Iowa State basketball: Tyrese Halliburton commits, continues Wisconsin pipeline
By Doug Winkey
Iowa State basketball continued rolling on the recruiting front Monday. The Cyclones have acquired another Wisconsinite in the form of Tyrese Halliburton.
The recruiting success continues for Iowa State basketball. Tuesday saw the 2018 class grow with the addition of Oshkosh, WI native Tyrese Halliburton.
The 6’5″, 170-pound combo guard is rated as a three-star prospect per 247sports. He is the 5th best player in Wisconsin and 34th nationally among point guards.
They are projected to break the early top 25 class rankings for next year with Halliburton and Chicago wing Zion Griffin.
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Halliburton’s size has him in an interesting spot for the moment. He’s light for a Big 12 wing but is taller than most typical point guards. An early look at ISU’s scholarship chart would put Halliburton in a position to play in combination with Lindell Wigginton and numerous talented wings. I’d almost want to see Halliburton mostly sit in 2018-2019 given the team’s potential perimeter depth. That would make him an option with Wigginton, Terrance Lews, and Griffin starting in 2019-2020. But he could play sooner and give the team as many as eight bodies to run at teams. More depth is never bad in today’s college basketball world.
Halliburton is yet another Wisconsin native the program has reeled in. Former Cyclones Deonte Burton, Matt Thomas, and Jameel McKay as well as current guards Donovan Jackson and Terrance Lewis all hail from cheesehead territory. The program that battled Iowa State for this prospect was neighboring Minnesota. Coach Steve Prohm’s efforts continue to pay off in late summer after falling short through most of the spring.
The team still has two scholarships left for 2018-2019. Memphis product Tyler Harris is still a top priority as well as Chicago forward George Conditt. The Cyclones’ are positioning themselves well to challenge the Big 12 for years if one or both join the newest commits in Ames.