What is the difference between a 4,5,6 year HS player and a transfer with 4,5,6 years of experience?Talk about a left field comment...
Let's start with Iowa having two (2) coaches sons on the roster...and likely starters this upcoming season...nope, don't see any coaches sons taking up roster space on the ISU lineup. How about transfers? Plenty on the ISU roster...and yes, they need them, but ISU also recognizes that the transfer portal is critical to future basketball success...the Iowa roster...zippo...blind faith that the 4, 5, or 6 year high school player roster will succeed. How about post players...not seeing squat on the Iowa roster...ISU...yep, post players.
As to whether ISU wants its roster to look like Iowa...are you kidding me. Would Iowa love their roster to look like ISU's...absolutely.
ISU is getting local talent that grew up an ISU fan and recruiting the top in state talent (Foster for instance), and getting guys that have family ties to ISU and guys from the area in which the coach is from, Just like Iowa has been doing for years. One transfer also came over with the coach, which also happened when Iowa got Fran.