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Juiston had a nice year last year, but got hurt this year. And shockingly, UNLV sucks which is weird because UNLV fans led me to believe they would be perennial final 4 contenders.

They definitely had a condescending tone because of something that happened 30 years ago.
 

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I’m hoping for something like senior year Naz, although he’ll probably not be quite that efficient with his liking of tough 2P FGs.

We’ll see, but my guess for Nixon, if THT returns and Wigginton leaves, is low 20’s usage, 35% to 40% 3P shooting (bump from taking less bad ones), and hopefully a higher 3PA rate. Although he is from the suburbs, he has some Chicago toughness to him, and I’m not sure we have a better shooter coming off screens/catch-and-shoot

He's really got a nice stroke. I think your low 20's usage guess (or less depending on who is back) will be the sweet spot. I see he was at 27 at Colorado State.

 
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Juiston had a nice year last year, but got hurt this year. And shockingly, UNLV sucks which is weird because UNLV fans led me to believe they would be perennial final 4 contenders.
They just pay players like they are.
 

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He's really got a nice stroke. I think your low 20's usage guess (or less depending on who is back) will be the sweet spot. I see he was at 27 at Colorado State.



He's really got a nice stroke. I think your low 20's usage guess (or less depending on who is back) will be the sweet spot. I see he was at 27 at Colorado State.



A little less efficient/higher volume Tyrus McGee is what I’m thinkin
 

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Assuming everybody comes back, reworking the rotation...

Weiler-Babb // Haliburton
Haliburton // ??? 1
Shayok // Wigginton
Horton-Tucker // Horton-Tucker
Jacobson // Jacobson
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Wigginton // ??? 2
Lard // Lard

??? 1
and ??? 2 are whoever are the next two guards/wings up in the rotation.

Nixon? Jackson? Leech? Lewis? Griffin?

Nixon would fit well as the ??? 1 above as a defensive specialist who is not asked to score too often and keeps the ball moving -- sort of like Haliburton this year.

Have to work Conditt and Young in there somewhere? And Luke Anderson?

Lose either/both of Wigginton and Horton-Tucker, then you need a #3 and #4.

I'm not sure you can repeat Prohm's 4 "guard" lineups without Shayok. He did the same thing with Burton two years ago, resulting in less defensive success mostly because Marial can guard any position and has made a big difference with his help defense in the half-court.

I don't think Talen can fill that role (yet), his wingspan certainly gives him the ability to get there. I think we'll see

Haliburton
Wigginton
Horton-Tucker
Jacobson
Lard

as the starting lineup next year. Nixon is the first guard off the bench, and Conditt is the first frontcourt
 

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I'm not sure you can repeat Prohm's 4 "guard" lineups without Shayok. He did the same thing with Burton two years ago, resulting in less defensive success mostly because Marial can guard any position and has made a big difference with his help defense in the half-court.

I don't think Talen can fill that role (yet), his wingspan certainly gives him the ability to get there. I think we'll see

Haliburton
Wigginton
Horton-Tucker
Jacobson
Lard

as the starting lineup next year. Nixon is the first guard off the bench, and Conditt is the first frontcourt

I think Prohm fell in love with the 4-1 style after this season...

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I do not see him moving away from it. Seems to be our thing.

Most of the conference is playing four guards most of the time nowadays, too.

You are right that lineup requires a "unicorn" power guard to play the 4 spot, though.
 
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I think Prohm fell in love with the 4-1 style after this season...

Morris
Mitrou-Long
Thomas
Burton
Young

I do not see him moving away from it. Seems to be our thing.

Most of the conference is playing four guards most of the time nowadays, too.

You are right that lineup requires a "unicorn" power guard to play the 4 spot, though.

Prohm will have more flexibility next year to go with 4 or 3 perimeter players predominately.

If there is no attrition- I think Prohm will find it tough not to start Lard and Jacobson- especially if Jacobson continues to work on his 3 point shot and develops into a stretch 4. Combine that with Young/Conditt and we should have 4 solid post players who compliment each other very well. I just think there is too much talent among those 4 post guys to play a total of 40-60 mpg.

The group of Halliburton, Wigginton and Horton-Tucker have the potential to be one of the elite perimeter groups in the country. Whether Prohm goes 4/1 or 3/2 will depend a lot on how good Nixon, Griffin, Lewis, Jackson and Leech play. IMO there are a lot more question marks among our 2nd tier of perimeter players next year than in the post.
 

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Prohm will have more flexibility next year to go with 4 or 3 perimeter players predominately.

If there is no attrition- I think Prohm will find it tough not to start Lard and Jacobson- especially if Jacobson continues to work on his 3 point shot and develops into a stretch 4. Combine that with Young/Conditt and we should have 4 solid post players who compliment each other very well. I just think there is too much talent among those 4 post guys to play a total of 40-60 mpg.

The group of Halliburton, Wigginton and Horton-Tucker have the potential to be one of the elite perimeter groups in the country. Whether Prohm goes 4/1 or 3/2 will depend a lot on how good Nixon, Griffin, Lewis, Jackson and Leech play. IMO there are a lot more question marks among our 2nd tier of perimeter players next year than in the paint.

Excellent analysis.
 

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Prohm will have more flexibility next year to go with 4 or 3 perimeter players predominately.
He’ll have more frontcourt options with Jacobson, Lard, Conditt plus the return of a healthy Young and adding Anderson.

