Locked On Hawkeyes - Daily Podcast On Iowa Hawkeyes Football & Basketball - First MBB AP Poll drops and Iowa is high up there | Shake up along o-line in recent depth chart release | Fran and Lisa press conference takeaways

Episode Date: November 10, 2020

Lots of stories on today's show. Another player is leaving the program, and a current walk-on receives a weekly Big Ten honor. The preseason AP Poll dropped and the Iowa Hawkeyes had quite the ranking and we heard from Lisa Bluder and Fran McCaffery so we break down those press conferences and what information we learned.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get 20% off your next order.BuiltGoVisit BuiltGO.com and use promo code “LOCKED,” and you’ll get 20% off your next order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You are Locked On Hawkeyes, your daily podcast on the Iowa Hawkeyes. Part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. Welcome back, Hawkeye Nation, to a Tuesday morning episode of the Locked On Hawkeyes Podcast, your daily podcast covering your Iowa Hawkeyes on the Locked On Sports Network. As always, I am your host, Andrew Wade, and we have a ton of stuff to cover on today's show. We got some basketball news, and we got some football news. I know typically we do our NFL roundup. We look at all the Iowa Hawkeye performances across the NFL.

There's honestly just too much to cover today, so I had to cut it out. If it's something you want me to continue doing or want me to do later on in this week, just definitely let me know, and I'll try to fit it in later on. But we had a press conference with Fran McCaffrey and Lisa Bluter. They both did a fantastic job of talking through their teams. We want to talk about what they said and what the takeaways are from that. We also got the first official AP poll for this year for basketball. Men's basketball is ranked fifth in the nation.

I want to talk a little bit about why they should be fifth. I mean, we're going to get a lot of hate. A lot of Illinois is going to hate on us, whatever you might see. I'm just giving you a few little pieces in your back pocket to shoot for to say, here's why we're ranked fifth, right? Because it is important. I mean, I think it's awesome to have those expectations coming into the season. And Fran McCaffrey even talked a little bit about it as well.

We also had some Big Ten awards handed out. We have a player who entered the transfer portal, the fourth player in three weeks. We have a new depth chart, and there is definitely some changes along that offensive line. And one previous backup who has been starting, who seems to be remaining in that starting lineup. We're going to talk about that as well. And then we also have to give you the state of the Big Ten because the Big Ten is a hot mess. I want to let you know where Iowa fits into that picture and what they need to do. All of that is coming up on the show today. Let's get into some of the news real quick and we'll hit on the depth chart before taking a break and jumping into the basketball. But first and foremost, Deron McKinney, former three-star recruit,

came in as an athlete, moved to defensive back. When he joined the program, only had one other Power 5 offer, which was Indiana. He just wasn't playing at all. He hasn't made the two deeps yet. He's in his second year of the program. He is the fourth player to transfer in the last three weeks. And again, I want to reiterate the fact that Iowa didn't have spring ball, and these guys are just not getting on the field.

This is a really young Iowa team, but there's a lot of talent with that young, this young Iowa team. And there's guys in these same classes playing these same positions, playing above these guys, which is why we're seeing these guys leave the program. I don't think it has to do with the stuff that came out this summer. Otherwise they would have left this summer. That's my personal opinion though. Also Charlie Jones, we would have left this summer. That's my personal opinion, though. Also, Charlie Jones, we talked a lot about him on yesterday's Monday Morning Recap with Matt Vandenberg. Make sure to check that out if you want to get some better insight into the Iowa-Michigan State game and what Iowa needs to improve on going forward.

But Charlie Jones, a guy we talked about a lot, he was named a Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week, and it makes sense. He had a fantastic performance, not only on his one punt return for a touchdown, but most of his punt returns were getting 10, 15, 20 positive yards. So fantastic job for him. Again, a walk-on from Buffalo who has made a name for himself in such a short time. Kind of got overshadowed last year in the Oliver Martin saga, but fantastic to see him making a name for himself. We do love our walk-ons. And Charlie Jones, just another one in that deep pool of walk-on talent that Iowa continues to bring in.

Also, within the depth chart, again, some changes here. Last week, Mark Kallenberger played in place of Coy Cronk. We also saw Cody Ink play in place of Kyler Schott. Those guys are both still in the starting lineup this week. We also see Mason Richman, a true freshman, making his two-deep debut behind Cody. And we see Tyler Ellsbury, also a true freshman, making his debut behind Cole VanWerk. That is fantastic to see. Iowa loves to get some of those guys showing potential early to get them in the game, rotate them in.

