Caring Is Creepy 2012: Have A Seat, Mike Gesell
by RossWB on Aug 8, 2011 3:36 PM CDT
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When it rains news about 18-year olds, it pours news about 18-year olds, apparently. On the heels of good news in the world of football and wrestling recruiting, we now have word that the Franimal has landed a top target in his 2012 recruiting class, Mike Gesell. In fact, it's difficult to undersell the importance of landing a recruit like Gesell for Fran and the Iowa basketball program. He's the most highly-touted prospect to commit to Iowa since at least Matt Gatens, and probably even farther back (Tyler Smith, perhaps?). He's a consensus 4* talent according to Rivals, Scout, and ESPN, and Rivals (#89) and ESPN (#80) both place him among their Top 100 national prospects for 2012. Gesell wasn't awash in offers from blue-chip programs, but he had offers from several very solid programs, including all the local options (Iowa State, UNI, Drake, Creighton, Nebraska) and some national attention from Stanford and Utah.
He's also the first elite in-state in-region prospect to choose Iowa in quite some time. Gatens was a well-regarded prospect, but recruiting him to Iowa was like selling a dog on the merits of steak: he was a legacy recruit who'd grown up in Iowa City and ate, drank, and lived Iowa hoops since birth. It would have taken serious anti-recruiting skill to get him to not come to Iowa, frankly. Gesell didn't grow up in the shadow of Carver-Hawkeye Arena and his only memories of Iowa being anything but a bottom-feeder are likely limited to the heartbreaking '05-'06 team that got Northwestern State'd in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Being able to sell him on coming to Iowa in its current state seems like a pretty glowing endorsement of Fran's abilities as a recruiter.
Gesell heads into his senior season as one of the more successful prep players in the region in recent years; he's led South Sioux City to back-to-back state titles (those would be Nebraska state titles since he's on the wrong side of the Missouri River) and was named the Nebraska state player of the year a year ago. His primary strength is his scoring ability; he averaged 25.2 ppg, 8.2 apg, 5.5 rpg, and 2.9 steals a year ago. He has good range from outside and is also athletic enough to finish well around the rim; the main knocks on him are his strength and defense -- fortunately, those are two things that can be improved with good coaching and conditioning at the college level.
Landing Gesell is also important because he plays a position of critical need for Iowa. Considering that the only true point guard Iowa has on this year's roster is senior Bryce Cartwright, odds are good that Gesell is going to be asked to hit the ground running when he arrives at Iowa in fall 2012. It's not often that you can pencil in a true freshman as a starter, but barring some strange happenings in the recruiting game over the next year, there's a very good chance that Gesell will be directing the Iowa offense on opening day in 2012. Finally, while landing Gesell is exciting enough in its own right (big-time recruit, local kid, position of immense need), it gets even more interesting when you consider the possible domino effect of his commitment: two of Gesell's AAU teammates and close friends are fellow Iowa recruits Adam Woodbury (a 4* center out of Sioux City) and Kale Abrahamson (a 3* small forward out of West Des Moines). If he can convince them to keep the band together in college, Iowa could have its best recruiting class in many years on its hands -- exactly the sort of talent collection that Fran needs to pull Iowa out of the depths of the Big Ten.
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Gesell is from South Sioux City, NE. He plays for All-Iowa Attack, but I do believe he is a Husker football fan.
Also, going to be valedictorian? Awesome.
meh
Oh, you did mention that, but before, you stated he was an "in-state prospect," sooo....
I don’t know.
meh
Yeah, slight misnomer there.
I caught it in a couple other spots, but missed that one.
But I think he’s out of state in the same way that Wegher was out of state; North Sioux City/Dakota Dunes and South Sioux City have more in common with Iowa than they do Nebraska or South Dakota, really. In the strictest geographical sense, they’re “out-of-state” recruits, but for all practical purposes, they’re basically like most “true” in-state recruits. The geography of the Sioux City region makes it such an odd delineation to me; if Fran visits Woodbury, he’s visiting an in-state recruit, but if he takes another 5-10 minutes and crosses the Missouri River to visit Gesell, he’s visiting an out-of-state recruit.
(For the record, I think the same thing about recruits in the Quad Cities, regardless of which side of the Mississippi they actually live on.)
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Living in the QC
I feel like getting a kid from Moline or Rock Island would be as difficult as getting a kid out of Peoria or Chicago.
by Angle's Dangle on Aug 9, 2011 8:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Damn, this kid looks talented.
