Voice of the Hawkeyes Board

Starting 5
Gesell
Marble
White
Basabe
Woodbury

Off the bench
Oglesby
McCabe

I agree with you, KK. I put Woodbury in there because of size. Marble will start. Gessell may be the guy coming off the bench if Oglesby starts. From the news of summer play and how Gessell has done in recent history, he may be the "floor general" for this team.

I think you can figure on experience starting before altitude. Figure Olaseni. Woodbury will get plenty of PT, but not the start.

Gesell
Marble
White
Basabe/McCabe (similar minutes - therefore starting won't bmean much)
Olaseni with Woodbury off the bench.

The great thing about the recruiting job Fran and his staff have done is that the Hawkeyes should have some legit competition for playing time throughout the season. Not only should that bring more overall depth, but it should raise everyone's level of play as well. I would assume that as few as possible of the freshmen will start at the beginning of the season, but I'd love to see a few of them earn a job by the end of the season.

Silver......considering how little depth that the Iowa BB program has had, over the past 4-5 years, it will really be
refreshing and kind of an 'embarrasment of riches' for Fran in 2012.

Yes, I think it is a distinct possibility, that because of the Front court bodies, (Basabe, White, McCabe, Olaseni, Woody) that Kyle Meyer could be Redshirted.

Then, in 2013, you would have Kyle and Jarrod Uthoff coming in to bolster the depth again.

Go Hawks

Who in the **** is Ingram?

Is Michael Ingrahm from Tom Davis era still got a year of eligibility?
Or, did we sign Bobby Engram's son, unbeknownst to Hawkeyedom?

From HC last August:

Saying it was “always one of my dreams” to play in the Big Ten Conference, North Central High School senior guard Patrick Ingram committed to the University of Iowa on Wednesday at his school.

The 6-2 Ingram, who visited the Iowa City campus for the first time on Monday, picked the Hawkeyes over offers from Loyola (Ill.) and Saint Louis, his two other finalists.

“(Iowa coach Fran McCaffery) and the assistants really laid everything out for us when we were there,” said Ingram, who averaged 10 points a game as a junior. “It’s always been a goal of mine to play in the Big Ten, so when they called and offered (in July) I was really excited.”

Iowa was 11-20 overall last season and 4-14 in the Big Ten, ahead of only last-place Indiana. Being part of a rebuilding process appealed to Ingram, who was told by the staff that he would have a chance to play his way into early minutes. Other recruits in Iowa’s 2012 class are Kyle Meyer, a 6-10 forward from Georgia, and Mike Gesell, a 6-1 guard from South Sioux City, Neb.

Ingram played a key role on North Central’s Class 4A state championship team as a sophomore and has been playing varsity ball since his freshman year, when the earned the nickname “Motor Man” from coach Doug Mitchell.

“He had three great choices,” Mitchell said. “The thing I like is that Iowa saw that he’s a heck of a player even through he might not be ranked as top-50 or top-100 player on some of these lists. He’s going to do a great job for them.”

Playing in the Big Ten, Ingram will face his high school teammate and classmate, Ronnie Johnson, who is headed to Purdue. His older brother, Terone Johnson, is also a former North Central teammate and will be a sophomore at Purdue.

“It will be fun to play against them,” Ingram said. “I’m sure we’ll joke around a little before the games, but we’re all competitors and will want to beat each other.”

With McCabe saying he has been told to concentrate on the forward position I have to believe that either Gabe or Adam will be the starter at center to start the season. I think like everyone else I would go Gessell, Marble, White, McCabe, and Gabe. I also think Fran might go by match ups with either Basabe or Oglsby starting or playing big minutes depending on whether they want to go big or small.

Gesell, Clemmons
Marble, Oglesby
White, May,
Basabe, McCabe
Woodbury, Oleseni, Meyer

This will be the line-up halfway through the season. Gesell will start from day 1.

And I really think Olaseni will start over Woodbury. At least for a good portion of the season. There are a ton of articles out there saying Olaseni has developed really well and is ready to show what he can do. I don't have big expectations out of Woodbury this year.