Portal 2026
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I think I'll sit back and allow Ben and his staff to build next year's roster. They need to retain key players and fill key positions in the portal. It will be interesting to see how it all pans out.
We’ll know pretty quickly if there is truly this trove of donors that were waiting until we had success to donate. I’m skeptical but we’ll see.
Need a Starting PG and center.
I think we need a 3 and D, 2 that can contribute and actually wants to play defense. A guy that can give the hawks 15 minutes a game…
I think we need a 3 and D, 2 that can contribute and actually wants to play defense. A guy that can give the hawks 15 minutes a game…
I'm with you 100%. I donated a little money but I don't have a ton of extra to give. My money is litetally nothing in comparison to what others can do.
I'm okay with Combs as a point but completely agree about a center and another starting guard who is a sniper.
Combs can't be the main PG next year
I feel like Sage or Howard can fit that role especially with added development.
Howard is not that guy.
His body of work this year is not great.
He defends alright and is a super athlete. But there’s gotta be a better bench option than Howard.
others have pointed out in other threads, Trey Thompson, Coon, and maybe Ethan Harris will play before him which I sure hope so.
My daughter’s college closed before her senior year so we had to hope she was going to get recruited after that mess. Again, lower level, but she got more offers at that point than she did when she was a senior in high school. You never know what can happen. Good post.
Coming off an elite 8 and all the Ben media love Iowa MUST land an elite PG and a good starter level C to augment the roster no matter who from the present roster is retained
DeVries would have been his coach at Drake.
Garland, who hails from Arkansas, spent his freshman season at Drake, sophomore year at Longwood and junior year at San Jose State..
This will make it 4 schools in 4 years. I am sure he is on track for a degree.
These players are annoying…the ones who transfer each year. No commitment to anyone but themselves.
As long as your daughter isn’t shutting it down halfway through the season with a fake injury, like some players do in order to not risk their hidden agreement with another school in place for more money. There was a certain turncoat at Iowa last year that appeared to do that.
Howards D is better than just “alright”
I appreciate portal players being posted but until we hear someone is visiting, all these names mean nothing. Ben and his staff have specific criteria they are looking for in a player and have a limited budget.
It will be interesting to see how the team will be built next year.
It will be interesting to see how the team will be built next year.
I know Combs is no Stirtz but I believe he will be able to step it up next year as the primary point guard
He’s shown glimpses of really good skills. His shooting is never going to be great, though, but I really like his driving and the floater he shoots. And he is strong. Sometimes he gets shots off and gets rebounds that I don’t expect. He would need a lot of shooting around him. My biggest concern with him is ball handling, as it’s not always clean-and he would have the ball in his hands a lot.
Condon mentioned this is a name to watch. Seemed to think we’ve targeted him already.
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Colorado Buffaloes Lose First Major Piece to the Transfer Portal
Colorado Buffaloes star freshman guard Isaiah Johnson is entering the transfer portal, according to On3's Joe Tipton. The Buffaloes’ leading scorer broke Alec B
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This is how
Virginia law allows schools to pay athletes for NIL
Schools in Virginia will be able to directly pay athletes via name, image and likeness deals thanks to a state law signed Thursday morning.
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Tuition increases to help athletics dept
Virginia Bill Seeks Looser Limits on College Sports Tuition Subsidies
Public universities in the commonwealth currently face restrictions over how much of their athletic departments' revenue can come from student fees.
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Here's your 5. Get your checkbook out
Probably coming off the bench at Illinois.
Probably coming off the bench at Illinois.
Here's your 5. Get your checkbook out
Probably coming off the bench at Illinois.
Or he'll be at Purdue.
If numbers for Stirtz and Hausen were accurate, they were getting a little over $2M combined. I would think our pot between Pay-for-Play $ and NIL $ will be larger with our success. That should be a good pot for a PG and Center, although Michigan paid around $6M for their three bigs (Mara, Johnson and Lindenbourg). We probably will need at least $3M for a game changing Point Guard and Big Man.
You have to lock in Koch and Sage for sure, we need their perimeter shooting. Combs, Howard and Manyawu are the next three important pieces. Alvaro should be a PF, try to keep him if the price doesn't get higher. You add Thompson and Harris, possibly Coon. I'm not sure Banks will get another year.
You have to lock in Koch and Sage for sure, we need their perimeter shooting. Combs, Howard and Manyawu are the next three important pieces. Alvaro should be a PF, try to keep him if the price doesn't get higher. You add Thompson and Harris, possibly Coon. I'm not sure Banks will get another year.
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I would really like Iowa to land Johnson (pg) and Dak (pf) from the Buffaloes. They run some pick and roll action like Ben runs and those two would be familiar with each other.
Colorado is the worst head coaching job in the Big 12.
And, as you can see, they don't have a lot of money for MBB.
WHAT MAKES THE COLORADO HEAD COACHING JOB LAST IN THE BIG 12?
“There’s no recruiting base, they have bottom-tier resources, now you have Prime soaking up all the money and I’m just not sure they really care. Tad [Boyle] is a really good coach to do what he’s done there.”
BIG 12 BASKETBALL JOB RANKINGS
Jeff Goodman anonymously polls basketball coaches from the Big 12 to determine the best jobs in the conference.
His agency!! If it weren't so sad, it would be funny
Never thought we would see the day...sad in many ways. Just think OSU and Tressel got in hot water water over free ink and a jersey or two. Now we have kids reeling in millions who rarely play or just xfer during season...
Not just hot water lost his job and then a bowl ban which was a 12-0 Ohio State season. Pretty crazy. Even at time felt like too much
Nice to see that both sides could agree to another one year deal. I hope his agency is also thriving & doing well.
Owen Freeman got at least $1.8M at Creighton
Iowa paid Alvaro over $1M
I don't know how this is sustainable.