Donovan Davis announced on May 6th that he committed to the Cyclones!!!

[Psiclone]

If he commits to us…. he must be REALLY good!

If he commits to Iowa…. he sucks and we never really wanted him anyway.

Do I have this right?

Truth!!

 

[ClonerJams]

Saying a Sweet 16 is an underachievement is they lazy assessment. In the Sweet 16, its basically all good teams and you're looking at a coin flip game or maybe a little better. Add in the fact that your top, all American player got hurt and its not an under achievement at all.

Year 1: Massive overacheivement
Year 2: Moderate underachievement but a 6 losing to an 11 isn't insane
Year 3: Lost a coinflip game
Year 4: Lost a coinflip game without 1 star and another hobbled start
Year 5: Lost a coinflip game without an All American.

Would like to win more of these coinflip games, but if the team was fully healthy the last 2 years and lost, I'd be more concerned.

Context also matters.
TJ's first sweet 16 - team was an 11 seed and massively overachieved. Huge success to get there.
TJ's 2nd sweet 16 - could be argued the biggest letdown due to the situation. No big injuries, lost by 3 to Illinois though you could also argue that team as a whole overachieved due to the offensive limitations
This year - losing Jefferson puts an * next to this one to me. Beating Kentucky without him was good, and I think we beat Tennessee with him.

 

[Cyforce]

It’s amazing how insecure some of you are. They accomplished something we’ve done once in program history. Give them their props. TJ is never going to have an issue bringing in talent and we’ll be fine. But their guy can coach. All of those national championships didn’t have Stirtz on the roster.

 

[Cyhig]

It’s amazing how insecure some of you are. They accomplished something we’ve done once in program history. Give them their props. TJ is never going to have an issue bringing in talent and we’ll be fine. But their guy can coach. All of those national championships didn’t have Stirtz on the roster.

HUGE difference in division II vs division 1.
HIGE difference in mid majors vs P6 (recruitment, NIL, competition)

Could McCollum be a great coach at Iowa? Sure. But it is FAR TOO EARLY to make conclusions. He needs to prove himself over time like Otz has

 

[Cyforce]

HUGE difference in division II vs division 1.
HIGE difference in mid majors vs P6 (recruitment, NIL, competition)

Could McCollum be a great coach at Iowa? Sure. But it is FAR TOO EARLY to make conclusions. He needs to prove himself over time like Otz has

Players are different but coaching is coaching.

 

[JP4CY]

Since we're talking overall program and how TJ is doing, I think a fair comp would be Purdue in school and what we think we could achieve here.
Painter and TJ basically had pretty similar starts.
It took Painter 14 years to break thru the S16 to an E8.
I feel like it won't take TJ that long, and I feel like we would have done it this year if Josh doesn't get hurt.

We've got a bright future.

 

[cyclone1209]

Wisconsin high school player? Yeah... he's a cyclone

Tyrese Haliburton's success is going to continue to pay dividends in Wisconsin.

 

[David Freshman1982]

True, I was thinking about more than recruiting although I think the Elite 8 run gets them in the conversation on better recruits as opposed to if they had lost in the first week......(snip)

Find a Hawks board, please and thanks.

 

[ribsnwhiskey]

The Elite 8 was a huge windfall for Iowa Basketball and we shall see how they do moving forward without Stirtz. Jess Settles even said that the Hawks beating Florida was a 1 out of 10 occurrence. But, they did it when it counted and it's tough to totally discount that.

Continued success in any power conference is tough as other coaching staffs will eventually come up with ways to be successful against most offensive or defensive tendencies.

Well ol Jess was wrong. Iowa had a 20% chance of winning according the actual betting odds. It’s not tough to totally discount a fluke win in a one and done tournament and happens all the time every year. Florida was overrated and overhyped all year due to playing in an overinflated conference. But you be you and keep fluffing them. That win is the best they’ll get to experience for another 20 years.

 

[Clones2023]

Ben M is a fruit loop. He looks like a dumbass on the sidelines in his white shirt and tie doing jumping jacks.

 

[peteypie]

3 of the 4 other teams if he doesn't pick Iowa will piss the hawks off. Bet they are scouring to see who "they wanted more"

 

[Clones2023]

Just going to leave this here.

 

[peteypie]

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Not a big loss. We are pretty stacked at his position?

The Copium has already started

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

I think Iowa is probably the odd man out from all of these schools. The crystal ball is in our favor, and I imagine he would choose Wisconsin or Nebraska over Iowa.

 

[Big Daddy Kang]

how can you possible know this after what, six weeks? you obviously aren't saying that because of their portal gets because they aren't good.

Yeah, getting to the elite eight in year one is only potentially "a huge windfall". Just ask Jerome Tang.

 

[Cyhig]

Wisconsin write up. They see the trend of top WI players going to ISU and basically have said expect him to go to ISU, but hold out hope

Wisconsin a finalist for 4-star playmaker, but hope quickly vanishes for Greg Gard

The Wisconsin Badgers have been chasing down 4-star in-state forward Donovan Davis for a long time. Davis is not only one of the top players in the state (No. 2

badgerofhonor.com

 

[ForeverIowan]

What in the world is going on with Wisconsin and Marquette with their in-state recruits?

Since 2020, the below is all of the state of Wisconsin top 60 recruits and the school they committed to out of HS.

2020:
Jalen Johnson - Duke

2021:
Patrick Baldwin Jr - Milwaukee (Dad coached there)
Tyrese Hunter - Iowa State

2022:
Seth Trimble - North Carolina
Leon Bond III - Virginia

2023:
Milan Momcilovic - Iowa State

2024:
Kon Knueppel - Duke

2025:
Jamarion Batemon - Iowa State

2026:
No players in top 60. #1 player in 2027 (Yusef Gray Jr) Iowa State

2027:
Dooney Johnson - Gonzaga
Donovan Davis - Reported Iowa State lean

 

[CySmurf]

If he commits to us…. he must be REALLY good!

If he commits to Iowa…. he sucks and we never really wanted him anyway.

Do I have this right?

Well...Iowa Squawkeyes suck ..

 

[canker2323]

What in the world is going on with Wisconsin and Marquette with their in-state recruits?

Since 2020, the below is all of the state of Wisconsin top 60 recruits and the school they committed to out of HS.

2020:
Jalen Johnson - Duke

2021:
Patrick Baldwin Jr - Milwaukee (Dad coached there)
Tyrese Hunter - Iowa State

2022:
Seth Trimble - North Carolina
Leon Bond III - Virginia

2023:
Milan Momcilovic - Iowa State

2024:
Kon Knueppel - Duke

2025:
Jamarion Batemon - Iowa State

2026:
No players in top 60. #1 player in 2027 (Yusef Gray Jr) Iowa State

2027:
Dooney Johnson - Gonzaga
Donovan Davis - Reported Iowa State lean

That’s some serious talent. Surprised smart doesn’t have more instate success.

 

[Cyhig]

Third Iowa State crystal ball yesterday from another Wisconsin 247 writer.