K.J. Bluford

[acgclone]

A hint off here, but I think if we keep our style up and have some success, Hoiberg will be able to land a top 5-10 talent. He continues to show he lets players play....and that, with our fans, success, path to NBA, I think it's only a matter of time.

Well he will definitely keep us stocked with good guards. Recruiting bigs to this style might be a little more difficult, but he should be able to find some post players like Niang and Royce that are good facilitators. And some outside in forwards like Brackins.

I doubt we'll land many back-to-the-basket post players, but I'm not sure Fred is really targeting them either.

[CYUL8R]

Well he will definitely keep us stocked with good guards. Recruiting bigs to this style might be a little more difficult, but he should be able to find some post players like Niang and Royce that are good facilitators. And some outside in forwards like Brackins.

I doubt we'll land many back-to-the-basket post players, but I'm not sure Fred is really targeting them either.

This x1000.

I don't buy for one second that if Fred wanted a big man to come to ISU he couldn't find one - I just think that he is building a new brand of basketball in Ames - one that creates defensive and game-planning headaches for opposing teams. You saw what happened to teams that try to play big on us - we run them off the court, and then end up sitting their bigs...hence, their advantage is gone.

When we can run the floor, cut to the basket, distribute the ball and have 4-5 guys on the floor that can drop a 3 at any time we are nearly unbeatable. Sure, we lose some in rebounding and shot blocking, but who cares when you get a steal on one end and take it down for a quick 3? That's how 25 point leads are built (OU game last night perfect example).

[Thompsonclone21]

i hate the tyrus comparison. bluford is shooting mid 30s from three in juco, tyrus is shooting low 40s at a BCS school. just because you shoot threes in juco doesn't mean you're as good as tyrus. he'd probably have much better offers right now if he could shoot it like tyrus.

i'm sure bluford shoots it better than hogue, however.

I'm not saying he is Tyrus but Bluford is shooting 38% from 3 which is a lot better than 30%. Maybe that had dropped recently but 38% is mote than respectable in my opinion.

[Rhoadhoused]

Comparing players and their roles isn't the same as saying "as good as".

Just wanted to emphasize this.