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Professor Porter has a B.A. in Sociology with a Criminal Justice emphasis and a minor in English from the University of Northern Colorado; a M. A. in Sociology from New Mexico State University; and a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Dr. Porter teaches a variety of courses in both the undergraduate and the graduate program. Some of the courses are cross-listed with Women and Gender Studies. Dr. Porter is one of the faculty sponsors of the Criminal Justice Student Association. Her research interests include interpersonal violence and intimate partner violence. Dr. Porter is the Undergraduate Program Director.
Interests: Kayaking in the Genesee River and Erie Canal and attending Shakespeare in the Park and foreign films.
Positions held
Associate Professor - Rochester Institute of Technology - 2004-present
Courses offered
- Seminar in Criminal Justice
- Interviewing and Counseling
- Theories of Crime and Criminal Justice
- Advanced Theory
- Minority Groups in the Criminal Justice System
- Seminar on Sexual Violence
- Field Experience
McQuiller Williams, L., Porter, J., & Smith, T. (2015). Understanding date rape attitudes and behaviors: Exploring the influence of race, gender and prior sexual victimization. Victims and Offenders.
McQuiller Williams, L. & Porter, J. (2015). The relationship between childmaltreatment and partner violence victimization and perpetration among college students: A focus on auditory status and gender. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 30, 2304-2325.
McQuiller Williams L., & Porter, J. (2014). A comparison of Deaf and hard of hearing college students' experiences and risk factors of psychological and physical abuse. Sage Open Access. Doi:10.1177/2158244013518930.
McQuiller Williams, L., & Porter, J. (2013) Dual marginality: The impact of auditory status and sexual orientation on abuse in a college sample of women and men. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 22, 577-589.
Porter, J., & McQuiller Williams, L. (2011). Intimate violence among underrepresented groups on a college campus. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26, 16, 3210-3224.
Porter, J., & McQuiller Williams, L. (2011). Auditory status and experiences of abuse among college students. Violence and Victims, 26, 6, 788-798.
Klofas, J., & Porter, J. (2011). Corrections and sustainable communities: The impact on local populations. Journal of the Institute of Justice & International Studies, 11, 117-128.


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AlumnaAlumna Adriana Molina Morin oversees criminal appeals as deputy clerk for six judges on the 13th Court of Appeals in Corpus Christi.
Alumna Adriana Molina Morin grew up in the courts, beginning as a volunteer for the local justice of the peace in high school.
Now she answers to six justices as a deputy clerk for the 13th Court of Appeals in Corpus Christi, where she oversees filings associated with criminal appeals. The 13th Court of Appeals, which hears criminal and civil appeals from district and county courts in 20 counties, is unique in that it maintains two offices, in Corpus Christi and Edinburg, concurrently. The Court handles between 600-650 appeals annually from Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Cameron, DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales, Hidalgo, Jackson, Kenedy, Kleberg, Lavaca, Live Oak, Matagorda, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria, Wharton and Willacy counties.
"I handle criminal filings for the 13th Court of Appeals," said Morin. "I am responsible for everything that gets filed with the court. A majority of filings come from attorneys with a very small percentage filed by appellants pro se."
Morin's job is to ensure that all paperwork complies with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. First, she must determine if cases are certified for appeal; for example, plea bargains are not open for review. Then she must gather the court clerk and court reporter files for the judges considering the case and collect all motions for the court. "I have to make sure all the documents are there," she said.
Morin followed in her mother's footsteps in the court system, beginning her career as a summer volunteer filing papers for a local justice of the peace. "I had been exposed to it since I was in middle school," said Morin. "It helped me get my foot in the door."
Morin continued to work for the justice of the peace office throughout her college career. Upon graduation, she took a position as a juvenile case manager for Nueces County, where she supervised truant students. She would visit youth at school and parents at home to ensure they were following the court's orders, which included community service, individual and parent counseling, tutoring or the completion of schoolwork.
"We definitely made a difference, and I could see immediate effects," she said. "I would see them years later, walking down the street, and I would find out they were working and being productive members of society. That is a reward in itself."
To help advance in her career, Morin decided to pursue an online master's degree in Criminal Justice Leadership and Management at Sam Houston State University. She got the job in the 13th District Court of Appeals just as she started the program. The degree caters to criminal justice professionals who work in management or those who want to climb the career ladder. It is offered in online and weekend formats.
Morin said the degree definitely will help in her career and in life. In fact, many of the management classes have made her a better leader in her volunteer position with the Junior League of Corpus Christi.
Morin wants students to know there are many job opportunities in the criminal justice field in the courts system including court clerk, court reporters, court coordinators, and bailiffs.
"There are all sorts of things you can do," said Morin. "There is something for everyone in the criminal justice system, depending on your interest."

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1. Re: Maven integration for Java Stack Trace Console.Max Rydahl Andersen Aug 2, 2012 7:07 AM (in response to Doug Grove)
Not specific to java stack traces though - its simply about the console looking up the class and finding the jar in your classpath of a project and if that project have sources associated with it the source is shown.
Thus it should be the same as in Eclipse afaik, go and enable "download source and javadocs" under Maven preferences.
If that does not work and you believe m2e does it even for classes not in your classpath with sources then please let me know how to reproduce so I can check why/how.


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This unit focuses on the impacts of climate change on humans. Students participate in activities using "Character Cards" (included with the unit). The cards introduce fictitious citizens who describe the local economic, social and political factors... (View More) that impact their country's climate change issues/responses. In addition, students examine how their own energy and food choices impact climate change and then propose ideas to reduce their carbon footprint. The unit is one of four under the Chicago Botanic Garden curriculum entitled, "Climate Change in My Backyard." (View Less)
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On July 17, 1955, 6,000 by-invitation-only guests were invited for a special preview of Disneyland before it opened to the public the following day. Unfortunately, 22,000 extra people arrived with counterfeit tickets.
Besides the huge numbers of extra people on this first day, many other things went wrong. Included in the problems were a heat wave that made the temperature unusually and unbearably hot, a plumber's strike meant only a few of the water fountains were functional, women's shoes sunk into still soft asphalt which had been laid the night before, and a gas leak caused several of the themed areas to be closed temporarily.
Despite these initial setbacks, Disneyland opened to the public on July 18, 1955, with an entrance fee of $1. Over the decades, Disneyland has added attractions and opened the imaginations of millions of children.
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Oh… for the good old days….At any rate, here is a list of movies by Disney that have dogs as lead characters! Can you think of any I missed??? Continue reading
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The poetic genre I feel most comfortable with is humorous verse. I've been writing it for so many years that it doesn't intimidate me the way serious verse does - I understand it and know when something is right or wrong.
There are, I suppose, three major humorous verse competitions in Ireland - the Percy French prize at Strokestown, on the May Bank Holiday, which I've been fortunate enough to win twice; the Baffle Bard at Loughrea on the October Bank Holiday weekend - not strictly speaking a humorous verse competition but the genre is treated as an equal alongside serious poetry; and the Bard of Armagh.
I don't know why I've never entered the Bard of Armagh. Certainly the entrance fee - 2 pound sterling - is cheaper than the other two competitions and the audience numbers are higher. And two of Ireland's greatest current humorous poets, Declan O'Brien and Sean Lyons, have both enjoyed success up there.
I think perhaps there are a number of reasons, none of which on their own are particularly valid, but taken together add up to semi-validity.
1) There is the difficulty and expense of obtaining a 2 pound sterling bank draft here in the Republic.
2) I get a sense from the website that there is a certain clique element - the same names keep turning up year after year.
3) The lyrics of the winning poems are posted up on the site. Reading through them, it seems that the competition is judged mainly on the performance of the poems with little regard to the technicality of the poems themselves. Practically all are rhyming couplets and often the rhymes are contrived to get the joke in. (I'm not trying to be snobby here - I know how hard it can be to write something other people will laugh out loud at, and the humour normally comes from content, not the cleverness of the poem. All I am saying is that, with my stammer, I am not a performance poet and insist on exact rhymes and meter)
Having said all that, I was delighted to learn that John McDonagh, who wrote his first poem for, and was shortlisted at, the Percy French Prize at Strokestown this year, with his poem, The First Domestic Incident, finished second at Armagh this year, thus disproving my point 2) above. Well done, John! All the winners can be found here
Seeing as how I won't be entering the Percy French next year, I may just have a bash at Armagh...
Rambling thoughts of one who aspires to be a poet but has thus far failed miserably
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a brazen ecstasy which begs
the question some of us are asking -
is Peter Goulding multi-tasking?"
Martin Parker, Editor, Lighten Up Online
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
The Bard of Armagh
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I like the sound of The Bard of Armagh, and the crystal vase looks like it's worth having too.ReplyDelete
Not so sure about the runner-up prize - is that a non-stick frying-pan?
Titus - No! Isn't it the plate from a Christmas Tree stand?ReplyDelete
Go for it, Peter! Bard of Armagh would be quite a feather in your cap.
I sent a poem into that once. It was so good I was sure I was going to win but praying I'd come second I never heard from them again. Streets of Laredo I say!ReplyDelete
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And Paul went about his way, avoiding eddies, shuffling just so to keep in the main flow and was soon rewarded with a burst into the openness of the Public Expanse.
