a-coach didn't care about). Back then, asking for a win was out of the question. But that's not the case now. Iowa is making a play for the top half of the conference and a post-season tournament bid (anything will do). However, the riddle left to solve is the consistency, or lack thereof, with this team.
Being that it is Coach Lickliter's first rodeo in the Big Ten, Todd reflects on some of the adjustments he's made to the competition.
Iowa's schedule is a lot easier from here on out. Sure, they'll probably lose to Michigan State in East Lansing by 178 points, but other than that their schedule is cake. See for yourself. And even though the sched lightens up considerably, Coach Lick only has eyes for the next game.
It should be fun. Up this week for I-O-W-A is one opponent and one opponent alone: the Michigan Wolverines, Thursday, at Carver-Hawkeye, 8:05, on ESPN or ESPN2.
Audio courtesy of the Big Ten Conference
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