More player movement at ISU?

[tornado]

lots of player losses - to graduation and additional players leaving - Gassman, Jefferson - now Hein..

they have their sights set on this guy as a replacement after losing out on many others among their top targets
https://twitter.com/KoltonMitchell/s...38274697940994


Kolton Mitchell's nickname is "Dooda" - and he also has offers from Chattanooga, Little Rock, SEMO, UC-Davis, SIUE and Central Connecticut State - http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/kolton-mitchell

[egib52]

Looking at his twitter account, I don't think he committed. Some recruits do this to get "love" from a fanbase. I remember a few years ago an Illini recruit would do things like this to get more followers and people talking about him, then he committed elsewhere.

[tornado]

yeah - I considered that as a possibility - and the fact that there IS NO other confirmation of a comittment makes sense, then...

but some ISU fans on their board think he has committed and
Dooda did not do any such thing for any of the other several schools that have offered...

but still - that's why I said "..it looks like.......and ...perhaps we will see other confirmation shortly..."

[Dub]

Looking forward to our game at Redbird next season and taking it hard to whoever they decide to put on the floor. Truly a special game there this past year.

[tornado]

apparently he has not verballed to ISU as there's nothing else to confirm it...
altho he does also post this teaser of him in an ISU jersey on a PS2K19 -

also - ISU's other current top target Savion Gallion just verballed and signed to...Buffalo- https://twitter.com/VerbalCommits/st...44703698083840
..so they keep losing out on everyone...

[Mikovio]

Why would NBA 2K19 have ISU on its cover lol

[Da Coach]

The kid (Kolton Mitchell) is an ISU recruit, but there is still no report that he has committed to ISU or any school-

http://verbalcommits.com/players/kolton-mitchell

It's got to be some kind of fake, mock-up cover for NBA 2K19. It incorporates his prep school picture from his twitter page-

https://twitter.com/KoltonMitchell

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1123008369470648326/HvauX_Ct_400x400.jpg

It would be against NCAA rules for a kid to appear on a commercial product like Play Station NBA 2K19, and he would lose his college eligibility, and beside, this kid is a relatively unknown high schooler, far from being a star player, the type anyone would feature on a video game.

I don't know who would create something like that. If it was someone at ISU, I'm pretty sure that would also constitute an NCAA recruiting violation.

[Da Coach]

In fact, as I check Kolton Mitchell's twitter page, there are several posts to him apparently by ISU fans like these-
https://twitter.com/SoCalRedbird/sta...09987494666240
https://twitter.com/BrannonWebbXII/s...74115063898112
https://twitter.com/BrannonWebbXII/s...86936656375808
https://twitter.com/RPKraemer/status...71317559545865



And this mock-up that shows him as the "Baddest point guard in the Valley"-



The NCAA has already determined that these kinds of tweets encouraging a recruit to consider a specific school are a violation of recruiting rules.

[egib52]

High Major schools do this kind of thing all the time. They or even fans create these mock ups to encourage kids to choose their schools. I would guess ISU uses these things as part of their pitch. If it works more power to them.

[Da Coach]

Point guard Matt Hein, their only rostered point guard who had any eligibility left who was slated to return next year is on track to graduate, and has decided to leave ISU as a grad-transfer.
That gives Dan Muller another available scholarship, but so far this spring, he has had trouble getting anyone to commit to ISU.

https://twitter.com/VerbalCommits/status/1126573810982039552

Incoming freshman D.J. Horne is the only point guard right now who is projected to on next year's team, though Muller is desperately trying to land another couple guards.

[Mikovio]

I don't think they should be allowed to use Archie in any promo materials until they win one

[tornado]

we really need for every MVC team to win as much in the non-conference part of the season...
...would hate for the Valley to be down around 14th in Conference Strength again..

[tornado]

article from North Dakota reveals one reason why maybe their head coach Brian Jones was so anxious to get out of there
that he left the head coaching job to take an assistant spot at struggling ISU -- https://www.inforum.com/sports/baske...sketball-coach

their attendance is tanking so much that ...
"Every so often, a University of North Dakota basketball game is scheduled at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center
on a weekday during a 9 to 5 time frame. (capacity around 3000)

....attendance doesn't suffer during business hours because UND basketball fans are retirement age.
...At times ... there are more students in Jones' huddles than students in the student section.
...2018-19 average attendance was 1,664 fans -- the second-lowest average in at least 25 years.

... the school averaged 2,139 fans in 2016-17. ....1992-93 ...UND averaged 4,209 fans."

[tornado]

ISU's Matt Hein announces he's transferring to Siena - he musta had this all lined up for a while..
..seems quite a few ISU guys transfer out east - Zeke Upshaw to Hofstra, Deontae Hawkins to Boston College,
Roland Griffin to Iona, Hein to Siena..

[bradleyfan124]

ISU's Matt Hein announces he's transferring to Siena - he musta had this all lined up for a while..
..seems quite a few ISU guys transfer out east - Zeke Upshaw to Hofstra, Deontae Hawkins to Boston College,
Roland Griffin to Iona, Hein to Siena..

I heard Malik is being transferred to Sing Sing.