Who is the most highly recruited boys high school basketball player to come out of Iowa? We raise the question because Ames High’s Harrison Barnes is considered one of the top five juniors IN THE COUNTRY! Heck, Kansas head coach Bill Self and Stanford Head Coach Johnny Dawkins were at last night’s Ames vs. Urbandale game. Not to mention, every top school in the country has already offered Barnes a scholarship.
So who do YOU think is the most highly recruited boys basketball player EVER to come out of Iowa? Here are just a few names to get you thinking.
Kirk Hinrich (Sioux City, Played for Kansas)
Fred Hoiberg (Ames, Played for Iowa State)
Raef LaFrentz (Monona, Played for Kansas)
Nick Collison (Iowa Falls, Played for Kansas)
Al Lorenzen (Cedar Rapids, Played for Iowa)
Gary Thompson (Roland, Played for Iowa State)
*Write us back with YOUR thoughts!
John Meyer
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I think Harrison Barnes is the most recruited player to come out of Iowa ever. He can essentially go to any college he wants to play basketball. If you look at the last 5 national champions, 3 schools, Kansas, Florida, and North Carolina all have offered him a scholarship. Another interesting note, beginning in the year that he was born, a school that has offered him has made the final four at least once. Obviously multiple schools have made the final four since he was born, but that is the point as well. Here is a more detailed list: Duke (5)**, Florida (4)**, Illinois (1), Indiana (2), Kansas (4)*, Kentucky (4)**, Louisville (1), LSU (1), Maryland (2)*, Minnesota (1), North Carolina (6)**, Oklahoma (1), Texas (1), UCLA (4)*. * denotes national championship. You would be hard pressed to any player to as impressive of a resume of who is recruiting them as Harrison Barnes, let along the state of Iowa.
I researched my information on: http://www.fanbay.net/ncaa/final4.htm#ncaa.
Raef leFrentz was from Manona, MFL Mar-Mac, MecGregor. Extreme northeaster Iowa
. Not Hampton.
My vote is for Raef!
He was born in Hampton, Iowa. That’s where we got that information. We’ll be sure to change it to his high school. Thanks for the heads up!
Number one recruit cominig out of Iowa without a doubt is Harrison Barnes, got to see him play twice and he is without a doubt a Blue Chip player and would be a prize recruit for any college program and my advice to him is to get out of Iowa if you want to win Championships, be on a national stage, get a good education with vast oppportunities including potentially making it to the NBA you must go to a major program. If you stay here in Iowa and play you can forget it because you will never make it to the Big Dance by staying here because the so called basketball hierarchy does not support African Americans but enjoys seeing them on the 6 o’clock news for some negative crap. Get out of Iowa and dont regret it!!! Best of Luck to an outstanding talent.