So you think that Iowa should be regularly beating Kansas, Nova and MSU regularly on the recruiting trail? There are several schools out there with a lot more sustained success than Iowa out there who can't even do that. Also, that's a far cry from what Marshall is doing at Wichita State. He has brought in exactly 1 top 150 recruit in the last 5 years. I'm not sure where you get your info, unless you are counting top 150 JUCO kids as being top 150 in the nation (that's not how it works). He has never had a recruit ranked as high as OUT OF STATE commit Tyler Cook.
Beyond that, quite a bit of Fran's talent has come from other states in case you haven't noticed. White is from Ohio, Marble is from Michigan, Basabe is from NY, etc. Also, discounting kids because they are from the state of Iowa is disingenuous. Very good players come from this state. As a matter of fact, there is one starting an NBA finals game tonight. Fran has done a phenomenal job in keeping local talent right here ever since he's arrived in Iowa City.
Who is saying anything about Kansas, Nova or MSU? Here is the list of schools that we got beat by on the recruiting trail at a position of need. With Fran's system and two senior PG's graduating we had a ton to sell too.
Penn State
Oregon
Michigan
California
Iowa State
Notre Dame
Indiana