Recruit Lists v2.0

[Cydkar]

Not a Cyclone recruit but Martez Walker is a kid we had looked at and he has committed to Texas. He's 2013 and we never offered but it looks like Texas isn't recruiting like they are accustomed to.

I stand corrected. It looks like we had offered. We haven't been mentioned with him forever and I wouldn't doubt that offer was "expired". In fact I would bet many dollars on it. 2013 was obviously full

 

[NorthIACy]

Does offering Josh Cunningham possibly mean that we're now looking for other 2014 Small Forwards? Meaning that Rashad Vaughn, while he can still be a "target" of ours, is probably going to end up in a uniform that's not cardinal and gold?

 

[enisthemenace]

ISU Recruiting Info ‏@ISURecruitLists2h
Offers rolling out after two 'live' weekends.. RT @TravisHines21 Iowa State offered SF Josh Cunningham ('14, Ill.) this week, per a source.

Josh Cunningham - Yahoo! Sports

Cyclones offer Top 100 wing | Ames Tribune

This kid has "beast" potential.

 

[enisthemenace]

Like I said yesterday, the staff is putting in work and this time it is a big.
Dorian'sPride ‏@DoriansPride 23m Florida St, Oregon, Memphis, Missouri, Texas A&M, Maryland, Iowa St, Miami, are new offers or heavy interest for 6'9 2014 Jaylen Johnson.
Jaylen Johnson - Yahoo! Sports

What's up with him? Currently a top 100, tons of big time interest, but no offers?

 

[NorthCyd]

Does offering Josh Cunningham possibly mean that we're now looking for other 2014 Small Forwards? Meaning that Rashad Vaughn, while he can still be a "target" of ours, is probably going to end up in a uniform that's not cardinal and gold?

Custer has been on board for a while. So if you assume one scholarship is ticketed for a big, that leaves one for a SG/SF scoring wing player. We have all ready offered a number of guys that fill that role before Cunningham, so I wouldn't read too much into it. Fact is we are assuming there are only 3 spots for 2014, which may not be true for numerous reasons.

 

[EYEoftheSTORM]

Does offering Josh Cunningham possibly mean that we're now looking for other 2014 Small Forwards? Meaning that Rashad Vaughn, while he can still be a "target" of ours, is probably going to end up in a uniform that's not cardinal and gold?

I think it just means Fred isn't putting all his eggs in one basket by only putting out one offer to one of the most talented players in the class. All while neglecting to recruit a different yet very talented "like position" player.

 

[Cydkar]

Does offering Josh Cunningham possibly mean that we're now looking for other 2014 Small Forwards? Meaning that Rashad Vaughn, while he can still be a "target" of ours, is probably going to end up in a uniform that's not cardinal and gold?

I wouldn't read anything into it like that. You make multiple offers to multiple positions.

 

[cykadelic2]

Does offering Josh Cunningham possibly mean that we're now looking for other 2014 Small Forwards? Meaning that Rashad Vaughn, while he can still be a "target" of ours, is probably going to end up in a uniform that's not cardinal and gold?

Yes, Vaughn will likely end up elsewhere but I still wouldn't completely rule out ISU at that point. If a kid like Cunningham wants to commit now to ISU, the staff probably accepts it and they move on from Vaughn.

 

[Dandy]

Does offering Josh Cunningham possibly mean that we're now looking for other 2014 Small Forwards? Meaning that Rashad Vaughn, while he can still be a "target" of ours, is probably going to end up in a uniform that's not cardinal and gold?

I'd say yes. We have offered quite a few forwards in the 2014 class. I believe we will keep in contact with Rashad Vaughn and recruit him a lot but I don't see him coming to ISU. My money is on North Carolina... As for Noskowiak, I'm glad he committed now instead of drawing out the process and still not picking us. The staff can change their plans accordingly now instead of later.

 

[gocubs2118]

Final ESPN recruit rankings for 2013. Thomas stays at 51 and Monte moves up to 84 from being unranked.

ESPN Basketball Recruiting - Player Rankings - ESPN

 

[CyTwins]

Final ESPN recruit rankings for 2013. Thomas stays at 51 and Monte moves up to 84 from being unranked.

ESPN Basketball Recruiting - Player Rankings - ESPN

Good for Morris, he's shown he's top 100 talent

 

[DurangoCy]

Yeah, that's cool for Monte.

