"Devan Bawinkel" Is Newest Hawkeye Commit, Not a Fake Name
by Adam Jacobi on Mar 24, 2008 3:14 PM CDT
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We're happy to report that the Hawkeye basketball team will be one stronger next season, as the Hawkeyes picked up a commitment from juco shooting guard Devan Bawinkel. I guess that's his real name, even though he clearly and obviously lifted it from Saturday morning cartoons. What's next? Steve Moosansquirrel? Anyhoo, Bawinkel was originally a John Beilein recruit at WFVU and played nine minutes a game as a true freshman, but fled Morgantown after a giant brick of gold usurped power. After a year at Highland Community College (school motto: "There can be only One"), he chose Iowa after longtime friend and Butler sophomore Willie Veasley told him he'd be a good fit in Lickliter's offense. Is that even legal? Who cares!
Bawinkel is tall (6'5"), scored over 14 points a game at Highland, and was named the conference MVP, which is all very, very good. Further, his junior status will help balance the scholarships by class more than adding another freshman would; Iowa now has four committed/signed freshmen, while the only players that will be juniors next season are Dan Bohall and David Palmer, neither of whom are likely to be on scholarship next season.
Here, then, is an absurdly early look at the depth chart for next season. Note that the 2 and 3 spots are virtually identical, both in the types of players on them and in the way they're used in Lickliter's offense. Gatens is, of course, not actually "more of a forward than a guard," but he's more of a forward than Kelly is.
C: Jarryd Cole (Soph., 6'7", 250), Andrew Brommer (Fr., 6'9", 215)
PF: Cyrus Tate (Sr., 6'8", 240)
SF: Matt Gatens (Fr., 6'5", 201), Aaron Fuller (Fr., 6'7", 185), Jermain Davis (Jr., 6'4", 200)
SG: Jake Kelly (Soph., 6'6", 180), Devan Bawinkel (Jr., 6'5", 205) Anthony Tucker (Fr., 6'4", 175)
PG: Tony Freeman (Sr., 6'1", 190), Jeff Peterson (So., 6'0", 185)
Obviously, the Hawks are in dire need of help on the inside, and that's even considering the best-case scenario in which Jarryd Cole is able to play a full season on a surgically repaired knee. Talk continues about adding another big body from the juco ranks before next season (Sioux City Heelan commit and Casey McMillan doppelganger Brennan Cougill won't be around until 2009-10). Who that extra body might be, of course, we don't know, and there aren't many promising leads on the recruiting sites. Then again, it's not as if big men are nearly as much a part of Lickliter's offense as athletic wing players are, and Iowa's got a fuckton of those now. It's far, far too early to speculate about redshirting, except that Gatens won't, but we probably won't see much of Tucker in '08-'09, and Fuller may or may not be an immediate contributor. Still, it's all better than using a scholarship on Dan Bohall.
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Why can't we
get Casey McMillan to be a two sport destroyer of all things?
We already know that he can throw a man through the ceiling, and sure, that would be considered a foul, but do you want to drive the lane and risk that?
Check the date, homes
First, we celebrate storminspank here and we've featured his work on several occasions. Second, this news is 9 days old, which means it's 6 days past my rolling window of short-term memory. I'm sure I read that post at one point.
In all fairness...
I am pretty awesome.
But besides that, I think you'll see Jermain Davis play the 1 or 2. And Fuller will play the 4.
Besides that Bawinkle, Tucker, Peterson, Freeman, and Kelly will probably see some point guard next year. Bawinkle played point in high school and Tucker has played PG in AAU. Whatever keeps Freeman from dribbling around for 20 seconds instead of just hitting the 22 footer.
by storminspank on Mar 24, 2008 11:45 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't stare at Danimal
Danimal stares at me.
Chilling.
by Bucketochicken on Mar 24, 2008 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions
You'll see more Tucker than you think
He's one of the best players in the state of Minnesota and was just name the MN Metro Player of Year. He's one of the favorites to win MN's Mr. Basketball. He has one of the sweetest shots you'll ever see from a prep athletes. High BB IQ, great passer, good handle on the ball, and can finish. He just needs to work onn D.
Just think, maybe 3 Mr. Basketballs on the team next year (Tucker, Gatens, Fuller)... not bad.
Brommer will probably redshirt.
SOMEONE JUST FOUND THEIR WAY OFF THE BLOGROLL
You can get your 3 hits a day from us elsewhere, Mr Knowerofeverythinghawkeye!
by jebushchrist on Mar 25, 2008 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions
Poor wording on my part
Bohall and Palmer are the only two incumbent players. Nobody expects them to be around next year, so the only two juniors you can really expect to be on scholarship are Bawinkel and Davis, who is an incoming juco from Kirkwood.
If he were private about his mojitos,
we would not be having this conversation.
by Patrick Vint on Mar 25, 2008 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions
but he just wanted to be alone
He was in a bathroom stall, trying to get his shit together. What man does in a stall let no security guard put asunder.
by jebushchrist on Mar 25, 2008 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions
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