This would be a nice grab for a season.
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Fran and Pikiel are buddies...I doubt he'd poach from Rutgers and Olymuri needs to enter portal---has he?
Iowa is going to have to start paying existing players that are marketable in Portal. I would say Perkins and Bowen would have some portal value.
JoshO had already left last year and was only brought back because he had zero market value and Fran had open schollies as he usually does. While I think JoshO has the physical abilty to be a B1G center, he seems to not understand where he is supposed to be on offense....that drives Fran crazy if you mess with his offense...so no PT.
Mulvey also looked a little bit clueless like Josh...but he is super teammate and he does seem to be a bit of a rim protector. I would say one of the two bigs is gone...probably JoshO and Iowa has the money to give him a medical scholarship for long Covid and let him retire.
Braun sound like the likely pickup in off season...maybe he'll be okay but as just another Iowa kid, he's probably
another below the rim guy.
Actually looks like he has decent bounce and can block shots.
James Nelson Jr is the one they should be calling up and offering a blank check.
Assuming you mean Jameer Nelson Jr, and yes I agree... he looks really good...
absolutely, don't know if I fat fingered that one or autocorrected. Thanks for the correction
Take a minute or two to check out Braun's video. Looks like he's got some explosiveness and bounce.
His video is more impressive than his stats.
Brauns is pretty much a done deal I think.
Agreed, his video looks really good.
An MVC fan, Drake fan as I recall, who has watched multiple Belmont games mentioned that Belmont ran a lot of their offense through the perimeter and not much through Brauns and down low.
Brauns looks to me like a solid defensive and rebounding center - at least for now. I'm pretty excited about what he brings to the team actually.
Right now we only have 1 open scholarship (Kris') unless others leave. So Brauns taking over a scholarship (assuming he's not a walk-on) would mean Fran needs someone to leave in order to go after a starting Big.
Hes not a scorer but is exactly the type of piece this years team was missing.
Just getting more defensive rebounds probably changes the outcome against Auburn.
Agree 100%, I’ll take a center who can shot block, rebound and defend over one that can score. Rebraca was great defending his man but not much for helping out. This guy looks a little more lanky and bouncy.
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I sincerely hope all the posters wishlist being listed are contributing to the SWARM NIL to have a chance at the players
Getting a consistent 3 point shooter is much more needed then getting a mid major undersized 6-8/9 center. Fran has gone this route before and what did it get us, zero, nothing.....it's been 24 years since Iowa has even sniffed the field of 16 and you poor slobs what Fran to go after a player that doesn't even have any kind of offensive game, but continue on your quest of making Iowa a continued laughing stock of the Big Ten.
I'd rather Fran have confidence in his 23 class of recruits to change the path of Iowa basketball then go out and waste a scholarship and promised playing time to a player that may or may not pan out.
I'd rather Fran have confidence in his 23 class of recruits to change the path of Iowa basketball then go out and waste a scholarship and promised playing time to a player that may or may not pan out.
From what I am hearing Even Brauns wants to transfer to Iowa, but Fran has said no scholarship is available, and maybe they can scrounge up some NIL money for him. Even and P-Mac are very close to the point they are planning on living together, so there's something going on with him possibly coming to Iowa, just not sure under what circumstances.
If he's walking on, that's a dang good walk-on.
Not having scholarships seems to indicate that there isn't going to be much roster departures. Not sure how I would feel about that as I was expecting at least JO and/or Mulvey to leave.
I think it means that the staff knows who is leaving, and have targeted positions of need, and they view Brauns as icing on the cake. Which, given his skill set, he would be. Maybe if some things shake out, then a scholarship is available.
Tweet cuts off, but Iowa listed. 6'6 JR who shot 39% from 3.
I will be very happy if Fran can bring in a 6-8/9 interior player, as long as he is strong, athletic, wants to rebound, and plays defense. Same traits in a 7 ft guy, would be even better, but I don't want a 7 ft stiff. I think we should be looking for a guy who can play starter's minutes next year, not a back up.
Pretty much agree, although it may be that Fran thinks one of the returning bigs (likely Mulvey) can do 20 minutes a game. I'd really like to get a strong defender with some shot blocking capabilities that can elevate the team defense. Woodbury wasn't a shot blocker, but he made a tremendous difference in our overall defense.
The best thing Woodbury did was his screen defense and there were so many idiots on here complaining about why he was playing defense out at the 3pt line.
Its zero coincidence that the Woodbury years were Frans only top 40 defenses (3 times) and its because he didn't let guards go down hill off screens like they usually can against iowa.
If N.I.L. money can pay for tuition for walk ons, do scholarship limits even matter?
I agree. And I’m the guy who watched him play twice against Drake. He’s a poor man’s Rebraca, he’s certainly big and strong, but give me a 6-6 wing that’s an athlete for Gods sake. Every sweet 16 team has multiple. Guys that can guard multiple positions and get their own shot on the other end. We don’t even try to recruit those guys. And can we please stop saying Mulvey is a rim protector? There is absolutely zero evidence of that. He’s tall. That’s it. Put Freeman in right away next year. He can run the floor, play defense and score.
To an extent. There's a lot of other perks of being on scholarship that Walk-ons can't get. I would imagine it helps in situations like Brauns where the player grew up wanting to be a Hawk. But I would doubt we see too many scholarship level guys take walk-on spots. Most guys want playing time and if there's 13 scholarship players already on the roster, that means there just likely is not much playing time available. NIL can't help that aspect of it.
This is going to be a challenge but I like the idea of a consolidate list so I've updated to reflect Daniels and Reynolds.
Known Reach-Outs (mainly based on this thread) to my knowledge at this point...
Back Court
Known Reach-Outs (mainly based on this thread) to my knowledge at this point...
Back Court
- Nicholas Timberlake, SG (maybe CG), Towson St, Immediate, 1 yr left
- Ethan Roberts, SG, Army, Immediate, 3 yrs left
- Clarence Daniels, SG, New Hampshire, Immediate, 2-3 yrs left (from Mpls, MN area)
- BJ Mack, PF, Wofford, Immediate, 1 year left
- Dame Adelekun, F, Dartmouth, Immediate, 1 year left
- Josh Cohen, F, St. Francis (PA), Immediate, 1 year left
- Myles Stute, SF, Vanderbilt, Immediate, 2 years left
- Even Brauns, C, Belmont, Immediate, 2 years (probably a silent commit already)
- Jamille Reynolds, PF, Temple, Likely immediate but may need to sit out one year, 2 years left
- Fardaws Aimaq, C, Texas Tech, Immediate?, 1 year left
- Myles Tate, PG, Butler, Immediate, 1 year left
- Tyler Nickel, SF, North Carolina, 3 years
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FWIW, Temple's coach left. So Reynolds is likely to get a waiver granted to be immediately eligible.
Iowa needs to pursue this guy. I watch some MVC being a UNI undergrad and this guy is really good. There are many who thought he should have won the MVP of the MVC. Exactly what we need.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4592677/rienk-mast
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4592677/rienk-mast
Brauns frame in not what I was suspecting ..in a good way.
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