Iowa does a fantastic job of rotating in some of these younger guys into the game during, you know, so they can get an opportunity to play. And then, especially if we have an injury, they are a little bit more experienced. They get the nerves out, but they really want to get them ready to play for future years. I mean, next year, I know these, you know, Cole Bandwork could potentially leave, right? Larrick Jackson, definitely gone. Coy Cronk could be gone as well. I mean, obviously they have the opportunity to return if they want to,

simply because this is a free year. But that's a lot of movement along that offensive line. So the more Iowa can get some of the younger guys some playing time, the better off that offensive line is going to be for the future. We also see the return of Amir Smith-Marset. It sounds like he has fulfilled what he needed to do. He's going to be playing in this Minnesota game. As far as we are aware, he's listed as one of the starting receivers and the primary kick returner. And the interesting thing I noticed was Seth Benson

remains the starter, despite the fact that Jack Campbell returns. He is going to be the backup so far going into Friday night's game. I thought Seth Benson played really well. I noted it during yesterday's talk with Matt, but there was one play in particular where he showed blitz and then was able to rebound and get the running back who was going out in the flat, was going to be a quick three-yard flat route and was going to get a first down,

but he managed to play that very well, stop the running back short of the first down. So I really thought Seth Benson has played superb the last two games in the absence of Zach Campbell since Seth Benson has returned from injury as well. So those are the football news and notes coming in today. I do want to hit on Iowa basketball and the fact that they are ranked fifth as well. It's kind of doing that little news and notes roundup. Iowa ranked fifth in the AP poll.

I believe there were seven teams in the Big Ten ranked in that top 25, along with Illinois and Wisconsin being in that top 10. Gonzaga, the team Iowa gets to play in the Sanford Pentagon, ranked number one. And just as a PSA, there are going to be some tickets released for that game. Good luck trying to get on that. I'm going to try to get a ticket. I think it would be a lot of fun to be there, but that will be quite a popular game and they will be releasing tickets.

Iowa ranked fifth, though, and you're going to get some hate on that. Iowa fans are going to get some hate. The Iowa basketball team is going to get some hate. Hell, I was talking to some people who enjoy watching the Big Ten and he asked me, he's like, why is Iowa ranked fifth? And I tried to explain to him you're returning what should have been the AP, you know, was the National Player of the Year last year, and Luka Garza.

That's a huge win, right? And then you look at what they did last year, being able to be, they were going to make the NCAA tournament, and the fact that they did that without having a lot of their main guys, right? They lost Jordan Bohannon, one of the best three-point shooters in Iowa history. You lose Patrick McCaffrey, a top 100 recruit.

Jack Nunji, excuse me, was supposed to start last year and tore his ACL. These are three guys who were expected to play key minutes. That could have been three of your top seven players. Now, Iowa goes into the season. They only lose Ryan Kreener, Cordell Pemzel, and Riley

Till, and Bakar Evelyn. Bakar Evelyn played big minutes because they needed him to with all the injuries and whatnot. Ryan Kreener was probably the main guy you're losing, but then again, you get Jack Nunji back and you get Patrick McCaffery. Cordell Pemzel, I thought he played very key minutes last year, but he was

such a liability offensively on the court. You always knew which way he was going to go. So when you look at that, though, Iowa returns a team that was going to go to the NCAA tournament. They return all of those guys, plus your starting power forward and your starting point guard who didn't play last year, and a top 100 recruit who is now up to 205 pounds. When you look at it purely from a production standpoint, Iowa returns 82% of the points scored, 83% of their steals, 77% of assists, 73% of rebounds, 96% of their starts, 75% of minutes played, and 85% of three points made. I mean, this team is built. They have veteran experience. They're a very old team and they got a ton of depth. There's a reason why

they're ranked fifth and I 100% agree with them being ranked fifth. We're a very old team and they got a ton of depth. There's a reason why they're ranked 5th and I 100% agree with them being ranked 5th. We're going to find out though just how ready they are to compete for a national championship when they take on Gonzaga and the Sanford Pentagon in December. That's going to be a ton of fun. Make sure to get your tickets. I believe they go on sale November 16th at 10am Central

