They could. Or they could turn into the Recker/Evans team of 2001, a team that was supposed to steamroll through the league, but couldn't stay out of it's own way, finished 7-9 in the conference and had to win the Big 10 tournament to get into the dance.
ISU is going to put a talented team on the floor next year, but it won't matter if they can't work together. For ISU fans to put next years team into the NCAA tournament before this season is even over is a bit premature, wouldn't you agree?
I didn't say I guaranteed they would be. I said that I would wager on them making the tournament. I just think they will have a good enough team to make it judging by what Fred is doing with the current roster and the pieces that will be added. I think the key is that those transfers fill huge voids and will piece the team together nicely. I may be wrong, but it's a prediction.
I think the reference to "thugs" is on the basis of the character of a few of your transfers and the academic standing of some of them. The fact is that the Big 12 has very graceful transfer regulations regarding academics. This is why you see a lot of players transfer to the Big 12 in both football and basketball. Iowa and the Big Ten have much more strict acadmeic transfer requirements. Hence why Iowa and other Big Ten schools don't get a lot of transfers.
Cyclone fans won't like this because they want to pride themselves on being an academic institution, which in comparison to the Big 12 they are, but the Big 12 in general isn't on par with the Big Ten when it comes to academic requirements for their STUDENT-athletes. But Fred will do whatever it takes to win at all costs - an advantage Big 12 teams have over Big Ten teams.
Haha, the irony of this is the fact that 2 of the transfers were eligible in the Big Ten for multiple years. Your points on academics are almost right but the difference isn't huge. It is big enough to make it very difficult to transfer in and that varies within conference. Michigan, for instance hasn't had a JUCO transfer in as long as I can remember and actually, I can't name a transfer at all off the top of my head. Yes, there is a slightly more strict code in the Big Ten but it's not across a whole team. It's broken into sections. The Big 12 will allow their teams to accept more minimum qualifiers while I believe the Big Ten has a lower allotment. At least that's how I understand it. Besides that, all that matters is the results on the floor. There's unintelligent beings coming out of all conferences.
Interesting, considering the police reports and most everything else published about DJK pointed to his roommate when it came to trafficking and dealing and whatnot. But, DJK does have a "trial" coming up fairly soon, so we'll all find out then.
Come on, I know you know better than that. I'm not saying DJK is guilty but I'm not going to go simply off of what he said. At the very least, he knew about it and did nothing to keep himself out of it.