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*****Bennett Stirtz & Isaia Howard will follow Ben McCollum to Iowa City. Who else will be? 8 of 15 Roster spots filled*****

Andrew Houk said:
I'm in the process of researching this for a potential article. Right now I have a cohort of a dozen of his NWMS players. That cohort, collectively, shot 39.6% from three point range as freshmen and 42.2% as seniors. So they improved by roughly 2.6 percentage points over the course of their career which is roughly average for a college player. KenPom did an article on this some years ago looking at all four year D1 players over, like, a twenty year time range and found the average improvement to be 2-3% as I recall. So nothing out of the ordinary for BMc in terms of Year 1 to Year 4 improvement. What is striking, though, is that cohort making 39.6% of attempts as freshmen. He is either recruiting great shooters or getting extremely rapid improvement so that they become great shooters in Year 1. Several of these players redshirted which probably factors in as well.
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It's likely about shot selection more than anything (cough, Brickfort, cough).
 
26 years (March, 1999) since a Sweet 16. Crazy.

JR Koch's last season at Iowa was 1998-1999 where in 30 games (24 starts) he averaged 22 minutes, 10.4 pts, 4.2 rebs, 1.1 blocks, .70 steals and .60 assists. He shot 53% overall from the floor, 39% from three and 75% from the FT line.

Good story:

 
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IllQChawk said:
Good, hope those schools that fork over that kind of money flame out just like Kansas did this year.
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Yep.
The longer and more ridiculous this becomes the more likely locker rooms will become cancers.
Good luck to coaches trying to handle egos and playing time with the guys working their a$$ off for so much less than these transfer guys....Buckle up. Gonna be good entertainment.
 
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Shooting numbers will dip a bit when you commit to playing team defense. Yes run outs can help but I don't think that trapping pressure defense is what BM plays.
 
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Franisdaman said:
I think this is a big reason why NFL players (past & current) are not donating to SWARM (nobody was paying them when they were in college)
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You would think that they would want their alma mater to be good instead of holding a grudge because they didn't get anything. It's not like some of them can't afford to give something.
 
the24fan said:
Yep.
The longer and more ridiculous this becomes the more likely locker rooms will become cancers.
Good luck to coaches trying to handle egos and playing time with the guys working their a$$ off for so much less than these transfer guys....Buckle up. Gonna be good entertainment.
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I agree and have thought the same thing since all of this BS started. A lot of team cultures will become toxic IMO.
 
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the24fan said:
Yep.
The longer and more ridiculous this becomes the more likely locker rooms will become cancers.
Good luck to coaches trying to handle egos and playing time with the guys working their a$$ off for so much less than these transfer guys....Buckle up. Gonna be good entertainment.
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Part of Iowa's NIL program is getting paid to volunteer. Hopefully that helps build the team chemistry that you don't see in programs where some players are getting millions and others not so much.
 
herkhatescy2 said:
You would think that they would want their alma mater to be good instead of holding a grudge because they didn't get anything. It's not like some of them can't afford to give something.
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Hell, I’ve said before that current players ought to donate to Swarm. I mean, absolutely nobody has a more vested interest in attracting additional talent to the team than current players. And most of them are earning more annually than any of us are.

I worked for a non-profit a few years ago, where employees were asked to consider donating a portion of their paycheck back to the organization to help the cause. Not all opted in, but many did. We raised a fair amount of cash that way. I see no reason why a college NIL collective couldn’t do the same thing.

If nothing else, it would be a great PR move.
 
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