Vivek Goyal

An unsolicited suggestion to anyone who follows me: Seek out the people who helped you way back when and let them know how much they mean to you. Like Professor Kendall Atkinson, Mathematics, @UIowaCLAS @uiowa. One of about a dozen most influential people in my life.

@rkrager8 @TimothyWil72833 I agree with you completely. My point was that her team played the whole first half with a terrible misunderstanding of how to play fast. It was painful to watch.

@ProfessorGoyal @TimothyWil72833 She literally said they needed to share the ball more in her halftime interview. If she said we need to take the first shot, I missed that, but she did say play fast. To me that means transition-not chucking 1v1, idk tho. They sure miss MW wide open in the lane on some nice cuts.

Mitty falls. Could have probably won by 10 had they shared the ball in 1st half. 4th qtr tried to press and do too much, 3 consecutive turnovers around the 6min mark. Woliczko is as advertised. 19pts/10 rebounds, smart player. Can't wait 🐥

@TimothyWil72833 @rkrager8 As the coach said going into half time, Mitty wanted to play fast because they are much deeper. As executed, playing fast meant to take the first available shot instead of getting good shots. And extremely good shots were available (especially for McKenna) with slight patience.

@rkrager8 @rkrager8 I said this at halftime It was too many times where McKenna just didn't even touch the ball. There were so many times where she had her defender sealed and her teammates just didn't give her ball. Other than a few predetermined passes that led to turnovers, she was good

@AWoliczko @BuffyisHer You’re responding to someone with an irrational reading. Drawing attention to Iowa greats who preceded CC is not a slight to CC. Been watching McKenna’s games and looking forward to her being in black and gold. She seems to be a great addition to the joyful Bluder-Jensen culture.

@BuffyisHer Interesting take... comment based on comparison to style of play, plz take note of the players mentioned as McKenna is more of a post at this point in her career. She has publicly said that she is extremely similar to CC in her work ethic, competitiveness & love for teammates

Conceptually Thinking Basketball Conceptually Thinking an Impactful Career Through Shooting and Leadership @_taylormccabe @IowaWBB Taylor McCabe (Iowa | Big Ten | 5’9” Guard | No. 2) This is a salute. Taylor McCabe’s season may be cut short, but her imprint on Iowa women’s basketball is already complete—and durable. Her career is a reminder that not all impact announces itself loudly. Some of it stretches defenses, stabilizes lineups, and quietly earns trust until it becomes indispensable. McCabe arrived at Iowa as a role player in waiting. Limited minutes. No starts. A narrow job description. She stayed patient, sharpened her edge, and did the hardest thing in high-major basketball: she mastered her role instead of chasing a bigger one. Year after year, the shooting held. Over 40% from three across multiple seasons. Over 100 career made threes. Low turnovers even as minutes climbed. Every box score told the same story—reliability. That reliability changed her trajectory. Eight minutes became twenty. Bench shooter became starter. Specialist became structural. By the time she was logging starter minutes in Big Ten play, her value was no longer theoretical. Defenses hugged her. Help defenders hesitated. Spacing widened. Iowa’s offense functioned cleaner with her on the floor. Her impact was never about dominating the ball. It was about making the game easier for everyone else. Holding corners. Lifting on time. Relocating with intent. Punishing late closeouts. Those are winning details. Those are trust details. Coaches reward that. When she opened the 2025–26 season as a full-time starter, it wasn’t a surprise—it was a confirmation. And while the knee injury ends this chapter prematurely, it doesn’t erase what’s already written. McCabe leaves behind proof that elite shooting, discipline, and role integrity matter. That patience pays. That programs win because of players like her. Not every legacy is built on usage or headlines. Some are built on gravity, consistency, and doing your job every night against elite competition. Taylor McCabe did that. Iowa is better for it. Salute to a Hawkeye whose impact stretched far beyond the stat sheet. #OWUEvalDay #ConceptuallyThinking #BuiltDifferent #PlayerTrustNetwork #ScoutingTruths [@PGHBrooks ] [@NXTPROG] [@JrAllStarBB] [] [@IGBRcoverage [@WorldExposureWB] [@_BlakeDerrick] [@WKGameBall] [@EconAdjunct] [@FiveStateHoops] [@OWUTALENT ][@PGHiowa ] [@JrAllStariowa ]

@IowaWBB @pancheros No! Just no. It’s great to have a week with so many great plays. There is no way you don’t include Kylie’s 3 with 2:23 left in the third against MSU. Everyone touches the ball. Ball movement creating the best possible shot. IowaWBB at its best.

No surprise on our top play of the week 😏 @pancheros x #Hawkeyes

@lucy_rohden Wonderful explanation of what does and doesn’t make college football great. And I agree with the connections you make to broader societal shifts. Great content.

@Jay_3shifty I’ve been saying Bill Walton for a while. But I’ve failed to really carefully document my reasoning. Anyone want to help me out?

Ava Heiden plays like Kevin McHale

@ukmlv Congratulations on the move. Looking forward to visiting you in Madtown.