Air. Light. Space. It didn't matter that it was filled with half a million souls all trying to get out of it as soon as they entered. Walking the Expanse was the sanest part of Paul's day-to-day ritual.


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I enjoyed "Friends with Benefits" [Feb. 20]. It brought back memories of our Labrador befriending a baby bison on our farm. They certainly met anthropologist Barbara King's standard for friendship, i.e., putting some effort into their relationship. The two groomed each other, licking each other's ears often and affectionately. It was amazing to witness.
Jennifer Rief, DURHAM, N.H.
My poodle Henry and his best friend, labradoodle Ernie, don't get why you had dogs on the cover but never mentioned friendships like theirs in the article.
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Adam Feibelman
"Do With Me What You Will"
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 10th, 2013 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Exhibition Dates: August 10th – September 7th, 2013
Guerrero Gallery is pleased to present Do With Me As You Will, an exhibition of new works by Adam Feibelman. Through these works, Feibelman explores ideas of utility, and needs versus wants. The practice of utility is the process used in creating these works. They are meditations on what we ask of others, what we ask of our surroundings, and how these questions guide not only our ever-changing city sculpture, but also our relationships to each other. The process of making these works echos this sentiment, where each cut is a decision based on utility. Does this piece stay, is it useful, or does it go, is it in the way?
Originally from Albuquerque, NM, Adam Feibelman is a visual artist who has been living and working in San Francisco, CA for the last 16 years. His current body of work is comprised of enamel paintings created from meticulously cut multi-layer paper stencils and corresponding sewn stencil collages. These works explore the surfaces of overlooked city structures and how they have been affected by human use.
Feibelman studied at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, CA, where he earned the Yojo Hamaguchi award for exceptional achievement in Printmaking. He graduated with distinction in 2001, with a double major in Printmaking and Illustration. He is currently represented by Guerrero Gallery in San Francisco, CA.
William Emmert
"A Lot Of People Do This"
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 10th, 2013 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Exhibition Dates: August 10th – September 7th, 2013
Guerrero Gallery is proud to present in our Project Room, A Lot of People do This, an exhibition of new old work by William Emmert. With this collection of paper sculptures Emmert sets out to make work that is concerned with its own originality and the anxiety to convey authenticity. Prompting viewers to reflect on what the purpose of something is, particularly if it makes no effort to move the discourse forward.
This exhibition highlights the struggle for uniqueness and authenticity within an artist's practice. Time-consuming processes are used to create cluttered and transitional objects that are not meant to stand out. Through common processes and banal forms, his sculptures investigate the duality between admiration for original thought and the preference for the commonplace.
William Emmert is from Seattle, Washington. He recently received his MFA from California College of the Arts and is currently based in Oakland, CA.


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MONDAY TIPOFF: What's it going to take to get to where you want to go in March?
Posted in January 23rd, 2017
John Bohnenkamp
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Iowa guard Peter Jok (14) runs into Maryland forward Ivan Bender in last Thursday's loss in Iowa City. A healthy Jok is just one of the things the Hawkeyes will need the rest of the season. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
[/caption] It's almost February, so it's probably a good time here at the Monday Tipoff to play a game of "What's It Going To Take..." We're almost halfway through the conference season, there are substantial bodies of work in teams' RPIs, and we have a good idea of what kind of competition is ahead. So let's start with:
• What's it going to take for Iowa State to get to the NCAA tournament?
The bracketologists aren't quite sure of what to make of the Cyclones. ESPN's Joe Lunardi has them as a 9 seed in his latest bracket, while CBS Sports.com's Jerry Palm has them as an 11 seed having to play an opening-round game in Dayton. Iowa State has an RPI of 52 and a strength of schedule of 47. The Cyclones are 0-5 against teams currently in the RPI top 50, but 3-5 against teams in the top 100. They are 3-1 on neutral courts and 2-3 on the road. At 12-6 overall and 4-3 in the Big 12, the Cyclones seem solidly in the field if today was Selection Sunday. They also have a meaty schedule the rest of the way to keep building a resumé, with seven games remaining against top-50 RPI teams — four at home, three on the road.
At their current winning percentage, the Cyclones should get to 20 wins before the Big 12 tournament, and that should be more than enough, given who they have played.
• What's it going to take for Iowa to get to the NIT?
Well, let's go with a healthy Peter Jok, better defense, better closing out of close games, and better starts. That's asking for a lot, but this team has the potential for significant improvement. This is a young team, and coach Fran McCaffery is still tinkering with his rotation — he even hinted at another starting lineup change heading into Wednesday's game at Illinois. The Hawkeyes have an interesting resumé — RPI of 114, 42nd in strength of schedule, 1-6 vs. RPI top 50 and 3-8 vs. RPI top 100, 1-2 on neutral courts but 0-4 on the road. And they have a difficult finish to the season — six of their last 11 games are against top-50 RPI teams, and five of those games are on the road. There is great opportunity here, but the Hawkeyes will have to get more consistent to take advantage of that.
Getting to 19 wins should be enough. That may be a tall task, especially if Jok's back continues to be an issue.
• What's it going to take for Western Illinois to make it to the Summit League men's basketball tournament?
In a league where everyone is chasing North Dakota State, the Leathernecks are a game out of second place, and a game out of last place. Only eight teams in the nine-team league get to go to the conference tournament in Sioux Falls, S.D., and the Leathernecks were on the outside looking in at the end of last season. Western Illinois has a slight edge in the remaining schedule — five at home, four on the road — and the Leathernecks have a tiebreaker edge at the moment on Fort Wayne, South Dakota State and Oral Roberts.
It's hard to figure out what would be the best win total, considering the way the teams not in first place are beating up on each other right now. A 5-4 finish should be more than enough.
• What's it going to take for the Iowa women to get into the NCAA tournament?
The Hawkeyes were barely left out of the field last season, and they don't want to be in that same position this season. Iowa has an RPI of 54, which is bubble-ish, and could use a signature win, and soon. The Hawkeyes have played one of the toughest schedules in the nation, but need to start winning some of those games. They have just four games remaining against teams currently in the top 50 in the RPI, and three of those are on the road, starting with Sunday's game at Maryland.
Getting to 20 wins should be enough, but that will be a challenge given the remaining schedule. If the Hawkeyes don't get to 20, they'll have to at least grab one win, and maybe two, in the Big Ten Tournament.
• McCaffery said on today's teleconference that Jok is feeling much better after treatments and a weekend off. The Hawkeyes are going to need a strong finish to the season from Jok if they want to play in a postseason tournament. His health — back and shoulder — can't be an issue. • I can't see anyone catching North Dakota State in the Summit League men's basketball race. The Bison were dominating in Saturday's 89-57 win at Western Illinois. They are a difficult team to defend, and if you're even a half-step slow, their shooters will make you pay. • UNI is on a three-game winning streak and looking much better. Outside of Illinois State and Wichita State, there really isn't a consistent team in the Missouri Valley Conference. There is plenty of time for the Panthers to climb the standings.
THE WEEK AHEAD Iowa State vs. Kansas State (Tuesday, 8 p.m., ESPNU) —
The Cyclones and Wildcats are part of a three-way tie for third place in the Big 12.
Iowa at Illinois (Wednesday, 8 p.m., BTN) —
Hawkeyes haven't won a road game this season. This might be a good time to get the first one, considering the recent struggles of the Illini.
Western Illinois women vs. IUPUI (Wednesday, 7 p.m., ESPN3) —
The Leathernecks are a game ahead of the Jaguars in third place in the Summit League standings.
Iowa State at Vanderbilt (Saturday, 3 p.m., ESPN2) —
A nonconference road game in January for the Cyclones as part of the SEC/Big 12 Challenge.
Western Illinois vs. IUPUI (Saturday, 7 p.m., ESPN3) —
Both are at 3-4 in the Summit League, and both have difficult road games this week before this one.
