Ray Kasongo

[MartyFine]

Steve Prohm's Murray State level players currently out number Fred Hoiberg's Iowa State level players in the NBA.

Therefore, Steve Prohm should be held accountable for his current roster at ISU.

 

[CycloneVet]

To compare, Edozie only D-1 offers were Minnesota and ISU if I remember correctly. Players with his size and athleticism are pretty hard to find thus, coaches are willing to offer his "upside".

It is fine if you and others are down on Kasongo, that is what message boards are for.
I just want some evidence that he can't contribute to ISU as a RS Jr before deciding on Ray's ability this year.

Edozie would mop the floor with Holden. Daniel played hard and did what he was asked to do.

 

[Deleted member 8507]

So the issue is hiring a low-level head coach in the first place?

You mean like Duke hiring Coach K from Army? Seems to have worked out for them.

 

[CloneIce]

Yet we had many of those same conversations under the previous lord and savior?

If we have the same results Fred did, I am sure are fanbase will stay happy. In order to do so, Prohm is going to need to improve post recruiting. I'm sure he would agree with that.

I know you were trying to be sarcastic, but Fred really was the savior of our basketball program. Took over when it was at its lowest point since before Johhnny Orr. Left behind a Top 10 team. Its key for Prohm to keep the momentum going. Nice group of HS players in the fall class - now he needs to identify and land 2-3 more guys this spring.

 

[discydisc]

Therefore, Steve Prohm should be held accountable for his current roster at ISU.

What? Because Prohm has more Murray State recruits now in the NBA than Hoiberg has he should be completely responsible for a roster that he has two years of recruits at?
When recruiting really starts 3+ years out for schools that aren't "blue bloods"?

 

[allfourcy]

i don't care about rankings...we just need all the help we can get.

every single b12 team has at least 1 big (most 2-3) that is bigger, stronger, and better at basketball than our inside guys. we just have a major hole in our roster right now.

watching TCU/OU/WVU/Tech/KSU/KU last night was sobering - we are so small.

Agree. Which is why I get frustrated with fans that suggest we lose because we didn't 'bring it' or didn't care. We're so limited in the front court. Unlike KState which is why they hung with KU last night. How many shots in the paint will Burton or Bowie get against Lucas, Bragg, or Jackson? Or Baylor tonight

 

[isucy86]

This is a good post. I've never said the class was bad but Prohm and his staff were unable to land a single post player. Spring recruits generally are spring recruits for a reason.

I like Prohm, I think his staff his holding his recruiting back is all. He should be chasing Wiggington types and helping close the rest of the guys. As of now, 3/3 of the staff hasn't been the lead recruiter on a single player making an impact at ISU.

That is a concern to me.

Time will tell.

You are living in the past. A lot of HS McD AA wait until spring to sign. So there are some very good players unsigned.

ISU won't be on their lists, but a ton of high quality JUCOs don't sign until spring. Pretty obvious based on recent tweets, the staff is working the JUCOs hard for post players.

I would also expect us to be aggessive for grad transfer bigs as well. For what ISU needs for 2017/18, we are better off with Young, Lard, Kasonga and a couple JUCOs/transfers vs. a couple HS recruits

 

[NetflixAndClone]

That's a bold statement to make about a class that hasn't played a D1 game yet. One very nice player in Wigginton, Lewis looks like a Top 100 type (which is good but nothing atypical for ISU recruiting) and Mcneill is a decent scoring guard but not highly ranked. Nice class, but I won't dub it one of the best in the history of ISU yet.

I like this class, but Prohm still has his work cut out for him in the spring, since he struck out on bigs in the fall. Need to land 2-3 players, particularly JCs and transfers who can play right away... and they need to be higher quality than the transfers he took last year.

I've also seen people say he is criminally underrated and ESPN has him as a 4 star.

 

[nickcyv]

You are living in the past. A lot of HS McD AA wait until spring to sign. So there are some very good players unsigned.

ISU won't be on their lists, but a ton of high quality JUCOs don't sign until spring. Pretty obvious based on recent tweets, the staff is working the JUCOs hard for post players.

I would also expect us to be aggessive for grad transfer bigs as well. For what ISU needs for 2017/18, we are better off with Young, Lard, Kasonga and a couple JUCOs/transfers vs. a couple HS recruits

Exactly, lots of ppl sign in the spring and some are Mcd AA's. None of those are considering ISU.

Look at this history of high school players ISU has signed in the spring, it isn't pretty.