2026 Basketball Recruiting

[shoot-the-three]

Nice shot. But a 6'9" player highlight reel with few dunks better mean an elite shooter.

McCollum will be pulling the offer once he sees this highlight reel.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Nice shot. But a 6'9" player highlight reel with few dunks better mean an elite shooter.

That’s your takeaway from watching that? Lol.

 

[The Dad]

Don’t forget guys, eclone is one of the biggest faggots here.

 

[jandj]

Don’t forget guys, eclone is one of the biggest faggots here.

I think he’s lost some weight.

 

[Thomas Wolsey]

Don’t forget guys, eclone is one of the biggest faggots here.

It’s says eclone right there

 

[douglasbader]

Don’t forget guys, eclone is one of the biggest faggots here.

I always chuckle when I remember he's cousins with RecGyno.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

I always chuckle when I remember he's cousins with RecGyno.

Wait what

 

[hawkeyealum]

For realz?

cousins with the pussy slayer?

 

[AZmessDAWG]

Should Douglas have a similar tagline to Herbie?

 

[douglasbader]

They have both mentioned it on here about half a dozen times.

 

[douglasbader]

I have a granola cousin (so does eclone) that lives down in Ashland. Would be a nice place to live if you can tolerate the politics of the region

 

[eclone]

That’s your takeaway from watching that? Lol.

Only kind of.

My actual take away is that he looks like a really good shooter and player. Probably under ranked currently (based just off of that video). But I stand by the statement that if that is his game, he needs to be an excellent shooter, because he didn't show much explosiveness or much in the post. That's fine. I had the same concern with Milan Momcilovic's recruiting video highlights. He has 1 dunk in two years at ISU, but has shown he can shoot at a elite level, so it makes up for the athleticism shortages that show up a lot quicker in the Big 12/Big 10 than in grassroots games. I mostly was teasing because new coach same as the old coach can't help but offer white kids...but this one despite being a big eared ginger, actually looks more the part than most.

 

[douglasbader]

Only kind of.

My actual take away is that he looks like a really good shooter and player. Probably under ranked currently (based just off of that video). But I stand by the statement that if that is his game, he needs to be an excellent shooter, because he didn't show much explosiveness or much in the post. That's fine. I had the same concern with Milan Momcilovic's recruiting video highlights. He has 1 dunk in two years at ISU, but has shown he can shoot at a elite level, so it makes up for the athleticism shortages that show up a lot quicker in the Big 12/Big 10 than in grassroots games. I mostly was teasing because new coach same as the old coach can't help but offer white kids...but this one despite being a big eared ginger, actually looks more the part than most.

Sounds like something a person related to RecGyno would say.

 

[Machalloffamer]

Harris is on his way

 

[Hawk&Balls]

 

[douglasbader]

Harris is on his way

What the fuck did you just say?

 

[Pinehawk]

That's Mach all off a me.

Heard he served 20 years for Mans laughter.

 

[Machalloffamer]

The recruit. Thought this was a recruiting thread

 

[tallperson54]

Ethan Harris has the name of, and looks like a Bo Ryan era Wisconsin recruit.

 

[Fletch]

It’s @mac50702 . Kind of like Lime/Sundown/Thrawn/Thrown

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Ethan Harris has the name of, and looks like a Bo Ryan era Wisconsin recruit.

Better than the Wisconsin - Stevens point recruits Fran brought in

 

[Hawk_Kegmasters]

 

[Hawkstrat]

Ethan Harris has the name of, and looks like a Bo Ryan era Wisconsin recruit.

I mean, that is kind of what Iowa is trying to emulate. The offense will be different in what they do, but Iowa is going to be a slow-paced, defensive minded team of whites.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

I can already feel the rage building.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

R u edging?

 

[AZmessDAWG]

No

 

[Machalloffamer]

I mean, that is kind of what Iowa is trying to emulate. The offense will be different in what they do, but Iowa is going to be a slow-paced, defensive minded team of whites.

Incorrect…....Mac’s scoring efficiency at NWMS was tops in country, shot 46% from three a couple of his yrs. Last yr Drake team was an outlier, look up his offensive efficiency over his 15 yrs at NWMS. He gets shooters and offense creates space for layups. White guys shooting layups and threes counts the same (or more) as black guys running and dunking. When he gets the program up and running they will be averaging 78-82…..far cry from Wisconsin. Could happen this yr

 

[Hawkstrat]

Incorrect…....Mac’s scoring efficiency at NWMS was tops in country, shot 46% from three a couple of his yrs. Last yr Drake team was an outlier, look up his offensive efficiency over his 15 yrs at NWMS. He gets shooters and offense creates space for layups. White guys shooting layups and threes counts the same (or more) as black guys running and dunking. When he gets the program up and running they will be averaging 78-82…..far cry from Wisconsin. Could happen this yr

His teams play at a slow tempo, but are very efficient. Last year may prove to be an outlier in the sense that they played at the slowest pace in all of college basketball, but it's part of McCollum's philosophy. He's stated the game naturally slows down in tournament settings, so they try to play like that at all times. Slow can be good or bad, but there's no need to pretend that Iowa isn't going to play slow.


