Omaha enters the transfer portal (confirmed)

[Cyclonepride]

And this is why Patrick McCaffery still probably would've been rated fairly high and would've been a P6 prospect. He was tall and had good offensive skill and mobility for a HS kid of his size. The fact that he's an absolutely horrible defender, particularly off the ball, does not show up or stand out in AAU ball.

I suppose Connor they tried to pull the "once he stops playing baseball his game will take off" argument. But nonetheless, these two kids' rankings were absolutely inflated by being the kids of a P6 coach.

I think he basically amounts to Jacob Groves

 

[JP4CY]

I think he basically amounts to Jacob Groves

That's a good pull.

 

[TitanClone]

Lafrentz and Ricky Davis as well.

Ricky Davis... The only thing that comes to mind is his fake triple double

 

[simply1]

 

[Halincandenza]

Another big 12 school a possibility as well.

 

[RagingCloner]

Another big 12 school a possibility as well.

He’s not going to WVU

 

[Dandy]

He’s not going to WVU

Let him. Would love to see him actually play and compare to the guys who stayed or that transfer in over him.

 

[nrg4isu]

I for one, would be happy to see Omaha play for Fred.

 

[Cyforce]

I think the whole Omaha saga is as much an indictment of the quality of Iowa HS basketball as much as anything else. Yeah, Omaha looked like a 5-star in HS because he's in Waukee, IA playing 2A Iowa boys BB teams. Put him in the Chicago Public League and you'd never even have heard from him. He'd probably still get 3 stars because of his raw athleticism, but no way Omaha dominates Proviso East like he dominates Decorah HS.

Everything you said is so stupid on so many levels. His 5 star rating had nothing to do with his HS performance. Please enlighten me on these 2A schools Waukee plays.

 

[Halincandenza]

He’s not going to WVU

Not talking about WVU

 

[PlanetIState]

I remember this too. I remember one team being just our recruits but in retrospect that doesn't seem realistic, did we actually have 8+ recruits that year? It was hyped up pretty big in Ames, coming into year 4 of the Floyd era with this great recruiting class after three straight years of advancing to at least the second round of the tourney and coming off a Sweet 16 year. Gerrod Henderson lit it up in this game.

For our recruits I remember:

• Fizer
• Rancik
• CJ Bruton
• Henderson
• Stensrud (did he ever actually play? I remember him in football but no basketball)

Other freshmen on the 1997-98 roster, none of whom did much, were:

• Lee Love
• Paris Corner
• Lamont Sides
• Marcus Clark

In this year's NCAA tourney, I noticed South Carolina's coach is Lamont Paris. I thought I remembered that name as someone that played for us back in the day. Thanks to your post here, I now realize where this thought came from. We had a Lamont and we had a Paris, just not a Lamont Paris!

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Lafrentz and Ricky Davis as well.

AJ Green and Tucker DeVries

Doug McDermott was actually severely UNDERrated

 

[exCYtable]

I for one, would be happy to see Omaha play for Fred.

Same. I'd watch regularly.

 

[JK4ISU]

Wasn’t Kyle Korver from Pella? He did pretty well at Creighton and had a long NBA career.

 

[KidSilverhair]

Wasn’t Kyle Korver from Pella? He did pretty well at Creighton and had a long NBA career.

Yes he was. Er, is, I mean, I’m pretty sure he’s still alive, lol.

 

[Cyclad]

Another big 12 school a possibility as well.

Well - spit it out. Who?

 

[Halincandenza]

Well - spit it out. Who?

Their coach rhymes with wang. Their coaches are following him on social media now.

 

[exCYtable]

Their coach rhymes with wang. Their coaches are following him on social media now.

GROSS

 

[bosco]

Their coach rhymes with wang. Their coaches are following him on social media now.

Wouldn't they be worried about him being a mole?

 

[Cydkar]

Their coach rhymes with wang. Their coaches are following him on social media now.

Their coach IS a wang.