Actual rankings in parentheses. 1. Villanova (1) 2. Kansas (2) 3. Gonzaga (3) 4. Kentucky (4) 5. Florida State (6) 6. Baylor (5) 7. Arizona (7) 8. UCLA (8) 9. North Carolina (9) 10. Butler (11) 11. Oregon (10) 12. Notre Dame (14) 13. Virginia (12) 14. Louisville (13) 15. Creighton (16) 16. Duke (17) 17. Wisconsin (15) 18. West Virginia (18) 19. Purdue (20) 20. Cincinnati (19) 21. Saint Mary's (21) 22. Xavier (24) 23. South Carolina (23) 24. Florida (25) 25. Maryland (22)
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MONDAY TIPOFF: McCaffery isn't afraid to go to anyone on his bench
Posted in January 16th, 2017
John Bohnenkamp
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Iowa forward Ryan Kriener (15) shoots in Sunday's game against Northwestern. (Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press)
[/caption] Almost eight minutes were gone in the second half of Iowa's 83-78 win over Purdue on Thursday night when coach Fran McCaffery sent freshman forward Ryan Kriener into the game. It was an interesting choice. Kriener hadn't played since the Dec. 28 season opener at Purdue had played just 76 minutes all season. Sixty-one seconds after he entered the game, Kriener scored on a layup to cut Purdue's lead to 62-60. Forty seconds after that, Kriener hit a mid-range jumper to tie the game. And then at the 9:28 mark, another mid-range shot to tie the game at 66. Kriener would play just eight minutes, and those shots provided his only points of the game. But they were huge minutes, huge shots, in the upset win. McCaffery was pleased after the game. "I mean, one of the things I love about (Kriener), he's never afraid to shoot the ball," McCaffery said. "If he's open, he shoots it. If he's covered, he passes it. He doesn't fight the game. The game comes easy to him. He makes the plays that are in front of him. And that's not easy for a freshman sometimes." "Ryan Kriener was big for us," said sophomore forward Nicholas Baer. Kriener said it was all about being ready, and he was right. And he proved that again in Sunday's 89-54 loss at Northwestern, scoring a career-high 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting. There is a fascinating dynamic to these Hawkeyes. McCaffery has tightened the rotation to 9-10 players, but he also doesn't mind expanding it if there are players he think can help. Kriener has been effective in his playing time this season — he's shooting 63.6 percent from the field and he averages 2.5 rebounds. But the Hawkeyes have a crowded frontcourt, and sometimes it's hard to find minutes. But with junior forward Dom Uhl out with an injured thumb for Sunday's game, McCaffery went to Kriener early, and he responded. No one, though, seems to sulk if their playing time diminishes. Take Uhl. He did not play in the second half or any of the extra sessions of the double-overtime 93-90 loss on Jan. 5 at Nebraska. Three days later, in a 68-62 home win over Rutgers, Uhl was on the court almost two hours before game time getting up extra shots, and responded with a season-high 10 points in 23 minutes. He also had a career-high five blocks and added eight rebounds. "It would have been real easy for him to get mad at me and make excuses," McCaffery said. "He just kept working." "It doesn't really help (to be angry)," Uhi said. "I can be mad all I want, it doesn't matter. He's the coach, he makes the decisions." Four nights later, before the Purdue game, Uhl was the first player out on the court — again two hours before the game — and although he had just two points in the game, played a solid 15 minutes. McCaffery isn't afraid to mix and match during games — 10 players have already played triple digits this season. It is a challenge, he said, to find minutes for everyone. "You want them all to be able to play," McCaffery said last week. "But the only thing you can do is meet as a staff and try to be as fair as you can. Hope that you have a team of guys that don't get hung up on who is starting or who is playing. They all want to play. They want to play 35 minutes, and we get that. "We start with the guys who we think deserve to start, and we put in the guys we think deserve to go in first, and as the game goes on, it becomes obvious to you, and me, and everybody else in the building, that so and so is playing really well. He's probably going to play a lot more today. And that's the hardest thing about coming off the bench." With the Hawkeyes getting deeper into Big Ten play, roles are being clearly defined for some. The lineup of Cordell Pemsl, Isaiah Moss, Tyler Cook, Jordan Bohannon and Peter Jok seems to click. Baer provides a spark off the bench and is quite comfortable in that position. Uhl and Ahmad Wagner provide quality depth in the frontcourt, and guards Brady Ellingson and Christian Williams do the same. But McCaffery isn't afraid to use Kriener, or guard Maishe Dailey. "They haven't had an opportunity because some guys are ahead of them right now," McCaffery said. "But they're working and those guys are going to be good too." Some time soon, McCaffery will get senior forward Dale Jones back. Jones hasn't played since the opening weeks of the season because of a fractured wrist, but he can be a key component in the closing weeks. "It's hard when you've missed that much time," McCaffery said. "All these other guys have had opportunity. Cordell had a great opportunity when Tyler got hurt. Other guys have had opportunities because Dale got hurt because he was going to be in there. So we'll welcome him back and see if we can fit him in the best we can." It's a puzzle every game, but McCaffery trusts he has the right pieces, and he knows how they fit.
Western Illinois' women's basketball team is part of a three-way tie with South Dakota State and South Dakota at the top of the Summit League standings after Saturday's 110-81 home win over North Dakota State. The best stat from that game? The Leathernecks had just a program-low four turnovers in 81 possessions. "To have just four turnovers in a game like that is out of this world," coach JD Gravina said. Western Illinois is 12th in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.32 and 19th in turnover margin at plus-6.21. There have been impressive individual numbers as well. Guard Morgan Blumer is coming off a career-high 36 points and 15 rebounds in Saturday's game. Blumer, a transfer from Florida Gulf Coast who sat out last season, is averaging 16.9 points this season, but in the last seven games has averaged 19.6 points. "You're starting to see the player I said she was going to be," Gravina said. Guard Emily Clemens ranks sixth in the nation in assists with 127 and 15th in assists per game at 6.7. Forward Olivia Braun is 10th in blocks with 51. "To have that basket protector changes things," Gravina said of Braun. The Leathernecks play at South Dakota State on Saturday. Gravina said he's a "message board junkie" and he's noticed that the Leathernecks aren't getting much attention around the conference. "No one's really talking much about us, but that's fine," Gravina said. "I think our kids and I would like to stay under the radar."
Gravina revealed another impressive number on Monday. "We had a team (grade point average) just under 3.6," he said, smiling.
• Iowa defeats a ranked Purdue team at home, then gets routed at Northwestern in its worst loss ever to the Wildcats. You should be used to the roller coaster with this team by now. The Hawkeyes' inconsistency is all about defense. They're at their best when their defense is at their best. • The Hawkeye women had a chance to get a signature win on Saturday against No. 3 Maryland, but led a third-quarter lead get away. Iowa was 67th in the RPI heading into Monday's games. There are plenty of opportunities left to get good wins — the Hawkeyes have six games (3 home, 3 road) against top-50 RPI teams — and they also can't have any bad losses.
THE WEEK AHEAD Iowa State vs. Kansas (Monday, 8 p.m, ESPN) —
These are always classics. Cyclones could use a good win against one of the best teams in the nation.
Iowa vs. Maryland (Thursday, 6 p.m. ESPN) —
Hawkeyes need to bounce back against the Big Ten leaders.
Western Illinois women at South Dakota State (Saturday, 2 p.m.) —
There's a three-way tie at the top of the Summit League standings, and these two are a part of it.
With Baylor's loss last week, any one of four teams — Villanova, Kansas, UCLA or Gonzaga — could have been No. 1 this week. I thought about Gonzaga, the only undefeated team left. And UCLA and Kansas are just as deserving. You can't vote 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D though. So I went with Villanova at No. 1. Iowa State could have gotten back into the poll this week before the loss at TCU on Saturday. I went with the Horned Frogs at No. 24, which is where I would have had the Cyclones. Here's my ballot, with actual rankings in parentheses. 1. Villanova (1) 2. Kansas (2) 3. UCLA (3) 4. Gonzaga (4) 5. Kentucky (5) 6. West Virginia (7t) 7. Baylor (6) 8. Creighton (7t) 9. North Carolina (9) 10. Butler (13) 11. Florida State (10) 12. Notre Dame (15) 13. Oregon (11) 14. Virginia (16) 15. Louisville (12) 16. Arizona (14) 17. Duke (18) 18. Wisconsin (17) 19. Florida (19) 20. Xavier (22) 21. Purdue (21) 22. Cincinnati (20) 23. Saint Mary's (23) 24. TCU (NR) 25. South Carolina (24)
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THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Western Illinois' Covington can slip into any role
Posted in January 9th, 2017
John Bohnenkamp
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Western Illinois guard Garret Covington (right) has averaged 25.8 points in four Summit League games this season. (Michael Conroy/Associated Press)
[/caption] Summers are when college basketball coaches come up with new ideas. Billy Wright went into this season, his third as Western Illinois' head coach, trying to come up with more ways to get Garret Covington the ball. Covington had zipped up the Leathernecks' all-time scoring list in his first three seasons. With that came more focus from opposing defenses. Wright knew that the Leathernecks, if they wanted to get back to the Summit League tournament after missing last season, would need to find different schemes to get Covington opened. So, even though Wright had senior point guard Jabari Sandifer back, and sophomore Delo Bruster would now have more experience at that position, Wright came up with a plan to occasionally have Covington run the offense. That would open up other scoring options, while at the same time getting the ball in Covington's hands to create offense for not only others, but himself as well. Now, with Sandifer out for the season with a leg injury and conference play in its early weeks, Covington has been at the point, especially late in games. It has paid off in a 3-1 start for the Leathernecks, who are just a half-game out of first place heading into road games this week at Denver and Omaha. Covington averages 20.9 points, but in Summit League play he is averaging 25.8 points. He is also averaging 3.5 assists per game, and has a plus-2 turnover margin. Covington, at 6-foot-5, is a difficult matchup for defenders, especially with the fact that he can score from anywhere on the court. He is shooting 46 percent, including 43.1 percent in 3-pointers. He ranks in the top 50 nationally in points per game and every 3-point shooting category. Covington doesn't mind playing where he's told. "It's hard for teams to deny me," Covington said. "Plus, you have control of the offense." "He's done a lot, especially learning a couple of new offensive packages," Wright said. "I've been experimenting with it, just seeing what he could do, and it's worked." After being held to six points in the loss to Purdue to end the nonconference season, Covington opened league play with 25 points in a win at preseason conference favorite Fort Wayne, and then had 22 in a road loss to IUPUI. Then, with the Leathernecks pulling off a home sweep over South Dakota State and Oral Roberts, Covington went off in both games. He had 22 against the Jackrabbits, then had a career-high 34 points against the Golden Eagles. Covington had six 3-pointers in each win, but also had 10 assists and zero turnovers. Bruster, who has stepped in as the starter in Sandifer's absence, has done an effective job of running the Leathernecks as well. Bruster has played 75 minutes in the last three games, with 14 assists against only two turnovers. He had seven assists without a turnover in Saturday's win over Oral Roberts. "He has a better understanding of what I want," Wright said. But there will still be times Covington is running everything. And Wright isn't afraid to put Covington into other spots. "We even posted him up a couple of times (against Oral Roberts)," Wright said. Covington, who was named the Summit League's co-player of the week on Monday, doesn't mind. He hasn't seen a lot of wins in his time at Western Illinois, and the time on his college career is running out. "Just doing my job," Covington said on Saturday. Teammate Mike Miklusak, standing next to him during the interview, had to correct Covington. "You're doing a great job," he said.
