I just thinks it's odd that he was sitting in the isu section at our sweet 16 game. We were the first to contact, visit. I don't care, I just don't want to read things that may lead the NCAA to our door. I'm prob reading too much into this.
RECRUITING: Hallice Cooke visiting this weekend
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I just thinks it's odd that he was sitting in the isu section at our sweet 16 game. We were the first to contact, visit. I don't care, I just don't want to read things that may lead the NCAA to our door. I'm prob reading too much into this.
CAREER HIGHS For Hallice Cooke
Points: 23 vs. Radford (3/19/14)
FG Made: 10 vs. Radford (3/19/14)
FG Attempted: 14 vs. Radford (3/19/14)
3-PT Made: 4, two times, last vs. UCLA (2/2/14)
3-PT Attempted: 8 at Utah (1/4/14)
FT Made: 8 at Oregon (2/16/14)
FT Attempted: 8 at Oregon (2/16/14)
Rebounds: 8 vs. Oregon (3/12/14)
Assists: 6 at USC (2/27/14)
Blocked Shots: 1, two times, last vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (12/13/13)
Steals: 3, three times, last vs. Arizona (3/5/14)
Minutes: 42 at Arizona State (2/6/14)
Points: 23 vs. Radford (3/19/14)
FG Made: 10 vs. Radford (3/19/14)
FG Attempted: 14 vs. Radford (3/19/14)
3-PT Made: 4, two times, last vs. UCLA (2/2/14)
3-PT Attempted: 8 at Utah (1/4/14)
FT Made: 8 at Oregon (2/16/14)
FT Attempted: 8 at Oregon (2/16/14)
Rebounds: 8 vs. Oregon (3/12/14)
Assists: 6 at USC (2/27/14)
Blocked Shots: 1, two times, last vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (12/13/13)
Steals: 3, three times, last vs. Arizona (3/5/14)
Minutes: 42 at Arizona State (2/6/14)
transfers and juco guys. Houge was an impact recruit this year and I expect McKay and Williams to be the same.
Not odd when you consider he was Hogue's AAU teammate and that Hogue had a huge following at the game. Imo it makes sense that Hogue would be hooking up former teammates with tickets not used by others. That is pretty conventional.
There were multiple "ISU sections" at that game. ISU fans were spread out all over the place. The kid is from the area, had tickets to the Sweet 16 in MSG and ISU happened to play there. Heck, he could have sat near like 10 fans from ISU and called it the "section." You are reading to much into it.
Also, IIRC, 10 pts/gm and 3.1 assists/gm in his last 20 games (Pac-12 play plus Radford in CBI). That is comparable to some of the better freshman pgs at ISU. His effective fg% (56%) and true shooting% (60%) were very high, while also taking more 2Ps than 3Ps. He is not a 3P shooter only.
Another poster said it well in that there are tons of 6'3" guards that can shoot coming out of high school that you think can play. You really don't know which ones will cut it in a major conference. A few of those go on to prove they have what it takes to be a high major starter and also develop into pgs. Cooke is one of those. I am thrilled if we can treat other high majors as our prep schools.
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I would guess we will have somebody transfer out next year if the talent coming in and current talent looks like a player may not get much playing time. Right now, I think if Cooke and Anderson are great fits for the team, go get them and worry about the future high school recruits in due time
I almost don't care about hs recruiting anymore. You don't know what you are getting from them. I wouldn't care if Fred went to these AAU tournies and just leaned back wearing sunglasses and playing flappy bird with a sign next to him that says "top 100 or GTFO".
I seriously don't understand any consternation about recruiting. I would be shocked if Vaughn had a significantly better season than BDJ next year. I'd be double shocked if nowisiak was better than Cooke.
I seriously don't understand any consternation about recruiting. I would be shocked if Vaughn had a significantly better season than BDJ next year. I'd be double shocked if nowisiak was better than Cooke.