I’ve always loved Bibby clones, and Gesell fits the bill.
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Aug 8, 2011 4:06 PM CDT reply actions
Unbelievable...
This round goes to you Hawkeyes… The local papers made it seem like there was still an outside chance he chose the Huskers today. He didn’t. That’s probably an indictment on the state of our program.
Always check the words with the red squiggly line. They mean you probably screwed up.
…an indictment on the state of our program.
I feel like Nebraska basketball has been indicted, charged, prosecuted, convicted, sentenced, and incarcerated.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Aug 9, 2011 7:26 AM CDT up reply actions
Touche
While I wish I had a comeback, I don’t… Nebraska basketball is good for one, “We-have-no-right-to-be-here” game a year (hoping it’s against tOSU), one, “we-just-lost-to-who?” game a year (name the worst team in the conference outside of Nebraska and pencil them for a win), and one close loss that makes us all think we have a chance at making the NCAA tournament when we really don’t have a chance at all.
Always check the words with the red squiggly line. They mean you probably screwed up.
by KennardHusker on Aug 9, 2011 8:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Well, their football coach was a big ol’ cheater! And, their president just committed an NCAA violation because he’s a moron! Whey would he want to go there?
How do you pronounce "Cool Whip" or "Will Wheaton"?
"He lowballed us and said: 'Take it or leave it. If you don't take our offer, you are rolling the dice.' I said: 'Consider them rolled.' " - Jim "Huge Brass Balls" Delaney
by ClaybornSmash on Aug 8, 2011 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions
WHAT'S IN THE BOWL, BITCH?
"Oh, glorious cheeseburger, we bow to thee. The secrets of the Universe are between the buns."
by Bucketochicken on Aug 8, 2011 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Is that a Dice Clay reference?
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Aug 8, 2011 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Aug 9, 2011 7:29 AM CDT up reply actions
Fuuuuudge
Though frankly, i think Iowa is still the leader here.
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Aug 8, 2011 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions
UNC is the default leader
If Iowa lands Woodbury now, it will be a miracle and I will gladly eat my crow
"He lowballed us and said: 'Take it or leave it. If you don't take our offer, you are rolling the dice.' I said: 'Consider them rolled.' " - Jim "Huge Brass Balls" Delaney
by ClaybornSmash on Aug 8, 2011 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Says who?
Great program sure, but Iowa is still closer to his family, and he has been a lifelong fan.
im sure he will consider it seriously, but i just get the feeling Iowa will win this one. call me an optimist
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Aug 8, 2011 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions
I agree
There’s no way we lose Raef LaFerentz, Nick Collison,Kirk Hinrich, Marcus Paige Adam Woodbury to Roy. It’ll never happen.
HEY!
your stupid “Time supported facts” wont sway my borderline delusional optimism sir!
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Aug 8, 2011 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I hate and completely agree with this
"He lowballed us and said: 'Take it or leave it. If you don't take our offer, you are rolling the dice.' I said: 'Consider them rolled.' " - Jim "Huge Brass Balls" Delaney
by ClaybornSmash on Aug 8, 2011 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions
There's an alternate universe out there where all those guys played for Iowa.
/sighs wistfully
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
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Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Aug 8, 2011 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Did we also fail to win the Big Ten or make the final four
with them, as well?
/super-snark’d
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Aug 9, 2011 7:30 AM CDT up reply actions
I agree Roy has some weird power over Iowa boys but
LaFarentz, Collison and Hinrich all went to KU. KU is A LOT closer to Iowa than UNC. Paige and Barnes hit Iowa at the worst possible time. Until this summer Iowa was Woodbury’s only suitor hopefully he remembers that and that Iowa is, oh for the love pete please, on the way back up and he (Woodbury) could be a huge part of that. Enormous fish, little pond.
I don't see how they aren't the leader until we here otherwise from the kid or someone close.
Who turns down UNC for frickin’ Iowa?
meh
I hope that he's excited about the prospect of playing with Gesell.
I think Fran can really push the idea of putting their stamp on a program as a tandem. I don’t know if they both play with Abrahamson (whom I know nothing about), but if Fran can get all three, it seems like this would be a monster class for the Hawkeyes.
by The Mexican't on Aug 8, 2011 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Abrahamson is a super long-armed SF that, to me, has questionable athleticism.
He’s a good shooter and playmaker.
meh
Woodbury and Abrahamson both play for the All Iowa Attack AAU team.