Sometimes the best stories in college basketball are the ones most people don't see. I was walking through Western Hall after the Leathernecks had defeated South Dakota State on Wednesday night. At the east basket, Dalan Ancrum, who had just scored 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting (4-of-4 in 3-pointers) was getting up extra shots while his father, David, rebounded for him. Ancrum's parents were visiting from Texas for the weekend. Three days later, Ancrum would go 5-of-11 and had 11 points in the win over Oral Roberts. At the west basket, women's basketball player Taylor Higginbotham was shooting. Higginbotham had scored just three points in the Leathernecks' last game, a loss at IUPUI, going 1-of-10 from the field. A night later, Higginbotham scored 28 points on 9-of-15 shooting in a win over Denver, then scored 20 points in Saturday's win over Oral Roberts. She was named the Summit League's player of the week today.
Three Iowa players — Dom Uhl, Maishe Dailey and Dale Jones — were on the Carver-Hawkeye Arena court two hours before Sunday's game against Rutgers. Dailey hasn't seen much game time this season — just 73 minutes in eight games. Jones is trying to come back from a wrist injury that has sidelined him almost all of the season. Uhl has been a key part of Iowa's rotation this season, but he has struggled. He had scored just 20 points in his last seven games, making one field goal in each game. Uhl played just six first-half minutes in Thursday's double-overtime loss at Nebraska. Uhl then went out and had his best game of the season in the 68-62 win over Rutgers, with 10 points, eight rebounds and five blocked shots. Uhl made his first shot of the game, a 3-pointer, and seemed to play with more confidence. "He was the man today," Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said. "He was the difference in the game without question. I was so proud of him." McCaffery said he liked the way Uhl responded after Thursday. "I should have played him more in the second half the other night," McCaffery said. "It was one of those games where we kind of had a lineup and we stuck with that group. You go back and you break down the film and see what the guys did right and wrong and you see what you did right and wrong. And I felt comfortable with that group and they fought for me. "He could have hung his head, he had a terrific practice yesterday, I just thought he earned the opportunity to get more minutes and that's the reason we won."
• A young team is going to make mistakes, and it is certainly understandable that Iowa, with four freshmen in the starting lineup, let Thursday's game get away at Nebraska. It wasn't acceptable to the Hawkeyes, though, who were noticeably angry about the defeat, because they thought it was a victory they should have had. Eventually, though, they will win those games, if only because they'll remember the frustration of the loss. • Two weeks into Summit League play, Western Illinois is tied for the lead in the women's basketball standings and a half-game out of first on the men's basketball side. Both were impressive in a home sweep. • Two weeks into Missouri Valley Conference play, Drake has two wins and UNI is winless in four tries.
THE WEEK AHEAD Western Illinois men at Denver (Wednesday, 8 p.m.) and at Omaha (Saturday, 7 p.m.) —
A long road trip for the Leathernecks. To be serious contenders in league play, they will have to get road wins.
Iowa State at Oklahoma State (Wednesday, 8 p.m., ESPNU) and at TCU (Saturday, 4:30 p.m., FSN Midwest) —
Back-to-back Big 12 road games for the Cyclones.
Iowa vs. Purdue (Thursday, 8 p.m., BTN) —
Hawkeyes were dominated by the Boilermakers in the Big Ten opener. How will Iowa defend this time?
Western Illinois women vs. North Dakota State (Saturday, 4:30 p.m.) —
Leathernecks and Bison are in the four-way tie for the Summit League lead.
Iowa women vs. Maryland (Saturday, 3 p.m., BTN) —
Hawkeyes need a signature win to enhance their NCAA resumé. The No. 3 Terrapins would be a good one to have.
Louisville was 14th in this week's AP poll, but 19th in my ballot. Again, this was one of those weeks where you could justify anyone from 13th-20th to be in those spots. I have the Cardinals behind Virginia and Notre Dame, two teams that they have already lost to in ACC play. It's also becoming harder to find those last teams. I had Kansas State in at No. 25 — the Wildcats are tied with Southern Cal there, each with 20 points on the 65 ballots. Here's this week's ballot, with actual ranking in parentheses. 1. Baylor (1) 2. Villanova (3) 3. Kansas (2) 4. UCLA (4) 5. Gonzaga (5) 6. Kentucky (6) 7. Duke (7) 8. Florida State (9) 9. Butler (12) 10. Creighton (8) 11. North Carolina (11) 12. West Virginia (10) 13. Xavier (15) 14. Oregon (13) 15. Purdue (17) 16. Arizona (16) 17. Virginia (19) 18. Notre Dame (20) 19. Louisville (14) 20. Wisconsin (18) 21. Saint Mary's (21) 22. Cincinnati (22) 23. Florida (23) 24. Minnesota (24) 25. Kansas State (25t)
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THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Iowa's Bohannon is a freshman who plays like a veteran
Posted in January 2nd, 2017
John Bohnenkamp
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Iowa's Jordan Bohannon drives to the basket in Sunday's win over Michigan. (Ben Roberts/The Hawk Eye)
[/caption] Tyler Cook knew nothing about Jordan Bohannon when the two freshmen arrived on Iowa's campus. Now? "Hell of a player," Cook said after the Hawkeyes' 86-83 overtime win over Michigan on Sunday. You can point to Bohannon's clutch shots in the closing minutes of the second half and in overtime — 3-pointers that showed just how icy calm he can be. "Big shot-taker, and big shot-maker," Cook said. But these are the best numbers for Bohannon — 10 assists and zero turnovers in two Big Ten games. "That's what I want to see," Bohannon said. "No turnovers and more assists." The battle at the beginning of the season was going to be between Bohannon and Christian Williams for the starting point guard job. This is Bohannon's job, and it's going to be for a long time. "His numbers are showing right now, as a freshman, you are going to enjoy watching him for the next four years," Michigan coach John Beilein said. "I don't know where he was in the recruiting world or where he was recruited, but that kid is playing as good as any freshman point guard in the country." "He's just a hooper," senior guard Peter Jok said. Bohannon was built for this moment — he was Iowa's Mr. Basketball last season after a stellar career at Linn-Mar High School, and he's seen enough games played by his brothers Jason, Zach and Matt on big stages around the country to know just how difficult it is at the Division I level. The combination of lineage and the confidence instilled in him in high school has made him a player who hasn't been rattled at key moments. "I know when I'm not turning the ball over, our offense flows a lot better as a team," Bohannon said. "I've just been concentrating on that in practice." "Truthfully, he's kind of done what I thought he would do," Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said. "If I didn't think he could do it, I wouldn't have offered him a scholarship. I mean, I can't make it any simpler than that. When we make those kind of decisions — and we're not always right — but when we offer, we have evaluated thoroughly enough to say, this kid can do it at this level. And I think that I know him a little better than maybe some other people that I recruited. I know his intellect and that's so important at that position, as you well know." Bohannon has 71 assists against 32 turnovers, an assist-to-turnover ratio that ranks 100th in NCAA Division I play. They are solid numbers, and it's something he wanted. "I really worked on my ball-handling the last couple of years," he said. "I feel like I'm a natural with the ball." "He's a special player," McCaffery said. "He plays at his pace, he's really intelligent, he thinks the game, he processes the game plan, the information we give him, and then he's able to make adjustments as the game goes on. But there's no panic in him. He's going to shoot it if he's open. If somebody is open, he's going to pass it. He's not going to turn it over." The key for the Hawkeyes will be to not overwork Bohannon. He's played 394 minutes, second-most on the team. Williams' minutes have been limited because of a sore back, and McCaffery has used Jok, Brady Ellingson, and even seldom-used freshman Maishe Dailey at times just to give Bohannon a little time off. But, as long as he stays healthy, this is Bohannon's show to operate. "The kid," Cook said, "is playing like a veteran."
