Asha’man

Football school.

It reminds me of Wisconsin under Bo 20 years ago. I hated those teams. I don’t want to watch that style of play. I would stop watching all together if that is what he had to watch. I barely watched under Woodson or Archie.

How was DeVries ranked so high in the portal? He reminds me of the old guys that would show up to play pickup games that just ran from 3 point line to 3point line. Chuck some 3’s and jog back for defense.

Get IU back to where we want to be. He needs to fix the roster building issue. Do we have a GM for basketball?

The style of play by Iowa is not what I’d want to watch every game. lol. Happy we didn’t go that route for a coach.

I don’t think we are making the tournament this year. Still want to win as much as possible. I just think the roster is very limited. Hoping for some recognition and adapting to what it takes to win at a higher level in this conference when they hit the portal this spring. I do like DeVries and think he can get it done. So I’m trying to stay patient.

DeVries doesnt give anything if he isn’t hitting shots. We totally overpaid for him imo. It limits thin roster even more.

I looked it up using AI. so yeah who knows. I still maintain they had to fill and entire roster from scratch to establish a style of play. I think this year will be another heavy lift but we have Dorn and Sisley already in the fold plus 2 more freshmen coming in. So there is 4 players already. Go get 5-6 more and call it a day. With the style now established it shouldn’t be as hard.

My understanding is we are a top 10 NIL program for basketball. Now the argument could be that it wasn’t spent wisely enough. But we are still half of what schools like UK and Duke are spending at $20+ million. But it’s still good enough for a top 10 in NIL. I think how it was spent could be criticized. But I’m willing to give a pass since it’s an entire new roster. We have discussed before in another thread and agree on basic roster building philosophy from a NIL standpoint. Bow that the staff is set and has a base to build off, I think the money will let them get a better roster next year. My biggest issue is I never want to see a starting PG not be able to score in multiple ways again. Sometimes it’s like playing 4 vs 5 on offense.

Buzz Williams teams will hustle, but the game is always ugly. Just get a win and get out of there should be the goal today.

Kid is playing much better than that 3 star ranking. What’s the level of competition he is playing against? I haven’t been keeping up on high school recruiting as much as I used to.

Hopefully some serious lessons were learned. I lm a Michigan football fan and get to listen to a lot of crossover talk with their basketball program. Dusty May even said this offseason that he underestimated size/physicality that would be needed to be successful. Hopefully DeVries learns the same lesson and adjusts. I think he can be a good fit here, but he will need to make some changes for sure.

Have a good one fellas. Enjoy the holidays and the CFP.

If we are only going to play 7-8 guys then that’s where the NIL money needs to go and then just fill roster spots with some jag’s.

Buyouts. He will get 3 years.

Where I think the staff made an error was focusing on mid major portal transfers. You can get a couple of those guys but you still need high D1 athletes to compete.

He will see 3 years imo. Need to find that balance of high school prospects and portal vets.

There are only 5 players on this team I trust or see the potential in. Wilkerson, DeVries, Conerway, Dorn, and Sisley.

Is it because they are focused on funding football?

Yup. Which is why I said offseason.

He had an entire roster to fill, so I’m giving him a pass for the roster flaws this time. I also am making an assumption that this year was about showing recruits the style of play we want to play. Which should make it easier next year. Probably will have to over spend on a big though.

The lack of size and athleticism is an issue. Hopefully it’s fixed in the offseason.

He isn’t a high major player. At best he is a bench player. This team has major flaws and that’s ok, it’s year 1. Lacks depth, lacks athleticism, lacks size. They are scrappy. I like coach and his style of play, but he needs an injection of roster improvement in the offseason.

Yup and struggled vs the athleticism

The market got inflated bc of revenue sharing this coming year.