My faculty profile at UW–Madison ECE: engineering.wisc.edu/directory/prof…

Know any top blockchain developers that want to change the worlds of AI creativity and discovery, so everyone can monetize their efforts rather than have them be scraped and stolen? We are hiring at Kocree! linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

@sfmcguire79 @alexolshevsky1 Attacks on standardized tests were a terribly misguided idea from well-intentioned people who were not rigorous thinkers or who were intentionally dishonest. Who could think that the alternatives to standardized tests would be better for less privileged students?

Ivy League schools rediscover, sometimes as if for the first time, that standardized tests predict success in college: 1. Dartmouth (Feb 5, 2024): “Several key findings guided our decision: First, standardized test scores are an important predictor of a student's success in Dartmouth's curriculum, and this is true regardless of a student's background or family income.” “Research shows that standardized test scores can be an important predictor of academic success at a place like Dartmouth and beyond—more so even than just grades or recommendations, for example.” 2. Yale (Feb 22, 2024): “Yale’s research from before and after the pandemic has consistently demonstrated that, among all application components, test scores are the single greatest predictor of a student’s future Yale grades. This is true even after controlling for family income and other demographic variables, and it is true for subject-based exams such as AP and IB, in addition to the ACT and SAT.” 3. Brown (March 5, 2024): “Our analysis made clear that SAT and ACT scores are among the key indicators that help predict a student’s ability to succeed and thrive in Brown’s demanding academic environment.” 4. Harvard (April 11, 2024): “Research by Opportunity Insights has shown that SAT and ACT scores are the single strongest predictors of academic success at selective colleges like Harvard... Standardized tests provide a common benchmark that can help us evaluate applicants’ readiness for the academic challenges at Harvard in a way that is more fair and equitable than high school grades alone.” 5. Cornell (April 22, 2024): “After a multi-year study conducted by the university’s Task Force on Standardized Testing in Admissions, data showed that when reviewed in context with other application materials—such as GPA, academic rigor, extracurricular engagement, essays, and letters of recommendation—test scores help to create a more complete picture of an individual applicant.” 6. Penn (Feb 14, 2025): “Penn’s practice has been, and continues to be, considering a student’s school-based academic record on its own merit, with testing as part of Admission’s broad and comprehensive assessment. With this approach, testing complements a student’s existing accomplishments and can offer additional relevant information in our comprehensive and holistic admission process.” 7. Princeton (Oct 9, 2025): “The decision to resume testing requirements follows a review of five years of data from the test-optional period, which found that academic performance at Princeton was stronger for students who chose to submit test scores than for students who did not.”

@ringer @ZachLowe_NBA Preach! I love learning who cares about winning and who cares about their own stats.

“I hate it! I hate it!” @ZachLowe_NBA is out on the new end-of-period heaves rule change.

@ericaf455 When Marina hits a shot, she feels like hitting someone. And she knows that she can do so and just get a double foul. 🤷‍♂️

Game announcer: “How many skirmishes are there on CT Sun games? It’s a skirmish a game, they average a skirmish a game bro” 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

@docmilanfar The longer story at mathbabe.org/2012/01/03/ken… is worth half a minute. Larger than life characters.

Ken Ribet had bought a copy of Serge Lang’s “Algebra” as an undergrad. Frustrated by the style, he wrote a comment to himself Yrs later Lang had Ribet’s office in Princeton while he was away & saw the comment while perusing his book. He left a reply.

@DaveLindell Anyone in computational imaging or an adjacent field should have season tickets: read everything to come from Lindell’s group.

I recently received the Ontario Early Researcher Award — thank you to the Province of Ontario for your support!

Did you know that @tdgarden reserves the right to lie about whether seats have obstructed views? #themoreyouknow Their employees will bully you during an event and then their customer service will ghost you. So it goes.

@ICCP_conference @harthouseuoft Thanks for a wonderful conference. Feels like a family reunion.

#ICCP2025 banquet at @harthouseuoft

@ukmlv @nntaleb After many years, I’ve been thinking about Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman again. Not just because it is a beautiful book but because of some of his comments about the role of the individual in art vs science.

Struggling to find new books that are either entertaining or intellectually stimulating. Open to recommendations. My last two reads: • Re-reading of @nntaleb’s Antifragile • The Scientist in the Crib by Gopnik et al. A fantastic gift from a friend.

@goiowa @waitwait The crossover I didn’t know I needed! ⛹️‍♀️🖤💛

B1G thx to the cast & crew of @waitwait I so enjoyed being your guest & being part of your show!😊So much talent, wit and creativity … not to mention fun!😂B1G shoutout to all in audience, too. “We” rocked that quiz!😜👊🏼Go Hawks! Go Iowa! Go Wait!

The Signal Processing Society is proud to highlight the remarkable contributions of our members like Dr. Archana Venkataraman whose work focuses on better understanding and treating disorders of the brain. 🔗Read more at hubs.la/Q03wbXbT0.

@BleedingMe_01 @Jay_3shifty To be fair, Miles did look for Blakes when Blakes was red hot. But your point is well taken.

@ProfessorGoyal @Jay_3shifty The only team USA player willing to forgo their own shot and set up another player.

Hannah Stuelke comes up huge in the gold medal game! @Jay_3shifty please highlight how her being a willing screener was huge for this team, on top of the defense and rebounding.