• I said in a radio interview after Iowa's loss at Purdue that the Hawkeyes' season wasn't going to be defined by how bad they played at West Lafayette, but how they responded in the games after that. Sunday's win was a sign that the Hawkeyes learn from their lessons. It was a gritty win on a day when Jok and Williams were hurting — both left the bench on a couple of occasions after coming out of the game. The defense had a stronger showing, even if Michigan's D.J. Wilson got away in the first half. They locked down the Wolverines on the final possession of the second half, and the final possession of overtime. Nor were the Hawkeyes rattled — they fell down seven points in the second half before rallying. The next test will come Thursday on the road against Nebraska. It's a team that started four freshmen and the senior Jok on Sunday. That kind of a young rotation will always have its ups and downs. The rest of the season will be about how the Hawkeyes bounce back from the downs. • Don't even try to predict the Big Ten. Nebraska has a highly mediocre nonconference part of the season, then opens conference play with wins at Indiana and Maryland. Purdue is sharp against Iowa in the opener, then gets dumped at home by Minnesota. The Gophers lose in overtime to Michigan State, then win at Purdue. Michigan State stumbled through its nonconference schedule, then sweeps the first week of conference play. Indiana loses to the Huskers, then gets dominated against Louisville and nearly drops out of the national rankings. • Western Illinois gained a split in its Summit League road openers after learning that senior point guard Jabari Sandifer was out for the rest of the season. The Leathernecks knocked off preseason favorite Fort Wayne, which had beaten Indiana at home a few weeks ago, then lost at IUPUI. This is a better team with swingman Mike Miklusak in the lineup. Guard Garret Covington is one of the best players in the conference. Even without Sandifer, this team seems equipped to not suffer through the kind of losing streak that derailed last season.
THE WEEK AHEAD Iowa State at Baylor (Wednesday, 7 p.m., ESPNNews) —
The Cyclones would like a signature win for their resumé. Their four-guard lineup, so good in the second half in Friday's win over Texas Tech, will need to be at its best against the second-ranked Bears.
UNI at Loyola (Wednesday, 6 p.m., CSN Chicago) and vs. Wichita State (Saturday, 3 p.m., ESPNU) —
Panthers need to get control of their season after four consecutive losses.
Iowa at Nebraska (Thursday, 8 p.m., BTN) —
Hawkeyes need to get the confidence to win on the road. They dominated here two years ago, but that was with a veteran team. Huskers have some confidence now after last week.
Western Illinois women vs. Oral Roberts (Saturday, 4:30 p.m., ESPN3) —
The Leathernecks can be contenders in the Summit League race, but they have to knock off the teams at the top of the league. They missed a chance against IUPUI on Saturday, but they get the Golden Eagles (10-5 overall, 2-0 conference) at home early in the conference schedule.
Actual ranking in parentheses. 1. Villanova (1) 2. Baylor (2) 3. Kansas (3) 4. UCLA (4) 5. Gonzaga (5) 6. Kentucky (6) 7. Duke (8) 8. West Virginia (7) 9. Florida State (12) 10. Louisville (9) 11. Virginia (11) 12. Creighton (10) 13. North Carolina (14) 14. Wisconsin (13) 15. Xavier (16) 16. Oregon (15) 17. Butler (18) 18. Arizona (17) 19. Purdue (20) 20. Saint Mary's (19) 21. Virginia Tech (21) 22. Indiana (t25) 23. Notre Dame (23) 24. Cincinnati (22) 25. Florida (24)
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THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Cyclones have a quality resumé, while Hawkeyes and Panthers have work to do
Posted in December 26th, 2016
John Bohnenkamp
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Nicholas Baer and the Iowa basketball team still have plenty of work to do on their NCAA tournament resumé. (Ben Roberts/The Hawk Eye)
[/caption] We've been spoiled the last couple of seasons, with Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa going to the NCAA tournament together in back-to-back years. We also knew this was going to be a year of transition. Iowa didn't have its core four seniors — Jarrod Uthoff, Adam Woodbury, Mike Gesell and Anthony Clemmons. Iowa State didn't have Georges Niang and Jameel McKay. UNI didn't have Wes Washpun running its offense and, like the Hawkeyes, would have a young team. This time last season, all three approached conference play with impressive nonconference resumés. All three would make it to the NCAA tournament, although UNI needed to win the Missouri Valley Conference tournament and the league's automatic bid. Now, as all three teams open their respective league schedules this week, they all have work to do to get to the NCAA tournament. Iowa State is in the best shape, but there are some numbers that make the resumé seem a little shaky. Iowa has work to do, UNI has a lot of work to do. Seasons aren't ever ruined in November and December, only built. Each team has done some work on building a foundation, but there are plenty of flaws in the process. A look at each team's resumé:
IOWA Record:
Record vs. RPI Top 50:
Record vs. RPI Top 100:
Resumé enhancers:
The win over Iowa State at home was impressive, and could look even better on Selection Sunday. So could the neutral-court win over UNI in Des Moines.
Resumé weaknesses:
Zero wins over a top-100 RPI team at this point doesn't look good. And the loss to Omaha at home is especially a killer.
Work left to do:
The Hawkeyes are going to have to prove they can win on the road, and they're going to have to score some big wins in conference play. Twelve wins the rest of the way in Big Ten play and in the conference tournament should get them into position. With a young team, is that a reasonable number to reach.
IOWA STATE Record:
Record vs. RPI Top 50:
Record vs. RPI Top 100:
Resumé enhancers:
The neutral-court record is nice — the 17-point win over Miami (Fla.) in the AdvoCare Invitational is especially good, considering how the Hurricanes have been playing. The two-point loss to Gonzaga on a neutral court isn't damaging.
Resumé weaknesses:
Cyclones missed chances at other signature wins. Losing to Cincinnati at home and to Iowa on the road were opportunities lost, but shouldn't be costly in the long run.
Work left to do:
There are two Big 12 teams currently in the RPI top 10 (Baylor, Kansas), so there are chances to score some big wins in league play. Cyclones also have a road nonconference game remaining with Vanderbilt. It's a decent resumé so far.
UNI Record:
Record vs. RPI Top 50:
Record vs. RPI Top 100:
Resumé enhancers:
The Panthers haven't shied away from a difficult schedule. They've played Xavier twice — one neutral, one road — and North Carolina on the road, as well as a neutral-court game against Iowa. They haven't won any of those games, but they aren't killers.
Resumé weaknesses:
Neutral-court wins over Oklahoma and Arizona State are nice, but will they resonate with the selection committee? The home loss to George Mason also hurts.
Work left to do:
Panthers can boost their resumé with a run through the Valley. There aren't a lot of opportunities for big wins, but they can find ways to win on the road and should be able to protect the home court. Still, it's probably going to take a run through the conference tournament in St. Louis.
GAMES TO WATCH Iowa at Purdue (Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., BTN) —
Hawkeyes' big start to conference play last season was helped with a win at West Lafayette in the second game of the season. Hawkeyes will get forward Tyler Cook back just in time to face the Purdue frontcourt bookends of Isaac Haas and Caleb Swanigan.
UNI vs. Missouri State (Wednesday, 8 p.m., MVC-TV) —
Bears went 9-4 in nonconference play. If the Panthers want to be contenders in Valley play, they have to get home wins.
Iowa State vs. Texas Tech (Friday, 5 p.m., ESPNNews) —
Cyclones get an early chance to make a statement in conference play. If they want to have success in the Big 12, they're going to have to get consistent play from the frontcourt.
• Iowa guard Peter Jok is still in the top 10 nationally in scoring at 22.6 points per game. • Western Illinois guard Emily Clemens is third in the nation with 93 assists. She is ninth in scoring with 258 points and in assists per game at 7.2. • Iowa forward Megan Gustafson is fourth nationally in field goal percentage (.676), seventh in double-doubles (7), eighth in rebounds (133) and ninth in field goals (94).
Actual rankings in parentheses. 1. Villanova (1) 2. Baylor (4) 3. UCLA (2) 4. Kansas (3) 5. Duke (5) 6. Louisville (6) 7. Gonzaga (7) 8. Kentucky (8) 9. North Carolina (9) 10. Creighton (10) 11. West Virginia (11) 12. Virginia (12) 13. Butler (13) 14. Indiana (16) 15. Purdue (15) 16. Wisconsin (14) 17. Xavier (17) 18. Arizona (18) 19. Saint Mary's (19) 20. Florida State (20) 21. Notre Dame (24) 22. Cincinnati (23) 23. Oregon (21) 24. USC (22) 25. Florida (25)
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THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Jok is in the right place at the right time on rebounds
Posted in December 19th, 2016
John Bohnenkamp
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Iowa's Peter Jok leads the team in scoring, but also in rebounding, this season. (AP Photo/Robin Scholz)
[/caption] Lost in the scoring numbers from Peter Jok this season is the fact that he's Iowa's leading rebounder. Jok, who is fourth nationally at 23.5 points per game, is also averaging 6.4 rebounds. He has 47 rebounds over Iowa's last six games. It's not that Jok is always crashing the glass. It is more about being in the right place at the right time. "It's just how bad you want it," he said last week. "You just have to go after every rebound, really." At 6-foot-6, Jok has the length to corral any ball close to him. "It's rebounding instincts, knowing and having a sense where the ball is coming off," Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said. "Is it coming off long, short, left, right, and being there at the right time. You need some length and athletic ability, as well, but he just always seems to be right there when the ball comes off the rim." Jok said he is friends with Villanova's Josh Hart, who, like Jok, is 6-6 and leads his team in rebounding. "I always tell him I'm going to catch him on rebounds," Jok said. "He told me that rebounding is all about how bad you want it." Iowa has been outrebounded in five games this season, but not at any point in the current three-game winning streak. "We had been getting outrebounded, so I wanted to do anything I could to help the guys," Jok said.