Ryan took Wisconsin to a national title game, if McCollum can emulate that we would all be thrilled.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

I dgaf abt pace. Off efficiency and def efficiency are the only two stats that matter.

 

[Hawkstrat]

I dgaf abt pace. Off efficiency and def efficiency are the only two stats that matter.

What about special teams efficiency?

I wasn't saying anything disparaging, just suggesting Iowa will recruit a lot of the same types of players Bo Ryan did.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

What about special teams efficiency?

I wasn't saying anything disparaging, just suggesting Iowa will recruit a lot of the same types of players Bo Ryan did.

I didn’t say you were.

 

[HiawathaHawk]

His teams play at a slow tempo, but are very efficient. Last year may prove to be an outlier in the sense that they played at the slowest pace in all of college basketball, but it's part of McCollum's philosophy. He's stated the game naturally slows down in tournament settings, so they try to play like that at all times. Slow can be good or bad, but there's no need to pretend that Iowa isn't going to play slow.


Ryan took Wisconsin to a national title game, if McCollum can emulate that we would all be thrilled.

But they don’t always play slow. Some of his NW teams did, a few were middle of the road type, assuming D2 averages are similar to D1.

 

[tallperson54]

Play nice boys. Harris is about to lead us to the golden era of Iowa hoops

 

[L. Wade Childress]

I dgaf abt pace. Off efficiency and def efficiency are the only two stats that matter.

then why do you always request a medium pace?

 

[HerkyHopeful]

Weird offer list for the Harris kid with mostly PNW offers and then Iowa. Any local yokel Iowa connection? I imagine Gonzaga will be hard to beat

 

[Talkin' Goat]

then why do you always request a medium pace?

So you can sit on the corner of the bed and watch we whack off.

 

[Pinehawk]

I don’t care that much about stats or pace, but I want to be entertained.
It has to be fun to watch.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

I don’t care that much about stats or pace, but I want to be entertained.
It has to be fun to watch.

Is the main criteria having a higher score than the other team?

 

[Fletch]

Not sure

 

[KitKatApples]

Yes you are

 

[kenos]

The main criteria is winning. I don't care how McCollum's teams achieve that goal on the floor, as long as they do it, and do it more frequently than Fran's teams did, especially in the NCAA tournament.

 

[Pinehawk]

Is the main criteria having a higher score than the other team?

I might have thought so until I saw The Criminal's teams.

 

[AZmessDAWG]

I don’t think it’s going to be an issue. I think McCollum understand the guys he can get and wants to play a style that just wins. Actually defends on one end and offensively get good shots.

Basketball ain’t rocket surgery.

 

[Fletch]

No offense but if you think McCollum is The Criminal reincarnated, that’s just dumb.

 

[Pinehawk]

I do not think that. Nor am I overly concerned that McCollum's style will be comparable to Lickliters.
But, watching basketball, and having it be entertaining, is the point. At least for me.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Fran, like BigXII Football, fell into the myth that lots of points equals entertaining. Nothing entertaining about scoring 90 and giving up 105.

 

[Pinehawk]

That would be more entertaining that scoring 52 and giving up 65.

But again, this is theoretical, because I don't think McCollum's teams are going to play that way.

 

[Mysterio]

Fran, like BigXII Football, fell into the myth that lots of points equals entertaining. Nothing entertaining about scoring 90 and giving up 105.

its different if its skilled basketball where guys are good at scoring but terrible to watch when its just lazy and stupid defense. which is what we saw from mccaffery coached teams specifically at the end of his tenure

 

[L. Wade Childress]

No offense but if you think McCollum is The Criminal reincarnated, that’s just dumb.

they both saw postseason success at their previous stops and play a style that values physicality and skill over athleticism. The comparisons end there, unless somehow we see a D3 coaches kid end up on the roster or, god forbid, the court.

 

[Mysterio]

they both saw postseason success at their previous stops and play a style that values physicality and skill over athleticism. The comparisons end there, unless somehow we see a D3 coaches kid end up on the roster or, god forbid, the court.

brad stevens fooled us into thinking The Criminal could coach when it was brad the entire time