Graham Couch: Iowa Basketball is a mid-major roster

The hok hype machine is in overdrive this week.. Guess people in Kentucky asking could be CJ's family? that would count.

@ChadLeistikow People in Kentucky are asking: "How did Calipari not offer this kid?" @IowaHoops seems to be getting a steal in C.J. Fredrick. Good stuff from our recruiting reporter, @MatthewBain_.

https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/s...tucky-basketball-xavier-cincinnati/443711002/

I can't even think of a gif good enough for how bad this is
 
The hok hype machine is in overdrive this week.. Guess people in Kentucky asking could be CJ's family? that would count.

@ChadLeistikow People in Kentucky are asking: "How did Calipari not offer this kid?" @IowaHoops seems to be getting a steal in C.J. Fredrick. Good stuff from our recruiting reporter, @MatthewBain_.

https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/s...tucky-basketball-xavier-cincinnati/443711002/

And so it begins, the next Dom Uhl or Dale Jones. This kid will get hyped up with expectations of averaging 16 pts/gm by start of the season. He may average a respectable 4 or 5 for a freshman on a crappy team but will get hokked to death on social media for being a bust.
 
The hok hype machine is in overdrive this week.. Guess people in Kentucky asking could be CJ's family? that would count.

@ChadLeistikow People in Kentucky are asking: "How did Calipari not offer this kid?" @IowaHoops seems to be getting a steal in C.J. Fredrick. Good stuff from our recruiting reporter, @MatthewBain_.

https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/s...tucky-basketball-xavier-cincinnati/443711002/
Isn't this Fredrick like 120 pounds? Fran never recruits anyone with a Power 5 conference ready body. It takes them 4 years to get physically ready to play at that level under Fran.
 
The hok hype machine is in overdrive this week.. Guess people in Kentucky asking could be CJ's family? that would count.

@ChadLeistikow People in Kentucky are asking: "How did Calipari not offer this kid?" @IowaHoops seems to be getting a steal in C.J. Fredrick. Good stuff from our recruiting reporter, @MatthewBain_.

https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/s...tucky-basketball-xavier-cincinnati/443711002/
Fredrick may end up being "a steal" and a really good ball player when all is said and done. However, he was originally going to be a "walk-on"/ non-scholarship player coming in. Obviously, with some slight attrition on the Hok roster last fall, he was then offered a scholarship. AND, even if he comes in and has a modest Frosh campaign, you have to account for the Fran-Factor - (i.e. players plateauing early in their careers: Basabe and Uhl come immediately to mind), so I am not sure he will become much better than Ellingson or Ogelsby.
 
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The hok hype machine is in overdrive this week.. Guess people in Kentucky asking could be CJ's family? that would count.

@ChadLeistikow People in Kentucky are asking: "How did Calipari not offer this kid?" @IowaHoops seems to be getting a steal in C.J. Fredrick. Good stuff from our recruiting reporter, @MatthewBain_.

https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/s...tucky-basketball-xavier-cincinnati/443711002/

People from Kentucky have enough problems defending themselves against those that think they're backwards hillbillies, they don't need articles like this contributing to those negative stereotypes. Shame on you Bain.
 
And so it begins, the next Dom Uhl or Dale Jones. This kid will get hyped up with expectations of averaging 16 pts/gm by start of the season. He may average a respectable 4 or 5 for a freshman on a crappy team but will get hokked to death on social media for being a bust.

He'll play more minutes than he should, show some potential as a freshman, and then barely get better on out. Per the Hawkeye routine.
 
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The hok hype machine is in overdrive this week.. Guess people in Kentucky asking could be CJ's family? that would count.

@ChadLeistikow People in Kentucky are asking: "How did Calipari not offer this kid?" @IowaHoops seems to be getting a steal in C.J. Fredrick. Good stuff from our recruiting reporter, @MatthewBain_.

https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/s...tucky-basketball-xavier-cincinnati/443711002/
So now Iowa will have the best player ever from the state of Iowa and the second coming of Kirk Hinrich? Wow, I wonder what will be the prediction from DanL53 this year? 37-0?
 
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