• Iowa forward Cordell Pemsl is shooting .767 from the field this season, which would be fourth best nationally. Pemsl, though, does not meet the minimum of five per game yet — he's 46-of-60 from the field. • Iowa guard Ally Disterhoft continues to move up the school's scoring chart. Disterhoft has 1,756 points to rank sixth. She's only seven points out of fifth place, and needs 304 to become the school's all-time leading scorer. • Western Illinois guard Emily Clemens ranks second nationally with 86 assists. She is fifth in free throws made (66), seventh in points (236) and steals (38). • Iowa forward Megan Gustafson is fourth in nation with seven double-doubles. She is fifth in rebounds (126), sixth in field goals (86) and ninth in field goal percentage (.672).
• Iowa's winning streak.
The Hawkeyes have home games against North Dakota and Delaware State to close the nonconference schedule. Two more wins would add to their momentum, and with freshman forward Tyler Cook expected back for next Wednesday's Big Ten opener at Purdue, Iowa appears to be pointed in the right direction after the early-season struggles.
• UNI at North Carolina.
The Panthers stunned the Tar Heels last season, but Wednesday's game is at Chapel Hill. UNI has lost five of its last seven games heading into the final nonconference play before Missouri Valley Conference play begins.
• Leathernecks' hot start.
Western Illinois' women's team is 9-3 to open the season and is on a four-game winning streak. Illinois State comes to Western Hall on Tuesday for the Leathernecks' final nonconference game.
Actual rankings in parentheses. 1. Villanova (1) 2. Baylor (4) 3. UCLA (2) 4. Kansas (3) 5. Duke (5) 6. Kentucky (6) 7. Gonzaga (7) 8. North Carolina (8) 9. Louisville (10) 10. Creighton (9) 11. West Virginia (11) 12. Virginia (12) 13. Butler (13) 14. Indiana (16) 15. Purdue (15) 16. Wisconsin (14) 17. Xavier (17) 18. Arizona (18) 19. Saint Mary's (19) 20. Florida State (21) 21. Notre Dame (25) 22. South Carolina (22) 23. Cincinnati (24) 24. Oregon (20) 25. USC (23)
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THE MONDAY TIPOFF: No ranked teams, but the Hy-Vee Classic still has star power
Posted in December 12th, 2016
John Bohnenkamp
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Iowa State's Deonte Burton loses the ball as Iowa's Isaiah Moss defends in last Thursday's game. (Ben Roberts/The Hawk Eye)
[/caption] No one will be ranked when the Hy-Vee Classic tips off in Des Moines, only the second time that's happened in the five-year history of the event. Iowa State fell out of the Associated Press media and USA Today coaches poll on Monday, snapped a 61-week streak. Still, that doesn't mean the event, which is close to being a sellout, doesn't have star power. It goes beyond Iowa's Peter Jok, who is among the nation's leaders in scoring at 23.8 points per game. Or Iowa State's Monte Morris, a preseason All-American who is among the nation's leaders in assist-to-turnover ratio. Or UNI's Jeremy Morgan, who scored 38 points in Saturday's win over North Dakota — all in the second half. The records may not show it — Iowa (5-5) plays UNI (5-4) in the first game, while Iowa State (6-3) plays Drake (1-8) in the second game — but there are some intriguing players to watch on Saturday. A look at some of the names who might make a big impact:
• Isaiah Moss, Iowa.
The redshirt freshman guard was the Big Ten's freshman of the week after averaging 17.5 points in the Hawkeyes' wins over Stetson and Iowa State last week. Moss was kind of forgotten in all of the preseason talk about Jok and Iowa's strong recruiting class, but he has moved into the Hawkeyes' starting lineup. His ability to get to the basket is impressive, but he's also become a better defender.
• Deonte Burton, Iowa State.
Burton averages 13.7 points and 7.7 rebounds, and is a difficult matchup for anyone. The Cyclones need power, and Burton, at 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds, certainly provides that. It's hard to see anyone on Drake guarding him.
• Klint Carlson, UNI.
Carlson emerged at the end of last season, and has had a strong start to this one. He is averaging 9.2 points, but could be a difficult test for Iowa's frontcourt, especially if the Panthers can hit threes and spread the Hawkeyes' defense. •
Reed Timmer, Drake.
The Bulldogs' struggles have overshadowed the play of Timmer, the 6-1 junior guard who leads the team in scoring at 15.7 points. Timmer is one of the team's better defenders — he leads Drake with 11 steals — and he can track down rebounds. It will be interesting to see how he handles Iowa State's guards.
Western Illinois University's women's basketball team has opened the season with eight wins in its first 11 games, the program's best start since the 2005-06 season. But coach JD Gravina couldn't answer the question on what has been the key to the early portion of the season. "The fact that that question is tough is a key," Gravina said after Saturday's 83-62 win over Eastern Illinois. "We don't have one strength. We don't have one player that stands out." Actually, they do have one player that stands out, point guard Emily Clemens, but we'll get to her a few paragraphs from now. Gravina is right. This is a balanced team with three players that average double figures in scoring — Clemens (20.3 points), Morgan Blumer (16 ppg) and Taylor Higginbotham (12.5). Blumer is the team's leading rebounder at 6.1 per game. Olivia Braun averages more than two blocks per game. Michelle Farrow, Taylor Hanneman, Jasmine Patrick and Mallory Boyle are all experienced players who fit perfect in their roles. Clemens, though, has emerged to be one of the best players not only in the Summit League, but her numbers have her best among all NCAA Division I players. Clemens ranks second in the nation in assists (80), eighth in points (223), ninth in assists/game (7.3) and ninth in steals (34). "She's just so solid," Gravina said. "She's one of the simplest players I've ever seen. She just makes the simple play, knocks down the open shots." In Saturday's win, Clemens, who was heavily guarded all game, took just seven shots, but finished with 20 points. She was 8-of-8 in free throws, and had nine assists against just one turnover. Gravina has been coaching long enough to know that expectations can switch directions in a hurry, so there was some caution to his optimism at the beginning of the season. "I never know what to expect, I've learned that in coaching," Gravina said. "I was making sure (at the beginning of the season) that I was realistic. At the same time, I knew that we could be good." Even with the Leathernecks' start, he knows there is work to be done. "We're playing great, but so are four or five other teams in the league," Gravina said.
• Iowa forward Megan Gustafson has six double-doubles in 11 games this season, tied for fourth among Division I players. • Jok is seventh nationally in points with 238. He ranks ninth with 77 field goals. • Iowa's Ally Disterhoft is closing in on the top five of the school's all-time scoring list. Disterhoft has 1,732 points, 30 behind Jennie Lillis, who ranked fifth. Disterhoft needs 328 points to become the school's all-time leading scorer.
