The other thread says he lists himself as 6’10”, so maybe only slightly shorter and possibly still growing but yeah he does remind one of Garza at that age, thinner, quicker but same feel around the basket and pretty fair outside shot. Not saying he’ll ever be finished Garza but a nice place to start . First thing is to see him on campus which is scheduled. We’ll see where that goes
From that article, it sure sounds like as long as the visit goes well, he's going to commit soon after.Free Story
Four star big man excited to see Iowa
Four star big man Jaxon Kohler will visit Iowa in early September. (Nick Lucero/Rivals.com)
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A few years ago the Fran McCaffery and his staff put on a full court press to land and old school type big man in Luka Garza. Many schools opted not to offer the skilled big man and all he did was go on to win the national player of the year award in his senior year.
Fast forward to the Class of 2022 and Iowa has recently offered another old school big man in
Jaxon Kohler
from Utah. The Hawkeyes success with Garza has certainly left an impression on the four star big man.
“What they did with Garza helps a lot because it gives me confidence what they could do with me. There are some places were I’m not 100% sure how I would fit in and I know what it would be like at Iowa,” Kohler said.
Iowa first started recruiting the 6-foot-8 center early in his junior year. They finally moved into the offer category after Peach Jam when Fran McCaffery got an extensive look at him. Kohler praises the approach that Iowa has taken with him.
“The Iowa coaches are great people,” Kohler said of Fran McCaffery and assistant coach Sherman Dillard. “I haven’t met them in-person yet, but based on our conversations they are great guys to talk about basketball and life.”
Next up for Kohler is the process of making official visits. He mentions that along with Iowa the schools he is still considering are Kansas, USC, Washington, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. He has visits scheduled to Iowa for the first weekend in September, followed by trips to USC, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.
Why did the Hawkeyes end up with the first visit?
“We are super excited to visit Iowa,” he said. “We wanted to get to Iowa first and they wanted us to come out right away so it worked out perfectly.”
Kohler said he plans to take all five official visits and then make a decision shortly after the final trip.
Hope you are right, and I think Luka's accomplishments will help, but seems too early to count chickens.
AH, I read that last sentence wrong. I thought it said Kohler will take his visit and then shortly make a decision. I missed the 'all 5 visits' part.
It refers to a recruit that might be 2nd or 3rd on the school's list of preferred recruits such that, if the school doesn't get their first choice (or 2nd choice), they still have this recruit to "fall back" to. All schools do it.
I know that but many of these so called "fallbacks" are offered a scholarship at the same time their top choices are. So are they really fallbacks? You don't offer a kid if you don't think he/she can help your team.
When you do figure out basketball recruiting, will you let us know?
Izzo has overlooked problems within his BB program, and was never held accountable.
Excuse me! It has been well reported that Izzo, Mark Dantonio, and the athletic director were aware of the problem. The only one held accountable was the AD. I have a cousin that is a professor at Michigan State. He said it is very well known that the University is trying to sweep this under the rug. They don’t want it to get out that Izzo looked the other way just as he did with the Walton rape situation.
Sounds like you are a Sparty fan, so you should know the names of the BB players who abused women on Izzo's watch, while he looked the other way. I guess you could argue that he didn't know what Nasir was doing, although it sounds like it wasn't a big secret in East Lansing. He sure got really quiet for one of the few times in his life, when shit finally hit the fan.
If Izzo pretends hedidn't know he is saying he has no idea of what is happening in his program and athletic department. Nobody believes that, even msu fans.
Go away. I'll enjoy beating you again this year. Come back after you win a game.
Yes I do. First, it has been well reported. Secondly, my cousin is a professor at Michigan State. My cousin heard these complaints and also personally reported this to his superiors. He was told to forget about it and don't pursue this or he could risk being terminated. He was also told that if he reported anything negative that would hurt Izzo's reputation, there would be hell to pay. I have more proof but it is not worth trying to convince people that want to deny abuse covered up all the time. There is a current investigation being opened up that will bring down some big names. My cousin has been contacted about giving a statement. That is all I am at liberty to say. Watch the news. More interesting information is about to come out.
