4-star SF Donovan Davis down to 5 schools, sets commitment date
Four-star Donovan Davis is down to Iowa, Nebraska, Iowa State, Marquette, and Wisconsin, with a commitment date set for later this month.
4-star Iowa target Donovan Davis down to 5 schools, sets commitment date
- Thread starter Joe Tipton
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The choice is obvious. Come play for Iowa instead of those other bums.
Translation……
“Please submit you final financial offer to my agent”
“Please submit you final financial offer to my agent”
Two crystal balls to ISU FWIW - one from WI insider and the other ISU insider.
Be a lot more stacked with him, that's for sure. Kid's about as close to a 5 star as you can get without being one.
Big mistake, why go to ISU, what is the attraction for these players going there?
Once TJ identifies his targets, he rarely misses on getting the commitment. And his record for 5 years at Iowa State is very strong.
Ames is more attractive to black athletes who are good at basketball.............for reasons.
TJ sure does recruit Wisconsin very well. Yes I know he is from there.
You seem to be confused about what era these athletes are playing in. I would be most concerned when an athlete takes money and then decides he doesn’t want to play for the school. Appearance fees can leave a bad taste.
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Give Ben a couple more years, a shaved head, and some more starch - these tides will turn.
If by “these tides will turn” you mean more NIL money will go to basketball, then perhaps you’re right.
In this era of college basketball, when a kid picks a school it’s almost guaranteed more money was the deciding factor. Even so, Iowa State is an established basketball program with a strong recruiting pipeline, so it’s not like he’s just going to a trash school only for the money. There are other possibilities too. Maybe he didn’t like what BMC was trying to sell? Maybe Iowa has a lot of depth at that position? Or, maybe he just likes the water in Ames better, as is always suggested?
What I will say, as someone who doesn’t hate Iowa State, is that I am thrilled he picked Iowa State and not Wisconsin. @EvilMonkeyInTheCloset can tell you why.
As always, "losing" a recruit never bothers me. If they don't want to play for a coach like Ben, good luck to them. Ben will win with the guys who DO sign with him. He's proven that. Hell, he just took, essentially, a mid-major roster without a true center within a few minutes of the Final Four. Ben has some serious talent coming in, including a kid who turned down home-state Gonzaga to play 2,000 miles from home in Iowa City. I think Ben and the Hawkeyes will be just fine without this kid. And I look forward to seeing how ISU does head-to-head against Iowa during this kid's career.
Well then Iowa State should get on making sure that happens often to their programs, then shouldn't they.
Thanks for the idea.
They had a 2 year head start on Ben with this kid and he had the Hawks right in it. He also plays a spot where Iowa has some pretty good young players already. The real loser here is Wisconsin losing another instate kid, which is an absolute shame
I mean with all the young players Iowa currently has in his size and skill set this doesn't shock me at all ...let alone ISU is and has been the better bball program for awhile....
They had a 2 year head start on Ben with this kid and he had the Hawks right in it. He also plays a spot where Iowa has some pretty good young players already. The real loser here is Wisconsin losing another instate kid, which is an absolute shame
Yeah...
Still equates to last place. BM can only dream of the recruiting chops that TJO displays….but you already knew that.They had a 2 year head start on Ben with this kid and he had the Hawks right in it. He also plays a spot where Iowa has some pretty good young players already. The real loser here is Wisconsin losing another instate kid, which is an absolute shame
Congrats and in 1 year Ben has already exceeded the Tournament success TJO has... TJO is a damn good coach but you clones know Ben is the real deal and are nervous as hell that we will overtake you as the premier program in the state, sooner rather than later.
Drake gets that participation trophy, and the hawks beat 1 sweet 16 team all year. The chances that the hawks even remotely come close to the program in Ames, are zero. The programs are on completely different levels…..but you already knew that.
I guess we will see. That reaction you just gave seems very insecure lol.
Well Iowa went farther than any clone team has gone in last 25 years and only done one once in their programs last 50 years when Eustachy Light was coaching. March is where it matters. Least what clone fans always said when taking jabs at Fran but now that he’s gone I guess that narrative has changed already…
as for different levels Indiana and Vandy football have shown how that can change very quickly in the new era of sports. Maybe you need to pump the brakes a little before you start talking about isu and acting as if they are a blue blood. Or make a final 4 let alone an elite 8 before staking that claim.
The last time was 1987. So is the expectation that that once every 39 years, is the standard. ISU is in the conversation every year and the hawks are not even invited to the party. In Ames, a Sweet 16 is a disappointment while making the tournament brings the excitement in Iowa City.
You sure have been disappointed a lot lately...
When you are in the top 10 all year the tendency is to be disappointed with a Sweet 16. You certainly wouldn’t understand.