Okay, man. Iowa State is going to add an All-American graduate transfer in this month then go and win the national championship. If they don't do it, I'll quit my job out of disappointment because the season was a failure. Happy now?
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Okay, man. Iowa State is going to add an All-American graduate transfer in this month then go and win the national championship. If they don't do it, I'll quit my job out of disappointment because the season was a failure. Happy now?
Seems like a fair assessment...
I would say a NIT team is a fair and likely expectation though I would stop short of calling it's ceiling. TCU was after all in the tourney field for a the first half of the conference year and stumbled late. The fact the horned frogs won the NIT shows their ceiling was worthy of the tourney. The is talent on this ISU team and expecting a NCAA tourney birth at this point is over reaching, but I do think it is within the realm of possible outcomes. I'm holding off on predicting any finish until we get a chance to see this team play.
I respect your analysis, defending your viewpoint. Some of us think it's pessimistic, but ISU is not an automatic to reach NCAAT. Big 12 has only two *probable* absolutes: Kansas and West Virginia. B12 will get 2 others at minimum, possibly 4 additional.
ISU is fighting these teams: Baylor, OU, TCU, Texas, K-State.
Tech will finish 10th. Oklahoma State no higher than 8th.
I don't think people forget his size. And chris is pretty dialed in to the basketball team so I trust what he says about Kasongo.
Are we as talented as that TCU team?
Not imo, but if we are, we'll have a decent chance to make it. TCU had the talent to make the tournament, but couldn't win close games. With a better homecourt like Hilton that likely changes.
Plus, the comment about "this is why Young has been working on his 3P shot" is distortion to fit what clearly is a fabricated narrative. Young's been working on his 3P shot and has been rumored to be relatively good at it long before this offseason.
Usually, the Cap City League is the only way to see some of the players who probably won't contribute for a few years. This summer, we need the Cap City League just to be able to watch a good portion of our rotation for the first time.
I really wish that the talking heads would get away from everything being "unknowns" and change that narrative to "haven't had a chance to prove it yet.
It's kind of sad that they are treating a 5 star like Wigginton as some kind of huge unknown.
It's kind of sad that they are treating a 5 star like Wigginton as some kind of huge unknown.
I find it odd that people (CW among) thinksTexas is automatically going to be better next year when it looks like they will lose their best two players to the draft. Plus Mack isn't returning and they lost two seniors who were big contributors for them last year in Cleare and Yancy. They have a good recruiting class but not better than last years. I think if Jones stays in the draft they will be in a similar spot as last year. Maybe worse.
Also not buying that OU will automatically be that much better. I think the only for sure things in the Big 12 next year is that KU, WVU and Baylor will be tournament teams. TCU will likely be and the rest of the teams are unknown at this point.
CycloneErik
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Anyone else notice this guy is on a whole nother level of CF right now? You, my friend, much like David Montgomery, are not human.
I need someone to tell me whether it's time to burn the season tickets yet or not?
Wasn't the rumor that we asked him to walk on to help our chances with Race Thompson?
Sorry Jack..You had one job
What's really weird is that before the above poster just brought up Race, I had totally forgotten about him. Ended up at Indiana, right? Did we ever hear from the 'family friend' poster on here as to why he dropped ISU so fast only to fall in love with the new Indiana staff? Maybe he always wanted to go to IU and didn't care for Crean.
