And by a bunch, do you mean 3 in 3 years? By my count, the only troubled transfers were Allen, Lucious, and White. And they were far from troubled at ISU.
Do we want Iowa State to win tonight?
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Why does it matter how Fred gets to the dance? He's getting there. That's literally all that matters. The jealousy on here shown by a select few is totally laughable. If the roles were reversed, there wouldn't be a peep from Hawk fans. It really comes across as sour grapes.
No, it was from the money Anthony Hubbard gave me from his holdup.
I suppose if punishment is going to the NCAA tourney, you are right
twinlaker
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When you have to go back 20+ years and 5 coaching regimes for something heinous, I guess things are going OK in your program!Sam Mack says they are all amateurs!
Cyclones17
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I love jealous Hawk fans!!
There's no denying Hoiberg's transfer strategy worked, it got ISU make into the upper half of the B12 and NCAA tournament very quickly. But I think Fran has us in better shape for next season and going forward. ISU is losing five of their top seven guys and this year they don't have proven D-1 transfers stepping in to take their place. Fran and Fred used different strategies to turn around their programs, but they are both working well.
Doublewide
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This win basically choked out any chance Iowa had. Sorry sqwaker fans.
Agree, but there are some good HS kids coming. That is the future. And, I remember hearing how we would suck this year, having lost our top 3 scorers.
High school kids aren't the same as proven D-1 players like you have had coming in. Going to need those juco's to really step in order to make it back to the tournament again.
Make up your mind Hawk Nation! Last year all I heard was that Lucious sucked, Clyburn was only good because he played in a crappy conference, and we were going to be terrible. Now they are proven D-1 players again??
Anyway, we will have a bunch of question marks, but it is hard not to trust Hoiberg's plan. A nucleus of Ejim, Niang, and two talented freshman guards, along with one that redshirted will make things interesting. And the JUCO bigs.
herkyattack
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I don't think anyone with a brain expected iowa state to be "terrible" this year. Anyways, Iowa should be significantly better than ISU next season. Iowa brings all but one and brings in a lights out shooter, whih happens to be Iowa's biggest area of need. Iowa State loses its top guys and replaces them with freshmen. One team appears to be looking at a potential Top-25 finish, while the other will likely miss the tournament.
I can't disagree with any of this, on paper anyway. I am learning that Hoiberg knows what he is doing, though, so I don't think we will be that bad. Not trying to get be an *** here, but who is the lights out shooter coming in?
Compared to Ogelsby? Both Jok and Uthoff, it's all relative.
Oh yeah, I knew I was forgetting someone. Jok may be good, but then again the argument was just made that freshmen are unreliable.
ISU's freshman sharpshooter, Matt Thomas, is arguably the best HS shooter in the nation right now. It will be fun to see he and Jok chuck it against each other.
