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I would have thought Jon Miller and his brother Penny would have led them to the promised land
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This kid is going to be a stud
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Had 32 at halftime and sat most of the 4th
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He had 24 after the 1st quarter and 32 after 10 minutes into the game. I don't think he scored the last 6 minutes of the 2nd quarter.
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Other teams are going to fucking hate him?
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No, but almost hope he gets a few non serious nagging injuries over the summer again so he stays off the radar.
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http://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/basketball-men/2016/12/15/iowa-recruit-joe-wieskamp-muscatine-high-school-stats-updates-wieskamp-highlights/95474126/?hootPostID=b9439323e7da039975feefbfc932b2ff
Long before Gary Belger took over Muscatine’s boys’ basketball this year, he was an assistant boys’ basketball coach at Palmer High in Palmer, a northwestern Iowa hamlet of about 160 people.
The tiny town’s tinier high school sported a monster basketball team. It won 103 straight games in the late 1980s and won three consecutive state titles from 1986 to 1988.
Belger was there in 1979. That year, Palmer legend Bob Beneke scored 49 points in a substate final against North Kossuth. It was the greatest high school performance Belger had ever seen.
Then he waited for somebody to top it. He waited 10 years. Twenty years. Thirty years. He moved from job to job, state to state, Iowa to Illinois to Minnesota to Florida, coaching against about 10 guys who would wind up in the NBA, Belger said.
Nothing topped Beneke's magnum opus.
Until Tuesday night. That's when 2018 Iowa recruit Joe Wieskamp, of Muscatine, scored 50 points in an 84-44 win against Burlington.
“But Joe did this in three quarters,” Belger said. “And with a running clock in the second half. So put that in perspective.”
How’s this for perspective: With those 50 points, Wieskamp set Muscatine records for points in a game and points in a career (1,068). He’s also the fifth player in the large-school class to score 50 in a game since 2000. Mason City’s Jeff Horner was the last to do it against Ames in 2002.
“It might have been the most fun game I’ve been in in my life,” Wieskamp said. “Just when you get in that zone and you know every shot you take is going in. It’s a great feeling.”
Wieskamp is a 6-foot-6 guard/forward combo. He’s been good, well-known in Iowa hoops, for a while now. He led Muscatine in scoring as a freshman and sophomore. He committed to Iowa last June before leading his summer league club, the Barnstormers, with 16.4 points per game on the circuit.
But his dominance this year is different. He tops the state with 32.6 points per game on 66.7 percent shooting — the best mark of anyone with more than 50 shots. He’s also shooting 48.3 percent (14-for-29) on 3-pointers, better than as a freshman (40 percent) or sophomore (31.7 percent).
And let’s remember, Wieskamp’s progression was supposed to be halted this summer by a sprained ankle and mononucleosis, which drained him of about 12 pounds, he said.
So what’s the deal?
“He got a little stronger and his outside shooting has, I think, improved,” said Craig Wurdinger, head coach of Davenport Central, which beat Muscatine Dec. 9. “And I know he played for the Barnstormers during the summer and I think he went against some really good talent in the summer, which I think has improved his total game. His ball-handling skills, and I think the main thing is he’s gotten stronger and his outside shooting has gotten better.”
Added Wieskamp: “The biggest thing I worked on this summer was creating my own shot. A lot of the times, like in AAU, my teammates would drive and then kick to me on the corner and I would shoot. Obviously that’s not going to happen as much playing high school, getting face-guarded.”
On a different level
247Sports gives Wieskamp four stars and ranks him 42nd among all 2018 prospects — No. 1 in Iowa.
Here are his stats from Muscatine’s first five games, plus reactions/opinions from opposing coaches.
Muscatine 70, City High 46
Wieskamp: 27 points, 10-for-16 from the field, nine rebounds, five steals
“What he’s really good at is he’s so strong with the basketball,” City coach Derek Roberts said. “Extremely quick with his first step and very strong at bullying his way into the paint and getting his way.”
Cedar Rapids Prairie 84, Muscatine 69
Wieskamp: 33 points, 10-for-15, nine rebounds, two assists
“The thing that’s impressive about him is he has to do a little bit of everything for his team this year,” Prairie coach Jeremy Rickersten said. “Obviously he can score, but they kind of lean on him to handle the ball, rebound, play defense, so he’s got to do it all. Which, honestly in our game, I think was to our advantage because I think he kind of got a little tired. But he’s just got a good, solid all-around game.
“I was impressed with how he maintained his composure as he was trying to do everything. The night we played him, we shot the ball really well, but he didn’t get flustered and stuck with his teammates.”
Muscatine 60, Washington 33
Wieskamp: 24 points, 7-for-14, 10 rebounds, two assists
“The main thing that I like about him is that he stays in the offense,” Washington coach Colin Stark said. “He doesn’t feel like he needs to really hog the basketball. He still passes the basketball around, but his teammates look for him.”
Stark was also a fan of Wieskamp’s shooting motion — he starts high and finishes high.
“So it’s never going to get blocked even when he gets into Big Ten play,” Stark said. “With him being a 6-7, 6-8 guard and the way he finishes that, I don’t see where it’s ever going to be a problem, to be blocked.”
