We'd be happy to keep him warm for a year or two in Cedar Falls. Let him play a bunch and then he can slide back in down there in a couple years.
It’s true. And doesn’t feel right. Do we pay UNI basketball so they can lure him, at least until we have these guys under 4 year contracts and then you pay us while they’re on loan?
Practicing against our rotation is good, but playing in the MVC would be better for development. A lot of quality upperclassmen bigs have been produced by that program
But I’m not sure we could afford him had he left and played a couple seasons at UNI. If he ended up being a 7’0” that showed range beyond the arc and put up 12 and 8 in the MVC as sophomore…that would get a ton of money in the portal
And that’s why the staff wanted Rock so badly out of high school.
It’ll be interesting to see if having him enroll a year early will pay off. Being a true freshman right now would give him another year to develop physically before his eligibility expires. I mean, now you could argue he should be at a juco playing, the transfer to UNI, then to Iowa St