Obviously adding JCL and Harris (if he is eligible) will help. Adding Smith would help yet again. The question is will that be enough? It isn't like ISU was some bubble team who was close last year. Add on top of that they lose their best player and I wonder if it is still enough. I guess we will see this fall (well hopefully anyway).
Yeah I think Jackson, Bolton, Solomon, and Conditt were some of the only bright spots last year (Conditt struggled the back half of the year), and we got to see those guys learn how to play without Tyrese for 1/3 of the year. So when you add talent like those three transfers and have 2 out of the 4 freshman contribute, you have a team that looks like it should be able to make the tournament.
We'll see how things go though.