I thought Gesell did, too, but it looks like he plays for Martin Bros. Either way, he’s tight with both guys, which is our best hope of landing one or both of ’em.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Martin Brothers is the old name for All Iowa Attack, I think
Whatever the case, Gesell definitely plays with Woodbury, Paige, and Abrahamson
Ah, that makes sense.
Thanks, all.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
With Woodbury seeing an offer from UNC, I fear that the group may be split 2 & 2.
Even still, getting a Top 100 prospect is a big deal and a great sign for Fran & the Hawkeyes. To get 2 top 100 recruits is getting our cake and eating it too.
by The Mexican't on Aug 8, 2011 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Damn you, Roy Williams.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Fucking seriously
How is he still allowed to enter the state? There should be guards posted at all airports and major highways to keep him out. He is a goddamned menace and he must be stopped.
I suppose I could spout some bullshit about Adam being a Hawk fan and Iowa having recruited him for much longer, but let’s be honest, Roy gets pretty much whatever he wants from this state. Fuck.
by NorseHawk on Aug 8, 2011 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I support putting big "NO ROYS ALLOWED" signs all over the state border.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
The prospect of never seeing Roy Hobbs destroy a stadium light in my home state negates this option for me.
"The year was marked by ominous signs: fires blazed in the sky, there was a violent earthquake; and a cow talked - there was a rumour that a cow had talked the previous year, but nobody believed it: this year they did. Nor was this all: it rained lumps of meat." -Livy describing the year that Iowa State won their football national championship.
Not Wonder Boy!
"The year was marked by ominous signs: fires blazed in the sky, there was a violent earthquake; and a cow talked - there was a rumour that a cow had talked the previous year, but nobody believed it: this year they did. Nor was this all: it rained lumps of meat." -Livy describing the year that Iowa State won their football national championship.
SACRIFICES MUST BE MADE TO KEEP THE MENACE AT BAY.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
He is like a weird Rumpelstiltskin guy isn’t he. People should look into the pasts of these players’ mothers to see if there was any gold spinning required.
"The year was marked by ominous signs: fires blazed in the sky, there was a violent earthquake; and a cow talked - there was a rumour that a cow had talked the previous year, but nobody believed it: this year they did. Nor was this all: it rained lumps of meat." -Livy describing the year that Iowa State won their football national championship.
Nuke it from orbit. Its the only way to be sure.
"Mom, just get me a Pepsi! Please, all I want is a Pepsi!" And she wouldn't give it to me! All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me! Just a Pepsi!
by The Bird Cult on Aug 8, 2011 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions
I always heard
Nuke the site for morbid – only way to be sure.
Now I must investigate the internets!
"Sometimes the truth gets in the way of a good story" - KF
by The Bacon Explosion on Aug 9, 2011 6:54 AM CDT up reply actions
well played sir
TBC – you are correct, now I have to change my whole Aliens quoting life.
Best, IMO, continues to be “They mostly come at night, mostly” and I am sure I got that one correct so small consolation for me.
’sighs/walks off
"Sometimes the truth gets in the way of a good story" - KF
by The Bacon Explosion on Aug 9, 2011 6:58 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, that's what I always heard too.
But Bird Cult is correct.
"Oh, glorious cheeseburger, we bow to thee. The secrets of the Universe are between the buns."
by Bucketochicken on Aug 9, 2011 8:55 AM CDT up reply actions
It's "No Roys" - plural
So there’s room for ONE Roy.
/No Homers Club’d
You can keep a gull as a pet, but you don't want to live with a seabird, okay, 'cause the noise level alone on those things...have you ever heard a gull up close? It's going to blast your eardrums out, dude.
by lo-hi-hawkeye on Aug 8, 2011 5:55 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Roy Williams =
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on Aug 8, 2011 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
OH SWEET FUCKING CHRIST!
Bless you for remembering the glory that was The Sifl & Olly Show.
Prostitute Laundry (The song is 37 sec in, seriously watch this)
Don’t Fear The Reaper (Seriously, why are you not watching this?)
Precious Roy’s Squirrel Zapper (“How could we be lying if we are on television.”)
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Aug 8, 2011 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Shit
Sorry…
Hamsterdam
Sorry if I took a simple quip that was meant as a rebuke for a single-minded poster and turned it into a completely uninteresting and inconsequential tangent.
-McCann't
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Aug 8, 2011 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Loved that show.
It was my favorite thing to watch after I got home from the bars in college.
