Royce White in Ames today

[ChrisMWilliams]

According to the Minnesota Daily, former Gopher Royce White is in Ames today. The story says it is down to Kentucky, Baylor and Iowa State.

White to visit Iowa State Wednesday | mndaily.com - Serving the University of Minnesota Community Since 1900

 

[DrewCo]

Nice. Lets get him.

 

[JP4CY]

Nice weather has to help eh?

 

[ISUAgronomist]

What happened to this:

 

[brentblum]

That i$ $ome tough competition. $$$$

:wideeyed:

 

[ChrisMWilliams]

What happened to this:

Hey I said the whole time that Iowa State would play this thing out and give the program every opportunity to land him. It didn't look like he was interested. Obviously, he a the very least wants to check out the campus.

 

[ChrisMWilliams]

That i$ $ome tough competition. $$$$

:wideeyed:

Took the words right out of my mouth.

 

[Clonefan32]

That i$ $ome tough competition. $$$$

:wideeyed:

Is the 's' button on your computer stuck or...oh wait, I see what you did. Well played.

 

[CYVADER]

wow. i still think if he wants to come here we(the fans) are idiots to turn him away. it seems like about a 75/25 split right now with 75% wanting him and 25% not. let's hope the 75 wins out.

 

[CYphyllis]

Is he even eligible?

 

[ISUAgronomist]

That i$ $ome tough competition. $$$$

:wideeyed:

:notworthy:

 

[JP4CY]

That i$ $ome tough competition. $$$$

:wideeyed:

Meh, we can just call up our old pal Tim Floyd and $ee how its done.

 

[kurimski]

Think ISU has much of a shot to land him Chris? What type of percentage do you think we have to get him?

 

[CyinCo]

Not Chris but I'll chime in with about a 5% chance of landing this dude. If Kentucky is in the mix, I just don't see what we can offer to convince him to play at ISU. The kid has NBA talent if he can keep his nose clean.

 

[Clonefan32]

Not Chris but I'll chime in with about a 5% chance of landing this dude. If Kentucky is in the mix, I just don't see what we can offer to convince him to play at ISU. The kid has NBA talent if he can keep his nose clean.

One thing we could offer is the chance to not be recruited over for the next 3 years of his career.

 

[CYphyllis]

Also, not sure if anyone knows the answer to this, but being that he never played a game for Minnesota, would he still be considered a transfer and have to sit out a year?

 

[Jack & Hilton]

I like our chances, 50/50 with a conference opponent. Don't worry about Cal

 

[Clonehomer]

Still don't like this move. We're just getting over a season full of team issues and we're talking about bringing in a guy with his history? I really hope Hoiberg knows what he is doing.

 

[cloneraslin]

Not Chris but I'll chime in with about a 5% chance of landing this dude. If Kentucky is in the mix, I just don't see what we can offer to convince him to play at ISU. The kid has NBA talent if he can keep his nose clean.

I think ISU has a lot to offer White. The new practice facility can compete with those others. Ames is just 2 1/2 hours down the interstate for him which seems to be important. And no other coach in the nation has more NBA GM's on speed dial than coach H, remember. Also Kentucky is absolutley loaded with NBA talent. Would he really want to compete for playing time when he could come to Ames and be the man right away?

 

[ISUChippewa]

Does anybody know if Tubby Smith and Hoiberg are close at all? Maybe Tubby has given Hoiberg a good endorsement to White. It's hard to imagine that Tubby and Fred haven't rubbed elbows once or twice with them both being in the Twin Cities for a few years.