Iowa State Transfer/Recruiting Class 2024

[CoKane]

lright, it's that time of the year folks! For the 4th year running we have the Iowa State transfer tracking thread. This always gets wild so this will be a bit of a master copy of all the rumored or known Otzelberger and staff interests. First for some necessary info to handle:


Roster, as provided by our own CW:

Scholarship Chart​

Players leaving or potentially leaving the team. Bold indicates Covid available to be taken
Robert Jones - Graduation
Tre King - Graduation
Hason Ward - Graduation
Jackson Paveletzke - Transfer
Kayden Fish - Transfer
Jelani Hamilton - Transfer
Omaha Biliew - Transfer


Announced COVID year returners:
Curtis Jones - March 16th

Current open roster spots - 4


Incoming Recruits:

Nojus Indrusaitis - 6'5 SG, Evergreen Park, IL




Dwayne Pierce - 6'5 SF, Middle Village, NY





Incoming Transfers:

Dishon Jackson, C, Charlotte(SO) - Contacted

Dishon Jackson - Iowa State Cyclones Center - ESPN

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Nate Heise, G, Northern Iowa

Nate Heise - Iowa State Cyclones Guard - ESPN

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Known Cyclone Interest:

Jason Torres Rivera, G, Vanderbilt(FR) - Contacted

Jason Rivera-Torres - Vanderbilt Commodores Guard - ESPN

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Keyshawn Hall, G, George Mason(SO) - Contacted

Keyshawn Hall - UCF Knights Guard - ESPN

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William Kyle III, F, South Dakota State - Contacted

William Kyle III - UCLA Bruins Forward - ESPN

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J'Vonne Hadley, G, Colorado - Contacted

J'Vonne Hadley Career Stats - NCAAM - ESPN

Complete career NCAAM stats for the Louisville Cardinals Guard J'Vonne Hadley on ESPN. Includes points, rebounds, and assists.

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Pharell Payne, F, Minnesota - Contacted

Pharrel Payne - Texas A&M Aggies Forward - ESPN

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Eric Dailey Jr, F, Oklahoma State - Contacted

Eric Dailey Jr. - UCLA Bruins Guard - ESPN

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Joshua Jefferson, G, St Mary's - Contacted

Joshua Jefferson - Iowa State Cyclones Forward - ESPN

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[CoKane]

This thread now exists because........ we have made our first contact of the season

 

[8bitnes]

Any chances we are being looked at by the Okie state center, 6'11" 4* McD AA? He seems to have his landing sport figured out based on how he submitted to portal, but would be a nice piece to add given what we graduate

 

[Halincandenza]

Any chances we are being looked at by the Okie state center, 6'11" 4* McD AA? He seems to have his landing sport figured out based on how he submitted to portal, but would be a nice piece to add given what we graduate

$$$$$$

 

[cyclonespiker33]

This thread now exists because........ we have made our first contact of the season

24% 3pt shooter while taking 3.0 attempts per game. That's right around the same number of attempts as Tamin and Keshon. Over twice as many as Tre, and Tre had a better percentage.

 

[Cydkar]

A guard target confuses me. We have 3 wonderful guards, at minimum. Who would want to transfer into that?
I guess he's a wing so...never mind. Still want to see how our bigs transfer options look like. We are close to being a great team again.

 

[Drew0311]

24% 3pt shooter while taking 3.0 attempts per game. That's right around the same number of attempts as Tamin and Keshon. Over twice as many as Tre, and Tre had a better percentage.

Rivera Torres seems like an odd one. Not sure why we would want someone like this since we are so guard heavy next year. Not that I don't trust the coaches. Just seems odd.

 

[CoachHines3]

remember, just because he told some reports that hes hearing from iowa state doesnt necessarily mean hes hearing from iowa state lol

 

[Halincandenza]

As a Staff you also have to prepare for contingencies as well. If a couple guys transfer then you may need to bring in a guard so reach out now if you like a player even if you don't actually end up pursuing them

 

[Cyforce]

A guard target confuses me. We have 3 wonderful guards, at minimum. Who would want to transfer into that?
I guess he's a wing so...never mind. Still want to see how our bigs transfer options look like. We are close to being a great team again.

