Blame Harrison Barnes

[Hoiball]

Cyclone fan here in peace, thought you guys might get a kick out of this. Crazy the domino effect this had on Creighton, UNI, and Iowa state.

http://cyclonefanatic.com/basketball/mens/news/blum-decisions-that-shaped-hoiball/

[unipanthers8907]

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Ugh... thanks for putting a damper on my day.

[Hoiball]

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Lol sorry about that

[ilovecats]

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Still it wouldn't relate to us if princess Dana wouldn't have left creighton. Hell, even if he would have stayed at Arkansas the first time he left.

[ubuntuCAT]

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Cyclone fan here in peace, thought you guys might get a kick out of this. Crazy the domino effect this had on Creighton, UNI, and Iowa state.

http://cyclonefanatic.com/basketball...haped-hoiball/

Just what I needed, a reminder about how those decisions repeatedly kicked one of those 3 schools in the nuts (UNI).

[SteinPizza]

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The UNI angle makes sense, but the PG part also points out why you shouldn't / can't rely on Iowa high school players to be competitive on a national level. The state of Michigan is loaded with talent, with plenty of very good players leaving due to the BCS schools having a limited number of schollys. ISU found a guy who MSU and the Wolverines didn't really want, and he's light years ahead of any Iowa kid they could've signed. Recruiting Harrison Barnes and McD are fine, but they're somewhat of a one-off. Its out of state players which will make your team nationally.

[9YRPLAN]

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Nice piece. I've been talking about our mythical run of conference titles for 3 years now. Doug was the missing piece.

What if Altman takes the Iowa job in 2007 instead?

[UNIdad]

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Still it wouldn't relate to us if princess Dana wouldn't have left creighton. Hell, even if he would have stayed at Arkansas the first time he left.

Wouldn't have happened if Oregon hadn't fired Ernie Kent, my first BB hero, back when he was in high school.

[jegbomb52]

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nice find Greg, I will still forever and always hate you...

[Hoiball]

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The UNI angle makes sense, but the PG part also points out why you shouldn't / can't rely on Iowa high school players to be competitive on a national level. The state of Michigan is loaded with talent, with plenty of very good players leaving due to the BCS schools having a limited number of schollys. ISU found a guy who MSU and the Wolverines didn't really want, and he's light years ahead of any Iowa kid they could've signed. Recruiting Harrison Barnes and McD are fine, but they're somewhat of a one-off. Its out of state players which will make your team nationally.

Absolutely

[orangetennis]

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the second to last sentence is false!

[Hoiball]

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the second to last sentence is false!

Yeah you guys are the only ones that came out on the wrong end of that one. Pretty ironic how losing out on the best Iowa high school prospect ever has been the best thing to happen to the ISU program.

[95UNIGRAD]

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Great article that really makes you think about the interconnectivity of life in general. It's amazing how little choices or decisions each day can make such a huge difference (butterfly effect).

[orangetennis]

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Yeah you guys are the only ones that came out on the wrong end of that one. Pretty ironic how losing out on the best Iowa high school prospect ever has been the best thing to happen to the ISU program.

I wouldn't go that far. With a talent like that on campus, what could have been for a couple ISU teams? Final Four? More high level recruits? Both very possible with HB in tote

[Hoiball]

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I wouldn't go that far. With a talent like that on campus, what could have been for a couple ISU teams? Final Four? More high level recruits? Both very possible with HB in tote

Yeah but then chewy would still be here, I like Fred better