Hate to say, but still not sold on Coach. I get it. He's new, he got lucky to inherit a great team from a Cyclone icon who hangs in the rafters, but let's call a spade a spade. Are some of transfers the best we can expect?
Let's recap, we beat Kansas but got bounced in the round of 32, lose one of the best guards Iowa State has ever seen and practically half of the team is leaving with over 60 points needing to be replaced.
Good thing we have ... oh.
I'm still waiting for Coach's southern connections to come through. Can't get too excited about the media reporting we might get a severely undersized "forward" looking for his fourth college in four years that is reported to struggle playing "above the rim consistently." What a joke.
If these recruiting "efforts" are going to fix our gaping hole in the front court, good luck with that.
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I am, of course, talking about Iowa State in 1995.
The undersized "forward" was Kenny Pratt, who averaged 15 points a game, despite Coach Tim Floyd claiming he was really 6'2". (Shades of Jeff Beverly?)
Elsewhere, Dedric Willoughby averaged only 9 points as a sophomore at New Orleans, but made a big leap forward in his junior season. (Shades of, dare I say, Baby Babb?)
Shawn Bankhead came from the nationally acclaimed basketball school Southern Idaho. Kelvin Cato was from South Alabama and was a raw 6'10" athlete with springy skills that Floyd just had to take a chance on. (Shades of Lard?)
Some of my favorite teams have been the young ones with low expectations. Will be interesting to see the team come together next season!
Let's recap, we beat Kansas but got bounced in the round of 32, lose one of the best guards Iowa State has ever seen and practically half of the team is leaving with over 60 points needing to be replaced.
Good thing we have ... oh.
I'm still waiting for Coach's southern connections to come through. Can't get too excited about the media reporting we might get a severely undersized "forward" looking for his fourth college in four years that is reported to struggle playing "above the rim consistently." What a joke.
If these recruiting "efforts" are going to fix our gaping hole in the front court, good luck with that.
_______
I am, of course, talking about Iowa State in 1995.
The undersized "forward" was Kenny Pratt, who averaged 15 points a game, despite Coach Tim Floyd claiming he was really 6'2". (Shades of Jeff Beverly?)
Elsewhere, Dedric Willoughby averaged only 9 points as a sophomore at New Orleans, but made a big leap forward in his junior season. (Shades of, dare I say, Baby Babb?)
Shawn Bankhead came from the nationally acclaimed basketball school Southern Idaho. Kelvin Cato was from South Alabama and was a raw 6'10" athlete with springy skills that Floyd just had to take a chance on. (Shades of Lard?)
Some of my favorite teams have been the young ones with low expectations. Will be interesting to see the team come together next season!
