After this years NBA Draft

[The_Architect]

Some on this site are so obsessed about Iowa it's annoying. Face it, Iowa has a better history in both bball and fball, and a much larger fan base in the state. That doesn't mean we can't enjoy our ISU teams without having to qualify everything vs Iowa. It is really a little brother syndrome many in our fan base have, and it's really starting to annoy the heck out of me!

This. It's so ******* annoying.

[bos]

Some on this site are so obsessed about Iowa it's annoying. Face it, Iowa has a better history in both bball and fball, and a much larger fan base in the state. That doesn't mean we can't enjoy our ISU teams without having to qualify everything vs Iowa. It is really a little brother syndrome many in our fan base have, and it's really starting to annoy the heck out of me!

We little-brother better than they do. Count it!

[VeloClone]

Some on this site are so obsessed about Iowa it's annoying. Face it, Iowa has a better history in both bball and fball, and a much larger fan base in the state. That doesn't mean we can't enjoy our ISU teams without having to qualify everything vs Iowa. It is really a little brother syndrome many in our fan base have, and it's really starting to annoy the heck out of me!

I guess that depends on how you define little brother syndrome. If it means you are tired of "big brother" claiming they are better than you in everything whether true or not, rubbing your face in any success they may have and pooh-poohing any success you have ad nauseum, then yes, guilty as charged.

I think just as big or even a bigger problem is a big brother delusion by just as many UofI supporters. Many have an inflated sense of superiority over Iowa State. This tends to breed the desire to refute the constant barrage of propaganda Cyclones endure.

In the end, I agree that there is too much comparing of ISU to Iowa.

[State43]

Must everything be about "one-upping" Iowa?

[kentkel]

When it comes to comparisons of UI and ISU basketball - it isn't even close, & I don't even need to see the NBA draft info to know this to be true. I have attended many games at both Universities - even in the times when UI basketball was relevant - to know that the game day experience was and IS 100x better in Hilton! Now, that said, I believe that there is a little more excitement amongst their fan base after having made the Not Invited Tournament this year.

[Cybyassociation]

If things go as the projections stand and Royce gets drafted in the first round:

Iowa State will have more 1st round draft picks then Iowa (Currently both have 8)
Iowa State will have had a draft pick every other year since 2004.
Iowa State Cyclones in the NBA Draft - StatSheet.com
Iowa Hawkeyes in the NBA Draft - StatSheet.com

I know this site counts Taylor but I'm not complaining.

Being in Cedar Falls the following discovery made me smile.
UNI has only had one guy drafted to the NBA ever...
Northern Iowa Panthers in the NBA Draft - StatSheet.com

Drake has 26 but none since 1987

So you're saying that ISU (a team that apparently has an NBA player on their roster at all times) routinely loses to UNI (a team that never has any sort of NBA talent). That is quite interesting.

[cyclones500]

As far as Iowa State-NBA connection, draft position is irrelevant beyond the short term.

If fans want to make ISU-Iowa comparison: How many players had longevity and/or impact at the pro level?

Iowa State
Hornacek
Abdul-Aziz
Cato
Tinsley
Alexander
Hoiberg
Grayer
Fizer

Iowa off the top of my head:
Don Nelson
Freddie Brown
John Johnson
B.J. Armstrong
Kevin Kunnert
Bobby Hansen
Connie Hawkins also probably counts.

[josh4isu]

after this NBA draft....i will be buying a royce white shirt.

[Rabbuk]

Reggie Evans.

[cysox2]

I guess that depends on how you define little brother syndrome. If it means you are tired of "big brother" claiming they are better than you in everything whether true or not, rubbing your face in any success they may have and pooh-poohing any success you have ad nauseum, then yes, guilty as charged.

I think just as big or even a bigger problem is a big brother delusion by just as many UofI supporters. Many have an inflated sense of superiority over Iowa State. This tends to breed the desire to refute the constant barrage of propaganda Cyclones endure.

In the end, I agree that there is too much comparing of ISU to Iowa.

Living in eastern Iowa I grew up thinking that Iowa was our biggest rival in both sports that matter. I always heard from Iowa fans that the football game was our "super bowl", and at the time both basketball teams were pretty evenly matched. Once I started to pay more attention to sports I realized that Nebraska (IMO) was our biggest rival in football and obviously Kansas in basketball. Now Kansas is still our biggest rival in basketball, and it's hard to say in football. I would take a win over 3/4 of the big 12 rather than a win against the hawks. In the end I would agree that there is too much comparing of the two schools but it sure feels good to beat the the team who's fans think they are better than you.

[ianoconnor]

Some on this site are so obsessed about Iowa it's annoying. Face it, Iowa has a better history in both bball and fball, and a much larger fan base in the state. That doesn't mean we can't enjoy our ISU teams without having to qualify everything vs Iowa. It is really a little brother syndrome many in our fan base have, and it's really starting to annoy the heck out of me!

QFT

[Cydkar]

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[SplitIdentity]

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[awd4cy]

So you're saying that ISU (a team that apparently has an NBA player on their roster at all times) routinely loses to UNI (a team that never has any sort of NBA talent). That is quite interesting.

Well that only started happening in the last 7 years.

[HFCS]

Some on this site are so obsessed about Iowa it's annoying. Face it, Iowa has a better history in both bball and fball, and a much larger fan base in the state. That doesn't mean we can't enjoy our ISU teams without having to qualify everything vs Iowa. It is really a little brother syndrome many in our fan base have, and it's really starting to annoy the heck out of me!

To say that about basketball, it's pretty misleading.

I grew up an Iowa fan, so I'm kind of split half my life. To say Iowa has better history in basketball you have to count years that a majority of the current fans and students were not even old enough or alive to have followed.

Over the last three decades there's absolutely no more success out of Iowa than ISU in basketball. In the last two decades there's significantly more success from ISU in hoops.

Iowa fans are the ones always going nuts about putting players in the NFL as the ultimate barometer of success. Well ISU has had more players drafted to the NBA even with one of the Iowa picks being a hilarious typical New York Knicks screwup of drafting JR Koch.