Davenport Central 58, Muscatine 55
Wieskamp: 29 points, 11-for-16, 10 rebounds, three blocks
“He’s just so versatile,” Wurdinger said. “He’s got good post moves inside, he can shoot the ball outside, he handles the ball, high IQ for the game, just a real tough matchup for a lot of high school teams.
“We held him to four in the first half and then he came out and scored 25 in the second half. So it’s just a matter of time with him, as far as when he’s going to explode. He usually does during a game at some point.”
Muscatine 84, Burlington 44
Wieskamp: 50 points, 16-for-20, 9-for-11 from long range
“I’ve never seen anything like that,” Burlington coach Christopher Chavers said. “We lost him a few times out there and every time we lost him, he made us pay. He was pretty much nailing anything. That kid’s a good player.
“He pretty much does everything well. He can shoot the basketball and he can drive the ball to the hole, so he’s kind of a tough cover. If you play up close on him, he can go by you off the dribble. And then if you lay off of him, he has the ability to shoot the three. He has the ability to draw defenders and find teammates. And he plays some pretty good defense, as well, so he’s the best all-around player I’ve seen so far this year.”
Long before Gary Belger took over Muscatine’s boys’ basketball this year, he was an assistant boys’ basketball coach at Palmer High in Palmer, a northwestern Iowa hamlet of about 160 people.
The tiny town’s tinier high school sported a monster basketball team. It won 103 straight games in the late 1980s and won three consecutive state titles from 1986 to 1988.
Belger was there in 1979. That year, Palmer legend Bob Beneke scored 49 points in a substate final against North Kossuth. It was the greatest high school performance Belger had ever seen.
Then he waited for somebody to top it. He waited 10 years. Twenty years. Thirty years. He moved from job to job, state to state, Iowa to Illinois to Minnesota to Florida, coaching against about 10 guys who would wind up in the NBA, Belger said.
Nothing topped Beneke's magnum opus.
Until Tuesday night. That's when 2018 Iowa recruit Joe Wieskamp, of Muscatine, scored 50 points in an 84-44 win against Burlington.
“But Joe did this in three quarters,” Belger said. “And with a running clock in the second half. So put that in perspective.”
How’s this for perspective: With those 50 points, Wieskamp set Muscatine records for points in a game and points in a career (1,068). He’s also the fifth player in the large-school class to score 50 in a game since 2000. Mason City’s Jeff Horner was the last to do it against Ames in 2002.
“It might have been the most fun game I’ve been in in my life,” Wieskamp said. “Just when you get in that zone and you know every shot you take is going in. It’s a great feeling.”
Wieskamp is a 6-foot-6 guard/forward combo. He’s been good, well-known in Iowa hoops, for a while now. He led Muscatine in scoring as a freshman and sophomore. He committed to Iowa last June before leading his summer league club, the Barnstormers, with 16.4 points per game on the circuit.
But his dominance this year is different. He tops the state with 32.6 points per game on 66.7 percent shooting — the best mark of anyone with more than 50 shots. He’s also shooting 48.3 percent (14-for-29) on 3-pointers, better than as a freshman (40 percent) or sophomore (31.7 percent).
And let’s remember, Wieskamp’s progression was supposed to be halted this summer by a sprained ankle and mononucleosis, which drained him of about 12 pounds, he said.
So what’s the deal?
“He got a little stronger and his outside shooting has, I think, improved,” said Craig Wurdinger, head coach of Davenport Central, which beat Muscatine Dec. 9. “And I know he played for the Barnstormers during the summer and I think he went against some really good talent in the summer, which I think has improved his total game. His ball-handling skills, and I think the main thing is he’s gotten stronger and his outside shooting has gotten better.”
Added Wieskamp: “The biggest thing I worked on this summer was creating my own shot. A lot of the times, like in AAU, my teammates would drive and then kick to me on the corner and I would shoot. Obviously that’s not going to happen as much playing high school, getting face-guarded.”
On a different level
247Sports gives Wieskamp four stars and ranks him 42nd among all 2018 prospects — No. 1 in Iowa.
Here are his stats from Muscatine’s first five games, plus reactions/opinions from opposing coaches.
Muscatine 70, City High 46
Wieskamp: 27 points, 10-for-16 from the field, nine rebounds, five steals
“What he’s really good at is he’s so strong with the basketball,” City coach Derek Roberts said. “Extremely quick with his first step and very strong at bullying his way into the paint and getting his way.”
Cedar Rapids Prairie 84, Muscatine 69
Wieskamp: 33 points, 10-for-15, nine rebounds, two assists
“The thing that’s impressive about him is he has to do a little bit of everything for his team this year,” Prairie coach Jeremy Rickersten said. “Obviously he can score, but they kind of lean on him to handle the ball, rebound, play defense, so he’s got to do it all. Which, honestly in our game, I think was to our advantage because I think he kind of got a little tired. But he’s just got a good, solid all-around game.
“I was impressed with how he maintained his composure as he was trying to do everything. The night we played him, we shot the ball really well, but he didn’t get flustered and stuck with his teammates.”
