Vivek Goyal

[Vivek Goyal @ProfessorGoyal]

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.

[Vivek Goyal @ProfessorGoyal]

@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.

[Vivek Goyal @ProfessorGoyal]

@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.

[Vivek Goyal @ProfessorGoyal]

@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.

[Derrick Beechum @coachbeechum]

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

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[Vivek Goyal @ProfessorGoyal]

@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.

[Vivek Goyal @ProfessorGoyal]

@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.

[Vivek Goyal @ProfessorGoyal]

@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?

[Vivek Goyal @ProfessorGoyal]

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

[Lav Varshney @lrvarshney]

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[Vivek Goyal @ProfessorGoyal]

@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?

[Vivek Goyal @ProfessorGoyal]

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

[Vivek Goyal @ProfessorGoyal]

@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. 🤷‍♂️

[Vivek Goyal @ProfessorGoyal]

@docmilanfar The longer story at https://t.co/r0A8aZR4u2 is worth half a minute. Larger than life characters.

[Vivek Goyal @ProfessorGoyal]

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

[Vivek Goyal @ProfessorGoyal]

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.

[Vivek Goyal @ProfessorGoyal]

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

[Vivek Goyal @ProfessorGoyal]

@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.

[Vivek Goyal @ProfessorGoyal]

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

[IEEE Signal Processing Society @IEEEsps]

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[Vivek Goyal @ProfessorGoyal]

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

[Vivek Goyal @ProfessorGoyal]

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.