What's up, guys? It's Jake Bren with your CFTV daily update on a Thursday. We found out yesterday that German freshman forward Dominica's platea made it to aims after dealing with some visa issues. He practiced for the first time yesterday and the early reviews are strong.

Chris Williams reported to our premium subscribers that the 611 forward's

physicality blew the staff away on his first day. I'm showing you some highlights from his

is in German pro ball. And as you're seeing, one of the main reasons he was recruited was because

of the skill that he showed in several different pro leagues.

Of course, the question would be how much of that can translate to the college game.

Of course, it's only one practice, but it sounds like that is off to a very good start.

Playta very well could be the biggest X factor on Iowa State this season.

Joshua Jefferson, he's solidified as an

all-conference caliber player. Blake Buchanan, I think is a pretty safe bet at the five,

but Play-Dah, Eric Mulder, and Zavion Mitchell are all unproven. If Playda can translate these

early great reviews to the Big 12, that could be a bench weapon

new to this program that Iowa State, quite frankly, hasn't really had offensively in a big

man in the T.J. Otselberger era. Moving to the recruiting front, Iowa State landed their

third commit of the class of 2023 with the pickup of Marcus Zeeley. Zeeley is a defensive-minded guard from Austin, Texas,

but moved from Minneapolis just two years ago, which is where his connection with

assistant coach Kyle Green comes in. The 6-2 guard is unrated as of now on most major recruiting platforms, but on 3.com

has him as a three-star. But to me, this seems to be more of a late-blooming prospect after

a pretty good summer on the AAU circuit. He didn't actually receive his first Power 5 offer

until Monday. Iowa State and Arizona

State both offered him the same day, and he committed to T.J. Otselberger's program

less than 48 hours later. He's the type of point card. ISU goes after tough, physical, and mature.

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