Xavier Foster is back in the portal
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InGoodCo
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Fans lost their shit over XF and Carton and neither did shit really
InGoodCo
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0 dances, 2 schools, averaged 13 points a game, left with eligibility left, no all conference honors- went undrafted. He contributed for sure, but it's debatable how respectable it is. I mean, we rail on a ton of Iowa players for doing far more than that. Iowa went to the dance every year he played college basketball fwiw
I am of the mind that Carton and X would have been stars at Iowa - with a coach that knows how to develop talent, the road could have looked a lot different for both of these guys.
Carton didn't end up doing much be he potentially really could've. Have you seen him in Gleague? He's talented and always has been. Had he came to Iowa and stuck it out I agree I think he'd have been a hell of a player. Dude just couldn't get out of his own way.
X I'm not so sure about... He evidently doesn't have the drive or work ethic. Woulda been interesting had he came to Iowa day 1 he could've played with Garza for a yr to train and learn. Coulda done him a world of good.
InGoodCo
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Oh yeah, he was very good, he actually played really well for TOSU the 2nd half of his rookie season....he would have been great at Iowa, but probably would have transferred because he couldn't beat out Jordan lol.
I watched Foster in high school once. Biggest kid on the court and he lazily hung out at the 3 point line the whole game. It was weird.
Carton played only two years of college ball before he declared for the draft. He would have benefited from four years of college under a good coach. In today's world of NIL, he probably stays in college.
hawkdrummer1
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jesus, this guy is still playing?
Teddy
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Yes. Although playing since the crucifixion, Foster has only participated in 21 games, reaching a high of 4.0 ppg at ISU, then .04 at SMU then 0 this past season, in only four games. Only 32 points since HS graduation in 2020.
That's gotta be cheaper than Filene's Basement in NIL numbers. I didn't see that Foster was injured in the first page of the search. So benched the entire season, and only played four scoreless games. What's the story there?
Yeah Fran coulda found a way to play them together I would think. JBo coulda played off the ball more which woulda benefited him immensely. What if what if what if
Teddy
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Tried and failed, with Joey T. Jordan was just better with the ball in his hands. The team played better as well. Jordan had good court vision, career leader in assists and clearly showed strong leadership.
Just not a classic point guard.
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I don't think they tried to play JBo off the ball very much... Hardly at all. They kept him at PG out of necessity. Guys like JT couldn't improve their own games enough to beat him out. Joe was 10x the better athlete and defender then JBo but he couldn't shoot well enough or keep from turning it over too much. He just wasn't consistent enough and JBo was.
JBo was really damn good he's an all time great Hawk in my eyes for some of the moments he had. He absolutely personified what being a Hawk is all about. He got the most out of what he could be. But I think if Fran coulda gotten a more all around PG such as a Carton to play with JBo that woulda made a world of difference.
Fryowa
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Is that a JUCO school? Pretty sure we had some people where I work graduate from their condensed welding program.
I do think I remember watching their basketball team beat the Upper Northwest Central Poughkeepsie County (Rayburn St. Campus) Fighting Dingleberries in a 3 OT thriller on Montana Public TV once on a work trip back in ‘99, though. The announcer kept saying how much of a statement win it was since Radford players had to buy their own jerseys and drove themselves to the game in 4 Chevy Suburbans of varying model years.
I remember ESPN did a 30 For 30 back in ‘02 where they said there was a big hubbub over that game, about how one of the Radford Suburbans didn’t have an inspection sticker and got pulled over for window tint, but the county mountie let them go with just a warning. Blatant favoritism to allow them to get to the game on time and completely turned the 2002 college basketball landscape on its head.
hawkdrummer1
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FYI, Radford has made the dance thrice. They've been fodder for a #1 seed each time.
Year SeedRound Opponent Result
1998 #16First Round #1 Duke L 63–99
2009 #16First Round #1 North Carolina L 58–101
2018 #16First Four LIU Brooklyn W 71–61
First Round#16 #1 Villanova L 61–87
