2026 Three-Star Guard Marcus Zelee Decommits from Iowa State

cloneatlaw

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Let's just change the term to more accurately describe what it is.

Commit means something fairly specific in the language.

Maybe announce "Athlete Z has indicated the presence of a vague notion that he may consider attending ISU if nothing better comes along. Vague notion subject to cancellation by coaching staff if a better player becomes available."
How about "Athlete Z has 1000% indicated the presence of a vague notion that he may consider attending ISU if nothing better comes along"?
 

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Buddy…committing and de committing has been going on for decades. I promise you nothing has fundamentally changed in that regard especially when it comes to 16-18 yr olds.
High school recruiting is pointless to follow these days. Most of the kids in each class are gone after one season if they dont play right away. At least at Iowa State.
 
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When we play 2, possibly 3 freshman this year, will you guys start following high school recruiting again?
 
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After only 20 days of commitment, 2026 three-star guard Marcus Zelee announces his decommitment from Iowa State.

Find a bigger paycheck did he?
 

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Or something that has literally been happening since the dawn of recruiting.

Everytime we get a decommitment some users act like it’s the first time it’s ever happened in the history of collegiate athletics.
It's nothing to get excited over but quit trying to act like this is the way it's always been. Decommitments happened in the past but were relatively rare. The signing day flips mostly come to mind. Now it's so common it's not even worth following recruiting at all.
 
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It's nothing to get excited over but quit trying to act like this is the way it's always been. Decommitments happened in the past but were relatively rare. The signing day flips mostly come to mind. Now it's so common it's not even worth following recruiting at all.
Are you talking nationally or Iowa State specific? Basketball only or are you including football?

Going off of 247, we have had 4 basketball players decommit since they tracked it in 2017. So 4 players in 8 years. Do you consider that so common it’s not even worth fallowing?

I would say it’s more nationally common than Iowa State specific. Which was my point. Nationally it’s looks like there is 50+ every single year. It happens quite often.

It looks like for football we average roughly 4-6 decommits a year which isnt’t surprising given the roster size. Nationally I would guess it’s 100+ each year.

Tl;dr it’s not crazy common specifically for us but it’s not that uncommon nationally and historically that some users (not you) need to bash the kid or the coaching staff.
 

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High school recruiting is pointless to follow these days. Most of the kids in each class are gone after one season if they dont play right away. At least at Iowa State.
Glad Hoiberg didn’t do it this way back in the day.
 

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When I saw this it made me realize I pay pretty much zero attention to recruiting anymore. I used to follow it all so closely, and now it's pretty much right before the season get acquainted with who's likely to play in both football and basketball.
 

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