What he said. You don't need a true small forward in college basketball to be successful. If coaches think he's good enough that he'll start from day one over the guys that we have, then we need him.
Dwight Buycks
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What he said. You don't need a true small forward in college basketball to be successful. If coaches think he's good enough that he'll start from day one over the guys that we have, then we need him.
Remember the last team Iowa State had that went with a three-guard lineup? If I recall correctly, it was Tinsley, Nurse, and Horton at the guards with Fizer and either Rancik or Shirley at the other post spot. I'd say that worked out all right. :yes:
Stevie Johnson was the fifth starter. Rancik was out all season with an injury, and Shirley was out for a good part of the season.
Fred played wing, point, and the 2. Basically played everything. Hopefully Lucca can be like Fred. Dwight
Here's the list of schools that offered after the NJCAA tourney awhile back:memphis tennesee kentucky marquette texas alabama wisconsin and that's it.
"Here's the list of schools that offered after the NJCAA tourney awhile back:memphis tennesee kentucky marquette texas alabama wisconsin and that's it."
I like Buycks as a prospect. And I don't want to say I doubt the accuracy of this list of offers. But I doubt the accuracy of this list of offers.
Seriously, that is a really big time list. I find it hard to believe that a juco kid has offers like that this early on. Most jucos tend to receive offers later in the process.
Also, if all of those schools have offered, why would ISU just now be offering? Given our history with him, you'd think we would have pulled the trigger long ago.
But hey, I hope he really does have all of those offers, and still picks ISU. I just think that list is highly suspect at this point.
I like Buycks as a prospect. And I don't want to say I doubt the accuracy of this list of offers. But I doubt the accuracy of this list of offers.
Seriously, that is a really big time list. I find it hard to believe that a juco kid has offers like that this early on. Most jucos tend to receive offers later in the process.
Also, if all of those schools have offered, why would ISU just now be offering? Given our history with him, you'd think we would have pulled the trigger long ago.
But hey, I hope he really does have all of those offers, and still picks ISU. I just think that list is highly suspect at this point.
Well, if he has offers from all of those schools, he should be a very, very high priority for ISU.
What do you/your source think of our chances?
What do you/your source think of our chances?
Looking at this as a total outsider, some things I see in ISU's favor:
- his is already playing in Iowa
- He knows Diante Garrett well
- Coach Robinson has ties to IHCC as he played there for two years.
- ISU recruited Dwight out of HS originally.
Seems like this all gives ISU a pretty good shot at landing him.
- his is already playing in Iowa
- He knows Diante Garrett well
- Coach Robinson has ties to IHCC as he played there for two years.
- ISU recruited Dwight out of HS originally.
Seems like this all gives ISU a pretty good shot at landing him.
I never really thought about it but there seems to be a lot of talent in Milwaukee. It sounds like the schools aren't that good and there may be some eligibility issues with some of the kids but it'd be nice to have a pipeline there to recruit regionally. We've had bad luck recently with guys from several states away and it would be really nice if we could focus on kids with ties close by.
Yeah, we would have offered if he didn't have poor grades. He ended up committing to Bradley, but now is not even considering them.
I agree with this - in my opinion there is enough talent in the Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin area to put together a winning Big 12 team. Obviously, when good players from farther out are looking at Iowa State you don't turn them down.
I think in some ways it would help to alleviate player turnover. But it's not exactly a magic solution - look at Marsden, Vette, Cory Johnson. The one thing about them is that they all left for what I consider to be justifiable reasons. It is hard to fault focusing on academics (where Marsden will shape his future), Vette's issues, or searching for playing time elsewhere.
If players like Garrett, Mann, Eikmeier are playing significant minutes and getting recognized at the Big 12 level, still close enough to home to have strong support networks and not be scared off by the winters, and end up leaving the program - I think it would truly be time to panic.
To clear up some confusion...Buycks will only have 2 years to play (will not be here this fall).