Anyone know why they have a discrepancy with their actual grades from last year vs. this year. I kept expecting it to change, but assuming these are final Niang with a 94 was ranked #56 vs. Thomas with a 87 at #51 seems odd. Espcially given the fact that everyone says this year is loaded vs. last year.

Note: Responding ESPN is dumb isn't an acceptable response.

 

[CyTwins]

Yeah, that's cool for Monte.

Anyone know why they have a discrepancy with their actual grades from last year vs. this year. I kept expecting it to change, but assuming these are final Niang with a 94 was ranked #56 vs. Thomas with a 87 at #51 seems odd. Espcially given the fact that everyone says this year is loaded vs. last year.

Note: Responding ESPN is dumb isn't an acceptable response.

I wondered the same thing...only difference is I just assumed it was because ESPN is dumb

 

[3rdGenClone]

Yeah, that's cool for Monte.

Anyone know why they have a discrepancy with their actual grades from last year vs. this year. I kept expecting it to change, but assuming these are final Niang with a 94 was ranked #56 vs. Thomas with a 87 at #51 seems odd. Espcially given the fact that everyone says this year is loaded vs. last year.

Note: Responding ESPN is dumb isn't an acceptable response.

Espn changed their whole scale to try to separate all the recruits more and widen the distribution of grades given out. No real reason other than to make it a more normal distribution.

 

[State43]

Yeah, that's cool for Monte.

Anyone know why they have a discrepancy with their actual grades from last year vs. this year. I kept expecting it to change, but assuming these are final Niang with a 94 was ranked #56 vs. Thomas with a 87 at #51 seems odd. Espcially given the fact that everyone says this year is loaded vs. last year.

Note: Responding ESPN is dumb isn't an acceptable response.

Is clueless acceptable?

 

[DurangoCy]

Espn changed their whole scale to try to separate all the recruits more and widen the distribution of grades given out. No real reason other than to make it a more normal distribution.

Hey, there's a real response. Thanks.

Couldn't find the old scale, but here's the new one I guess.
Grading scale - Men's College Basketball - ESPN

Too bad they didn't go back and adjust previous years.

 

[nallen34]

Here is how each player moved in the ESPN rankings:

Iowa State
Thomas-stayed the same at 51st
Morris-NR to 84th

Baylor
Wainright-stayed the same at 60th
Woodson-88th to 90th

Kansas
Selden-12th to 14th
Embiid-28th to 6th
Greene-43rd to 47th
Frankamp-47th to 46th

Oklahoma St
Mostella-77th to NR
Clark-70th to 68th

TCU
Shepherd-72nd to 77th

Texas
Yancy-Harris-87th to 85th

West Virginia
Williams-39th to 42nd

*Kansas State, Oklahoma, and Texas Tech didn't have any players move in or out of the rankings.


Also in case you missed it here are the final rivals rankings from 4/15:

Iowa State
Thomas-58th to 54th
Morris-94th to 96th

Baylor
Wainright-52nd to 55th
Woodson-39th to 80th
Motley-105th to 110th

Kansas
Selden-26th to 12th
Embiid-37th to 25th
Greene-25th to 29th
Frankamp-31st to 34th
Mason-134th to 76th

Oklahoma
Woodard-135th to unranked

Oklahoma St
Mostella-68th to 53rd
Clark-96th to 70th
Hammonds-unranked to 137th

TCU
Shepherd-46th to 65th
Parrish-143rd to unranked

Texas
Yancy-Harris-109th to 107th
Croaker-102nd to 105th

West Virginia
Williams-91st to 64th
Watkins-127th to 133rd

*Kansas St and Texas Tech didn't/don't have any ranked players

 

[Wesley]

Yeah, that's cool for Monte.

Anyone know why they have a discrepancy with their actual grades from last year vs. this year. I kept expecting it to change, but assuming these are final Niang with a 94 was ranked #56 vs. Thomas with a 87 at #51 seems odd. Espcially given the fact that everyone says this year is loaded vs. last year.

Note: Responding ESPN is dumb isn't an acceptable response.

ESPN is not dumb, they are just not playing with a full deck of star cards.

 

[gocubs2118]

So much for Travis not being a possibility.

Catching up with Reid Travis and Jarvis Johnson | Ames Tribune

 

[jsb]

I assume this weekend isn't a weekend coaches can be recruiting?