Last Thursday's loss to Iowa dropped Iowa State out of the poll for the first time since the Nov. 8, 2013 rankings. Here's my ballot. Actual ranking in parentheses. 1. Villanova (1) 2. Baylor (4) 3. UCLA (2) 4. Kansas (3) 5. Duke (5) 6. Indiana (9) 7. North Carolina (7) 8. Kentucky (6) 9. Gonzaga (8) 10. Louisville (11) 11. Creighton (10) 12. West Virginia (12) 13. Virginia (13) 14. Wisconsin (14) 15. Purdue (15) 16. South Carolina (16) 17. Butler (18) 18. Xavier (17) 19. Arizona (19) 20. Saint Mary's (20) 21. Notre Dame (21) 22. Florida State (23) 23. USC (24) 24. Oregon (22) 25. Cincinnati (25)
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Iowa 78, Iowa State 64, the gamer — It all comes together for Hawkeyes
Posted in December 9th, 2016
John Bohnenkamp
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Iowa's Nicholas Baer reacts after being fouled while scoring in Thursday's 78-64 win over Iowa State. (Ben Roberts/The Hawk Eye)
[/caption] IOWA CITY — Peter Jok raised his arms and tried to coax the fans into getting a little louder, but Carver-Hawkeye Arena was already at full song. So Jok stopped gesturing, kept his arms raised, and basked in the pandemonium. This was one to savor — Iowa 78, No. 25 Iowa State 64 — and it was going to be the last one in the rivalry for Jok, the senior guard who had lost three consecutive years to the Cyclones. All of those losses were cruel. The two close defeats in Ames, including last season when the Hawkeyes let a 20-point second-half lead melt in the Hilton Coliseum hothouse. There was the blowout in 2014 here, a cruel taunt as the Cyclones romped and Georges Niang blew a kiss to the Iowa crowd in the closing seconds. And few, it seemed, gave the Hawkeyes a chance on this Thursday night. Five days ago, they surrendered 98 points in a loss to Omaha, a team Iowa State would pound by 44 points two nights later. Jok knew what was being said, the talk from the Cyclones earlier in the week only magnifying Iowa's anger. "We were really hyped," Jok said. "We wanted to win, more for each other than anything." "We knew we were the only people … the only people who believed we could win were in the locker room," said redshirt freshman guard Isaiah Moss. "We were hungry." The Hawkeyes were in control for almost the entire game — they led for 36 ½ minutes. They led 44-29 at halftime, and most of the second-half lead was double digits — the closest Iowa State would get would be seven points late in the game. Last season, Iowa's roster was senior-dominated, and it couldn't hold on against the Cyclones. This year, Iowa State's starting lineup consisted of all seniors. Iowa's lineup was one senior — Jok — one sophomore and three freshmen. In the end, the Hawkeyes were more composed, the Cyclones were a bag of jitters, never in a rhythm. "I was really happy with the way we handled that pressure," said sophomore forward Nicholas Baer. "Staying calm, but in attack mode." "We've had big games already this year," freshman forward Cordell Pemsl said. "We just haven't put it all together. We've had spurts, but we haven't done it all at once." The Hawkeyes snapped a four-game losing streak with Monday's win over Stetson. That skid seemed a long time ago as time ran out on this one. "I felt like we had the potential to be better than we were playing," Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said. "Tonight," he said, "we played a good team and won." The Hawkeyes (5-5) were crisp from the beginning — they made nine of their first 13 shots — but it was their defense, so maligned during the losing streak, that turned the Cyclones (6-3) into a ball of confusion. "It's just disappointing," Iowa State coach Steve Prohm said, "because we were bad tonight. Credit Iowa, and congratulations on the victory, but we were bad tonight." The Cyclones took 70 shots, making just 25 — they were 8-of-30 in 3-pointers. They missed 12 layups. "Those plays," Prohm said, "we've got to finish. We missed a ton of bunnies that just deflate you." When Iowa State was missing, the Hawkeyes were sprinting to the other end, constantly attacking. "Transition, transition, transition, transition," Prohm said. "We didn't do a great job getting back. "Chart their points in the first half out of 44. How many did they get in the half-court offense? Twenty, maybe?" Jok, who shot just 29.6 percent in the last three games, was 9-of-17 in this game, making 4-of-7 3-pointers. "From the beginning, I think he was pretty determined that we were not going to lose this game," McCaffery said. "I mean, he put us on his back early offensively and I think everybody came with him." His last shot of the first half was a 3-pointer that was so soft, it landed on the back of the rim and then settled into the net. "I wanted to swish it," Jok said. There were others who stood out as well. Moss had 14 points, but he was also given the task of defending All-American point guard Monte Morris. Morris scored just 10 points on 4-of-15 shooting. "He took on the challenge of going against Monte Morris," Baer said. "He did a phenomenal job." Baer had 10 points and eight rebounds in just 17 minutes, constantly attacking the rim. In the closing minutes, with the Hawkeyes going with a four-guard lineup, Baer, at 6-foot-7 and only 205 pounds, was the center. "There's just no substitute for all of things that he gets done for you on the floor in a positive way," McCaffery said. Freshman guard Jordan Bohannon was steady running the offense, with just three turnovers in 30 minutes. And his 3-pointer with six minutes to play, after Iowa State had gotten to within 60-53, was a deep cut to the Cyclones. "It was a lot of fun," Bohannon said. "A lot of fun." Iowa State had won six of the last seven games in the series. This game, though, was so in Iowa's control that fans started chanting "Hawkeye State" and there was still almost a minute left on the clock. "Absolutely I heard that," Baer said. "You couldn't miss it." There was no court-storming. Instead, the Hawkeyes raced to the mob of students off the court behind the south basket. "(Assistant coach Kirk Speraw) said, 'Go to the students,' Baer said. "Say no more." "From start to finish," Moss said, "we played great." Say no more. IOWA STATE (6-3) Merrill Holden 0-1 1-2 1, Deonte Burton 5-13 0-0 10, Monte Morris 4-15 0-1 10, Naz Mitrou-Long 3-8 2-2 10, Matt Thomas 6-14 0-0 14, Nick Weiler-Babb 4-8 1-2 10, Donovan Jackson 0-4 0-0 0, Darrell Bowie 2-5 0-0 5, Solomon Young 1-2 2-2 4. Totals: 25-70 6-9 64. IOWA (5-5) Ahmad Wagner 1-2 2-4 4, Cordell Pemsl 4-7 3-5 11, Jordan Bohannon 2-8 2-2 8, Isaiah Moss 6-11 1-2 14, Peter Jok 9-17 1-2 23, Christian Williams 0-1 2-2 2, Brady Ellingson 1-1 0-0 3, Dom Uhl 1-4 0-0 3, Nicholas Baer 2-4 6-7 10. Totals: 26-55 17-24 78. Halftime: Iowa 44, Iowa State 29. Total fouls: Iowa State 25, Iowa 15. Fouled out: None. 3-point goals: Iowa State 8-30 (Morris 2-6, Mitrou-Long 2-6, Thomas 2-7, Bowie 1-1, Weiler-Babb 1-4, Burton 0-3, Jackson 0-3), Iowa 9-22 (Jok 4-7, Bohannon 2-6, Ellingson 1-1, Uhl 1-1, Williams 0-1, Baer 0-2). Rebounds: Iowa State 39 (Burton, Bowie 8), Iowa 42 (Jok 9). Assists: Iowa State 9 (Morris 5), Iowa 13 (Bohannon 4). Blocks: Iowa State 1 (Bowie 1), Iowa 3 (Pemsl, Moss, Baer 1). Turnovers: Iowa State 11, Iowa 13. Attendance: 13,956.
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THE MONDAY TIPOFF: There are some optimistic signs with the Hawkeyes, but you have to look for them
Posted in December 5th, 2016
John Bohnenkamp
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Iowa's Cordell Pemsl (35) works against Omaha's Daniel Meyer in the first half of Saturday's game. (AP Photo/Matthew Holst)
[/caption] Should you be concerned about the Iowa basketball team? Well, yeah — the Hawkeyes are 3-5, in a four-game losing streak early in the season, and they can't play defense. And then when they do have spurts of playing defense, they have empty offensive possessions — the Hawkeyes missed 15-of-17 shots in one second-half stretch of Saturday's 98-89 loss to Omaha. It's hard to tell which way this season can go. It is, after all, early December, and there's a lot of games to be played. The last time Iowa got off to this kind of a start was in the 2010-11 season, McCaffery's first season. The Hawkeyes went 3-4 to open the season, eventually finishing 11-20 with a team that started two freshmen and had just one senior of note — forward Jarryd Cole. The Hawkeyes are currently starting three freshmen — guards Jordan Bohannon and Isaiah Moss and forward Cordell Pemsl. Peter Jok is the only senior playing right now. But before you start thinking this season is heading in the same direction of that first year of the Fran era, realize that the program is in a lot better shape now, unlike when it still had the malaise of the Todd Lickliter days. So, are there reasons to be optimistic? Of course.
• Peter Jok is Peter Jok.
Jok is third in the nation at scoring at 25 points per game. Even on his worse nights, he is still productive — in last Tuesday's loss to Notre Dame, Jok was 4-of-20 shooting, but still finished with 15 points. He is efficient with the ball, rarely making bad decisions — he's had 17 turnovers in 10 games — and can take over a game at any time. Jok will be marked by opposing defenses all season, but… — Jok has help. Freshman Jordan Bohannon has shown his outside shooting range, and the Hawkeyes have Cordell Pemsl and Tyler Cook (when he is healthy again) on the inside. The Hawkeyes haven't had a problem scoring this season — they are averaging 85.6 points per game, ranking in the top 25 of Division I teams.
• Pemsl and Bohannon are settling in.
The two freshmen have had their moments of skittishness in the early going, but seem to be getting more comfortable with each game. Bohannon has scored 43 points in the last two games since moving into the starting lineup. He played all 20 minutes of the second half of Saturday's loss, with McCaffery saying, "I just thought he gave us the best chance to win, and I thought he earned it." Bohannon's assist-to-turnover ratio is almost 2-to-1, which is OK, but it can get better. Pemsl opened the season with 28 points in his first two games, then scored 10 in his next four. But after moving into the starting lineup against Notre Dame, he went 14-of-16 from the field in the next two games, scoring 18 points in each game.
• The freshmen have confidence.
The best sign of that came after Saturday's game, when Pemsl came to the post-game media session and talked at length about how the Hawkeyes needed to get better defensively. "It seems to be every game, it's the same thing," Pemsl said. "We're giving up easy layups, we're giving up offensive rebounds. Teams are getting offensive rebounds as what we're getting defensively. I think it's a mindset now at this point. We've all been playing basketball since we were six, seven years old. Everybody knows how to play defense, it's just whether or not we want to. It's not an individual thing, it's a collective thing. We all need to come together, do what we need to do. That starts tomorrow in practice. "We need something. I think a lot of guys stepped up in the locker room after the game. We need know now it's personal, we've got to take these things personally. We have got to do everything we can to correct this." That's the kind of leadership this team needs. There isn't a lot of experience here — Jok and fellow senior Dale Jones, out with a fractured wrist, can only say so much — so someone has to step up. And if it's a freshman like Pemsl, so be it. A young team needs an authoritative voice, and Pemsl seems quite wise. — The defense can't be this bad forever. The Hawkeyes have had spurts of getting stops — that's how they got second-half leads against Notre Dame and Omaha. Now, it's a matter of, as Bohannon said on Saturday, "doing it for 40 minutes." That might be asking a lot for this team, but more stops than the Hawkeyes are currently getting could mean a big difference. It is, after all, early December, and the Hawkeyes still have some time before Big Ten play starts. Could it be like 2010-11? It's possible. It could also be like the following season, when the Hawkeyes opened 5-5 and made it to the NIT. There is enough talent here, and while McCaffery is still searching for the combinations that work, there are still wins to be had. The question that remains is how many can the Hawkeyes get.
