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Here was an article that said he liked both Iowa and ISU and references both, but as it was after his decision, focuses a bit more on ISU. Brief summary his three points were: 1) learn from Breece Hall; 2) liked the campus; 3) liked the new facilities. Eli Sanders breaks down commitment to Iowa...

That was one factor, but I didn’t hear him say that was his primary factor, as he also mentioned the relationship he had with some of the ISU players. He wanted to stay instate and clearly liked both programs or he would have made his decision long ago.

Agree to a point on offense, yet can sometimes get exposed on defense.

Will be an interesting year to see how Stanley develops. Here are a few things I have read (not an complete list by any means): Athlon: Rates him #22 Starting QB: Stanley enters his third year as the starter with a chance to etch his name into Iowa’s record book. The Wisconsin native set a new...

And what are you basing that on? I did a bit of surface fact checking and the difference is single digits, falling a bit short of “way more”. In reference to african american students, both universities are right @3% which I believe likely technically means there are more african american...

I had one. Happened on a kick-off receive towards the end of the game. I was in the front five, dropped back to block and went helmet to helmet with a player from the other team. I guess he stumbled backwards into my teammate with the ball, tackling without knowing he was doing it. I was told I...

I actually like Nunge’s potential and agree that he gives you something as a big the others don’t. Having said that, he is not the answer to what ails the Hawks. He isn’t a three where he was forced to play at times out of position, and you haven’t needed him there as much with Joe W. holding...

I think the “lack of love” stems from a few different items: a) even when he was ranked as a basketball recruit, many saw him as a baseball player so discounted that rating; b) while a 4* on some services, it wasn’t a concensus ranking. If i remember correctly rivals had him highest in the 50...

Custer certainly wasn’t a top fifty recruit, but was a top 150 recruit if I remember correctly.

That isn’t much leverage on a 5-Star recruit. That might work on kids worried about getting a scholarship, or even one on the borderline of high major, but not a player of this caliber who has his choice of schools. He could likely read your “tells” better than Bret Maverick!

I actually agree with the rest of your points. When you said coaches don’t make a difference, that was what I commented on. The level of competitiveness of the greats drives them in ways others aren’t. Coaches aren’t the only difference by far, but to say they have no impact just wasn’t true...

Great players are great competitors, but they still need to be pushed. If not why would pro teams, and colleges for that matter, pay millions of dollars for coaches? Here is what Dean Smith said about coaching Jordan, “ In practice, I tried to push him to see if he could win that drill, win that...

If Crean were the Hawk coach, who would he Crean first?

I suspect you are a lot more likely to see a lot of half court trap versus full court press. Iowa's depth will be in bigs more than guards. Generally to full court trap I would expect the strength more in the guards/small forwards.

Not sure I see the quality PG depth on this team to make a full platoon system work. However, that point doesn't invalidate yours at the other positions.

My daughter will be a Freshman at Iowa this year and we plan to go over for parents' day. I already bought her season tickets (OK, that was tough as I did my undergrad and grad school at ISU) but at minimum would like two tickets for my wife and I, and potentially 2 more for her other siblings.

Interesting point, but not sure I can agree. Fran has tried to recruit (evidence is in who he offered) penetrating point guards, but so far hasn't landed some of his top targets there. He has gotten around some of that by having forwards taking the ball to the hoop in some prior years. Last...

I think it is still pretty important. When you need to get a bucket and they are in your shorts on the perimeter, Jordan showed he could back up to get open, but I believe Iowa's best teams always had someone that could take it to the hole and either score or get fouled and score from the free...

While Lebron does handle the ball a lot, I believe it was clear that Kyrie Irving was the PG on that team. Your point that Lebron does isolate on top with the ball a lot is true, but he is also extremely effective off the bounce.

if that is the criteria, then neither did Fran.