Capital City League
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Drake isn’t playing in cap city either
Looking at these 2022 rosters there would be little value in ISU scrimmaging d3/ naia kids every week
Looking at these 2022 rosters there would be little value in ISU scrimmaging d3/ naia kids every week
Agree, it's not worth it if Drake isn't playing. I loved going to watch in the summer. Bummer it's probably never coming back.
I will never forget the year that Sherron Dorsey-Walker was going to be a star, based on nothing more than putting up 40 every night in the CCL
You could never tell if a player was going to be good based off the CCL, but you could tell if a player was going to be bad.
Hoiberg-era CCL threads were full of wild speculation about how good players were...
My favorite memory was the summer that Burton & Weiler-Babb were on opposing teams (2016) and scrawny Nick was trying to guard Deonte the tank. They were laughing the whole time.
I confess I was one of those touting this.
Luckily, I don't get paid to be a talent evaluator or recruiter.
WOW, the only names I recognize from those rosters are Tyreke Locure and Carlo Marble!
I'm curious if anyone has stories of Cyclones players that didn't pass the eye test at Cap City and subsequently didn't pan out at ISU. If there were guys that the writing was on the wall before they even put on a Cyclone uniform etc. Is this what happened to Luke Anderson and Marcedus Leech? Can't remember if ISU had already pulled out of Cap City by then or not.
Both were 4 stars according to some publications. Didn't need to be reminded of those whiffs. There are already so many.
All coaching staffs miss on a recruit from time to time. Steve went something like 1 for his last 8 in terms of guys who panned out at the P6 level, Grill being the only hit, and has been marginal/ rotation player at best. And also isn't at Iowa State anymore obviously. 2 years into TJ and the Prohm holdovers are gone
FWIW he played at Louisiana-Monroe last year. Averaged 14 PPG and shot 37% from 3
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I remember seeing Naz Long in what may have been his first CCL game. He was just "nasty." Apparently, no one had told him that they don't play defense in the CCL. He was all over guys, often from full-court. He played from Day 1 with the tenacity we came to love about him.
They had me for a second there. For a moment I thought Iowa State players were playing in it. What a let down.
Luke Anderson was exactly the name I had in mind; first time I saw him at Cap City I thought - whoa, he needs some serious development if he's going to play at ISU. Not sure what the staff saw in him.