"Oh, glorious cheeseburger, we bow to thee. The secrets of the Universe are between the buns."
by Bucketochicken on Aug 9, 2011 8:56 AM CDT up reply actions
Any idea when this kid thinks hes going to make his decision?
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Aug 8, 2011 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think he's expected to make it any time soon
He’s enjoying the process, and good for him. You only get to do it once.
Look at it this way
If this kid turns down UNC to go to Iowa, that will be a turning point in our program, make Fran and this kid superheros in our state, and give me a personal reason to go up to my sister and do my personal jig (i live in North Carolina and she is a huge UNC fan)
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Aug 8, 2011 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Reeks of desperation from Roy
The offer wasn’t on the table until Gesell made his move. One wonders if the offer would’ve come at all had Gesell gone to, say, Stanford. UNC has more highly-rated players on their radar.
Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.
not desperation
maybe reeks of “im UNC and im going to get him because fuck you thats why”, but not really desperation.
my problem would be if UNC somehow got a bunch of higher rated kids, would they just kick him to the curb? i hate it when programs do that
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Aug 8, 2011 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Desperation might be strong, but it's certainly a "cover our bases" offer
If they sign, say, Andre Drummond (No. 2 nationally by Rivals) or Kaleb Tarczewski (No. 12), I have to think the offer for Woodbury would be out. I mean, Woodbury’s ONLY the No. 50 player nationally.
Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.
I seriously doubt he gives enough of a crap Iowa to change his recruiting plans just to screw with us. We’re not exactly a threat.
He might do that if Kansas was involved though
"The year was marked by ominous signs: fires blazed in the sky, there was a violent earthquake; and a cow talked - there was a rumour that a cow had talked the previous year, but nobody believed it: this year they did. Nor was this all: it rained lumps of meat." -Livy describing the year that Iowa State won their football national championship.
Yeah. See, I don’t think he cares about Iowa, but he might not want to miss a chance to troll the hell out of KU. In that respect, more power to you Roy just leave our guys out of it.
"The year was marked by ominous signs: fires blazed in the sky, there was a violent earthquake; and a cow talked - there was a rumour that a cow had talked the previous year, but nobody believed it: this year they did. Nor was this all: it rained lumps of meat." -Livy describing the year that Iowa State won their football national championship.
Yeah, I don’t think “because fuck you, that’s why”, has anything to do with Iowa, just, “because fuck you, that’s why”, because he’s Roy fucking Williams.
yup, thats what i meant
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Aug 8, 2011 5:59 PM CDT up reply actions
"Because fuck you, that's why."
In that stupid twang, too.
Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.
"Bonnie, I haven't thought about Iowa for one second.
I could give a shit about Iowa."
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Aug 9, 2011 7:41 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqOlwEYrT0I&feature=related
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Aug 9, 2011 7:42 AM CDT up reply actions
Deserves a rec
The only thing that video is missing is Phil Haddy wandering aimlessly through the shot.
Comedy is where the mind goes to tickle itself.
This Woodbury kid is big in this state huh
he really took over this thread. “you just got a four star recruit at a position you really needed but OMG THIS KID HAS A UNC OFFER!!!!!”
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Aug 8, 2011 4:54 PM CDT reply actions
He's a 7'0" 4* in-state kid with a list of offers a mile long.
He would be quite a catch for Fran the fisherman.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I know he would be huge
but all year it seems like he is the only player ive heard of from Iowa fans for this upcoming recruiting class, including myself.
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Aug 8, 2011 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Gessel is definitely big
And I think most Iowa fans are aware of him and thrilled that he’s on board. But Woodbury has kinda separated himself in the last few months
Like that one time when he karate-chopped the ref's head off.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Aug 9, 2011 8:00 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
He almost no longer needs the weirding module
I’m really looking forward to seeing this happen…
"Mom, just get me a Pepsi! Please, all I want is a Pepsi!" And she wouldn't give it to me! All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me! Just a Pepsi!
by The Bird Cult on Aug 9, 2011 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Getting good-to-great recruits is nice,
but to me, it is more important that we improve on the floor this year. I’d really like the Hawks to win a game or two in the Big Ten Tourney, or make an NIT/CBI/CIT. I may not be pissed if they don’t, but I feel like we need to get back to some sort of on-court momentum.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Aug 9, 2011 7:58 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, but the guys in the 2012 class won't help us this year.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Aug 9, 2011 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Well he can't really recruit for last year's class anymore so I'm not sure what you want him to do
Barring some sort of miracle this was always going to be a rough year, there’s not a lot he can do about that. He wasn’t left a whole lot to work with. Right now he’s building for the future.