If you can grab a Cooke at 1/100 of the resources of a Vaughn, it's a no-brainer. We won't abandon our HS recruiting - that would be silly. That said, it should be clear that this staff sees transfers differently than many other ones.
Frankly, the talent well is just too deep to ignore. It's Hoiberg bringing his NBA knowledge to the college game and getting "free agents" versus putting all of his eggs in the "draft" crap shoot of HS recruiting. It's smart. Even better is that we're being seen as one of the top destinations for these proven commodities who are lost in coaching changes, don't like their role, or just want a real shot at the big dance. With 400+ guys moving every year, it's not going away. Might as well be the top dog at it until the blue bloods try to change things.
At the very least, it's a great fallback recruiting strategy for Spring signing and roster management. I bet no one would trade this approach for the previous regime's, which seemed to be "take any warm body, even if they have no business being in the Big12." I think it's much more strategic on Hoiberg's part. I think he sees it very much like free agency, where you are getting top talent and proven players looking to make a change. I would guess we'll go into Spring every year with an open spot for a difference maker.
Frankly, the talent well is just too deep to ignore. It's Hoiberg bringing his NBA knowledge to the college game and getting "free agents" versus putting all of his eggs in the "draft" crap shoot of HS recruiting. It's smart. Even better is that we're being seen as one of the top destinations for these proven commodities who are lost in coaching changes, don't like their role, or just want a real shot at the big dance. With 400+ guys moving every year, it's not going away. Might as well be the top dog at it until the blue bloods try to change things.
At the very least, it's a great fallback recruiting strategy for Spring signing and roster management. I bet no one would trade this approach for the previous regime's, which seemed to be "take any warm body, even if they have no business being in the Big12." I think it's much more strategic on Hoiberg's part. I think he sees it very much like free agency, where you are getting top talent and proven players looking to make a change. I would guess we'll go into Spring every year with an open spot for a difference maker.
I understand what you are saying, but Niang signed before he blew up on the AAU circuit with people watching Noel. Kentucky was calling him after he already signed with us, so I'd say we beat Kentucky for him.
Morris had his offer pulled from Michigan because Walton signed first which was a first come first serve offer to both. Just because it was pulled does not mean it was never offered.
Again, I understand what you are saying, but to be fair, I think you have to add Kentucky and Michigan to the list.
Lol Diallo is completely unrelated. Noskowiak I believe the staff is lower on than Cooke. And Ellenson is a priority, but is also completely unrelated to Cooke.
You have to learn, scholarships will open up.
You don't turn down 45.6% 3 point shooters who have three years left to play.
Our 4 star guys had way better offers towards the end of their recruitment but they were already committed and not reported. For example, Niang had a ton more offers than that. Kentucky wanted him for ****** sakes.
In 4 years Fred Hoiberg has done amazing. He's made a name for himself and ISU. Just imagine where we "could" be in the near future. Regardless if this is done through High School Recruiting, or Transfers, it does't matter much to me. I believe he'll bring in both, and do what is best for whatever team he has.
Am I the only one that sometimes imagines where we could be had we had some better fortune in the NCAA tournament? But yes, if we ever break though to the FF or further, Fred and Matt would crush recruiting.
I don't care how the talent arrives in Ames, just as long as the talent is actually there. High school, prep school, junior college, redshirt transfer, graduate transfer, it doesn't matter. It looks like our staff doesn't care as long as we are winning games and I am just fine with that strategy.
I'm glad we're on the forefront of transfer recruiting because I fully expect it to get more and more competitive over the next few years. While I think ISU will continue to do very well in the transfer market, I could very well see it tightening up as schools like Ohio St, Duke, KU, etc. look more at this source of talent than they have in the past.
While I'm very happy with the transfer and JUCO recruiting, I still like the HS market as well. 3 of our 5 main starters this season were HS recruits, including two of the 'Big 3'.
Uhmm, if you didn't you would be the only one.
We beat OSU if Babb doesn't sheer his ankle off, regardless of officiating.
Do we beat UCONN without Georges? Maybe, maybe not, but it would have been nice to find out.
