Agreed, and I also think that Joe and Ahron played well together. They were nasty defending the perimeter, able to duck down for quick doubles and get back out very quickly.
Bowen and Dix are both pretty high level athletes.......Bowen, think a better jumping Ulis with more offensive/scoring. Dix....we have to see how he heals up. Both his athleticism and his injury remind me of Paul Lusk.....who was probably before your time. Lusk was a pretty good athlete, who suffered a break very similar to what happened to Dix. He didn't return to his pre injury athleticism after he healed and transferred out.
That Lusk injury was gruesome. I still cringe just thinking about it.
I agree that Sandfort should start but in place of who, Patrick? Maybe so, but Fran likes to
He has a covid year to use.
Well Perkins has shown he could be a dangerous point guard too— explosive and great handles
Ideal would be Pack from KSU(Weber out) and Shaw who verbaled to Mizzou changes his mind with their coach gone, too. I think Rebraca, Kris and Shaw would be plenty inside with Mulvey and Josh in reserve against team with huge center like Purdue
Calls him up? Like do something illegal like recruiting a player enrolled at another school?
WTF? Are some posters effing crazy?
Liked Shaw a lot as a recruit but I think at this point he has to reach out to Fran, not the other way round. We have some nice offers out for the following year and I’m not sure where Omaha Bilew is in the process
There with some friends. Had seats not more than 20 feet away. Could hear it break. Stomach turning. Important to note that an athletic kid cannot always get back to where they were.
Joes a solid player, but, the Hawks just took a major step winning the Big10 and staying at that level will be a huge challenge. Can Joe keep us there to stay?
Losing Keegan will hurt, but I think Iowa will be strong next season especially if Conner decides to come back. Need to add a big in the portal and maybe another G for depth. I expect Kris to make a huge jump like Keegan did. Maybe not to leading the BIG in scoring but a significant jump. Josh O might also be ready next season to step up which will help also. I think Iowa finishes in the top 4 in conference -- higher if we can add the right transfers via the portal.
I wonder if Joey-T only played @ 10 minutes yesterday because Fran was killing two birds with one stone - allowing the hot/hometown boy to bring it home and saving Joey-T's energy for the Big Dance? Just spit ballin' here....
Broham, so does that include or exclude talking about the Paul Lusk injury? Asking for a friend, thanks.
That was relevant regarding a future Hawk's injury.
Not saying Fran would do it, but I think it's pretty naive to think that coaches don't have ways of reaching out to players
I realize that there are unethical coaches out the but it's probably more the opposite most of the time where the players have someone inquire as to whether there is mutual interest. You can bet that was the case for a few of the recent transfers from Iowa to other schools whose names I will not mention. Coaches will be receptive, but it's really easy to get trapped into doing something illegal otherwise. Most will advise that the kid cut ties with his school (enter the portal) and then they will recruit him.
I agree. Ideally I’d like to see Rebraca at the four and Ogundele/Mulvey splitting time at the 5. Ogundele looks decent in limited time but needs to really improve his conditioning.
Iowa ‘s one the very few schools that have a magnet. Let’s not assume Keegan goes NBA. Imagine where he’ll be next year after learning a few goodies. I know the NBA is anxious to have him now but in 2023 they’ll be salivating.
I think that Kris is probably looking forward to the opportunity to be "the man." Kenyon has previously pointed out on this board that Kris was statistically the better player during their days at CR Prairie. I would guess that he has the same quiet confidence in his abilities that Keegan does.
Kris won't leave Iowa to play in the G-league.
