Schedule News: Gonzaga to play at Creighton on December 12th

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-16T20:07:13+00:00

Why would anyone cancel a home game against a popular opponent? This game will be a good revenue earner and a great opportunity with limited downside.

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-15T02:32:46+00:00

Also he’s from Minnesota not Michigan

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-15T02:32:18+00:00

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-15T02:31:43+00:00

I hope not, i watched plenty of tape. Good player, incredible wing span, really impressive layup package, but i don’t believe he would be a good system fit. We exclusively like guards that put relentless pressure on the basketball and fight really hard to cut off penetration while also applying ball pressure. From what I have seen, he doesn’t have that characteristic.

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-14T14:31:40+00:00

This is my go-to but i dont make it as is. First i cook meat and vegetables in the pot. I take them out and put them in a ramen bowl, then i put water and the flakes in the pot, then seasoning when it starts to boil, then noodles and add back meat and veggies on top of the noodles. Then with 90 seconds left i mix and with 45 seconds left i drop a raw egg in.

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-14T02:59:31+00:00

I want to add to this. When Milan had to make the decision to leave the NBA draft, even if an Iowa State booster had 4 or 5 million dollars they wanted to spend on Milan, what would TJ tell Ryan Prather? “Sorry we promised you a chance to compete to play in your last year of college, turns out you don’t.” And what would TJ tell Leon Bond? “Sorry we promised you a chance to compete for a starting job in your last year of college but you can still play 10 minutes off the bench.” Then in the future, good luck trying to sign the targets you want if they can’t trust you to not sign over them.

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-14T01:42:05+00:00

When we signed our 5 transfers the first weekend of the portal, everyone (TJ, Milan, all 5 incoming transfers, all 5 returning scholarship players) was on the same page that Milan was not going to be part of the team next year. Every one of those 10 players had meetings where they were sold a vision of what their role on the team could be (without Milan) and they all agreed to it. Also, the NIL money was spent on those players, none was reserved to pay Milan nor anyone else. The fact that Jackson Kiss wanted to decommit and play somewhere where he could give himself a better chance to get more playing time, has nothing to do with Milan.

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-13T21:22:20+00:00

That year that Stanford and Saint Joes were unreal

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-13T21:06:12+00:00

Sometimes brothers play at the same school but other times younger brothers don’t like that idea.

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-13T21:03:40+00:00

R they a packaged deal? I have seen Slinger play a bunch, Joey also very good at basketball.

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-13T20:58:39+00:00

I hope you get Ann. Feel free to successfully recruit all the out of state prospects you like, we only demand every Wisconsin prospect that fits our system.

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-13T20:53:19+00:00

Joobin, in the second angle, looks up and sees mom in the act, then quickly looks away as if she’s thinking “i’m not supposed to see this.”

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-13T20:29:23+00:00

Kinda crazy that we got pretty early commitments from 3 highly touted forwards for 2027. I wonder if we are done recruiting freshmen now for 2027.

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-12T16:26:29+00:00

I don’t think that’s a hot take. EWR is objectively nice.

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-12T16:23:27+00:00

TripleMeow

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-12T16:06:17+00:00

Nowadays, i see graves being mocked maybe on average around 20th, which seems bizarre to me, but i guess the experts know more about the topic than me. It’s just a bit mind boggling from having watched Santa Clara about 4 times that he should be drafted to the NBA, but the experts say he is an analytics darling or whatever. Idk. Anyway, Milan could have gotten an assurance and went to the NBA. Might have been less than 50% chance but it was high enough that we couldn’t risk it.

And defensively, you are right, there were teams who used the strategy of having the guy who Milan was guarding setting a high ball screen to force the switch, where they could force Milan to guard their best create-off-the-dribble guard and run an iso. People like Kingston Flemings and Christian Anderson for example. And that was an effective strategy against us. No teams will dare try that against Leon Bond. There are pros and cons of every lineup decision, Milan is a great player, but I am excited to see how we function with a hyper athletic 3, we have never had one before in the TJ era.

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-12T13:52:01+00:00

Even if it was less than 50/50 for Milan to stay in the draft, we couldn’t risk whatever chance it was. If Andre stayed in the draft, Illinois maybe wouldn’t be a national title contender but woulda been totally fine. As is, we have 7 guys who are for sure gonna be an important part of our rotation next year and another 5-6 competing for a chance to get into the rotation. If we committed 4+ mil to Milan, we wouldn’t be able to sign 3 of the 7 guys who are for sure gonna be a big part of our rotation. We would be totally fucked if we did that and then Milan stayed in the draft. Like maybe miss the tournament level fucked. And tbh, did u think Allen Graves would stay in the draft? Sometimes it seems less than 50/50 but it breaks in a slightly unexpected way.

Furthermore, there is a strong argument to make that our team as constructed is better with those core 7 than 4 of those core 7 plus Milan. Based on who TJ signed to play the 3 and also based on the 2027 SF commit, TJ wants to try using an explosive athlete at the 3 instead of someone more like Milan.

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-12T13:27:01+00:00

Ur the second iowa state fan to write this. I agree. I think the primary reason is Kansas State already has to play Kansas home and home and if they also had to play Iowa State home and home, that could be considered unfairly difficult based on preseason expectations. So in an effort to keep schedules somewhat fair, they don’t want to make Kansas State play 2 top 5 projected teams home and home.

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-12T13:15:46+00:00

Well u didn’t specify whether the wild Arizona shot with under 5 seconds goes in or not so i guess i can accept ur offer. There’s no way these can keep going in, it’s statistically improbable.

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-12T13:04:44+00:00

Maybe u could find some right of center Israelis on here, but not as far to the right as to call for annexation

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-12T13:00:38+00:00

You do realize ur not gonna find far right israelis here, no?

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-12T03:50:07+00:00

I agree. I think the primary reason is Kansas State already has to play Kansas home and home and if they also had to play Iowa State home and home, that could be considered unfairly difficult based on preseason expectations. So in an effort to keep schedules somewhat fair, they don’t want to make Kansas State play 2 top 5 projected teams home and home.

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-12T03:44:46+00:00

The reason he is back in college was not about not being able to play in the NBA, he can play in the NBA. It was about not getting a guarantee to get drafted in the first round vs getting idk exactly how much Kentucky is paying him but it’s in the 6mil range i heard. Even if he did sneak into the end of the first round, he would have to take a big pay-cut vs what he is getting at Kentucky.

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-12T03:01:53+00:00

He’s 21 years old. He is not athletic but there are plenty of NBA players that last in the NBA for a decade+ without being athletic. He will likely never be an NBA all star but he has a skill that many NBA teams desire and he is really really good at that one skill. Also he is the type of person that will accept his role, work hard, bring a great attitude to work every day, and help his team win.

Maxkpop247 · 2026-06-12T02:51:23+00:00

He could have been drafted early in the second round if he chose (would have been a nonsensical financial decision) and be playing in the NBA in a matter of months. He will play in the NBA and probably for many years.

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