Maybe he will be loyal to us for overpaying him...
Is it assumed Alvaro returns?
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Starting to hear he will be back. Nothing concrete though.
Hope so .bird in hand...he is useful. We need his shooting.
Does not martter about scholarship as long as hes on the team takes up roster spot
This. Roster limit is 15. Whether they are on scholarship or not is irrelevant, aside from the folks paying the bills.
I think the B1G is not supposed to crean anyone, but since he is not on scholly, I think it would be ok.
Hell online classes is a large part of the college experience for any student these days. For athletes they are a god send. They can be on the road and still attend class
While I totally understand your point, I don't think it is reasonable to get 15 guys who all are going to play. I think we need to keep some solid practice guys who are happy to be Hawks.
Well if we only can take one portal guy then perhaps you ask Koch without the schollie to drop off the team, cmon this is big money sports time now and not time to have a player like him on the team
Ben is far too smart and competitive to go into next year with last year’s front court. We’ll get a C in addition to a PG.
If Al comes back, I’d be very surprised if we didn’t free up another spot somehow to get us to the two required open spots.
If Al comes back, I’d be very surprised if we didn’t free up another spot somehow to get us to the two required open spots.
Leistikow mentioned on a podcast that Bennett, Alvaro, and Brenden Hausen represented about $5 mil in NIL. I about spit my drink out. Sure, Stirtz was worth a lot, but Alvaro outside of 2 tournament games was below expectations. Hausen was a complete no show. That's a lot of wasted money. I know there are a lot of stories like that out there from other schools too, but the numbers are just mind boggling.
Owen Freeman got between $1.8M and $2.0M from Creighton. He was a bust, too.
Yea. But anybody that watched Iowa basketball the last two years under Fran knew that Owen put up a lot of points on bad basketball teams. Still can’t believe McDermott took Freeman (and paid for him) after so many people at Creighton didn’t want him, like Dix and the new head coach.
15 limit is for guys that "might" get to play. Can still have "walk-ons" over 15, but if they're not listed among the 15 at the start of the season they can never play in a game
People weren’t knocking down our door to come play at Iowa. You play the hand dealt you. Alvaro on paper (and 50% of the time on the court ) fit the bill as a 6-10 guy who has skills and can stretch the floor. Hausen obviously Ben thought could be another 3 pt shooter like he’s always had. I have no idea what happened there. Total miss clearly. **** happens. We were still good enough to make the Elite 8. Free agents as you see in all sports sometimes work and sometimes don’t. Yes, you look really smart when a guy is a stud but when he’s a bust you look dumb. That’s life.
Find a premier PG (kid from Colorado or similar) and then best available C with your remaining budget. Go overseas for C if needed.
I would think given rev share, our NIL budget from last year, a bump in NIL during season and tournament, plus a Folgy pay cut or gone altogether and Hausen/Stirtz money we could find a PG and C with those dollars. All that said, I think that totals about 5-8 million for those players, no? Yet, I'm sure current players like Cooper, Sage, etc would get some bumps there too...still nuts we are even talking about this, who would've thought a few years bacK? (Shakes head).
If that happens Iowa will get dominated more times than not by bigger teams. They 100% need a point guard and a defensive center who can rebound.
2 million for Alvaro and 1.7 million for Bennett is what I heard. That would mean 1.3 for Brenden.
No wonder Hausen was so happy on the bench.
sounds like we have $12M to spend on the 2025-26 roster.
$5M total might go to two players: a really good PG ($2.5M) & a really good center/rim protector ($2.5M).
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BMC wasn’t really in a position to be too selective about whom he could bring in.
After an Elite 8 run and with a larger NIL arsenal, BMC will have far more options.
Seems like his position is a log jam of players in front of him Cooper Alex Sage and Ethan unless he bulks up to become a future 4 spot
I mean, I agree he is on the outside looking in and should move on, but the poster I replied to was a little harsh.