Why do these guys keep getting all these honors if Iowa isn’t even averaging 20 wins a season the last five years? And not a single 25+ win season?
its all about the coaching.
Marble no major offers was a unranked 3*
White no major offers was a unranked 3* but was named a FR AA
Uthoff 3* by Rivals 4* top 100 4* by ESPN
Jok unranked 3*
nad now Garza top 100 4* by ESPN and 4* outside the top 100 by Rivals, in the 2012-13 season with this as Fran's starting lineup of these
C FR Woodbury top 50 4* by both
PF SO White
SF JR Marble
SG FR Clemmons 2* by ESPN
PG FR Gesell top 100 4* by both won 25 games reaching the NIT Championship game, the FR class in the 4 years as starters avg'd 22.25 wps for the 3rd best record in Iowa's history.
then in the 2015 class Fran brought in 5 FR and I JUCO of those only 1 graduated with the others leaving after the true FR, 2 RSFR 1 JR and 1 RSJR years everything from homesickness, grades or simply because of not being happy with their playing time, plus Cook was a EE to the NBA.
if you look at it from 2010-2011 season to the 16-17 season Fran only had 3 4* players by ESPN and 2 4* players by Rivals then in the 2016 class he got these
Cook 4* by both
JBo 4* by ESPN unranked 3* by Rivals
2017
Garza top 100 4* by ESPN 4* by Rivals outside their top 100
Connor top 100 4* by ESPN 4* by Rivals outside their top 100
2018
Wieskamp 4* top 100 by both
2019
Toussaint 4* outside ESPN top 100 3* unranked by Rivals
Patrick 4* top 100 by both.
since the 201615 season Fran has signed 8 4* players losing just one to the NBA as a EE.
from the 10-11 season thru the 16 season not that many players in the 4* range, now we will see how much better the team will be going forward,
7 4*'s vs 3 4*'s this season was cut short and we will never know what the end of season record would have ended up at, with Wieskamp as a 2 year starter has 43 wins after 2 years this fall it will be interesting to follow to see how many wins they have.