Cayden did add a Louisville visit for October 24. I think they’re getting Reese Alston though so it might be cancelled
2027 Recruiting
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Coach McCollum wants his teams to be competitive against everybody. The wins will then take care of themselves… always has. He knows he can coach. He doesn’t know he has unwavering funding support (from the athletic department and from NIL donors) to meet what he thinks is needed to accomplish his goals and most any player he wants. IF he feels he can’t get what he needs at Iowa to accomplish what he wants, he won’t be here for long…
which is why I really wanted Bill Self to retire after last season. That's the job that scares me the most when it comes open.
sell it and open one in Iowa City, problem solved
Not sure how a school getting a big football win would impact a basketball players decision.
He was at Florida this weekend, and they had a pretty huge football win yesterday too.
No fanbase gets toyed with by big time recruits more than Iowa. Hoping for different but I've seen this story before
Kakert. He said Miami is slightly in front, and since he already visited here and his Miami visit hasn't happened yet its starting to look like bridesville again.
I had worried that the tyranny of distance was going to be too much. Sounds like mom wants him home.
The pendulum keeps swinging boys....
I think he picks Iowa because of Ben but at the end of the day picks Miami because its close to home
Wish he was from Iowa
Wish he was from Iowa
Anyone remember Chris Leak or Melvin Gordon?
Iowa has some kind of luck with big recruits. This kid seems like he wants to stay in Florida while edging Iowa to death.
Iowa has some kind of luck with big recruits. This kid seems like he wants to stay in Florida while edging Iowa to death.
That's my guess to...he isn't coming to Iowa and Iowa spent all their time on him and going to whiff completely on PG again
It’s not as big of a deal with the portal now but it’d be nice to finally land a big fish on the men’s team.
Ben wants to build the team from high school recruiting first. He will use the portal to fill in gaps like with Campbell and McKeever. Ben can pursue the big fish at point guard because we sit pretty well there. Just looked up the status on Combs now a 4th year player so he has two seasons left. He really likes Campbell and his son Peyton seems an interesting wild card.
We don't have a pressing need at point guard like we did at center. Ben can continue to build the program and potentially missing out on a big fish at the point doesn't mean much.
It is a big deal. A step 1 whiff on high school recruits leads you down one last road to travel (step 2) - the portal.
Then if you whiff on the portal hunt, you’re stuck.
Sticking with a basketball theme, I'm old enough to remember when Terry Cummings chose Depaul instead of Iowa because he had a dream and God told him to go to Depaul. I'm also old enough to remember when Isaiah Thomas chose IU instead of Iowa because Bloomington was closer to home than Iowa City (it's not).
I assume you mean Coleman? If so, I’d be disappointed if we’re hanging our hat on either of those two being game changers
Getting Daughtry is a game changer because he is different. Great ability to penetrate, a very good shooter from the arc and excellant distributor of the basketball. Cayden would bring a new dynamic to the Hawks.
Ben has a well earned reputation for developing point guards which has put him in a position to go down to the wire with a talented recruit like Cayden Daughtry. Fans naturally get caught up in it but we need to keep things in perspective should we come up short.
I thought Combs looked good running the team last season when he became the primary ball handler. Recall at times Ben played Stirtz off the ball. Ben needed a point guard in the portal and Coleman came in as his primary target. They will have a better team around them than Stirtz did with the development of our young wings and an inside game we lacked last season.
If we can sign Daughtry great. But how much does it really matter whether or not we have a "game changer"running the point?
I thought Combs looked good running the team last season when he became the primary ball handler. Recall at times Ben played Stirtz off the ball. Ben needed a point guard in the portal and Coleman came in as his primary target. They will have a better team around them than Stirtz did with the development of our young wings and an inside game we lacked last season.
If we can sign Daughtry great. But how much does it really matter whether or not we have a "game changer"running the point?
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Keller Daugherty is a 4-star 2027 Power Forward at Lee's Summit from Lee's Summit, MO. Ranked No. 97 nationally and No. 14 among PFs with a 91.67 On3 industry rating.
I think most of the coaches recruiting him were point guards.
From what I know, Cayden and Ben are very similar in that they are process driven and enjoy the process as much as the result.
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