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Let's get into Fran's press conference first. First and foremost, Patrick McCaffrey up to 205 pounds. Fran mentioned last year that he needed to gain weight if he wanted to play in the Big Ten. Then he had some effects from his cancer treatment from before. Basically took a retro year and he was out. It's good to see him at 205 because Patrick McCaffrey, I think, can be an X factor on this team because he can play and guard all five positions just like his brother Connor, which Fran also mentioned as well. But the main takeaway here is I felt like Fran was just really excited about his team,

but also very aware of the circumstances. I think he realizes, though, this team has an opportunity to win a national championship, and it sounds like they are embracing that. They're enjoying it, and they're challenging themselves. That's why they scheduled a Gonzaga. That's why they're looking forward to a really tough Big Ten schedule. Also looking at this team, though, it seems like for the most part, they're pretty healthy. And they understand that defensively, if they want to win a national

championship, they need to be much better on the defensive side of the ball. And he talked about last year, the fact that they weren't good or weren't as good defensively was the fact that they just didn't have a deep bench. It's tough to play defense. It tires people out. It's exhausting, but it's not easy when you only have a total team of 7-8 guys that you're willing to play. But this year, they have a ton of depth, they have a lot of energy, and they have a lot of length.

He mentioned specifically Patrick McCaffrey, the Murray twins, 6'8", guys who can really impact the defense side of the ball. Tony Perkins, a fantastic athlete. Those are guys he mentioned as guys who can really get in there defensively. Don't forget Joe Toussaint, a lightning bug

from last year who was a fantastic burst of energy on the defensive side of the ball. And now you factor in the fact that this starting lineup of a Luka Garza who's going to play a lot of minutes anyways, a Jordan Bohannon, a Connor McCaffrey, a Joe Wieskamp, they don't have to play 38 minutes of minutes anyways, a Jordan Bohannon, a Connor McCaffrey, a Joe Wieskamp. They don't have to play 38 minutes.

They can come out and get breaks here and there because that bench is so deep, and it's going to be really exciting. One of the things with having such a big recruiting class, obviously bringing in Tony Perkins, the Murray Twins, Aaron Ullis, and Josh Ogundelli, is the fact that you expect one or two or three of them to redshirt. It sounds like that isn't the case because this year is essentially a free eligibility year.

They're not worried about redshirting. So really, it's going to be the best players to play. And then they'll worry about redshirting next year. He did mention Aaron Ullis has played really well, can play multiple positions, be on the lookout for him to be involved in the offense and defense side of the ball early and get some playing time. He also said you just never know with COVID. You never know who's going to be out each game or what's going to happen from an injury perspective.

I mean, last year, Iowa loses Jack Nunji very quickly. They also lose Jordan Bohannon. I mean, those are injuries you're not, well, Jordan Bohannon you probably expected, but you're not expecting all those injuries to kind of pile up. We saw CJ Frederick be out for a couple games. So you don't know what kind of team you're going to put on the floor at any given time. But what he's been a really intentional effort of doing is combining lineups and mixing and matching lineups so that they're getting used to playing with each other regardless of what people are in

there, making sure they understand how to play with their entire team. He also got a couple questions about Joe Wieskamp and mentioned the fact that Joe is an incredibly hard worker. He's smart and he's going to be better. And most importantly, he thinks he's not going to be impacted nearly as much by the physical defenses this year. He thinks that's not going to be a problem at all because Joe Wieskamp has continued to build strength and size. He said Jack has been terrific and looked great health-wise. And he's a tremendous low-post defender. And that Luka Garza really just, you know, he's continued to outwork everyone

and has just been so relentless with his work ethic. Then the only thing he really needs to continue to improve is his defensive side of the ball, but also said that Luka's been shooting the ball really well from three and shooting it often. So another element to his game that's going to make it even more difficult to defend the national player of the year. Again, they talked about embracing how good this team could be, embracing the expectations, and they mentioned a little bit about the fact that this veteran team can probably handle those expectations as well.

I mean, it's a lot older team, and we've seen historically some of these veteran college basketball clubs can go pretty far in college basketball. He also mentioned the fact that the Big Ten is very deep. A lot of guys returned back, so it's going to make it a very tough schedule, but he believes his team can do it, and so do I. I'm excited. I think this men's basketball team, rightfully so, is building up a lot of momentum going into the season.

Now transitioning over to the women's basketball team, they lose a Kathleen Doyle. The year before, they lose a Megan Gustafson. How do they rebound from that? And I think Lisa Bluter did a great job of talking up her team and being very excited about her team, while also tempering expectations of her team. She mentioned the fact that this team is very young,

one of the youngest teams in the Big Ten, and the fact that the Big Ten is stronger than ever this year. So let's get into some of the stuff she said. Again, very excited about all the players. I think she mentioned every player had improved this summer, which is great to hear, obviously. She also specifically mentioned Monica Sinano, the fact that she was all Big Ten as a sophomore.

