**2026 Iowa Basketball Offseason & Transfer Portal Thread**

[eclone]

2006. Ranked 9th in the douche.
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Cyclone alum Jamie Vanderbeken, 2nd team all rookie in the D-League, and played professionally in Canada for a number of years. I had certainly forgotten that he committed to Iowa before landing at Tyler CC.

 

[Gushawk]

Well, he was ugly as sin, beebs

 

[IowaWigman]

Well, he was ugly as sin, beebs

But a sweet old gal, and a helluva good cook.

 

[kenos]

Brunner and Horner were in the mid 50s for Rivals and ESPN. Rhodes was 125-ish.

That was actually a hell of a class at the time.

 

[CleteyColgate]

Alford was better than average for Iowa. He had a couple of the better transfers of our lifetimes which didn't hurt.

It's crazy how wrong all the sites were about JR Angle. He was terrible. I saw him at an Iowa game ~2010 with a fat girl. Young man must have lacked confidence

Except for being a pompous asshole he wasn't too bad

 

[The Dad]

Alford was better than average for Iowa.

Log in as Pudd when you type shit like this.

 

[BBK]

Log in as Pudd when you type shit like this.

For recruiting he was. Better than 90s Dr. Tom, Todd, and Fran

 

[BBK]

Don't make me defend Steve Alford

 

[The Dad]

Don't make me defend Steve Alford

 

[BBK]

Dr. Tom loses all his 80s recruiting accolades because he started Troy Skinner for 47 games at PG

 

[Revolver]

This extreme heat has ushered in the dog days of summer early.

 

[KitKatApples]

It’s late July

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Isn't it mid july

 

[BBK]

Isn't it mid july

Mid is days 11-19 in my book

 

[KitKatApples]

Point stands

 

[Squat Cobbler]

Dr. Tom loses all his 80s recruiting accolades because he started Troy Skinner for 47 games at PG

That’s one of my earliest memories of Iowa basketball, my dad and I hate-watching Troy Skinner.

 

[cloudhawk]

Watching a clip of practice in July and then deciding the team is gonna suck is peak Halo.

Just at @The Dad

 

[The Dad]

Just at @The Dad

I never said anything about it. Keep your non-shiners straight.

 

[Geese]

I nicknamed my dong the elite eight

Why?

 

[Hawk&Balls]

Just saw it for the first time in 30 years?

 

[Lil Scamp]

Alford was better than average for Iowa. He had a couple of the better transfers of our lifetimes which didn't hurt.

It's crazy how wrong all the sites were about JR Angle. He was terrible. I saw him at an Iowa game ~2010 with a fat girl. Young man must have lacked confidence

He was better than 2025 average iowa

He was below average 1998 iowa

 

[Lil Scamp]

He was also the reason the program fell

 

[StinkyMcFadden]

It was stinky and then Wade. Not exactly representative of Halo’s thought leaders.

I believe your main man BBK ran the stats for the video. Don't forget him.

 

[Revolver]

It’s late July

I’m referring to the period on Halo where there is nothing going on and people are eating each other alive on here about stupid bullshit like recruiting during the Alford Era in the lead up to football season.

 

[Geese]

Just saw it for the first time in 30 years?

lol good one brother

 

[Bonner]

Point stands

I miss discussing about the Prime Time League stats in mid July

 

[KitKatApples]

Alright

 

[CleteyColgate]

Who on the current Iowa team could score 70 points in a Prime Time League game?

 

[Herbie2]

Dr. Tom loses all his 80s recruiting accolades because he started Troy Skinner for 47 games at PG

That was never supposed to happen...Brian Garner flunking out caused Skinner to get WAAAAYYYYY more minutes than he should have.

 

[BBK]

That was never supposed to happen...Brian Garner flunking out caused Skinner to get WAAAAYYYYY more minutes than he should have.

That was always Dr. Tom's issue. Almost every time he brought in a big time recruit they were flawed in some way

 

[kenos]

That was always Dr. Tom's issue. Almost every time he brought in a big time recruit they were flawed in some way

That's part of why he landed them and they didn't go to bigger programs.

 

[Monster]

Mid is days 11-19 in my book

You wrote a book?

 

[Monster]

That’s one of my earliest memories of Iowa basketball, my dad and I hate-watching Troy Skinner.

That would be awesome.

 

[Lee Beevers]

Who on the current Iowa team could score 70 points in a Prime Time League game?

I scored 69 with your mom.

 

[Lil Scamp]

That would be awesome.

Those days were painful

The dream was over

 

[Monster]

Those days were painful

The dream was over

Even waching bad basketball would be awesome watching with a dad.

 

[Lil Scamp]

Not if you had mine

 

[KitKatApples]

Are you saying you got your lil scampness from your mom?

 

[snips]

dad was fine.
don't listen to him

 

[KitKatApples]

dad was fine.
don't listen to him

Whoa, you two bros?

 

[Hawkmi]

I don't remember what my dad looks like either. But at least I get to see him everyday.

 

[Nobody]

It feels like there's a greater than zero chance the social media folks lurk here:

 

[douglasbader]

Patrick skipping.gif

 

[Fletch]

Coon is jacked.

 

[Hawk&Balls]

 

[BBK]

Coon is jacked.

Not too many 18 year olds with a body like that

 

[Gushawk]

Peyton McCollum also with a decent amount of hypertrophy on his gritty and gutty little frame.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

Not too many 18 year olds with a body like that

we trust you.

 

[CamelTones]

Not too many 18 year olds with a body like that

Is it the tight fitting athletic gear?

 

[hawkeyealum]

Fran thinks thats all a waste of time