What are the chances we go after Dix
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Dix is the one guy on that team that has tried to play defense. Problem is when the rest of the team refuses to play defense, u can’t really be effective at it. If there is one guy that needs a change of teams, it’s him
Agree but he also might want good coaching to get to the league. That helps us. Some of these guys think short term instead of long term. Hope he will take a little less to play for Iowa State
100% earnest question:
Is he related to legendary 6–on-6 star Fonda Dix?
Edit: No. her name was spelled ‘Dicks’. Holy ****.
In this era it’s best to have grown ass men at as many positions as possible.
Next year is another FF contender if we replace Jones and/or Gilbert. I don’t see the staff banking on that being with freshmen
We’ll try to add a transfer, and 5 years ago we’d absolutely land one. Now it depends on how much we can pay, but imo they’ll find one
Eventually we have to play or develop freshman or we will stop getting HS recruits to take us serious. I know Milan and Tamin have played, but they are the only 2.
I think we have two portal needs:
Chatfield replacement
Proven scoring guard , preferably good off the bounce.
Changes somewhat if Jones returns.
I think we will have a bunch of high quality freshman guards and Nojus - not certain they will be ready by next year.
DWat is playing meaningful minutes.
Besides, don't you think the chances of freshmen playing as freshman have been skewed by the opportunity for 5th and 6th year guys to play an additional COVID year? Don't you think it will normalize at least a little when those guys with a COVID year are all gone from the system? I mean it is tough as a 17 or 18 year old to have to compete against 22-24 year olds.
Played at Moravia HS, true story, her husband's name was Peters. I actually saw her play in HS.
The 5th and 6th year thing isn’t going away. JUCO players are now eligible to play 4 years after JUCO. The NCAA has floated allowing 5 years of eligibility. Medical redshirts and exemptions seem more frequent than ever.
There was another Iowa basketball player named Chanda leer. Don’t know where she played, just that my dad heard about her.
There was a 6-2 player, Shanda Berry who played Iowa 6 on 6 and then made the transition to 5 on 5 college ball and played for Iowa. I think her cousin was a standout Iowa State player, Carmen Jaspers.
I think especially since this is the first year they're dealing with this JUCO stuff, if you played JUCO you're going to be able to come back. The NCAA is likely to be more lenient right away. I don't think Curtis already using his COVID year is going to affect that.
Tyrese Hunter too. This is the only year a freshman hasn't been a major contributor.
I would love for him to come back (obviously), but his case is very different than the others that have received additional years.
Don't see TJ ever paying big bucks for a portal player. Not only would we have challenges coming up with the big bucks, it would be a fast way to destroy the culture he has built over the years.
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