**2025 Iowa Offseason & Coaching Search Thread***

BuffettHawk

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I was in the 9th row of the student section the year before the Hawks Nest came around. I didn't sign up to join the hawks nest because I figured it would reset my good seats that I slowly moved closer to the court every season. I figured I would be in the front 5. NOPE. Got bumped back to row 25 or so, the first row right behind the entire Hawks Nest.
I will be bitter about this until I am put 6 feet under.
I bet you're still jealous of @IowaWigman to this day!
 

Geese

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I was in the Hawk’s Nest . Hope you enjoyed watching the back of my head, LOSER
AZ enjoys watching the back of my head while he fucks my lil doo doo puss
 

Shawneemicks

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Mccollum is gonna do well at Iowa. Don’t think there’s much doubt but I wonder how much the administration & overall commitment to be anything more than just above average will affect things
It’d be nice if they’d go all in on something. Anything really
 

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Mccollum is gonna do well at Iowa. Don’t think there’s much doubt but I wonder how much the administration & overall commitment to be anything more than just above average will affect things
It’d be nice if they’d go all in on something. Anything really
They are going to let you down, @Shawneemicks
 

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iowa will continue to sink money into the dying sport of wrestling and the farce that is womens basketball rather than mens basketball
 

Hawkstrat

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I'm skeptical of this, since blue bloods have started getting involved in his recruitment. But if Iowa could land him it's be a huge win. He looks like a stud, reminds me of Alex Karaban. Definitely not a Mulvey situation.
Kakert never actually confirms anything, but he's saying some of the other schools want him to enroll early in order to redshirt, and that he'll need to take a few online summer courses, but they don't anticipate any problems getting him in at the semester. That's about as close as you are going to get from a guy who wants to hint at things in order to never be wrong, but claim he's right after the fact.

I would be surprised if the kid doesn't commit to Iowa soon.
 

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Kakert never actually confirms anything, but he's saying some of the other schools want him to enroll early in order to redshirt, and that he'll need to take a few online summer courses, but they don't anticipate any problems getting him in at the semester. That's about as close as you are going to get from a guy who wants to hint at things in order to never be wrong, but claim he's right after the fact.

I would be surprised if the kid doesn't commit to Iowa soon.
Thanks for the info.
 

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TOS says announcement tomorrow for Trey Thompson.
Assuming he commits, Benjamin McCollum is going to be the greatest coach in the history of the U of Iowa.

If he doesn't...his ceiling is barely above The Criminal.
 

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Top 50 is top 50. Yes, please.
Not trying to be negative, but Jamie Shaw, On3's head guy, said he'd be in the back end of the top 150 after he reclassified. A good get, regardless.
 

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Not trying to be negative, but Jamie Shaw, On3's head guy, said he'd be in the back end of the top 150 after he reclassified. A good get, regardless.
only because he’s a year younger
 

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“I chose Iowa because there was a need for me now. I wanted a significant role and I wanted to get better this year. They gave me both of those, so I decided to say yes.”

It'll be interesting as to what that ends up being.





@Jim Tebow get the fuck in here
 

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Sounds like he's a rebounding redass, so I'm guessing he'll play plenty given that we aren't exactly stacked with other aggressive bigs.
 

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Just kind of summarizing what the on3 national guys and kakert have said about Thompson.

He's a solid athlete but not a great one, not a shot creator, but a good cutter who doesn't shy away from physicality, probably not really 6'8, but matched up well against Arafan Diane (a 7-footer who is like 280), plays hard, good touch from range and near the basket.

Maybe more than that, one nice sign is how pissed the Purdue message boards are.
 

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That's awesome. Full game video of Iowa United vs. Tennessee Impact is on YouTube; I thought he looked impressive. McCollum was sitting court side.
 

Gushawk

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Seems angrier than your typical Waukee fare.
 

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The only question about McCollum was whether he could land Big Ten level recruits.

So far so good. Fuck yeah.
 
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