Two Hawkeye Portal Targets Pick Other Big Ten Schools

[HawkeyeHypnosis]

Ouch. One would have been nice.

Pair of Iowa basketball transfer portal targets choose other Big Ten landing spots

A pair of Iowa basketball transfer portal targets chose other Big Ten landing spots over the weekend.

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[Hawkfnntn]

I really wish some folks wouldn't over react to this sort of thing. But I'm sure they'll be some that do. Ben has a tough sell to be making. I'm not expecting any miracles yr 1 I'm just not. Now if some magic donor plopped an extra couple million to the NIL pot then I'd say game on. But we all know what the situation is. He's gonna have to do it the old fashioned hard way for awhile. He's gonna have to turn more water into wine and hope he can out coach some teams for some Ws next yr. Recruiting and the following couple yrs are gonna really be interesting

 

[BigD]

I really wish some folks wouldn't over react to this sort of thing. But I'm sure they'll be some that do. Ben has a tough sell to be making. I'm not expecting any miracles yr 1 I'm just not. Now if some magic donor plopped an extra couple million to the NIL pot then I'd say game on. But we all know what the situation is. He's gonna have to do it the old fashioned hard way for awhile. He's gonna have to turn more water into wine and hope he can out coach some teams for some Ws next yr. Recruiting and the following couple yrs are gonna really be interesting

Good summation of the situation.

 

[Zstatman]

My take is that the NIL bucks are still out there and guys can get good paydays. One that gets thinned out we will be more of a players.

I'm sure the staff is working really hard, watching lots of film looking for those diamonds in the rough. They are out there.

 

[HawkeyeFever]

I don’t stress about these things at all right now. I am fully confident in BMC until he gives me reasons not to.

The roster will be filled and the 25-26 season will follow. I am REALLY looking forward to it and genuinely optimistic for the first time in a long while.

I was optimistic in the previous 4-5 years, but Fran’s track record conditioned me to expect a let down. This feels different, and I love it.

 

[99topdawg]

There are ~1800 guys in the portal. In Ben we trust.

 

[HawkeyeHypnosis]

Not an overreaction by any means. It is what it is. These were two guys higher up on the list. Definitely isn’t ideal to have both pick other Big Ten schools