Blake Buchanan commits

[SoleCyclone]

Center position FT percentage is going to be atrocious next season. Yikes

Career %
Mulder- 46%
Buchanan- 52%

 

[t-noah]

Welcome Blake!

 

[NATEizKING]

Buchanan is the most **** on recruit I've ever seen on here. The 2nd most was Curtis Jones.....

I'd say BRE was the most, not speaking for the idiots on the board but the rest of us would take him back.

Give me this guy all day and twice on Sunday

 

[CloneFan65]

Good Lord, you would think we were replacing every player on our roster, not returning Lipsey, JJ, Milan. And Heise. We'll be ranked top 15 at worst to start the year.

And we have one of the deepest recruiting classes in ISU history coming in next year.

 

[GTO]

IF Cluff is still in play this isn’t a bad option.

Mulder replaces Watson
Buchanon replaces Chatfield
Cluff replaces Jackson

I’m good with that.

Go find a diamond in the rough SG like Motherf**cker Jones and we’re back in business!

Does KJ Bluford have any eligibility left?

 

[CySmurf]

We've been locked in on all our first targets and only whiffed on Cluff so far. I like that Buchanan has 2 years too. We saw the jump that Rob Jones and Hasan made

Have we officially "whiffed" on Cluff? He's visiting ISU on Monday, right?

 

[JEFF420]

Really? Based on??

Brother who cares

 

[Psiclone]

Right, it'll still be a solid team. I thought the point was to continue to improve? Our floor is probably similar, but the ceiling decreased imho.

Looks like Cluff is still scheduled to visit after finishing his visit at Purdue on Tues. As far as primacy/recency effects, we got both since he already visited ISU and will finish here as well. If he doesn't commit before Wed., I will feel very good about our chances.

 

[HouClone]

The Presidents are back! That guy in the crowd doesn't have to donate his outfit to Goodwill. Buchanan may have been a bust of a president, but he was still a president.

 

[qwerty]

It appears he is really a poor shooter. Other than dunks, his shots were not going in cleanly.

Well, luckily you don't have to call swish in an NCAA game. If it hits every spot on the rim and still goes in, it still counts as two points.

 

[cycloneML]

I have a hunch TJ and Tony Bennett go way back and Tony brokered this deal.

 

[mj4cy]

I have a hunch TJ and Tony Bennett go way back and Tony brokered this deal.

That's what Blum and Williams alluded to on the podcast from last night.

 

[jcyclonee]

Does KJ Bluford have any eligibility left?

That was an example of Hoiberg panicking.

 

[BCClone]

We've been locked in on all our first targets and only whiffed on Cluff so far. I like that Buchanan has 2 years too. We saw the jump that Rob Jones and Hasan made

Sometimes a whiff can be positive. Maybe by missing we have enough funds and are able to grab an additional player that adds some depth and versatility to the lineup. We were wanting a solid 4 transfers at least and with the ability to add a 5th.

 

[NoCreativity]

Yeah, BYU wasn't hitting 25 3's because of luck, it was because they were open. Look what Houston did to them the next game in KC.

Yeah, I mean that's what happens when one of the best perimeter defenders in the country has a hurt groin most of the season. BRE and Ward were excellent perimeter defenders also. We were still a good defense, just not top 2 or 3 like the previous years when we had no offense.

 

[CoachHines3]

ive come to the conclusion i'd rather improve on defense than offense for next season.

we know JJ can score. Milan has shown spurts. He MUST get more consistent. Can Milan get up to 14/15 PPG? That would be a good start. Lipsey will also need to get more aggressive and be a scorer.

That's a solid 3 guys that we can (hopefully) rely on for main offensive weapons. Sprinkle in Heise, Buchanan and the rest of the bench guys.

Am I disappointed we didn't land Cluff? Yeah, but I don't think Cluff was the magic key to a successful season for next year.

 

[demoncore1031]

I think the hope would be that Milan plays the 4 and Heise simply gets recruited over (Rhode)/the freshmen take all his minutes.

I was definitely not liking Heise's play for a lot of the season, but he was great down the stretch. He has to be a key player off the bench this coming season I would think. I guess we will see how the roster looks when we are done in the portal.

 

[demoncore1031]

Trying to figure out where the points are going to come from with the new recruits. So far nothing is jumping out to me.

Honestly I think Williams could end up being pretty good. I'm not sold on that, but the potential is there.

 

[Drew0311]

Center position FT percentage is going to be atrocious next season. Yikes

Career %
Mulder- 46%
Buchanan- 52%

BRE was at 51 percent on free throws. So Small ball it is at the end of games.

BTW Jelani Hamilton had a nice year this year. One more year and maybe pick him back up in the portal.

 

[OscarBerkshire]

Judging by what seemed to be a majority of posts, we were all ok with Jackson walking because Cluff was seemingly in the fold. If Cluff is out, and this is the replacement...we somehow got less athletic/skilled in the post this portal season.

If there are no other moves expected for the post then maybe this means the staff is expecting big things out of Pleta? That's a big unknown though. At this point we've brought in 3 bench players. Hoping like hell Cluff is still an option...otherwise our ceiling has dropped considerably. Going to have to go back to the smashmouth, slow it down style.

Buchanan is bouncier than Jackson with a larger wingspan