The PTL Lifestyle, Game 6
by Horace E. Cow on Jul 11, 2011 12:30 PM CDT
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PrintI couldn't make it to the PTL this Sunday, so instead of a detailed rundown, here are links to some more industrious folks who did. Apparently it was quite crowded out in North Liberty yesterday, due to the presence of the most incandescent star in the ex-Hawkeye basketball galaxy -- this guy:
Also, Roy Marble, Adam Haluska, Bobby Hansen, Greg Brunner, Jeff Horner, J.R. Angle, Cyrus Tate, Luke Recker, Steve Krafcisin and Greg Stokes were on hand, but we all know who the real draw was here: The 'Bill. I wanted to do a little retrospective here on Wade Lookingbill's career and check my recollection that he was actually a pretty valuable player (he was also a Mr. Iowa in basketball, which I didn't know), but Iowa basketball statistics from 1991-93 are surprisingly hard to come by on the internet. Some information age we live in. Anyway, here are the links:
- Scott Dochterman on the mini-reunion and the PTL games (with video). Key quote from Adam Haluska: "Everybody knows each other really well. It’s kind of like a family when you play for Iowa basketball... It doesn’t matter if you played for Coach (Steve) Alford or Coach (Tom) Davis. It’s like a fraternity to come back and socialize and just try to strengthen Iowa basketball alumni." Is there a name missing in that list of coaches? Has Lickliter been disappeared from living memory?
- Brendan Stiles goes into more detail on the games (which included Anthony Hubbard's first PTL loss (to the Zach McCabe/Ali Farokhmanesh team) at Hawkeye Drive.
- Video highlights from Hawkeye Report.
- Recap of the Bryce Cartwright/Gabe Olaseni team beating the Melsahn Basabe/Matt Gatens/Aaron White team from The Daily Iowan.
- Somewhat unrelated, but here's a photo gallery of the new basketball practice facility. I like the leather (pleather?) chairs with cup-holders in what is called the "Volleyball Theater Room" (which I assume is where the coaches retire to watch this after a hard day's work). Also the basketball practice court complete with Big Ten and Tigerhawk logos is pretty sweet.
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Thanks for the link to the picture gallery for the Carver renovations
It looks like we finally have the facilities to match other B1G schools in basketball and volleyball.
"He lowballed us and said: 'Take it or leave it. If you don't take our offer, you are rolling the dice.' I said: 'Consider them rolled.' " - Jim "Huge Brass Balls" Delaney
"Has Lickliter been disappeared from living memory?"
DO NOT RUN AFOUL OF THE BLOODPUNCH
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I think this may have more to do with Lick not having any real alumni.
Did any of his recruits make it all the way thru the program? The players that graduated during Lick’s three year stint are really Alford’s guys, aren’t they?
by The Mexican't on Jul 11, 2011 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Cole probably qualifies as a Lickliter guy.
He might be the only one, though.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
And even he was a Alford recruit. Tate and Bawinkel are the two who stick out to me as definitively Lick'd.
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on Jul 11, 2011 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions
*an Alford recruit
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on Jul 11, 2011 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Alford started his recruitment, but Lickliter finished it off.
And he was here for all three years of the Lickliter Era. (The only guy, if memory serves.)
I guess Tate and Bawinkel also count as guys who were only “touched” by Lickliter. Was Palmer brought here by Lick?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I think he was brought in by Alford; tall athletic prep school player doesn't seem Lickliter's style.
The inconsistent contributions and transferring-out part are definitely a mark of Lickliter’s coaching, though.
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on Jul 11, 2011 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Palmer was definitely an Alford recruit
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jul 11, 2011 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions
The Lick Era is just a crazy drunken blur to me at this point.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Jealous.
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on Jul 11, 2011 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions
nah, Cole Committed to Alford the summer before his senior year and signed an LOI in Nov.
Lickliter just kept him from getting back his Letter of Intent when he (Lick) came in the following Spring. If only he could have done that more than once, and with guys already in the school.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
Sad face. :-(
Adam Woodbury is being recruited by North Carolina, getting phone calls from Roy Williams and such. Adam Woodbury is my white whale. Or something.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
Yeah, if I'm a high school baller there's zero question between UNC and Iowa
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jul 11, 2011 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Luckily, they have not offerred...... yet
One could only hope that McCaffery is one heluva salesman.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
He sold that mug to his wife. Must be doing something right.
I believe that if we’re ever going to keep kids like that, it will be Fran that does it.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jul 11, 2011 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Even a baller who grew up a Hawkeye fan and has the opportunity to really put your mark on a program?
He could be a huge deal in Iowa City, while just being another basketball player at UNC. Sure, being a regular ball player at UNC is a big deal, but maybe Fran can prey on the kid’s ego a bit.
by The Mexican't on Jul 11, 2011 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, that's always the rub isn't it?
Go somewhere where you’re almost virtually guaranteed to win but you might just be another cog in a wheel, or be the one who changes the culture/perception of a program not as good.
I hope he’s just doing this see different places and get wined and dined by the best, but his heart is in IC.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
I wonder which one is "easier" these days?
At Iowa, if you are the big man on campus, are you really even able to “enjoy the fruits of your labor?” Or do you have to work your ass off, and be a leader when the coaches aren’t around, and keep your act completely straight because you know the cops are gunning for you?
If you are the backup PF at UNC, you might be able to chillax a little more?
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jul 11, 2011 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought it went a lot further than UNC
aren’t Duke and KU interested as well?
by Carfino'sWay on Jul 11, 2011 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
I think every school in the country is interested at this point.