Barring some bad news I'd guess TJ looks at him as a kid to get in the system that will pay dividends down the road.

 

[8bitnes]

Rivera Torres seems like an odd one. Not sure why we would want someone like this since we are so guard heavy next year. Not that I don't trust the coaches. Just seems odd.

His list of teams has some outliers on it.

 

[TomTreebow]

Barring some bad news I'd guess TJ looks at him as a kid to get in the system that will pay dividends down the road.

His defensive metrics are very good. Shoots FTs well and has positional size. I guess it's just do you trust that his shot will catch up....Could be a very nice player if it does. But I'd venture to guess this is one we're getting our name out there just to get our name out there.

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[isucy86]

Could be the staff has a plan 1A or 1B or 1A & 1B:

1A - Target a portal post to fill minutes played by: King, Ward and Jones.

1B - Take the best available player. Could be the staff is comfortable with Momcilovic, Biliew, Watson, Fish & Rock playing around 80mpg. So target a guard/wing to compliment Lipsey, Gilbert and Curtis Jones. Always good to not rely on true freshman for big minutes.

1A&1B - Could be the staff knows we are going to lose more than the 3 seniors, so we are looking to sign multiple portal players.

 

[CloniesForLife]

Losing Tre, Rob, and Hason and bringing in 2 guards in our highschool class. With only 1 roster spot currently open and a bit of dearth in front court experience I have a feeling we may see a transfer or two out (not a crazy prediction given our current times).

 

[Cyforce]

Losing Tre, Rob, and Hason and bringing in 2 guards in our highschool class. With only 1 roster spot currently open and a bit of dearth in front court experience I have a feeling we may see a transfer or two out (not a crazy prediction given our current times).

It is unfathomable that we'd sign a guard unless we had a departure. Probably need two.

Basically
Add a center with open scholarship
Add a Forward Lose a forward
Lose a guard add a guard

 

[rosshm16]

Just collecting my thoughts here on next year’s roster as it stands (and probability or transfering or otherwise leaving)

Guards

1. Lipsey (extremely unlikely)
2. Gilbert (extremely unlikely)
3. Jones (doubtful)
4. Paveletzke (probably)
5. Indrusaitis (extremely unlikely)

Wings/Forwards

1. Momcilovic (maybe)
2. Watson (doubtful)
3. Hamilton (doubtful)
4. Pierce (extremely unlikely)

Posts/Bigs

1. Biliew (maybe)
2. Rock (extremely unlikely)
3. Fish (extremely unlikely)

Am I off on any of those transfer estimates?

If everyone stays, everyone who played a lot this year improves a bit, Omaha takes a big step forward, Rock can be a solid Big 12 center, and we got a post or a stretch-4 in the portal who can score a little, that’s a damn good team. Lots of ifs there though.

Posts are the obvious weakness as we all know. Don’t have anyone coming back who is a proven rotation player and solid contributer on offense or defense.

 

[rosshm16]

To me a lot hinges on if Rock can actually play meaningful minutes or if he’s another Andrew Skoglund.

 

[CycloneVet]

To me a lot hinges on if Rock can actually play meaningful minutes or if he’s another Andrew Skoglund.

Are you old enough to remember Skoglund? Rock isn’t a Skoglund. What a dumb ass comment

 

[bosco]

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To me a lot hinges on if Rock can actually play meaningful minutes or if he’s another Andrew Skoglund.

Those 2 are not even in the same universe to be able to relate to each other.

 

[rosshm16]

Are you old enough to remember Skoglund? Rock isn’t a Skoglund. What a dumb ass comment

I don’t answer questions from rude people / assh*les like you, but I suspect you weren’t looking for an answer anyway and just wanted to get an iceburn in. Get f*cked.