They are certainly on the bigger side, but they are not huge. They don't move the ball well, and they are not dynamic or explosive in any way. Any strengths they do have are easily matched or exceeded by Iowa State, and it plays right into our hands. They are don't really possess any strengths in areas that ISU has struggled with.
They are slow, low-skill, and under-whelming athletically. They give good effort and are stout showing some legitimate toughness, but they are a team consistenting of disregarded try-hard rejects with limited individual abilities and recruiting profiles, at a school with little to no basketball pedigree.
I could not be more relieved, pleased, and confident playing any other 7 or 10 line opponent, not just in this field but any field in recent memory. This is a bigger gift draw to get to the Sweet than getting Arkansas Little Rock.
They are really an interesting team in background - they aren't your usual collection of mid-major transfers.
Myles Rice, their PG and best player, is a 3rd year Freshman after he redshirted and then missed last year with cancer.
Jaylen Wells is a lower level transfer, having played 2 years at Sonoma State
Isaac Jones is a lower level transfer, having played 3 years at Wenatchee Valley College, then 1 year at Idaho
Jakimovski is a 4 year player at Wazzu, but is from North Macedonia
Cluff is Australian, and played 2 years at lower level Cochise College
Houinsou is a sophomore from Paris, France
Chinyelu is a freshman from Nigeria who played HS ball in Senegal
Freshman Isaiah Watts is really the only "typical" player, as he's a recruit from Seattle.
But given that, they aren't the typical level of physical as your "collection of misfit transfers" tends to be.
