Foster was barely on the court and got kicked off of a bad team. He was a Top 100 player. Omaha would have started on that team.
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Omaha enters the transfer portal (confirmed)
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Ivan "the NBA needs Ivan"? I don't remember his last name ,Chranov or something like that, and of course he never made it here. We also had that kid from Australia way back in the day don't remember his name either but I think the NCAA denied him admission to ISU because UNC fixed grades for their basketball team.
They have been here for 9 months. Coaches haven’t even had a chance to develop them or see how they could perform. So it’s way too early to say if they weren’t developed or were not evaluated correctly. They decided to leave instead of staying and putting in the work like BRE and Ward did
You are really off your rocker tonight. Our class was ranked as high as it was because of Omaha and Milan. One is a starter and the other is a bust. Evaluating talent is incredibly hard coming out of high school. Nobody predicted Omaha would need this much time to develop. Why do you think transfers are so important now? We are going to have a top ten team next year and take advantage of the portal to improve our roster. Chill out and enjoy the ride.
Cheick Diallo, Cliff Alexander, Billy Preston, Carlton Bragg. KU got nothing out of those guys
Omaha was rated on potential. He was never going to be very productive stat wise, as a freshman. He needs a lot of on the job training. We can’t give him that imo
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Yeah, even in his spot minutes in the Big 12 tournament, you could tell he was over thinking out there. We all wanted it to work badly. Is TJ’s defensive that complicated?
If true, good to know now. Seemingly a lot had to go right for him to get substantial minutes here.
I hope Omaha can learn to catch a basketball wherever he lands. Great kid but massively overhyped.
Or perhaps 21 years old are typically stronger and more developed than 18 year olds. Did the staff bring in Milan, Curtis Jones from Buffalo and Gilbert from UNLV? Did they have a problem identifying talent with Gilbert and Jones because neither one of them were the “top level” of transfer talent based on ratings. The reality is that P5 programs, especially those in the Top 25, are going to lose at least 50% of their freshmen commits because they are likely playing behind junior and senior transfers if the staff is keeping the roster old. It stinks that Bilew might leave but you know that is a possibility when kids don’t play and he simply wasn’t ready to play a role on this squad. A squad that won 29 games.
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Wow, some of you are really butt hurt that he is leaving. He was a 5 star McDonald's All-American, so yeah it sucks, but geez... Why not just wish him well and let him move on?
My thoughts as well. I hope he stays. He has the athletic talent to be very good. Folks on here have a good sense though and know BB talent. Omaha's play, or lack of it, was perplexing.
Not sure Omaha wants to wait around on the bench, if it was going to come to that. I really thought he would play a key role next year.
Guess we'll find out today or Monday.
This just isn’t worth getting upset over. The vast majority of freshmen will be roster fillers from now on. You have to be a special player to come in and compete against teams of guys 3-4 years older than you. And that’s what major college basketball is now. So you just don’t have the luxury of hoping a guy develops. You need guys that can contribute now to be competitive.
And every time Omaha got on the floor this year he looked miles away from being able to compete at a high level. That’s not to say it’ll never happen. But it sure looked to be a few years away.
And every time Omaha got on the floor this year he looked miles away from being able to compete at a high level. That’s not to say it’ll never happen. But it sure looked to be a few years away.
Milan kinda stepped in and did what we expected Omaha to do so I would. Get what you're saying though.
Just a bad time right now in college athletics. What makes it even worse is the transfer restrictions are on hold. Guys transferring multiple times without sitting out. I mean coaches have to be exhausted.its 24/7 recruiting including guys on your team.
We don't have a problem in evaluation. Omaha was way over hyped. I caught flak whenever I posted I chat with Mokans AAU coaches and they warned me last year not to expect him to make an instant impact. They had him nailed to a T. Doesn't react well to the game and they repeated a hundred times he needs to learn to shoot the ball better. Talked better about Fish's game than Omaha's. Wish him well wherever he winds up. For his own sake I wish he'd stuck around because he'd be getting better coached. Oh well..next in?
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Not sure why everyone is upset about the portal and nil these days. I personally love it. ISU will compete because we have one of the best fan bases in America. That support will always go a long way. Open nil is great. Now we're not competing against cheating ass bastard programs like KU every year. Playing field evened out when everyone can pay. As far as the portal? Give me Keshon and Curtis any day.
It is the most Iowa State thing ever for the best recruit in school history to not be good enough to play and then transfer out