I'm not trying to argue with you.
I’m just saying, to me, it is more important that we take a step forward this year (even if it is just to a .500 overall record).
It is nice that we are getting good players to commit. It just feels like a long time before they can help, especially if they red-shirt.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Aug 10, 2011 12:32 AM CDT up reply actions
They won't redshirt.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Back on topic, I don't like all this annointing of Gesell as the point guard of the future
Seems like more of a combo guard to me, but more importantly, have we forgotten about B-Stubbs? If there is any justice in this dumb world the job is his to lose. He’s more than earned it.
We could incur the wrath of AIPGHG
You’ve got to be careful with this annointment stuff.
"Mom, just get me a Pepsi! Please, all I want is a Pepsi!" And she wouldn't give it to me! All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me! Just a Pepsi!
by The Bird Cult on Aug 8, 2011 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions
We have to stop coming up with angry iowa gods
otherwise, we will one day be as cursed as purdue
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Aug 8, 2011 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions
unless...
unless after feeding them all these body parts for so long, we can convince them to band together and form something much larger. something that can and will eliminate OMHR permanently. Like some sort of crazy Captain Planet.
What say there, Fuzzy- Britches?
He seems determined to be a PG, but yeah he does look a little combo guard-y.
But B-Stubbs’ day will come. I’m keeping the faith.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
That's the least electric highlight reel I've ever seen.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
twitter.com/jebushchrist
But it's OUR least electric highlight reel
so we’ve got that going for us
Thicker than Delta Burke swimmin in a Guiness.
Huh. I guess you're not down with me nicknaming him Gesla.
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on Aug 8, 2011 7:09 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
The interwebs has not been my friend lately when it comes to finding good highlight clips.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Apparently you didn't see that layup that got partially blocked but still went in
That’s understandable though, they only put it in there like three times.
If you follow youtube's related videos
there’s a 54 minute video of their state semifinal game against Lincoln Pius X. Interesting: he’s got a 7’ teammate at SSC.
by EastLosRandy on Aug 19, 2011 12:39 AM CDT up reply actions
Replace "Iowa City" with "Eastern Iowa" and you just described Jason Bohannon
“he was a legacy recruit who’d grown up in Iowa City and ate, drank, and lived Iowa hoops since birth. It would have taken serious anti-recruiting skill to get him to not come to Iowa, frankly.”
Jack Trice Stadium - Easily one of the Top 10 Stadiums in Central Iowa
Thanks, [COACH REDACTED]!
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
He played for Linn-Mar,
but maybe they lived in IC for awhile? IDK
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Aug 9, 2011 8:02 AM CDT up reply actions
I also seem to remember Bohannon saying he wanted to make his own legacy
Also, is there a difference between your dad playing football and playing basketball for Iowa? Maybe.
Would Bohannon ever have escaped the son of “ose Bowl QB Father” label? Gatens’ dad didn’t exactly lead Iowa to a Final Four.
Speaking of Woodbury...
He did a Q&A with Doc earlier today, after he got the UNC offer.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
And we thought we had problems with in-state recruiting.
Doc Sadler has emphasized in-state recruiting, but has yet to sign a freshman scholarship player from Nebraska since he arrived five years ago.
(via)
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
To be fair, I'm not sure there's anyone decent out of the state.
like, 2? Since he’s been there?
meh
Gesell is one, maybe there is another.
They’ve recruited 3-star guys, but all of them (3 or 4) didn’t originally sign with anyone. The way it reads, it almost seems like there’s been 1 or 2 guys every year that have signed with out of state Div 1 schools. Creighton’s only had two, and they were both 2-stars. I don’t really “fault” Sadler if he was pursuing out of state guys that were better over just gettting in-state guys.
meh
Well...
Damn you, Roy Bill Fennelly.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
How the hell is Iowa supposed to compete with a purple court?!
by The Mexican't on Aug 9, 2011 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Bill Carmody.
Unless Abrahamson is planning on a surgery in Sweden.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Aug 9, 2011 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Carmody, Fennelly, whatever.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Northwestern. Huh.
What’s that all about? (& if it’s the purple court then good riddance)
The University of Iowa: the best 6 years of my life. My parents are very proud.
by HawkeyeGirleye on Aug 9, 2011 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions
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