Basabe

[cyclone357]

All my Hawk buddies keep going on and on about how good Basabe is going to be once he leaves Iowa City. What are your thoughts on this?

 

[brokenloginagain]

he's 6'7" and 200 lbs - an undersized SG at the next level. if he gains some weight he should be a pretty good college PF.

 

[shagcarpetjesus]

Meaning NBA? I don't know about that, but he's a damn good college player. He really impressed against us and he's looked pretty gosh darn good in a couple other games I have seen. 9.5 PPG and 7 RPG is pretty solid for a frosh. He's definitely one of the pros of hiring Fran from the Hawkeyes perspective.

 

[CyFever]

I thought he looked pretty good against us.

 

[cyclonepower]

dude is really good, is he planning on leaving IC soon?

 

[Rhoadhoused]

Good player. Single handedly put them ahead of us in the first half of our game right? Almost had a triple double in the first half, was like 3 blocks short.

 

[CycloneErik]

I like Basabe. Very solid player.

Looked pretty ticked off at Eric May a minute ago.

 

[Aclone]

My thought is that you should have put this in instate rivals where it belongs.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Very, very good player. Good enough that Iowa can rebuild their program around him.

 

[Knownothing]

basabe is a good player on bad team. so it makes him look a lot better than he is. He is good though.

 

[CycloneErik]

Man, Devon Archie makes a mistake (totally failed catching that pass) and he's yanked right out of the game.

What a difference in coaching styles.

 

[Aclone]

Man, Devon Archie makes a mistake (totally failed catching that pass) and he's yanked right out of the game.

What a difference in coaching styles.

Well--yeah. Cyclone players don't make mistakes. :wink:

 

[CycloneErik]

Well--yeah. Cyclone players don't make mistakes. :wink

Good point. Fred hasn't been tested in this way yet. :smile:


I hope he's never "tested" the way Fran is being tested tonight. Iowa-OSU is just as ugly as you'd guess.

 

[Mr Janny]

He's got talent, but like a lot of freshman, he's inconsistent. He's had some great games, and some games when he's disappeared. I think he will be very good by the time he's done.

 

[gocubs2118]

Basabe? I thought it was Wasabe.

 

[djcubby]

I thought he looked pretty good against us.

For the first half, and then he pulled a magic trick for the second half and totally disappeared.

 

[nickwc]

he's 6'7" and 200 lbs - an undersized SG at the next level. if he gains some weight he should be a pretty good college PF.

Since when is 6'7" undersized at the SG position in the NBA?

 

[isucyfan]

He's a good one, but I also thought Eric May would be a good one, and he's not been good in his sophomore year. We'll have to see how Basabe develops.

I wonder how he's going to adjust to losing so much. He could either be part of the turnaround, or get sick of it and bail. I don't see next year being great for Iowa, since it will essentially be the same roster as this year.

 

[Mr Janny]

He's a good one, but I also thought Eric May would be a good one, and he's not been good in his sophomore year. We'll have to see how Basabe develops.

I wonder how he's going to adjust to losing so much. He could either be part of the turnaround, or get sick of it and bail. I don't see next year being great for Iowa, since it will essentially be the same roster as this year.

I'm curious about this, too. I wonder if Iowa has any transfers after this year. Player retention will go a long way toward getting that program back on track.

 

[CycloneErik]

I'm curious about this, too. I wonder if Iowa has any transfers after this year. Player retention will go a long way toward getting that program back on track.

But then you lose the excitement of trying to figure out who everybody is all over again...