That disappointing, Tadjo has a lot of upside and was the best athlete on the team. McCollum should be able to use a guy like him.
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Tadjo has more upside and 3 years of eligibility left. He will probably follow Fran.
Tadjo's best quality was the ability to foul several times in less than 3 minutes
We don't get players as athletic as he was very often. Sad to see him go so early.
Is it a loss? Hard to say since the sample size of actual on court play was small. He had the opposite of a classic Fran player build. And raw athleticism. But that alone doesn't make a player.
Probably need to be a pretty good student to follow Fran to Penn, unlike most other universities.
Not to mention that Penn doesn't give out athletic scholarships and it costs over $90k per year to attend.
How's his academics? Fran may not have to deal with the portal or NIL, but academics are high on Penn's list to enroll in an Ivy league school.
I was thinking the same BUT...if McCollum told him that I'll trust his judgement.
The man knows what he's doing.
Tadjo might be doing it just to explore his options and possibly up his NIL if he stays with Iowa.
Pretty much standard practice at the moment.
With 15 scholarships, McC can afford to keep a couple of players, who maybe aren't ready to play in his system, but could have big upside. Tadjo seems like one of those players. McC knows what he is doing. Right now he needs to get Iowa's best players back, along with the transfer from Miami, and maybe 1 or 2 of Fran's HS recruits. If he can get most of them, plus his best players from Drake, that will be a good base to build on. He then will know what other players he needs to find in the portal.
I think he's gone. Probably met with McCollum and it was agreed the portal was his best option.
I'd agree. No doubt by now Bens done an assessment of the players still on the roster and their "fit" in his system.
I would hope McCollum would love to have a guy as athletic as Tadjo and should be able to develop him into a heck of a player. He was a high 4* recruit with the kind of athleticism we rarely see. This is a loss for Iowa. I hope he can keep Traore.
A lot of unknowns here.
Maybe Tadjo asked for more NIL than McCollum was willing to commit to. Understandable if that’s the case
We probably won’t ever know the reason.
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