Muscatine 60, Washington 33
Wieskamp: 24 points, 7-for-14, 10 rebounds, two assists
“The main thing that I like about him is that he stays in the offense,” Washington coach Colin Stark said. “He doesn’t feel like he needs to really hog the basketball. He still passes the basketball around, but his teammates look for him.”
Stark was also a fan of Wieskamp’s shooting motion — he starts high and finishes high.
“So it’s never going to get blocked even when he gets into Big Ten play,” Stark said. “With him being a 6-7, 6-8 guard and the way he finishes that, I don’t see where it’s ever going to be a problem, to be blocked.”
Davenport Central 58, Muscatine 55
Wieskamp: 29 points, 11-for-16, 10 rebounds, three blocks
“He’s just so versatile,” Wurdinger said. “He’s got good post moves inside, he can shoot the ball outside, he handles the ball, high IQ for the game, just a real tough matchup for a lot of high school teams.
“We held him to four in the first half and then he came out and scored 25 in the second half. So it’s just a matter of time with him, as far as when he’s going to explode. He usually does during a game at some point.”
Muscatine 84, Burlington 44
Wieskamp: 50 points, 16-for-20, 9-for-11 from long range
“I’ve never seen anything like that,” Burlington coach Christopher Chavers said. “We lost him a few times out there and every time we lost him, he made us pay. He was pretty much nailing anything. That kid’s a good player.
“He pretty much does everything well. He can shoot the basketball and he can drive the ball to the hole, so he’s kind of a tough cover. If you play up close on him, he can go by you off the dribble. And then if you lay off of him, he has the ability to shoot the three. He has the ability to draw defenders and find teammates. And he plays some pretty good defense, as well, so he’s the best all-around player I’ve seen so far this year.”
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Updated Rivals rankings:
https://n.rivals.com/prospect_rankings/rivals150/2018
Hauser - 37
Wieskamp - 43
AJ Green - 139
https://n.rivals.com/prospect_rankings/rivals150/2018
Hauser - 37
Wieskamp - 43
AJ Green - 139
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douglasbader
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It is not easy to score like Wieskamp is scoring in high school basketball in Iowa. He is a fucking stud.
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I haven't seen a Muskie game but I can picture three white guys hacking him every possession.
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Wonder what DeanO averaged back in the day? Had to be up near 30 as well.
Edit: Looks like he scored the exact same number of points as Horner. Not digging deep enough to find how many games each played.
Jeff Horner, Mason City, 2002
741
Dean Oliver, Mason City, 1994
741
http://www.iahsaa.org/basketball/Archives/bb_ind_atbest.pdf
nolookpass
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Oliver played 2 more games....his team won state.
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which bohannon?
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Dean played with the Harriman kid as well who scored a decent amount
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Can he enter college a year early? Please?
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He may actually get drafted against his will
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Iowa '18 - '19 is looking pretty good.
C Garza So / Kreiner Jr
F Cook Jr
F Pemsl Jr / Baer Sr
G Wieskamp Fr / Moss Jr
G bohannon Jr
Others:
F Wagner Sr; F Nunge So; G Williams Sr ; G Dailey Jr
Maybe:
McCaffery So
Deep pine:
G Ellingson Sr
C Garza So / Kreiner Jr
F Cook Jr
F Pemsl Jr / Baer Sr
G Wieskamp Fr / Moss Jr
G bohannon Jr
Others:
F Wagner Sr; F Nunge So; G Williams Sr ; G Dailey Jr
Maybe:
McCaffery So
Deep pine:
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L. Wade Childress
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The thing is, Muskie sorta sucks so he basically has to be awesome through double teams to win
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Looking real good. Pemsl won't start over Baer at the 3, though. It is within the realm of possibility that Cook could, but it doesn't like that at this very second. It would be great if Cook developed his game enough to, but Pemsl doesn't have that skillset. Regardless, it doesn't look bad. (except for not having a stud PG, but we don't need to drag this thread into that convo as well)
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In his last 3 games he has gone for the following.....
- 47 points and 11 rebounds in a win at Davenport Assumption
- 42 points and 16 rebounds in a win vs. #4 Mt. Pleasant
- 37 points and 11 rebounds in a win vs. North Scott
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Got damn. Wrong thread but I'm drunk and idgaf. What the heck is PMac tweeting about
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LOL at Weiskamp and Patrick not being ranked higher. It doesn't make one bit of a fucking difference (and I haven't seen one second of the guys ranked above them) but those 2 have represented themselves as 2 of the best players in the country at every opportunity.
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Joe Weiskamp, who will be at Iowa in 2 years, being a mother fucking baller.
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Was referring to this
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#TeamPat
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Ha. I have no idea. They lost to Prairie earlier in the year, so maybe somebody said something about Patrick, Connor, or Lane (ICW other stud) after that game like that??? And then they totally redeemed themselves tonight? I can't imagine somebody would say something about white coaches sons like Patrick and Connor, so my guess would be somebody took a shot at Lane?
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lol I legit went thru the same thought process and came up with the same conclusion.
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At this point Joe has done as much as Barnes had at the same age