2025 MBB Recruiting Thread

[cidhawkeye]

Dr Tom also played cupcakes in the non-conference to make sure he got to 20 wins each season. I think Fran has done a great job all things considered. The eighties Iowa team will never come back. Raveling paid a bunch of players back then and now everyone can pay players, but Iowa lags behind the war chests of big time programs.

Almost all coaches played cupcakes in the non-conference

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[cidhawkeye]

Sounds like you know more than I do. It seems like a harder line might have helped the players with drug problems in their later life, maybe even their future in basketball. In fairness to Dr. Tom, the players I think about were players he inherited from Raveling, probably along with their bad habits. Maybe Fran has just been luckier with the recruits he brought in, or maybe character was a more important concern.

A harder line may have helped. Fran took a chance on a felon and he misstepped and was gone. Not sure if it helped later in that persons life but it didn’t become a PP situation.

 

[HoustonREDHawk]

A harder line may have helped. Fran took a chance on a felon and he misstepped and was gone. Not sure if it helped later in that persons life but it didn’t become a PP situation.

I don't want to name players, because I know very little and it would be disrespectful, but some players should have achieved much more than they did after they left Iowa. I think drugs and lack of discipline played a big role.

 

[CyberJJ]

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Almost all coaches played cupcakes in the non-conference

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As scheduled are made, coaches look at their team to determine level of competition. When they have a more veteran team, they up the schedule, but with a younger team after several stars leave, then generally downgrade the schedule. That process must be harder to plan for now with unexpected turnover via the portal, positive or negative.