According to KURE Interview-Scott Dochterman says Iowa State is the Favorite in landing Uthoff, Sports  KURE 88.5 Ames Alternative
Maybe Bo Ryan has inside information telling him that ISU will be joining the BIG 10 in the next two years,hence blocking Uthoff from coming to ISU.
Nuh uhTrue, but most of the time the reasons for leaving that are expressed publicly aren't the real reasons for leaving.
Let's just say Ryan is telling the truth that JU wouldn't talk to him about this. I actually understand his side. As a coach, I would like to know why the kid is leaving both from a personal standpoint and from the standpoint of getting better as a coach. How he did it may have been wrong, but if the kid absolutely will not speak to you, I don't have a problem with trying to get some dialogue going.
None of that is to say that's how it went down.
After reading this story, I think I can kind of see what happened (or what I think happened). My guess is that Ryan was taken by complete surprise that Uthoff was transferring and then reacted extremely poorly to the whole situation. He got defensive and started blocking other schools. Only after the whole thing blew up in Ryan's face was he forced to back down.
Honestly, the whole story is a black eye for Ryan, but if he has a good year or two, no one is going to remember this.