Tough day for EIU hoops hopes
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Perhaps the biggest bust in Iowa HS recruiting
I'm guessing the number of Top 75 recruits that went on to score a total of only 32 pts in their college career is countable on one hand.
It is so weird to me that Iowa fans always make excused for Fran's recruiting or lack there of. If he doesn't get top HS recruits its because he doesn't cheat and he can't get transfers because they don't have a ton of NIL money. There are programs like Iowa that pull in transfers. To me it is clear Fran doesn't like the portal and he would rather hang on to his recruits even if they are busts for 4 years than push them out and upgrade the roster. They could have been a tournament team if the just pushed a couple guys out and brought in even halfway decent guards.
Iowa basketball is, definitely, number 2.
I had a bad feeling about him being a bust but was hoping for the best. I watched him multiple times when he was at Osky. Not much hustle, had a decent jump shot but just not aggressive at all. At his size and athletic ability in 3A Iowa high school basketball he should have been putting up 40ppg and at least 15rpg easily.
Woodbury maybe? In recent memory. About to be Omaha if he doesn’t get his **** together in the next couple years.
I was much the same way. Was extremely unimpressed watching him live but figured evaluators knew what they were talking about. I guess when you prioritize potential, it makes sense. But not seeing him live up to that potential doesn't exactly surprise me either, when you saw how unmotivated he looked in high school.
I for one can’t wait to watch Fran run it back next year with a walk on point guard and zero other improvements made to the roster.
Even T-Rex had a career, as mediocre as it was. There is a glacier sized gap between #1 and #2 based on what I can remember.
Omaha is officially on the clock.
Emarion Ellis and DJ Carton stick out over the last 5 or so years.
The biggest difference is that Omaha actually likes basketball.
What’s the word been about him? Is he in the doghouse, injured or just not ready for this level of basketball yet? I do understand ISU is really good this year, so minutes are tough to go around, but he hasn’t even seen the court in over a month now.
I don't think anyone has bothered to ask. Right @ChrisMWilliams ?
I kid I kid. I have no idea but I do know that every time he's been on the court it just looks like the game is moving too fast for him. Also heard some rumors of back issues. I personally believe he'll still be a pretty big contributor somewhere, hopefully at ISU.
Not even close. Woodbury was a solid 4 year starter.
Absolutely not on Carton either. He averaged 12 PPG over 2 years. Ended poorly but that happens.
It's a number of things...
- As I said all last offseason, people were expecting way too much of him - he was/is fairly raw overall and has little to no Big 12 caliber offense yet. Yet is hopefully key there.
- He was able to outsize and manhandle kids in high school, he's now playing against guys his own size and with his same athletic gifts.
- He's had a tough time adjusting to the speed of the game, even in practice.
- He's had some lingering pain issues for about 3 months now.
- He's a net loss right now; his struggles to keep up on defense takes away his biggest asset from high school, and without an offense, there's no role for him right now.
- Coming into the season, the hope was he could be a net positive by the end of the year (maybe 8-10 mins) by adapting quickly on defense and starting to begin the development of creating down low.
