25-26 way too early rankings
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Kind of excited we will be tested against Purdue
I am hopeful as well. It's hard to tell if his game will translate in the way we hope it will. His highlight videos are really enticing. Ball in Europe has improved tremendously over the past 30 years, but still difficult to see. If he is the "Diamond in the Rough" we all hope he'll be, he could really raise next year's team's ceiling.
Seems like our returning big 3 are getting a lot of respect, Tj is also getting the benefit of the doubt, these ratings don't mean anything but we sure seem to be respected as a program. Maybe more than we ever have.
I think heise plays a lot next season. he was clearly improving game by game and got green light to be more aggressive as the year went on. self imposed or coach imposed, the safety belt got looser and looser and he got better and better.
history was made. he is the second youngest coach to win a title. It was phrased poorly though. history would have been made if he lost too. history is made with any action at all really.
I will give you that one about Heise improving a lot. The question is if he's ready to be around 10 points per game or not. We will need that out of him. I'm hoping he is ready to make that leap.
I also have high expectations for Pleta, but it's tough to tell with these guys from Europe. The competition between the league he played in and Big 12 basketball is a major gap.
He looked the part in his late starts. Really, I have zero worries about a starting lineup of Lipsey, Heise, Momcilovic, Jefferson and Buchanon. It's important to add another talented guy for depth and versatility though.
If the guys step up, sure, that's a solid lineup. If Batemon is ready right away and the EWU guy (I keep forgetting his name) are ready to contribute a good amount then our guards and 3 position is pretty set.
Heise averaged 9.2 pts over his last 10 games of the season. I find it incredibly difficult to see him dipping back down to 5 points a game with the loss of Gilbert and Jones.
If Iowa State is going to be a top ten team next year it really feels like one of the newcomers needs to come in and be an absolute stud. Maybe Mason Williams is that guy. Maybe Buchanan takes a major leap. Maybe one of the freshman is an absolute player.
TJ and staff have also shown an ability to land standout transfers late in the transfer portal process as well. Brockington and Osunniyi both commited May 5. Jefferson was April 23rd. The next few weeks will be big after the dead period. Hopefully there is a bit of an under the radar diamond in the rough out there.
TJ and staff have also shown an ability to land standout transfers late in the transfer portal process as well. Brockington and Osunniyi both commited May 5. Jefferson was April 23rd. The next few weeks will be big after the dead period. Hopefully there is a bit of an under the radar diamond in the rough out there.