The improvement that she showed from freshman to sophomore year, she said, was nothing but remarkable. And if she can make that same level jump to her junior year, watch out. We're going to get another all big 10 player. That's a player to watch as a person who can be, you know, a future, um, you know, all big or big 10 player of the year. Even she also mentioned Lauren Jensen playing well, um, McKenna Womack, uh, likely starting said she's getting stronger. She could be one of the team's top rebounders. And of course she got a lot of questions about Caitlin Clark, um, top five recruit in the country, a five-star recruit. And the biggest thing she said was she was really impressed with how coachable Kaitlyn is. Sometimes that's not

always the case with those high-level recruits, but Kaitlyn is very coachable and excited to don the Iowa jersey. She also mentioned something that I think is very interesting for women's basketball. Not having fans is actually going to be a huge detriment to this Iowa basketball team because the home court advantage is actually there for women's basketball. Women's basketball, the fan support shows up for Iowa basketball, and that is actually going to be a disadvantage, not having fans in the stands, whereas some other women's basketball programs don't have nearly as good of fan support. So that's something to watch out for as well. She mentioned the schedule. It's tough because they don't really have one, but they know they're trying to schedule all three in-state schools, play two other non-conference games, plus a 20-game Big Ten schedule that's only going to

be this year. They're expecting to move back to 18 games next year. But really, like I said, the main takeaways from this press conference with Lisa was that she was really impressed with how her team continued to grow over the summer. She's really impressed with the players they have despite the amount of youth they have. But she also, again, tempered those expectations. She mentioned the fact that this team, there's a lot to like, but also a lot to be concerned about. They lost two straight Big Ten Player of the Year's to the WNBA. They're a very young team. No seniors are expected to start this year.

There's no fans in the stands, which is a huge advantage for them. That's tough coming into this year. I think this women's basketball team is likely to finish fifth or sixth in the Big Ten. Could be third or fourth, depending on how some of these players play. Depending on how Kaitlyn Clark shows up. Depending on the development of Monica Sinano. But nevertheless, you never count out a Lisa Bluter-Rann basketball team. She also touched on Sharon Goodman, said that she's been exceptional this week or exceptional

this year in getting ready. They feel comfortable going to Sharon if they need to. And then finally, she touched on the free year of eligibility and that it could be a real positive, especially with some of these women's basketball players. They have the opportunity to stay another year. If she gets like a player like Monica Beck, that's huge for this program. It could mean that in three or four years, we could see an Iowa basketball program loaded with, you know, veteran experience that could, you know, continue to make another run.

And she also mentioned the fact that Caitlin Clark, one of the reasons why she wanted to come to Iowa was to help return them to a final four, help them get over that hump under Lisa Bluter. So those are the takeaways from both of these programs coming up on segment number three. We're going to break down the state of the Big Ten because it is a wacky year in the Big Ten. I want to make sure you understand what Iowa needs to do to make a run, if it is possible, for this football team. That's going to be coming up on segment number three. Before we three, excuse me. Before we get into that though, I do have a message for you from BiltGo. BiltGo is brought to you by the same people who made the most delicious protein bar on

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All right. We are back for our third and our final segment of the lockdown Hawkeyes podcaster daily podcast, covering your Iowa Hawkeyes and the lockdown sports network. And just a reminder, if you love the show, show us that love, give us that five-star review,

follow us wherever you subscribe to us at. If that's, you know, Apple podcast, Googles, Spotify, and make sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. But we're going to do a state of the Big Ten because right now Iowa sits at fourth with a 1-2 record. Minnesota is tied with them at fourth as well. Iowa needs to win this game.

They basically need to win out. They need to go 6-2 if they want to have any chance. It seems like Wisconsin is going to be playing this week, which is an interesting storyline we've been following because it is a good Wisconsin team, but if they don't play six games, they are not eligible for the Big Ten Championship game, which could make an interesting situation.

Right now, though, Northwestern and Purdue both undefeated. Purdue not having played Wisconsin this past week. They are 2-0. Northwestern is 3-0. Both of these teams need to lose at least three games because they hold the tiebreaker over Iowa. So you basically want to root for Northwestern or against Northwestern every single game. Shouldn't be that hard. You also want to root for or against

Purdue in every single game as well. But around the Big Ten, just lots of surprising things happening. When we went into the season, I projected Penn State and Minnesota to be the two toughest games on Iowa's schedule. Now I'm looking at it, and I don't think so. Penn State just lost to Maryland 35-19. Again, this is a little bit tough to read, this Maryland team. I don't think they're as bad as their shellacking that they got against Northwestern showed. But this Penn State team is really struggling. They're 0-3 right now.

