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his parents went to nebby would rather get a bigger pf -- morrow is a player, but that lack of size will catch up to him in college, imho.

it does now and then -- I used to mod on a bike racing forum (the pedal kind, not the internal combustion kind), and now and then we'd get a long-game troll pull the two names, one IP move. when you noted "arguing with yourself," I thought you were implying such a case with franstheman and...

methinks two posters share the same IP address

true bobby knight always said that the reputation of the program does more to recruit than the reputation of the coach.

not quite -- Mr. Davis's 9-9 teams had some serious talent (Ray Thompson, Moses, Garner (yes, even Garner), Earl, Millard, Murray, Settles, Kingsbury, Woolridge, Koch, Davis, Oliver, Rod Thompson, and Range were all top 100, with Street and Bowen the unranked 3 stars who really developed) and as a...

pemsl will be top 100 really good get; now keep him committed until signing day 2015.

what no one wants to say: Creighton is, and has been, the better program. NCAA '99, '00, '01, '02, '03, '05, '07, '12, '13; a first-team AA. They ain't the Willis Reed Bluejays anymore. Huff went to the better program. Fran needs to land some players, and he needs a sweet 16 trip. If those...

I don't really care about waterboy or alleged inside info. what I care about is fran's inability (so far) to land an out-of-state top 150 kid, in four years of recruiting (gesell, with his iowa ties, doesn't count). eventually, some of the "diamonds in the rough" will remain lumps of coal. you...

creighton is bringing in two 2104 SFs looking at recruits and roster, they may see huff as more of a 4 it wouldn't surprise me if fran sees him more as a 3 -- fran likes taking long players with some ball skills and sliding them one position down the continuum. wishful thinking, but more...

exactly. also, atwood was being recruited as a 4 (one of the reasons he went asu is that they told him they saw him as a 3) -- that recruitment, plus white's all-conference season at the 3, suggests that fran may keep him there. whether its a 4 problem or a 3 problem, its still a forward...

they are thin uhl is a 3; he was recruited as a 3. 5: woody, gabe 4: utoff is too thin, white will probably start at the 3 as he did last year, uhl can't play power forward in the big ten -- he was undervalued as a recruit because everyone assumed he was 4 3: utoff has the skills but lacks...

huge difference between those two offers bonifas's offer was not commitable at the time -- it was a head coach in his second year at a program reaching out to what looked like the best of a weak 2014 iowa class, with a "wait-and see" offer. it was a step in building relationships with hs...

there has been an outbreak of random idiocy, or simple trolling, here walk-ons don't get schollys unless they merit playing time and there is a vacant spot (ingram leaves, stokes gets a one-year scholly). the staff didn't "recruit" the kid. this is okey ukah pt. 2. practice body and some out...

taking a preferred walk-on keeps ties with HS and AAU coaches. it doesn't devote time or resources away from recruiting scholarship players. In addition to kids going on to D1 schools, I've had kids "sign" as preferred walk-ons. It's a simple process -- a kid, or the coach (me), contacts the...

Especially when 3pt shooting is one of the team's main limiters.

^ this Atwood was not a potential all-conference player, but he could have filled a need at the 4; whereas now there is a problem of managing minutes and player limitations.

You've never seen a head coach in his office after a priority recruit goes elsewhere, have you? For a coaching staff, getting a desired player to commit is a gain -- the player may not pan out, which is a different issue, but if you target a guy and you get a guy, you're happy about that (I've...

anyway. I called Ellingson a Kent Macausland clone, but he looks better than that -- much better. Fran knows how to spot talent. In his game footage, and in some workout videos posted, he looks athletic enough to play in the Big Ten, has a decent handle, and is certainly no less than Oglesby...

We could see more Jok at the 3. PF is a weak spot now. You have White and then *gurp*. Maybe Gabe, but Woody and Gabe's mutual foul problems make that unlikely. Utoff is too thin and doesn't have the body type to gain bulk. There are a lot of forwards on the roster, but no pure 4 (a...

Because White doesn't have a jump shot and has a poor handle. It's not just height. White is a combo forward, insofar as he's too thin for the 4 and doesn't have the ball skills or shot for the 3. He can be effective at either position because of his court sense and ability to get to the line...