****Official Class of 2017 Recruiting Thread****

[str8cashhomie]

Georges was a pretty unique player. We would have had a better chance of making the final four that year after Georges got hurt, if we had a couple solid backups over 6'8". Hogue and Ejim weren't going to cut it against Drummond and their 7 foot center.

To compete against KU and to be a consistent top 3 program in the Big 12, the coaches need to make sure we have solid guard play and 3-4 solid post players. We can't realistically compete in the Big 12 starting a 6'7"(?) center in Bowe and a 6'4" power forward in Burton. Hopefully the trio of Young, Lard and Kasongo is a good start. If we can add a couple JUCO post players this spring, we should be solid next season.

C'mon dude really? Big 12 player of the year Melvin Ejim wasn't enough because he didn't fit the 6'10" do-everything fever dream? If you listed the best post players in the last 15 years of ISU basketball, it'd be littered with guys below 6'7. Fizer was only 6'6 or so, do we not want him now cause he's too small to compete against the blue bloods?

And Andre Drummond wasn't on the team we lost to in the Sweet 16, Drummond was on the UConn team with Jeremy Lamb that we absolutely demolished in Royce's year because none of their big plodding centers could keep up with our smaller but athletic smallball big men.

 

[Hayes30]

Georges was a pretty unique player. We would have had a better chance of making the final four that year after Georges got hurt, if we had a couple solid backups over 6'8". Hogue and Ejim weren't going to cut it against Drummond and their 7 foot center.

Dude Hogue went off that game and could not be stopped. what on earth are you talking about? He made the UCONN defenders his *****.

 

[rholtgraves]

Georges was a pretty unique player. We would have had a better chance of making the final four that year after Georges got hurt, if we had a couple solid backups over 6'8". Hogue and Ejim weren't going to cut it against Drummond and their 7 foot center.

To compete against KU and to be a consistent top 3 program in the Big 12, the coaches need to make sure we have solid guard play and 3-4 solid post players. We can't realistically compete in the Big 12 starting a 6'7"(?) center in Bowe and a 6'4" power forward in Burton. Hopefully the trio of Young, Lard and Kasongo is a good start. If we can add a couple JUCO post players this spring, we should be solid next season.

Drummond wasn't there and ISU beat Drummond with another small lineup two years prior.

 

[jcyclonee]

I'm a little out of the loop so excuse my ignorance. Is BDK Desiigner or are you joking? If he is that makes perfect sense.

BDK is Desiigner and I hope he never changes.

 

[swarthmoreCY]

Dude Hogue went off that game and could not be stopped. what on earth are you talking about? He made the UCONN defenders his *****.

But our defense couldn't handle UConn's length. It was constant plugging holes in a breaking dam.

 

[rholtgraves]

But our defense couldn't handle UConn's length. It was constant plugging holes in a breaking dam.

Daniels is only 6'8-6'9. Length wasn't the problem. He was hitting a ton of midrange jumpers. Their guards were really good and oh yeah Kane went 2-9 from the free throw line. Brimah was affecting ISU's offense in the lane when he was in but if Niang was in there he would have drawn him out to the perimeter.

 

[swarthmoreCY]

Daniels is only 6'8-6'9. Length wasn't the problem. He was hitting a ton of midrange jumpers. Their guards were really good and oh yeah Kane went 2-9 from the free throw line. Brimah was affecting ISU's offense in the lane when he was in but if Niang was in there he would have drawn him out to the perimeter.

Only 6'9"?

 

[srjclone]

Only 6'9"?

Yup, 6'9 SF

 

[rholtgraves]

Only 6'9"?

yeah not exactly tall compared to Ejim and Hogue.

 

[Dandy]

BDK is Desiigner and I hope he never changes.

What did he do to get his BDK profile banned?

 

[jcyclonee]

What did he do to get his BDK profile banned?

Maybe it was a copyright infringement.

 

[Hayes30]

But our defense couldn't handle UConn's length. It was constant plugging holes in a breaking dam.

Hoiball teams didn't have defense as a strength ever. The problem was the usual unstoppable offense was only being done by one guy and no one else showed up.

 

[rholtgraves]

Hoiball teams didn't have defense as a strength ever. The problem was the usual unstoppable offense was only being done by one guy and no one else showed up.

his best year was that year. They ended up ranked 55th on Ken Pom for defense. he had a couple of other years where they were around 60 or so. So not horrible. Just average. His first year he was over 100 which wasn't shocking but the worst year was actually Clyburn's year. They were bad on D that year.

 

[JVAR]

Walked in behind Jericho Sims a few minutes ago at the Texas game tonight. I talked with his family friend for about five minutes. Wish we would've gotten him. He is really tall. His family friend said that Iowa State was one of the finalists.

 

[acgclone]

Walked in behind Jericho Sims a few minutes ago at the Texas game tonight. I talked with his family friend for about five minutes. Wish we would've gotten him. He is really tall. His family friend said that Iowa State was one of the finalists.

I think I saw that he was up in the 40's or 50's in the 247 rankings. He would have been a huge get.

 

[CyTwins]

 

[Gibbon]

This would be a tremendous recruit to add to the 2017 recruiting class, but has lots of offers, and who knows if we're even in position to even get a visit.

 

[cyclone101]

This would be a tremendous recruit to add to the 2017 recruiting class, but has lots of offers, and who knows if we're even in position to even get a visit.

Picture makes me think he is actually 5'8" and in the 7th grade.

 

[rholtgraves]

This would be a tremendous recruit to add to the 2017 recruiting class, but has lots of offers, and who knows if we're even in position to even get a visit.

Yeah, getting him would be huge. A skilled big would really help.

 

[Gerbs]

This would be a tremendous recruit to add to the 2017 recruiting class, but has lots of offers, and who knows if we're even in position to even get a visit.

His videos are pretty surprising for a skinny 6'11" kid. He looks quite athletic, can pick a pass, and looks very technical. Would be a great signing