Graham Couch: Iowa Basketball is a mid-major roster

[Rural]

There's going to be more, maybe a lot more.

 

[LLCoolCY]

Wagner gone now too. It has begun!

Here's the EIU release... 2 out in one day. Cook 1/2 out testing the NBA waters. Will there be more?

@IowaHoops Ahmad Wagner Granted Release to Pursue Football: http://bit.ly/2GLTE2j // #Hawkeyes

“Ahmad has been a tremendous teammate and an absolute joy to coach the past three seasons. I have no doubt that he will be successful in his pursuit of playing football." Fran McCaffery

 

[Cyclonepride]

There's going to be more, maybe a lot more.

If you are an Iowa fan, you'd honestly be hoping for it, wouldn't you? I was hoping that they returned with what they had.

 

[ClonesTwentyOne]

If you are an Iowa fan, you'd honestly be hoping for it, wouldn't you? I was hoping that they returned with what they had.

Mass transfers never looks good. Does not help recruiting in my opinion.

 

[ClonesTwentyOne]

There's going to be more, maybe a lot more.

Any chance Cook decides to play overseas or G-league?

 

[IASTATE07]

I'm curious who they'll use the scholarships on. It just seems like Fran can't do any worse filling in holes on his roster so I'm excited to see how he butchers this.

 

[VeloClone]

This may actually help Fran if he can find some players to contribute - especially a point guard.

 

[CyCrazy]

At least franny has 2 more spots for 6`8 un athletic white guys for the team now. I was worried there for a minute.

 

[Rural]

Well, there's a "teacher's pet" group that's not going anywhere.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Mass transfers never looks good. Does not help recruiting in my opinion.

Two isn't mass. Maybe if it was four, and even then, you'd have to throw in a better player or two to reach the level of concern that would affect recruiting.

 

[IASTATE07]

Two isn't mass. Maybe if it was four, and even then, you'd have to throw in a better player or two to reach the level of concern that would affect recruiting.

If Cook and Dailey leave then it doesn't look very good.

 

[CyCloned]

If this Iowa team ever became as good or better than ISU on the defensive end, Prohm should be immediately fired and every one of our guys should have their scholarship revoked. I don't think people get just how awful that team was defensively. I think Kenpoms adjusted D ranking was around 250, which unbelievably bad for a P5 team. ISU was a bad defensive team and was more than 100 spots better.

I realize Iowa was really bad, even by ISU standards. I was just saying that Iowa could possibly go to a zone and play zone defense better than ISU, because ISU is just not build to play zone. They do have two of the elements that make a great zone defense, length and height. But if you watch Cuse play defense, there guys are all over the floor, double teaming, jumping in passing lanes etc. Shuffling over to a gap in the zone doesn't get it done.

 

[Cydkar]

There's going to be more, maybe a lot more.

Dailey is considering it. Call it the Coach's Son Effect.

 

[Sigmapolis]

IOWA HAWKEYEZ PLAN 4 SUKSESS

1. ACQUIRE 13 WHITE GUYS
2. MAKE SURE THEY R TOO SLOW 2B WINGS
3. MAKS SURE THEY R TOO SMOL 2B BIG MANS
4. ???
5. PROFITT!!!

 

[Rural]

I realize Iowa was really bad, even by ISU standards. I was just saying that Iowa could possibly go to a zone and play zone defense better than ISU, because ISU is just not build to play zone. They do have two of the elements that make a great zone defense, length and height. But if you watch Cuse play defense, there guys are all over the floor, double teaming, jumping in passing lanes etc. Shuffling over to a gap in the zone doesn't get it done.

Iowa is/was pitifully slow, there is no defense that really works for that.

 

[CyCloned]

If you are an Iowa fan, you'd honestly be hoping for it, wouldn't you? I was hoping that they returned with what they had.

It might work to their advantage, but at this point, who is Fran going to get? Maybe there is a decent grad transfer that want to play for a P5 school. Not sure one decent guard is enough to right the ship at this point.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

It might work to their advantage, but at this point, who is Fran going to get? Maybe there is a decent grad transfer that want to play for a P5 school. Not sure one decent guard is enough to right the ship at this point.

IMO Iowa's problem in the transfer market is that recruiting those kids has become way more competitive than even 5 years ago. Couple that with not having a history of successfully recruiting transfers and I would say that situation is less than ideal.

 

[Acylum]

IMO Iowa's problem in the transfer market is that recruiting those kids has become way more competitive than even 5 years ago. Couple that with not having a history of successfully recruiting transfers and I would say that situation is less than ideal.

Fran's an expert at rearranging the deck chairs though.

 

[Rural]

That bumped up buy-out is feeling really sweet about now.

 

[CyTwins]

Fran recruiting a PG? Lol I can't wait to see what he tries to bring in. On a side note remember we started the "Iowa Basketball Recruiting" thread when Iowa had those two classes back to back and all the Iowa fans talked about how good it was while we mocked it? Who ended up being right on that one? I think they only have 1 kid left now out of those two big classes and that is Moss who sucks anyways