RECRUITING: Zion Griffin commits to Iowa State
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Lard, Shayok and Babb might have something to say about that. Either way, if Harris does indeed commit, then we will have 8 really good to fantastic players in our rotation for that year.
CycloneErik
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Forget that. He's going to make Hilton Magic.
Wow great job by Prohm & Co. on closing on this guy. To cancel his KU visit is just amazing to me.
Incredible news. He is going to be a big time player for us. Zions upside potential is through the roof.
Hard not to get excited about the future with all the youth in the pipeline (Wigginton, Lewis, Lard, Griffin, Harris?, Conditt?)
Does this commitment mean we are out of the Talen Horton Tucker sweepstakes? I know he and Griffin are similar small forward type players not sure if they could coexist. I personally love small ball...
Hard not to get excited about the future with all the youth in the pipeline (Wigginton, Lewis, Lard, Griffin, Harris?, Conditt?)
Does this commitment mean we are out of the Talen Horton Tucker sweepstakes? I know he and Griffin are similar small forward type players not sure if they could coexist. I personally love small ball...
Lots of things can happen when recruiting in the state of Illinois. I think we will take 3 and pocket the 4th for a mid-year or grad transfer. With the commitment of Zion I think that the recruitment of Tucker-Horton is over. Although I never saw our staff pulling this kid from Simeon. Refer to the first sentence.
If we can get Phillips then perhaps we take four. Starting to believe that Halliburton may not be a solid take for us at this point. But that is just a guess and not sourced at all.
Griffin was a surprise but the staff has put in the work. Prohm may lose kids but it is not for lack of effort.
I was critical of this staff two years ago and still believe that the 2015-16 team massively underachieved in the regular season. But since then this staff has proven they can recruit (by outworking other staffs) and teach young kids how to be men. Late game management is still a concern but I believe that to be more of an art than a science.
The 15-16 team had roughly 4.5 players, I couldn't disagree more with you.
I'd love to bring in TH Tucker yet, Id actually prefer him over Conditt, I think were covered with big posts for a few years (next year alone will be Solo, Lard and Jacobsen) and like being able to use a small ball PF at all time so having Griffin and Tucker to use would be amazing. Harris is what would make the class amazing though out of all of the recruits.
You shut your filthy ***** mouth.
Unfortunately true. The 14-15 team is the one that really underachieved. 15-16 was disappointing, but given one player's behavior, we did ok.
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KAbbott 1608 posts
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I think I said it when we offered, but he's going to be a giant pain in the rear the next 4 years.
I mean we are losing top 60 players to Iowa St. that's alarming.
Banana Shark 3013 posts
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Getting mushed by Steve Prohm. Awesome
http://kansas.247sports.com/Board/59455/Contents/Zion-GRiffin-107345240
KAbbott 1608 posts
5 hours ago via Mobile
I think I said it when we offered, but he's going to be a giant pain in the rear the next 4 years.
I mean we are losing top 60 players to Iowa St. that's alarming.
Banana Shark 3013 posts
3 hours ago
Getting mushed by Steve Prohm. Awesome
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I'm going to guess we won't be in the mix for THT anymore but we'll see what happens. More than happy to have Zion and I think he has a higher ceiling.
2018-2019
1: Wigginton
2: Shayok
3: Weiler-Babb
4: Griffin
5: Young
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Bench PG: Harris
Bench Wing: Lewis
Bench Post: Lard
1: Wigginton
2: Shayok
3: Weiler-Babb
4: Griffin
5: Young
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Bench PG: Harris
Bench Wing: Lewis
Bench Post: Lard
Finally catching up on this, got busy at work and missed it earlier. Excellent news.
Found a highlight reel, from Summerslam and Sunflower Showcase — right there in KU's lil' ol' backyard.
Found a highlight reel, from Summerslam and Sunflower Showcase — right there in KU's lil' ol' backyard.
Beating KU for him is big, not only because he'll play for ISU, but also for the boost in perception for the program. Everyone knew KU wanted him and for him to choose ISU and not even visit KU may get other recruits to think that ISU has something special going on. When is the last time, if ever, ISU beat KU for a recruit? I'm sure it has happened before, but I just can't remember.
Edit: For example, this: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...t-zion-griffin-commits-to-iowa-st-over-kansas
And this: http://www.csnchicago.com/preps-talk/hinsdale-south-forward-zion-griffin-commits-iowa-state
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