You mean the financial advisor in Coralville? That's a name I have chosen to forget....
****Official Class Of 2024 Recruiting Thread****
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By offering a Juco it seems fair to say we'll close out the 2024 class with a couple more experienced Frontline guys. Via Juco or portal.
Seems a little odd at forward returning two sophs and a junior but you gotta find the talent where you can.. I'm sure the juco route is cheaper than the portal
I know nothing about this recruit, but remember how versatile some of our teams were with multiple players in the 6’5” to 6’7”
My point is all four we lose are front court guys. We're adding two guard preps. Obvious need is up front. I'm saying we must have determined there's not another available prep they desire.
We will be active in the portal for at least one frontcourt player next spring.
JT Rock will be a newcomer of sorts in 2024 after redshirting this season. Ideally you'd want to put a more proven commodity with experience in front of him. The good news is, they'll have a 9 month sample from practice to know exactly what they have in Rock before they go portal shopping.
Hopefully Milan is back in 2024-2025. Too early to tell on a lot of stuff but the staff has shown to be adaptive.
Rock, Momcilovic, Watson and Fish that's all we have upfront. None of those three forwards have a body you'd want to add as an emergency post. Obviously we add a vet post. That still leaves us very thin in the post. Personally I was hoping our portal adds consisted of an experienced post and a project big.
We have a lot of guys who can play the 1-3 spots on the 2024/25 roster, but can use a guy who thrives in the paint. And a upper class JUCO or TFR is a good fit.
Plus what if Biliew is a one & done?
2024/25 Roster Bigs
Rock -5
Momcilovic - 4/5
Fish - 4
Biliew - 3/4
Watson - 3/4
Yeah, that's why they'll be adding at least 1 frontcourt player from the portal in 6 months.
Omaha is a one and done. Everyone should be operating under that assumption.
Including Omaha we'll have 4 bigs departing. 2024 class has 2 guards. Have to add a big to pair with Rock. Final add could be a guard but I bet they are leaning big.
Attrition not accounted for of course.
Nojus Indrusaitis (#4) now on ESPN+ game of Brewster Academy vs Sunrise Christian of Kansas. Second quarter at 4:30 Iowa time
As good as the guards in this class are, strong, athletic front court players will be a much bigger need. Last weekend was pretty eye opening. A&M will be more athletic than most teams they play but VT and VCU were nothing special and we were outclassed up front by both.
First I am not a judge of talent. But he looked good and comfortable but he was not a key in their offence. Others were more ball hogs on the team. Theor point guard seems to want to shoot most of the time.
He had some good baskets but did not show the three (don't think he even took one that I saw). Displayed unselfishness and some good passing for some assists - one a great touch pass for a layup that wowed the announcers.
If Milan keeps this shooting up he'll be a one and done. 45% from 3 puts him better than any season Georges ever had and he's taller and 19. Niang was 37.5% from 3 in his career but around 40 FR JR SR year and same % in NBA.
We were missing our guy who fits in that category (Ward). Still wouldn't have totally matched up with A&M, but wouldn't have been outclassed by the other two if he had played.
Clearly we are recruiting bigs as freshmen for 2025, but we will need to have some success in the portal to get some full grown men down low.