UNC is used as the example most often because of ol’ Roy.
by The Mexican't on Jul 11, 2011 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions
great white buffalo
Great white buffalo. (volume decreasing) great white buffalo.
"No I'm not going to 'limber up'. You ever see a lion stretching before it takes down a gazelle?"
by Swarley on Jul 11, 2011 4:46 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
When I think of Tom Davis Basketball
I think of Wade Lookingbill.
by Assault & Slattery on Jul 11, 2011 2:12 PM CDT reply actions
I think of BJ
Imagine my shock finding out he was a senior after seeing his baby face on TV. (Yes, I was a little late to the party, not discovering my Hawkeye love till choosing Iowa before my senior year of high school. Since, however, I’d like to think my continued obsession more than makes up for my earlier lack of awareness.)
The University of Iowa: the best 6 years of my life. My parents are very proud.
by HawkeyeGirleye on Jul 11, 2011 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions
I associated Wade Lookingbill with Wade Duck.
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on Jul 11, 2011 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Need an arrow that points generally to the crowd which states
Full House.
FOUR. THREE. COVER. TWO.
by Mr. Grizz on Jul 11, 2011 4:49 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
They were probably more likely to be at a Golden State Warriors game.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood..." - Teddy Roosevelt
Why do I remember calling him Wade LookingBAD
if he made shots like that?
Why can’t I remember that game? Chances are pretty good I was there &, even if I wasn’t, that I was watching it on TV OR later on my friend’s VCR if studying got in the way (hence my sig line).
That picture makes me feel old.
The University of Iowa: the best 6 years of my life. My parents are very proud.
I remember that game like it was yesterday..
No one in either state thought Lookingbill would be the one to take the last shot…
by coltranemonk on Jul 12, 2011 7:27 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm pretty sure those theater seats are the standard at universities nowadays.
If I were up to it, I’d find the twitpics of Purdue players tweeting the differences between their locker room/film room of old and new. But I’m lazy, you’ll just have to take my word that the “to-be” is on par and is as stark a contrast as day and night.
I'm sure I'm the only one, but I find it interesting that two of the actors in that volleyball clip ended up on ER,
7ish maybe, years later. And the guy that played Sundown was the partner on Walker, Texas Ranger, but according to IMDB, I had to look up his call sign, he was also on The Facts of Life which George Clooney was on too. Crazy, small ER world.
er, yeah
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jul 12, 2011 8:40 AM CDT up reply actions
Whatevs. Like this is the first time I've made a comment that no one else cares about.
Come on man, I thought the Walker, Texas Ranger part might spark some interest, no? I thought guys love Chuck Norris. Has the internet been misleading me all this time?
I would talk to your employer about those crickets, though. That doesn’t sound lilke a clean, safe working environment.
by Carfino'sWay on Jul 12, 2011 9:06 AM CDT up reply actions
Chuck Norris is awesome.
Walker, Texas Ranger was a pile of dog poo, though.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Actually, Chuck Norris the character is awesome.
There are decidedly un-awesome things about Chuck Norris the person, IMO, but they veer into territory we prefer not to talk about here, so my lips are sealed.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Yes. I also much prefer the Vin Diesel one-liner cult.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jul 12, 2011 9:31 AM CDT up reply actions
No, I definitely had something resembling a Vin Diesel gay joke in there. Same wavelength-ish.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jul 12, 2011 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions
Statham. Statham all the way. Statham.
I couldn’t ever get into Vin Diesel. He is unattractive to me.
by Carfino'sWay on Jul 12, 2011 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions
I do not believe women are in Diesel's demographic
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jul 12, 2011 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions
This is true
Although I did know one woman who was really into him, but all of her friends were gay, so there’s that.
Either way, I know A LOT of women that find him attractive.
by Carfino'sWay on Jul 12, 2011 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions
PHawk crushing on a shirtless coke-addict?
No way!
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jul 12, 2011 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, I know
Although he does appear in the magazine to talk about his gay brother and how his fears of being gay contributed to his womanizing. Sounds like a good interview. Might have to pick it up.
Wow.
That actually does sound interesting.
Sometimes, I think that “fear,” as well as just the idea of “asserting strength/manliness” are often behind womanizing, particularly with athletes.
/None of this is meant as derogatory/bigoted. I’d prefer not to start another grand debate like there was about racism late last week.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jul 12, 2011 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Last week?
Clearly you haven’t looked at that thread today….
Every day or two it seems like another Longhorn fan shows up to stoke the coals. At this point I make a reply or two and then settle in with popcorn.
True.
But I thought OPS’s original post was last week.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jul 12, 2011 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Certainly true.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jul 13, 2011 9:04 AM CDT up reply actions
Please make any and all comments you wish, CWay.
Either I will like to read them, or I’ll be able to type TWSS.
By the way, I’d like to know your (and anyone else interested or a resident of KC) thoughts on this article. I thought it was douche-tastically shitty, but then again, I’ve only been a visitor to KC.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jul 12, 2011 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions
I read that article.
And I’m glad I did because footnote 4 nicely summed up my feelings toward Iowa and my B1G alma mater.
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on Jul 12, 2011 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
I hadn't read it yet and I don't have time for a full reply now
but I will say “holy shit, this guy pretty much hits the nail on the head of many of the problems I have with KC.” Only difference is it sounds like he and his friends left, they are in the minority. FWIW, I think the Sprint Center was an absolute stupid waste of money. I will have more to say about it later.
Oh and thanks Chazz, your support means a lot.
by Carfino'sWay on Jul 12, 2011 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions
What volleyball clip?
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
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