Omaha played at Iowa on Saturday, and will play Iowa State tonight. Coach Derrin Hansen didn't seem to mind, even though his team was going to be playing a Cyclones team that has been in the Top 25 all season. "I'm just glad, even if it's (at) Iowa State, that we're going to play two straight games in the Central time zone," Hansen joked on Saturday. The Mavericks had played five of their first seven games on the road when they came to Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They had logged 13,483 miles with two trips to California — Nov. 12-13 at UC-Santa Barbara and USC and Nov. 30 at Cal State-Fullerton. They also had played at Kansas State on Nov. 15 and Eastern Michigan on Nov. 26. "My frequent-flier miles are through the roof, brother," Hansen joked. "It's been hard. But it has brought us together," he said. "You go to Cal State-Fullerton, you've got a couple of cousins sitting behind you. Come here, we've got 30 behind us. "The travel's been hard. But we do the best we can with that. That's important, how we travel is important."
Iowa forward Megan Gustafson continues to put up big numbers in her sophomore season. Gustafson had 12 points and 17 rebounds in Sunday's 88-39 win over Northern Iowa, her fifth double-double in nine games this season. She ranks in the top 10 in NCAA Division I play in double-doubles (5, 5th), field goal percentage (.670, 6th), rebounds (93, 7th) and field goals (65, 7th). Gustafson is averaging 16.8 points and 10.3 rebounds. She is also averaging 84 percent in free throws.
The physics of a weekly ballot can be interesting. Take this week, and Xavier. The Musketeers were No. 6 on my ballot last week and were ranked No. 7 in the actual Associated Press poll. They tumbled to 17th on my ballot, and 13th in the actual poll, after a 76-61 loss at Baylor. Xavier's move down had more to do with the teams around them than the Musketeers' own defeat. Louisville defeated Purdue. West Virginia had an impressive road win over Virginia. Wisconsin defeated a ranked Syracuse team. Really, in that second 10 you can make a case for any of those teams to be in any of the 11-15 spots. But can't fit 20 teams into 15 poll spots. Iowa State stayed in the poll at No. 25. The Cyclones have been ranked for 61 consecutive weeks. So, here's the ballot for the week. Actual rankings in parentheses. 1. Villanova (1) 2. Baylor (4) 3. UCLA (2) 4. Kansas (3) 5. Duke (5) 6. Indiana (9) 7. North Carolina (7) 8. Kentucky (6) 9. Gonzaga (8) 10. Saint Mary's (12) 11. Louisville (11) 12. Creighton (10) 13. West Virginia (15) 14. Virginia (14) 15. Wisconsin (17) 16. Butler (16) 17. Xavier (13) 18. South Carolina (19) 19. Notre Dame (23) 20. Purdue (18) 21. Cincinnati (22) 22. Arizona (20) 23. Florida (21) 24. Iowa State (25) 25. Syracuse (NR)
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THE MONDAY TIPOFF — Getting Jok through to the end of the season is a big key for the Hawkeyes
Posted in November 28th, 2016
John Bohnenkamp
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Iowa guard Peter Jok (right) drives against Virginia guard Marial Shayok in last Friday's loss in the Emerald Coast Classic. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough)
[/caption] Adam Haluska never missed a game in his final season at Iowa. Haluska, a senior on a team that went 17-13 — a year after the Hawkeyes won the Big Ten Tournament and finished tied for second in the regular-season standings — played 1,035 minutes in 30 games, averaging 34.5 per game. Haluska averaged 20.8 points that season — he was a first-team All-Big Ten pick and an honorable mention selection on the Associated Press All-American team. Haluska was incredibly valuable to that team — had he ever been injured, that season would have gone in the opposite direction in a hurry. Which brings us to Peter Jok and this Hawkeye team. Jok is averaging 25.3 points this season — second best among NCAA Division I players — for an inexperienced team that has started with a split of its first six games. Jok had a 30-point game in a 91-83 loss to Seton Hall, and is coming off a 42-point effort in Saturday's 100-92 loss to Memphis. The concern, though, has to be keeping Jok healthy. Jok is averaging just 27.8 minutes, but that number is skewed a bit by the time he played in Iowa's three blowout wins. He has averaged 22.7 minutes in victories over Kennesaw State, Savannah State and Texas-Rio Grande Valley, but 33 minutes in the losses to Seton Hall, Virginia and Memphis. In the loss against Seton Hall, Jok was seen several times in the second half flexing his shooting arm — coach Fran McCaffery said after the game that Jok had bumped his elbow and had lost feeling in it momentarily — and in the win over Texas-Rio Grande Valley had bumped knees with another player and sat out a majority of the second half. Jok isn't the type of player that wants to sit out games, or even take practice time off. But McCaffery said on Monday he has done his best to keep his best player rested. "We limited him (in practice) at times," McCaffery said. But McCaffery said Jok understands, particularly when he was coming off playing 63 minutes in less than 24 hours in last weekend's Emerald Coast Classic. "I don't think it was hard (to convince him to limit his practice time on Sunday)," McCaffery said. "Usually it is." Iowa's schedule was somewhat grueling over the first couple of weeks, but the Hawkeyes play just two games this week, two games the following week — granted, there is only a couple of days of rest between Saturday's game against Nebraska-Omaha and Monday's game against Stetson — and then there is a bit of a break during finals week. Jok is going to be marked by opposing defenses all season, and while McCaffery said the Hawkeyes try to simulate that in practice, they also don't want to beat Jok up. By now, though, he knows quite well what's coming. There are a lot of similarities between this team and those 2006-07 Hawkeyes, and we'll explore those down the road. Haluska's big season that year saved what could have been a truly dismal season — yes, the Hawkeyes didn't make it to a postseason tournament, but they did finish tied for fourth that season in the Big Ten. Jok is on pace to eclipse Haluska's numbers. The key will be making sure he can make it to the end.
Western Illinois guard Emily Clemens repeated as the Summit League's women's basketball player of the week after averaging 22 points, seven assists, 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals in two games last week. Clemens, who is averaging 21.2 points per game this season (18th nationally), is still among the nation's leaders in assists (4th, 45) and assists per game (7th, 7.5). The Leathernecks are off to a 5-1 start, the program's best since the 2005-06 season.
Iowa's Ally Disterhoft is moving up the school's all-time scoring list. Disterhoft has 1,669 points for her career, seventh best all-time. She needs 391 points to become the school's all-time leading scorer. With 23 games for sure left in the season, Disterhoft needs to average 17 points per game to pass Cindy Haugejorde's record of 2,059 set from 1976-80. That average does not include any possible postseason games, or a run past the Hawkeyes' first game of the Big Ten Tournament. Disterhoft, who is averaging 18.1 points per game this season, has moved up to 15th all-time on Iowa's rebound list (655), 11th all-time in 3-pointers (131) and is tied for 13th in career blocks (56).
As I expected, it was a roller-coaster week, and it started with Indiana's loss at IPFW. Actual rankings in parentheses. 1. Kentucky (1) 2. Villanova (2) 3. North Carolina (3) 4. Kansas (4) 5. Duke (5) 6. Xavier (7) 7. Virginia (6) 8. Gonzaga (8) 9. Baylor (9) 10. Saint Mary's (12) 11. UCLA (11) 12. Indiana (13) 13. Creighton (10) 14. Louisville (14) 15. Wisconsin (17) 16. Butler (18) 17. Arizona (16) 18. Iowa State (19) 19. South Carolina (20) 20. Purdue (15) 21. Rhode Island (21) 22. Notre Dame (NR) 23. Florida (24) 24. Syracuse (22) 25. Cincinnati (NR)
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When grown from seeds, this cross between Blueberry and Super Silver Haze produces several phenos which lean to either of the parents or make a balanced 50/50 hybrid. Though not quite stable, the strain always produces rewarding and high-yielding plants (especially the Haze pheno) that are characterized by blue hues of their enormous and rock-hard buds. The yields are simply spectacular when Blue Dream is grown outdoors where it forms big and wide bushes with heavy colas that need support in the late stages of flowering. Indoors, Blue Dream also produces well, grows vigorously in veg and finishes usually in 9 to 10 weeks. Thus it can be considered a commercial strain.
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It's a given that I'd be talking about her today. This is my little girl's life (well, this weekend at least)
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And lots of hugs from the Easter Bunny!
As you can tell, we don't always finds time to craft together, because life is full. I try to fit it in whenever I can, but if she doesn't feel like one day, then no art (but that's rare).
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To celebrate the launch, tokidoki is hosting a trading party at Japan LA, 7320 ½ Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles on Saturday, September 7 from 12:00PM – 4:00PM.
About tokidoki®
tokidoki is an internationally recognized and iconic lifestyle brand based on the vision of Italian artist Simone Legno and his partners, serial entrepreneurs Pooneh Mohajer and Ivan Arnold. Since debuting in 2005, tokidoki has amassed a cult-like following for its larger-than-life characters and emerged as a sought-after global brand. tokidoki offers an extensive range of products which include apparel, handbags, cosmetics, accessories, toys and more. As an innovative company, tokidoki is known not only for its eye-popping aesthetic and criminally cute characters but also its megawatt partnerships with the likes of iconic brands such as Hello Kitty, Karl Lagerfeld, LeSportsac, Barbie, Onitsuka Tiger, Sephora, Marvel and others. For more information, please visit www.tokidoki.it.
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