This is depressing.....

[Clones85']

This is who we have signed the last 4 years for recruits according to rivals. If this doesn't show you why getting transfers is a GOOD thing, I don't know what ever will.

2008

Dominique Buckley - Transferred after 2 years
Wes Eikemeir - Transferred after 1 year
Justin Hamilton - Transferred after 2 years
Clinton Mann - Transferred after 1 year
L.A Pomlee - Transferred after 2 years
Jamie Vanderbeeken - Solid addition

2009

Chris Colvin - Transferred after 1 year
Laron Dendy - Transferred after 1 year
Marquis Gilstrap - Eligibility gone after 1 year
Antwon Oliver - Transferred after 1 year

2010

Calvin Godfrey - Kicked off the team after 1 year
Demarcus Phillips - Transferred after a couple games
Jordan Railey - 2 arrests so far
Eric McKnight - Transferred after 1 year
Melvin Ejim - One year in and has been solid

2011

Elgin Cook - Never made in on campus
Anthony Odunsi - Backed out of LOI
Tavon Sledge - Still coming!
Tyrus McGee - Still coming!

So out of the 19 guys we have had commit that were not transfers, only 6 still have a chance of actually making it their entire careers in Ames.

 

[CycloneErik]

Just the idea of 19 guys in 4 years is amazing. That takes turnover.

 

[khaal53]

I actually wrote about this today....(shameless self promotion) "Attrition Condition"

www.encyclonepedia.com

Went a little further back, but you're right, it's especially bad since 2006.

 

[ISUCyclone06]

If this were baseball we'd be happy with our hitting percentage.

 

[The_Architect]

Wow, how horrible was that 2008 recruiting class!?

 

[Clones85']

Wow, how horrible was that 2008 recruiting class!?

Worst class in the history of college athletics.

 

[CONEClone]

If this were baseball we'd be happy with our hitting percentage.

If this were baseball we'd be sent to the minors because of our batting average...

 

[A-town Cy]

2006 was a disaster as well. 2007 had luck with Brackins/DG, the other 4 not so much. The next big man to make it 4 years through Iowa State deserves some sort of medal. Jared Homan is the only one in recent memory.

 

[khaal53]

Worst class in the history of college athletics.

With the 2006 class nipping at it's heels:

Dunson, 1 year
Cory Johnson, 2 years
Wes Johnson, 2 years
Corey McIntosh, 1 year
Mike Taylor, 1 year

 

[Senolcyc]

Why stop at 2008? It's been a mess for longer than that. For the past half dozen years or so, ISU has made basketball recruiting look more difficult than curing cancer and building a colony on Mars, combined.

 

[Clones85']

With the 2006 class nipping at it's heels:

Dunson, 1 year
Cory Johnson, 2 years
Wes Johnson, 2 years
Corey McIntosh, 1 year
Mike Taylor, 1 year

At least that class had productive players and 2 NBA talents in the group. JVB was by far the best player in that 2008 class

 

[khaal53]

2006 was a disaster as well. 2007 had luck with Brackins/DG, the other 4 not so much. The next big man to make it 4 years through Iowa State deserves some sort of medal. Jared Homan is the only one in recent memory.

Hubalek made 3 as a juco!

 

[khaal53]

At least that class had productive players and 2 NBA talents in the group. JVB was by far the best player in that 2008 class

True in that respect. The retention was equally as poor, though.

 

[Wesley]

How about the Vette? He drove off mid season. Clinton Mann? P-something that transferred to Creighton and was kicked off last year?

Let's face it, anyone that plays more than one year for us is like gold.

 

[A-town Cy]

Hubalek made 3 as a juco!

Yep, barely. Maybe we should give the award to Brackins, he would have made it another year. Odd's Railey makes it another 3 years? 30/1?

 

[bpmcclain]

Wow, how horrible was that 2008 recruiting class!?

Thats a little harsh. Not a good class by any means, but Vanderbeeken was a solid player and if Hamilton wasn't a quitter, then he would have been a good player for us

 

[Enginerd]

Thank you Creighton.

 

[ISUCyclone06]

I see enough talent in each of those classes to put together the 8 players needed to make a winning squad, however we couldn't keep enough of either of the classes to put anything together.

 

[khaal53]

Why stop at 2008? It's been a mess for longer than that. For the past half dozen years or so, ISU has made basketball recruiting look more difficult than curing cancer and building a colony on Mars, combined.

How about this...

In the classes from 2002-2010 (not counting the transfers that redshirted last season, or the ones that will redshirt this season)....

49 incoming players

33 of them were High School kids....2 played all 4 years in Ames. 3 more left a year early for the NBA.

15 Juco, 7 used all of their eligibility.

(Christopherson is the other to add up to 49)

Only 17 of the 49 total guys have used more than 50% of their potential eligibility.

 

[gocubs2118]

Why do you have to bring up bad memories?