****Official Class Of 2027 Recruiting Thread****

I’ve walked around all 10 courts twice.

Didn’t see any Cyclone staff.

Did see Ohio State’s HC but he’s only two hours away.


We could also have a coaching staff member that we don’t know about. Have we made all our replacement hires?
 
You can already see the plan coming together for the next two years.

This year = Brought in four upperclassmen transfers with a lot of experience playing college ball to get the team "old" again (alongside senior Buchanan) while handing progressively more responsibility to the guys who were secondary/reserves last year in Toure, Batemon, and Pleta and another wing/forward type in Singleton brought in from NW (not that those guys were not important players last year, but they weren't expected to carry a future #2 seed the same way as Jefferson, Lipsey, and Momcilovic leading the team). Whatever extra you receive from the freshmen is great but you're not dependent on them like you were last year – a big reason last year worked out as well as it did was those three being ready to play minutes in the Big 12 early.

Next year = Lose a few old guys, but the rising junior class is VERY ready to take over (including giving some time to Singleton to develop in Ames) alongside Buchanan and supplemented with JJ and whatever the rising sophomores give you. Then mix in the "class of destiny" incoming with three 97%+ guys. I would hope they're the level of guys ready to make an immediate impact as freshmen even in this conference.

And then you get seniors Toure, Batemon, Singleton, and Pleta together with sophomores Harrington, Kohnen, and Davis and whatever else on the roster fills in the roles around them... eek.

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Gonna be fun. We're set up to be very competitive for a while. I know things will change over the next 24 months, but TJ and staff have proven they can roll with whatever is coming for them.
 
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You're at #59 in latest Mock Draft. MM still only at #39
Fellow returner Yessoufou, Bidunga and Tugler are all behind Milan. This guy obviously doesn't think returning for another year necessarily improves draft stock.
 

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