And what I'm seeing from this team is they're. They're 0-3 right now. And Sean Clifford, I mean, what I'm seeing from this team is they're not running the ball at all. I mean, the past couple years, Journey Brown, Saquon Barkley, they've ran the ball really well. They're not doing it anymore. Journey Brown out. Sean Clifford completed less than 50% of his passes against Maryland through two interceptions. They have just no rushing attack, which makes it very difficult. Maryland, I'm actually glad we're not playing Maryland anymore because they're looking pretty darn good. Moved to 2-1 after such a tough game against Northwestern. Northwestern, again, we should have beat them. They had a good game against Maryland, but I don't think this Northwestern

team is a great team. They're definitely beatable, but as we've seen with Northwestern in the past, they're very pesky. They stay in games. They win the games even if they shouldn't. But right now, they took down Nebraska this past week. Northwestern moves to 3-0. But again, Nebraska could have won this game. Adrian Martinez sucked. Had turnovers. Couldn't complete a five-yard pass. Accuracy was a huge issue for him. And they threw two red zone interceptions that really screwed them, which led to that loss for Nebraska. Nebraska is a beatable team, but they are a much better team than I've seen in the past. Ohio State cruised to an easy win over Rutgers. Justin Fields is darn good. 24 of 28, 314 yards, five touchdowns. Ohio State basically went into cruise control after getting up 35-3 in the first half to win 49-27.

Again, no Wisconsin, but we get them back this week. That's going to be huge to see them play. Minnesota handed Illinois its third loss. Illinois is not a concern in the Big Ten West, but I guarantee you they're going to play better against Iowa than they did Minnesota. The reason why is Illinois is missing 12 players, including their No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 quarterback, and Minnesota just went off on them with Mohamed Ibram

going for over 200 yards rushing. Minnesota, I think they're going to be a good team, but I'm not impressed by their offense. I think you stop the run, you stop Rashad Bateman. Again, you're talking about stopping their entire offense. Of course, you're going to be successful then, but their defense is terrible. And I think their offense is beatable.

Iowa's defensive line has done a lot better the last couple weeks of stopping the run after that tough week against Purdue. That'll be interesting to see. Iowa does need to win that game. Michigan looks crappy. 1-2 falls to Indiana. I think Indiana's good, but they ain't this good, or at least not to say this is a fantastic team.

Michigan's just a bad team. Indiana, though, right now is looking like the competitor for the second-best team in the East. Right now, like I said, Iowa sits at fourth. They need this win over Minnesota. They need to win out. They also need Northwestern and Purdue to lose three of their next five games. That is not going to be easy, but anything can happen during COVID. Who knows what's going to happen if some players have to sit out, some players can't play.

You look at it. I mean, Iowa lost by less than a touchdown and actually was beating both these teams that are currently 5-0 and Northwestern I believe is ranked I didn't even check because I know Iowa's not in the top 25 but that just goes to show you what kind of teams Iowa just fell to but that is what needs to happen Iowa needs to go undefeated. They need these teams to drop three games each if Iowa wants to have a chance. And if that happens, God, color me shocked because this is going to be a crazy Big Ten West battle. It starts, though, this week with this Friday night game against Minnesota. Just a reminder this week, we're going to be doing our crossover episode on Thursday with a fantastic guest.

I'll let that drop later on. And then on tomorrow's show, we're going to be breaking down the key matchups in that game. Who does Iowa need to stop? What are the matchups Iowa needs to win? And also talking about the Kirk Ferentz press conference takeaways. He gives a press conference every single Tuesday, so as you're listening to this, make

sure to check that out. Kirk Ferentz is going to be doing a press conference today. We'll be breaking that down on Wednesday's show, tomorrow's show, I should say. But again, thank you all for tuning in to today's episode. I appreciate you all listening. I know it's a little bit different. We didn't do our NFL recap, but there was just so much conversation I had to cover about men's and women's basketball.

Wanted to make sure I got that in. We are an all-sport inclusive podcast, but mostly focusing on football, basketball, and wrestling. Again, thank you all for tuning in. Have a fantastic day. And as always, Hawkeye Nation, let's go Hawks!