But we lose a lot of flexibility in Babb and Shayok. Maybe Zion and Lewis fill the void, but Nixon and the freshmen don’t have the length.
 

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I think Prohm fell in love with the 4-1 style after this season...

Morris
Mitrou-Long
Thomas
Burton
Young

I do not see him moving away from it. Seems to be our thing.

Most of the conference is playing four guards most of the time nowadays, too.

You are right that lineup requires a "unicorn" power guard to play the 4 spot, though.

I don’t think Prohm has a thing. The thing that makes Jacobsen interesting as a 4 is that he’s pretty solid in the low post. He has the ability to get the ball at 18’ and back a smaller guy down and get an advantage. I realize it’s very hard to play two big guys anymore, but I think it may be worth the effort. Plus, I’m not really sure you want to get too used to switching. I think it’s get for teams to play old-fashioned defense so they understand the benefits of switching.
 

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I don’t think Prohm has a thing. The thing that makes Jacobsen interesting as a 4 is that he’s pretty solid in the low post. He has the ability to get the ball at 18’ and back a smaller guy down and get an advantage. I realize it’s very hard to play two big guys anymore, but I think it may be worth the effort. Plus, I’m not really sure you want to get too used to switching. I think it’s get for teams to play old-fashioned defense so they understand the benefits of switching.

How well is Jacobson going to guard a wing if a team goes 4-1 or 5-0 on us, though, and stretches the heck out of our defense and makes our big men uncomfortable?

We are so dangerous on offense and offense right not because we have so many wings that have the bulk (THT), length (really all of them), guile (Nick, Shayok, TH), or athleticism (Wigginton) to guard just about anybody smaller than Azubuike anywhere on the floor. We are switch-tastic on the outside. It makes the whole system flow so beautifully on both ends.

We defend well because it is really hard to create a match-up problem on us.

Jacobson at the 4 gives you uncertain benefits on offense and probably a downgrade on defense, though I could see the case it would help with rebounding.
 
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How well is Jacobson going to guard a wing if a team goes 4-1 or 5-0 on us, though, and stretches the heck out of our defense and makes our big men uncomfortable?

We are so dangerous on offense and offense right not because we have so many wings that have the bulk (THT), length (really all of them), guile (Nick, Shayok, TH), or athleticism (Wigginton) to guard just about anybody smaller than Azubuike anywhere on the floor. We are switch-tastic on the outside. It makes the whole system flow so beautifully on both ends.

We defend well because it is really hard to create a match-up problem on us.

Jacobson at the 4 gives you uncertain benefits on offense and probably a downgrade on defense, though I could see the case it would help with rebounding.

I wasn’t thinking about this year but next year. I should have clarified. I’m 100% onboard with the current system, but playing 4 guards next year will be much harder because NWB and Shayok are going to hard to replace. They both play very big. I’m not sure we can go 4 guards and keep our defense in the top 100 next year. I think we are starting to see the lower limit of how small teams can go.
 

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How well is Jacobson going to guard a wing if a team goes 4-1 or 5-0 on us, though, and stretches the heck out of our defense and makes our big men uncomfortable?

We are so dangerous on offense and offense right not because we have so many wings that have the bulk (THT), length (really all of them), guile (Nick, Shayok, TH), or athleticism (Wigginton) to guard just about anybody smaller than Azubuike anywhere on the floor. We are switch-tastic on the outside. It makes the whole system flow so beautifully on both ends.

We defend well because it is really hard to create a match-up problem on us.

Jacobson at the 4 gives you uncertain benefits on offense and probably a downgrade on defense, though I could see the case it would help with rebounding.

Hes smart and moves better than many bigs and i think would be a very goos four . Certainly worth a shot against big teams that are hurting us on the boards.
 

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Wouldn't count on Wigginton sticking around.

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Nixon
THT (if) - otherwise Lewis or Zion
Jacobsen
Lard
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Young
Conditt
Lewis
Zion

Jackson
Anderson
 

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Wouldn't count on Wigginton sticking around.

Tyrese
Nixon
THT (if) - otherwise Lewis or Zion
Jacobsen
Lard
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Young
Conditt
Lewis
Zion

Jackson
Anderson

My dark horse pick is Marcedus Leech.

If he plays anything like his high 4* or low 5* ranking of yore, he is easily going to come in as a true freshman and start on the wing for the team next year.

If somebody of Wigginton or Horton-Tucker is gone, the spot is obviously there.

Haliburton
Nixon
Leech
Horton-Tucker
Jacobson
 

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Leech has length as well and is a stupid athlete.
He may have similar length at 6’4” or 6’5”, but I don’t see him as a freshman defending 1-4 like NWB and Shayok. I’d guess Zion has a better chance to replace those two from a defensive perspective.
 
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Leech has length as well and is a stupid athlete.

He may have similar length at 6’4” or 6’5”, but I don’t see him as a freshman defending 1-4 like NWB and Shayok. I’d guess Zion has a better chance to replace those two from a defensive perspective.

Unless somebody makes a Naz freshman-to-sophomore kind of leap and if Leech is anything like his initial recruiting ranks, I think he absolutely would be a starter.

Prohm does favor seniors, but I do not think he plays favorites based on seniority between underclassmen. If Leech comes in and is good, he will start, just like Lindell and Talen went and started their first games in a Cyclone uniform the past two years.